About Us

We are three animal lovers proudly serving the towns of Athol, Orange, and Royalston. Our shelter helps out dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, livestock, and anything else that needs our help! Our goal is to run our shelter as no-kill as possible. We maintain this by emphasizing adoptions and transferring to other no-kill shelters/rescues in the state.

2024 Animal Numbers

Animal Intake

Dogs-

Stray/Loose- 63

Seized- 0

Surrendered- 20

Transferred in-0

Other intakes- 28

Total- 111

Cats-

Stray/Presumed stray- 77

Surrendered- 35

Transferred in- 0

Other intakes- 7

Total- 119

Other Animal Intakes-

Stray- 2

Owner surrender- 2

Other intake- 4

Total- 8

Total Animal Intakes- 238

Note: Other intake methods include owner hospitalizations, arrests, emergency housing situations, and dog bite quarantines.

Animal Outcomes

Dog Outcomes-

Return to owner- 84

Adopted- 3

Transferred- 15

Euthanized- 3

total- 105

Cat Outcomes-

Returned to owner- 13

Adopted- 23

Transferred- 71

Returned to field (ferals)- 10

Euthanized- 3

Died in care- 2
Total- 122

Other Outcomes-

Returned to owner- 2

Adopted- 5

Died in care- 1

Total- 8

Live Outcome Rate

Our live outcome rate is determined by the number of animal outcomes divided by the number of live outcomes.

217 (live outcomes) divided by 226 (total intakes)= 96% live outcome rate

We only euthanize if an animal is extremely sick/injured and cannot recover or in the case of dogs, if they are aggressive and not safe to place.