Benefits and Services

Currently the Shelter provides the following benefits and services:

• Humane housing for dogs and puppies, as well as cats and kittens whose owners no longer can care for them
• A place to locate a lost pet, thus increasing the chances that the lost animals and its owner can be reunited
• Responsible pet ownership instruction. Families are assisted with choosing a pet appropriate to their circumstances; this also helps reduce the number of unwanted pets
• Adoption opportunities. Centralized services to help homeless and stray animals get adoption exposure
• Community Education presentations and public education
• A Spay Neuter Incentive Fund (SNIF), in cooperation with Wayne County area veterinarians, to assist families who cannot afford the full cost of spaying or neutering their pets
• Contracts with Wayne County towns and villages for stray dogs