Making a Difference, One Animal at a Time
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Learn how to become a volunteer! Foster kittens, walk dogs, clean kennels and more. No volunteer task is too small.
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Featured Pets & Wishlist Item
Featured Dog of the Week
🧡 Butter Beans is a ~2 year old girl who weighs ~65lbs. She is a sweet girl who believes she is a big lap dog. She loves to go for walks or for a hike and she loves getting snacks! She has loaded up into a crate nicely as well. She has shown she may be potty trained as most of the time, she waits to go outside. We’ve also learned that she is a very respectful passenger in the car! Butter Beans has met other dogs here and can come in hot, she has met other respectful dogs nicely. She is a bit selective with other dogs and she would do best being the only dog, but she may do well with the perfect calm/submissive dog. We are unsure of her history with kids or cats as she came in as a stray, but we are hopeful she would do well with proper guidance.
She is $185 to bring home, but mention you saw her here and Shelter Friends will pay half of that fee.
If you’d like to meet me, please call the shelter at (541) 474-5458
Featured Cat of the Week
🧡 My name is Prudence and I am a ~7 year old fixed female! I was found as a stray so my history is a mystery. I have revealed that I’m not a huge fan of other cats, and I would prefer being the only cat in a home. I loooooove people though and can’t seem to get enough attention! I will happily brighten your life in exchange for some love and a comfy bed. Seems like a pretty good deal right? Come meet me at the shelter and bring me home!
Her adoption fee is $95, but mention you saw her here and Shelter Friends will pay half of that fee.
If you’d like to meet me, please call the shelter at (541) 474-5458
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Our Impact
We care for shelter animals and help them find their forever homes. Shelter Friends, in partnership with Josephine County Animal Shelter, has turned the shelter into a model of success. In the past five years, euthanasia has dropped significantly and there is now a 95% live release rate which provides the shelter with a “no kill shelter” status. This includes adoptions, fostering, reuniting the animals with their owners, or transferring them to other shelters for adoption.
Our volunteers also have an incredible impact. When you spend time with the animals you give them much-desired love and attention. Or as a foster, you provide respite and a safe place to stay. When you are ready to volunteer, visit our volunteer page and complete an inquiry form.
Because of the hard work from volunteers just like you, Josephine County doesn’t have to euthanize animals to make space for new animals entering the shelter. Once an animal is deemed adoptable, they stay at the shelter or in a foster home until they are adopted or transferred to one of our many partners.
One of the programs that has contributed to the reduction of euthanasia in dogs is the Heartworm Heroes Program.
This joint effort between the shelter and Shelter Friends treats heartworm-positive dogs and prepares them for adoption. Read more about this life-saving program and how you can help.
2024 Accomplishments
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