The City of St. Louis animal shelter, located at 2120 Gasconade, was constructed in 1941 as a "catch and kill" facility originally meant for only two years of use. Unfortunately, that same building is still being used today in spite of its inadequacies as a humane animal care center.

More than 65 years later, we no longer view dog pounds as temporary holding pens for undesirable animals, but rather, as rescue and rehabilitation facilities, focused on adopting animals into new, loving families.

Unfortunately, the City doesn't have the funds to build a new shelter. And the animals of St. Louis can't wait any longer. This is why Animal House was created – to build a new St. Louis facility to give homeless and abandoned animals a second chance.

The Animal House Fund, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization raising
$4 million in cash and in-kind contributions toward the building of a new, state-of-the-art, environmentally-responsible animal care facility. Once funding is secured, the Animal House Fund will construct the new facility and hand the keys over to the City of St. Louis upon completion.

This building effort addresses two social issues: animal welfare and environmentalism since architectural plans include following L.E.E.D. building criteria. Once constructed, this new facility will be the first City operated green building in the City of St. Louis.

Led by a local millionaire philanthropist, Ed Throop, former chairman of the board for the Humane Society of Missouri and an active animal welfare advocate, everyone involved with this project recognizes the need for a humane, industry-compliant animal care facility for our City built with environmentally responsible standards. Animal House Fund has the backing of Mayor Francis Slay, President of the Board of Aldermen Jim Shrewsbury, and City Comptroller Darlene Green.

Please consider joining our effort: adopt, donate or volunteer.

For more information about this exciting project, please call (314) 968-5505 or email info@animalhousefund.org.

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