Yellowstone Valley
Animal Shelter
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter, Inc
The City of Billings Police Department provides animal control services.
Our organization is founded on the principle of community engagement with the goal of building partnerships to save lives. We cannot overemphasize the important role animals play in the lives of humans and we'd like to return the favor.
For a list of animal events, statewide, visit Montana Pets On The Net, here . Click on the link for Dog Activities, and the link for Statewide Events
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(Stop by often, our adoptable animals change daily!)
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter
1735 Monad Road.
Billings, MT 59102
HOURS THAT WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
Monday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Tuesday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Friday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Saturday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
*** DONATIONS NEEDED ***
To keep kittens healthy and happy in an animal shelter, they need to be away from the rest of the cat population.
OUR SHELTER IS AIMING TO EXPAND AND CREATE A NEW KITTEN ROOM!
YOUR DONATIONS WILL HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN!
LOW KILL SHELTER
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter is committed to the humane treatment of animals. We are considered an "open door" shelter. This means that we will turn no animal away that is from the city of BIllings regardless of health, temperament or age. Because we understand that all animals come to us under the care and compassion of someone, we also are committed to the people involved in the care and welfare of these animals.
LIMITATIONS THAT WE WORK UNDER
Because we do contract with the city of Billings to shelter their animals, we cannot provide an open door policy to county animals. We will accept animals from outside the city of Billings based on availability of space, adopt-ability, and in crisis situations.
We must assess the health and temperament of each animal that comes under our care. In some cases it is more humane to send some animals across "The Rainbow Bridge". This decision is not made lightly nor without great compassion, love and heartache.
DOGS
Our space for adoptable dogs consists of 28 kennels, stray dogs is14 kennels, and isolation and quarantine is 9 kennels.
We access breed rescues for more difficult to adopt dogs that need rehabilitation, or we, the staff, take home to spend time with them, or we keep them in the shelter and let them spend time with volunteers and in the office. We utilize Pet Finder as a resource. We have dogs adopted as far away as Washington and Oregon coast.
CATS
Our adoptable cat room will maintain approximately 25 cats, our stray cat room holds 36 cats, and our isolation room holds 7 sick cats. Often, when you visit our shelter, you will see cat cages on the office counters and a few office cats hanging out on chairs, desks and counters.
The city of Billings and surrounding community has a massive over population of cats. People tend to not spay or neuter cats and let them run at large. One unspayed female cat could be responsible for as many as 36 kittens in one year, and each of those kittens will do the same. At the end of 14 months that one unspayed female would have contributed180 cats to our area.
It is part of our mission to stop this ongoing overpopulation of animals through offering low cost spay/neuter clinics twice a year. The county donates the Sage Building, water and electricity at Metra Park for those clinics. Volunteers put in long hours in preparation and long days of the actual clinic to offer this service to those people who are unable to afford to take their animal/animals to a veterinarian.