VALLEY ANIMAL CENTER

A Community Support No-Kill Shelter for Dogs and Cats

 

The goals and mission of the Valley Animal Center are to help reduce the dog and cat population through spaying/neutering, adoptions and educational programs, not euthanasia. To reach the goals is much more complicated and no one shelter or organization can do it alone. It takes everyone working together to end the killing: humane societies, private shelters, private spay/neuter, foster and adoption groups, government agencies, volunteers, community groups, and most importantly, the community as a whole.

Many great things have been achieved in recent years for animals. Euthanasia rates are down from 17 million per year in 1987 to approximately 5 million last year. Spaying and neutering statistics have climbed to 65 percent for dogs and 85 percent for cats. There have been many crucial improvements for animals in Fresno County alone. The construction and opening of the Valley Animal Center, the opening of a new high volume, low cost spay/neuter clinic, the expansion of several other no-kill shelters and the formation of new groups dedicated to helping animals. When we first opened our doors in 1992, as the California Feline Foundation, there were no other organizations for animals except for animal control agencies.

 

 

About the Valley Animal Center:

 The Valley Animal Center is non-profit, no-kill shelter and low-cost spay/neuter/vaccination clinic for dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. the Foundation is dedicated to controlling the pet population through education, adoption, and spaying/neutering, not euthanasia.

the Center is an 18,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility that serves the entire six-county Central Valley region as a no-kill adoption center for dogs and cats. it offers:

 

Separate Dog and Cat Adoption Centers

  • Indoor and outdoor access in both the dog and cat condos.

  • Anti-Microbial Flooring which stays cleaner, helping to prevent illness from spreading.

  • State-of-the-art air-ventilation systems to control the spread of illness by completely exchanging the air in the building, not allowing air from one area into another.

  • Dog area includes inside playroom and outside training and exercise yards.

  • Cat area includes windows to receive natural light as well as communal living areas.

Low-Cost Spay, Neuter and Vaccination Clinic

  • The Clinic caters to low income working families, SSI and AFDC recipients, feral colony caregivers, and seniors on a fixed income.

  • The Clinic offers vaccinations, microchip identification, flea treatments, and rental of humane traps.

Humane Education Center

  • The Facility provides tours, educational seminars and presentations, training area for volunteers, and community meeting area.

Visit their website at:  www.valleyanimal.org