It’s All About The Animals
In the United States, pet overpopulation results in the unnecessary killing of millions of loving, adoptable dogs and cats every year. Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter (FAAS) has dedicated its efforts to combating pet overpopulation and the consequences thereof.
FAAS started our Spay/Neuter Program in 2007 for people who could not otherwise afford to spay/neuter their pet. Since then more than 36,000 dogs and cats have been helped through our spay/neuter program. During that same period, the Aspen Animal Shelter and FAAS have rescued more than 7,000 dogs and cats.
Your generous contribution is helping make pet overpopulation a problem of the past!
The Latest Arrivals from NMDR
Shelter staff member Fernando Granados with two Shih Tzu pups
Brian Wampler, Henri Sachson and Theresa Strader with just-washed Lab pup
Three-year-old Shih Tzu, Polly
Adorable mill pups post-bath waiting for their new adventures and future homes
Since 2019, the Aspen Animal Shelter has been proud to partner with National Mill Dog Rescue (NMDR) and to work with Theresa Strader, Founder and Executive Director, to help further the mission of NMDR by finding loving homes for these well-deserving mill dogs.
Once they are vaccinated, groomed and neutered, these dogs usually get adopted from our shelter almost immediately!
NMDR’s mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome discarded breeding dogs and puppies while raising awareness and educating the public about the grim realities of the commercial dog breeding business. Under Theresa’s guidance--and with the help of a small staff and hundreds of volunteers—NMDR has rescued over 20,000 dogs from a life of confinement, neglect and often abuse at the hands of these breeding facilities, also known as puppy mills.
NMDR is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Peyton, Colorado. For more information about this amazing organization, go to https://nmdr.org/
Our sincerest thanks go to The Aspen Times for their continued support and for always having one of the best and most colorful photos in our pet calendar.
You just have to smile at this wonderful photo featured on page 5 in our 2022 Aspen Animal Shelter Pet Calendar. Super-modles Goose, Ruby, Ernie & Harry Potter have done this aso many times, they were all more interested in the scenery than the photo shoot!
We love it even more because it serves as a photo tip from the talented photographers at The Aspen Times: Everyone doesn’t need to be looking directly at the camera to make a pet portrait really GRR-EAT!