ANIMAL SHELTER INC

Our shelter has been doing high volume transports and have maintained a 100% compliance rate on s/n PRIOR to adoption since 2/1998. We are still working with some of the same organizations we did for almost two decades. History: The Animal Shelter Inc. of Sterling, MA (also referred to as the Sterling Shelter) EIN # 04-3236868 is a non-profit organization (formed in 1988 - incorporated in 1996) and no-kill animal shelter with no time or age restrictions. The shelter exists to provide humane sheltering and high quality medical care for stray, unwanted, abused and neglected animals and to find loving, lifelong homes for orphaned pets. Our staff is dedicated to finding good homes for adoptable pets and we continue to promote responsible pet ownership and to improve the quality of life for the animals and people in our community. The Shelter is supported entirely by donations from private individuals and through surrender and adoption fees. The Animal Shelter, Inc. does not receive support from the United Way or from federal, state or local governments. Our on-site veterinary clinic cares for over 3,000+ animals that come through our shelter yearly and provides a low/no cost spay/neuter, general wellness program assisting local animal control officers, shelters and breed rescues. Position Statement – A leader in our field, The Animal Shelter Inc. of Sterling is a happy, clean, well run, family friendly animal shelter with progressive programs that improves lives by raising the bar for animal care in our shelter and community. We are an established organization committed to placing animals in caring homes through innovative programs and placement services. At the Animal Shelter Inc. of Sterling we share a core belief that we will only help animals by working proactively and compassionately with people. Reflected in all of our programs and services is our belief that people and animals are inherently good. We strive to create a judgment-free and caring environment for all community members seeking our services, whether they are surrendering a pet, adopting or utilizing our low-cost services. This philosophy is shared with all employees and volunteers. We have a streamlined adoption process and have a more positive way of connecting people and animals. There are no lengthy applications and screening processes. Instead, we want to engage in conversation with prospective adopters. If we start from a perspective that people are coming to us with the best intentions, we will have a much better success rate of finding life-long matches.

Our shelter has been doing high volume transports for over two decades. We have extremely high standards/requirements for PRE transport medical care from sending shelters/rescues/ACO's. The info and link below has all the info sending shelters will need. SHELTER/RESCUE TRANSPORT PROGRAMS Our shelter has https://www.sterlingshelter.org/humane-society/shelterrescue-transport-programs Any questions – PLEASE CONTACT: Leigh Grady – Executive Director @ the Animal Shelter Inc of Sterling, MA – 17 Laurelwood Road – Sterling – MA – 01564 via email [email protected] We also encourage you to check out our shelters website www.sterlingshelter.org to learn more about our shelter and our many dozen programs offered for pets and people https://www.sterlingshelter.org/humane-society Our on-site veterinary clinic is staffed Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm and both of our doctors are Humane Alliance trained www. sterlingshelterclinic.org And some of our social media accounts https://www.facebook.com/thesterlinganimalshelter/