Meghan-2/13/09- Animal Haven

Yesterday Anna, Sophie, Edith and I went to animal haven to get a tour of the shelter and set up when we would come back to volunteer and what we could do for them. The organization takes abandoned animals in the tri-state area and try and find them a home. They have limited space, so they try and take in the animals that need it most. It is a no-kill shelter which means that they do not kill animals for space or age, only if the animal is sick. It is a non-profit organization and all the money that they make from animal food, clothes, leashes, etc. goes back to the animals. There are only 7 full time payed employees, the rest are volunteers. They want to spend as much money as they can on the animals and as little as possible on the workers. They are very thankful for the many donations from big corporations that they receive and are always looking for more. I was amazed to see all of the animals in clean areas with space to roam about. It was not what I would have thought a shelter would look like seeing some other shelters. Everthing was very put together and it was all about the animals.