Kent Animal Shelter

Kent Animal Shelter is looking at property across the road from its current facility as a site for the new, expanded kennel facility it needs — a site outside the Pine Barrens core preservation area, where land use restrictions have stalled plans to expand on its current site.

Pet families - don't miss this opportunity to let your furry friends tell Santa what they want for Christmas.

It's fur-real, Kent Animal Shelter challenges the public to help win the Million Cat Challenge and save the lives of a million shelter cats over the next five years.

Save some homeless pets while enjoying scenic vineyards during peak harvest season on the North Fork.

Advance registration is necessary, but Kent Animal Shelter is holding a free rabies vaccine clinic.

During the month of June Kent Animal Shelter is offering a limited number of special $20 fees to spay/neuter kittens and puppies less than 6 months old.

Bella, a four-year-old pitbull who suffered from a badly infected wound from alleged abuse, was rehabilitated by Kent Animal Shelter and is now up for adoption.

Kent Animal Shelter outgrew its cramped, deteriorating facilities at the edge of the Pine Barrens many years ago, but its plans for expansion are no closer to approval today than they were in 2012, when Kent first proposed them.

Kent Animal Shelter has sterilized 1,500 cats over the past two years, meeting a goal of a grant it received in 2014 from PetSmart Charities.

“It was like a black wall,” said vet tech Barbara Wansor. “A part of me said, ‘Barbara, don’t go in there. It’s probably not safe.' But I knew there were animals in there that needed to be saved.”