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About Friends For the
Dearborn Animal Shelter
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The mission of the Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter is to provide loving care and sanctuary to animals, encourage adoptions and reunions, and promote respect, responsibility, and compassion for all animals.
History - About Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter
The Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter (the Friends or FFDAS) was formed in 1993 by a small group of people who wanted to improve the conditions for the animals at the Shelter and promote their adoption into loving homes. The Friends is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless and owned animals.
The Dearborn Animal Shelter is owned by the City of Dearborn and is managed by the Police Department.
The Shelter enjoys a "scenic" location between the City Transfer Station and the Waterworks and prior to the Friends involvement, was run as a “pound”. When we began in 1993, there was no adoption screening and animals were sold for $5.
We worked closely with the Mayor and the Chief of Police and in 1995 submitted a proposal to the City to actually run the Shelter. This was approved by the City Council and in July of 1996, we took over. We hired a licensed veterinary technical to manage the Shelter and instituted significant policy changes. All animals adopted from our Shelter are now fully vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and are identified by a microchip. We also participate over 50 community outreach programs including low cost spay/neuter clinics, offsite adoptions, City events, and a golf outing in June. We care for over 2,500 animals a year at the Shelter and are grateful for our more than 100 active volunteers. You can visit our web site at www.dearborn-animals.com for more information on us.
Our dream has always been to build a new Shelter facility and we are so excited that we are now in the finance and design phases. It is being planned as a true community service and will offer not only homeless animal care and adoptions but also a retail store and various services including training, boarding, and grooming. Our proposed new location is right next to the new Dearborn Civic Center. You will go to the Civic Center for the human members of your family and to our Animal Adoption and Education Center for the pet members of your family.
Although we receive a subsidy from the City that covers a portion of our operating costs for the Shelter, we are totally dependent upon donations and fund raisers for our operation.
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You may contact us by phoning (313.943.2697) or visiting (2661 Greenfield) the Shelter during normal business hours or by sending us an email.
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