Our mission is to provide a safe haven for unwanted animals and to do our best to match those animals with potential new owners. We also want to help owners to keep the pets that they already have.

"Maybe you are having problems training a dog or are going through a stressful and difficult time in your life and just need some help or advice or someone to talk to."

Your pet may feel like a burden, but it doesn't have to. We are here to help you with training, nutritional, behavioral and even housing problems. Sometimes the solution is simpler than you realize.

If you are looking for a new pet or even thinking about it some time in the near future then we encourage you to come in and talk to us about your wants and needs, we will then attempt to match you with the best animal possible to meet your requirements.

We are a non-profit, no kill animal shelter. Because sadly there are so many animals in Nelson that are lost, abandoned or surrendered, we feel there is need for such a facility. We are located next to Nelson Animal Hospital at 2124 Ymir Road, just a few minutes drive from downtown Nelson.

We want to be part of the local community and as such we encourage you to come and visit us. We need volunteers to walk, groom and play with the dogs and pet the cats. If you have the time and space at home we are looking for temporary foster homes for dogs and cats.

"Non-profit, no kill animal shelter."

We also ask you to look around your home and see if you have anything that you could donate to the animals at our shelter such as food dishes, litter trays, brushes, toys, collars and leashes, towels and blankets. As our shelter is run entirely on donations anything that you could bring in would be gratefully received by both the staff and the animals.

We invite you to come and visit, join one of our volunteer programs, or just drop in to say Hi. We need and appreciate our volunteer support, from our kids club members, to dog walkers, cat socializes and our foster families, all of you are great.