In June, 2004 St. Francis Animal Shelter, Inc. moved operations from the old City of Buffalo Dog Pound building to our new 5,000 square foot facility at 109 Flatiron (about one block north of Motel 6,  just east of Buffalo.)

 We receive dogs at large from the City Animal Control Officer, find owners and release them after they have paid the City pickup fee.  We also sell dog licenses for the City of Buffalo.

 We board and care for all homeless dogs and find good homes for them.

We are a “no-kill shelter.”  For current adoption fees, please call the shelter at (307) 684-1738.  The adoption fee includes current shots and spay/neuter.  If the animals are too young at the time of adoption to be spayed or neutered, we provide the adopting person(s) with a free spay/neuter certificate (paid for by St. Francis Animal Shelter, Inc.)

We have been very successful in placing felines for adoption, thanks to the local IGA grocery store which pays one-half the adoption fee for all people adopting cats and kittens.

We also provide half-price spay/neuter certificates - People pay ½ of the fee and the shelter pays ½ of the fee.

 We follow up on dogs that are being abused and assist when the law allows.

 We have implemented a micro-chip system. Micro-chips are implanted into the neck area of dogs and cats and we have a scanner to scan all pets for possible micro-chips.  Since most dogs and all cats we receive have no collars or rabies tags, it is often difficult to determine who the owners are.  Micro-chips can really help that problem. This service is also offered to the public by appointment.  Please call for fees.

 We heavily depend on donations to run our shelter.  St. Francis had purchased the land in the Buffalo Industrial Park with donations received over the past several years. Actual construction was made possible by a gift from the estate of the late Arlina Harte, a volunteer at St. Francis for several years.

 The new facility has made it possible to provide better care for lost or abandoned pets, and to provide a shelter service to the City of Buffalo. But our non-profit organization has also assumed considerable additional costs, and has a continued need of financial and volunteer help from the community.