City of El Dorado Animal Shelter

OUR FEATURED PET...

WHO WE ARE

There is a place in our community where the hungry are fed, the homeless are sheltered, and the abandoned are given care. It’s your local El Dorado Animal Shelter. Here we provide comfort and care for our communities unwanted animals.

The Animal Shelter staff works diligently to provide services to our community while still being compassionate to the plight of unwanted, discarded and abandoned animals.

ADOPTING A FRIEND

Adoption Fees

DID YOU KNOW?

• EVERY DAY 70,000 PUPPIES AND KITTENS ARE BORN IN THIS COUNTRY WHILE ONLY 10,000 PEOPLE ARE BORN IT'S SIMPLE MATH - THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH HOMES FOR ALL OF THESE ANIMALS.
• EVERY YEAR 10 - 12 MILLION ANIMALS ARE EUTHANIZED IN SHELTERS FOR LACK OF AVILABLE HOMES. ON AVERAGE 64% OF ALL ANIMALS TAKEN INTO SHELTERS NATIONWIDE HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED FOR THIS REASON.
• AT LEAST 50 % OF THE OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM IS UNNEUTERED MALES. FEMALES CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
• PUREBREDS ACCOUNT FOR 30 % OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN SHELTERS. "PAPERS" DON'T MEAN AN ANIMAL SHOULD BE BRED.
• FOR EVERY HOME YOU FIND FOR AN ANIMAL THAT YOU HAVE BRED A HOME IS LOST FOR A SHELTER ANIMAL
• BREEDING TO "SEE THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH" DEMANDS THAT YOU ALSO "SEE THE TRAGIC RESULTS" PLEASE VISIT A SHELTER.
• ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION HAS REACHED A CRISIS POINT IN THIS COUNTRY
• YOU PERSONALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY SPAYING OR NEUTERING YOUR PET. IT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY!'

THE FACTS

• ONE FEMALE DOG AND HER OFFSPRING CAN BE THE SOURCE OF 67.000 PUPPIES IN SIX SHORT YEARS
• ONE FMALE CAT AND HER OFFSPRING CAN PRODUCE 420,000 KITTENS IN SEVEN YEARS
• SPAYING A FEMALE ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF IT DEVELOPING UTERINE OR OVARIAN CANCER AND GREATLY REDUCES THE CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER
• NEUTERING A MALE REDUCES INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT AND PROSTATE CANCER LATER IN LIFE
• NEUTERING WILL MAKE YOUR PET MORE AFFECTIONATE AND LESS LIKELY TO ROAM, GET IN FIGHTS OR BECOME LOST
• PETS BECOME FAT AND LAZY FROM A RESULT OF OVEREATING AND LACK OF EXERCISE NOT FROM SPAYING OR NEUTERING
• THERE IS NO NEED FOR A FEMALE TO HAVE A LITTER BEFORE SHE IS SPAYED
• FEMALES CAN BE SPAYED AS EARLY AS 8 WEEKS OLD
• NEUTERING A MALE IS AN EASIER OPERATION THAN SPAYING AND IS RECOMMENDED AS EARLY AS 8 WEEKS
• YOUR PET MAY FEEL SOME SLIGHT DISCOMFORT AFTER THE OPERATION BUT THIS IS CONTROLLABLE AND LASTS ONLY A SHORT WHILE. HAVING PUPPIES IS MUCH MORE PAINFUL BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANESTHESIA