Viva Paws Vegas: Discovering the City Animal Shelters of Las Vegas

Known for its dazzling lights, vibrant nightlife, and world-class entertainment, Las Vegas is also home to a compassionate community. Beyond the glitz and glamor, the city has a network of city animal shelters dedicated to helping animals in need. Get to know these local shelters and glimpse the heart of Las Vegas.

The Animal Foundation

655 North Mojave Road, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89101 

Guided by The Five Freedoms: freedom from hunger and thirst, discomfort, pain, injury, and disease, freedom to express normal behavior, and freedom from fear and distress, The Animal Foundation is one honorable city animal shelter in Vegas. It helps prepare shelter dogs for a brighter future by providing them with all the care they need.

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Nevada SPCA

5375 S. Procyon Street, Suite 108, Las Vegas, NV 89118 

Founded in 1982, the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Nevada SPCA) stands as Southern Nevada's original no-kill shelter. It has  taken in more than 2,000 dogs, cats, rabbits, and other small pets since. It cares for these animals by rescuing, rehabilitating, and ultimately, finding them their forever homes.

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Heaven Can Wait Animal Society

546 N Eastern Ave, Suite 175, Las Vegas, NV, 89101

With the noble aim of preventing unnecessary euthanasia, Heaven Can Wait Animal Society works tirelessly to improve the quality of life for many abandoned, injured, and homeless pets. It focuses on spay and neuter programs, provides low-cost medical care, and offers free vaccinations, among many other advocacies.

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Hearts Alive Village

1750 S. Rainbow Blvd #4,  Las Vegas, NV 89146 

Giving animals a voice, Hearts Alive Village consists of volunteers who truly have their hearts in giving beautiful lives to needy animals. It provides veterinary care, adoption, fostering, and rehoming services, in addition to rescuing and rehabilitating. What makes it unique is its part in investigating abuse and neglect of animals in the City of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

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Homeward Bound Cat Adoptions

2675 East Flamingo Rd, Suite 3, Las Vegas, NV 89121

Founded in 2007, Homeward Bound Cat Adoptions is a foster-based rescue focusing on finding forever homes for cats. It has since saved over 9,485 cats with its no-kill policy. In addition, it provides compassionate care for cats, up-to-date humane education, and many other services. It takes pride in its modern adoption center, where the cats they care for can roam free. This reduces the stress experienced by the cats, increases enrichment, and makes it easier for them to get adopted into loving homes.

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Animal Network

8495 W Warm Springs Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89113 

Rescuing homeless and abandoned animals from the streets, shelters, and hoomans who can no longer care for them, Animal Network is a noteworthy city animal shelter in Las Vegas. It places these animals in foster families until they are adopted into loving forever homes, regardless of breed. While it does not have a centralized physical shelter, it houses the animals in boarding facilities and volunteer homes.

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Las Vegas Valley Humane Society

2881 Business Park Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89128 

Founded in 1991, the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society has and still aims to stop animal suffering, breeding, and overpopulation. It sets up spay/neuter programs, rescue and rehabilitation of dogs and cats, TNR (trap and neuter) efforts, and microchipping endeavors. It is involved in rescues, spay/neuter, adoption, and other related services to help animals in need. Like Animal Network, it does not have a physical shelter and only relies on its volunteer fosters.

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The Poppy Foundation

3915 Helen Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89130

Named after a cat named Poppy, the Poppy Foundation is dedicated to saving and caring for unadoptable, medically dependent, and special needs cats, just like its namesake. Through its efforts and donations from kind-hearted donors, this city shelter in Vegas is able to have these cats live the remainder of their lives in its blissful care.

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Vegas Shepherd Rescue

2620 Regatta Dr Ste 102, Las Vegas, NV 89128 

Dedicated to rescuing and caring for surrendered, abandoned, and abused dogs, the Vegas Shepherd Rescue has a special focus on German Shepherds. It aims to provide a safe and loving environment for these dogs. It also gives them the necessary medical care and training with the goal of rehabilitating them to have them find their loving forever homes.

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A Path 4 Paws Dog Rescue

232 N Jones, Las Vegas, NV 89107 

Another excellent non-profit volunteer-based organization, A Path 4 Paws Dog Rescue, gives second chances to all breeds of dogs in need. While this city animal shelter was founded in 2017, its director and board members have been involved in rescue work for more than 35 years. Today, it has become one of Nevada's largest animal rescue groups.

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Street Dogz

3801 Vegas Dr, Las Vegas, NV 

With a mission to ensure that no pet is surrendered due to their hooman's lack of resources, Street Dogz works tirelessly to fight pet homelessness. It provides spay and neuter services, fostering and finding forever homes for animals in need, particularly dogs. Aside from giving them material support, this city animal shelter also helps hoomans care for their pets, giving them a sense of dignity, comfort, and hope.

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A Home 4 Spot

2140 N Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89108 

Born out of compassion for two Dobies living in small cages, A Home 4 Spot provides foster and medical care for abandoned dogs until they find their forever homes. Since its founding in 2009, this local animal shelter has saved over 6,500 dogs from euthanasia and raised over $1,000,500 for the medical treatment of pets that were slated to die in kill shelters.

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Golden Retriever Rescue

7065 W Ann Rd Ste 130-656, Las Vegas, NV 89130 

An all-volunteer organization, the Golden Retriever Rescue Southern Nevada gives second chances to abandoned, displaced, and neglected Golden Retrievers and Golden Mixes. It believes in finding guidance in integrity, stewardship, respect, and opportunity in caring for the well-being of dogs. It places them in loving, responsible, and committed forever homes.

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