St. Louis Pet Resources
Bi-State Pet Food Pantry - To ensure that pets stay with their families, we provide temporary food assistance to those in need in the greater St. Louis community.
Resources for Low-Cost Spay/Neuter – It doesn’t have to be expensive to have your pet spayed/neutered, and there’s lots of reasons why you should.
Report Abuse and Neglect
Gateway Pet Guardians will soon have a team of trained animal investigators to look into reports of animal abuse and neglect in the Metro East. Until that time, please contact St. Clair County Animal Control:
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
(810) 984-3155.
To report animal abuse and neglect in St. Louis, contact the Humane Society of Missouri at (314) 647-4400 and visit their website to be prepared with the information they will need.
For information about animal care, or, if you suspect animal abuse, you can also contact the St. Louis County Department of Health’s Animal Care and Control program at (314) 615-1777.
Surrender an Animal
Due to monetary and space constraints, Gateway Pet Guardians is only able to rescue animals when we have foster homes available. Therefore, we do not accept owner surrendered animals into our program. If you have an animal that you wish to surrender to a shelter, please think long and hard about giving that animal up.
It is estimated that more than 23,000 dogs and cats are euthanized in St. Louis City and County every year-that number includes owner surrendered pets. While approximately 25 percent of animals entering our area’s public and private shelters are adopted and a similar number are returned to their owners or transferred, sadly approximately two in four (44 %) are euthanized, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
If you are surrendering your pet due to cost of ownership constraints, please visit our resources page to see a list of organizations and programs that may help you recieve pet care aid.
Shelters that accept surrendered animals:
Report a Stray Animal
Report stray animals in St. Clair County
Gateway Pet Guardians’ mission is to make as great an impact as we possibly can on the animal population within our Metro East feeding route. Due to resource and financial constraints, we must stay true to our mission and the animals on our route that we visit each day. Each time we accept a stray from outside our service area, it means we are turning away a stray on our feeding route. In order to remain true to our mission, it is our policy not to accept owner-surrendered animals or strays that are not in our service area.
Gateway Pet Guardians Supporters
Gateway Pet Guardians relies on the St. Louis community to help us achieve success in rescue. Here is a list of pet-related businesses and organizations that support Gateway Pet Guardians and other rescue organizations around St. Louis.
