Yellowstone Valley
Animal Shelter
YVAS is a Montana nonprofit corporation, with an organization inception date of December 11, 2007.
Additionally, we are a tax-exempt agency. To view a copy of our IRS Determination Letter please contact our Executive Director.
Thank you!
Donations make it possible to manage our programs, expand shelter services, develop an active public volunteer program and prevent animal suffering. Please consider a gift to Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter . Your tax-deductible donation will make a tremendous impact on the lives of many companion pets in your community.
We do not hesitate to provide the veterinary care necessary to help the animals that enter our shelter. We referred a Boxer to Dr. Brown, DVM, for a broken leg. The injury required extensive surgery. We continued the care with our shelter veterinarian, Dr. Jean Allbright. Mr. Boxer was adopted to a wonderful family. A Doberman Pinsher came to us with a badly damaged lower hind limb. Dr. Allbright did surgery immediately. Mr. Dobie stayed with us for several months until healed enough to then place him for adoption. A Lab, Rosie, came to us from the back country southwest of Columbus, MT. Rosie had tangled with a bear. She was rescued by a rancher and his wife and brought to our shelter. Dr. Allbright cleaned the wounds which were extensive, put in drain tubes, and Rosie stayed with us for six weeks. We searched for her owners through the use of the media. She eventually was adopted by a wonderful family in Huntley, MT. A litter of six week old Pitbull pups were released to YVAS. They had numerous eye injuries. Dr. Allbright removed the eye on one pup, and sutured closed the eyelids on four other pups to give them time to heal. We put a great deal of effort and time into this group, and they all eventually went to adopted homes.
Dr. Allbright has amputated limbs and tails on cats that, when healed, moved onto great adopted homes.
At any given time we are medicating and giving fluids to at least five kittens and a number of adult cats to help them through various illnesses.
We have built outdoor play yards and meet/greet yards for the dogs.
Our desire is to build individual community cat rooms and also weather shelters in the dog play yards.
All the medical care that is mentioned above, which is just the tip of the iceberg and the improvements to the facililty are made possible through donations from those people who have a sense of responsibility to these critters and our community. Every penny counts. Although, the large donations are very valuable, so too, are the small individual amounts we receive.
We have received financial donations in all sums from $1.00 - $5,000.00. We value each of these regardless of the amount and recognize that each person who gives has the same compassion and caring. Children have designated their birthday party presents to be donations for the shelter. Community organizations have donated items for the animals in the shelter.
Of course, we recieve donations in memory of loved ones, be it human or animal that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, and also donations in honor of friends, family and pets that are still amongst us.
We invite you to visit the shelter, meet the staff, see our facility, and chat with our Director. We will answer any questions you may have.
*** 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!
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Thank you for your interest in YVAS.
Contact Us
chris.anderson@yvas.org
kathy.dunn@yvas.org