by Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis
We found Mercedes wondering lost in Washington Park. A few weeks ago, we reunited her with her dad, Glenn. She was incredibly excited to see him, crawling all over and knocking him down (she even peed a little too!) Mercedes was Glenn’s wife’s dog who passed away in...
by Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis
Meet Charlisa and her dog, Bella! In her family’s fenced-in backyard last week, Bella was outside with her two siblings. After calling her dogs inside, Charlisa heard some loud and aggressive barking outside and only Bella’s siblings came inside. All of a...
by Admin | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter
Last week, ten-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, Angel was found as a stray a block from her home and was brought to St. Clair County Animal Control (SCCAC) by a resident of Washington Park, IL. Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) pulled her from SCCAC, completed all of her...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2020 | 2020, East St. Louis, Happy Tails, Our Shelter
Happy tears were shed last month! Sweet Katy was reunited with her owner! Katy’s owner, Joyce reached out to us when she had an unexpected litter of puppies. We took in the puppies and Joyce planned to keep Katy after she was done nursing and through her spay...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2020 | 2020, Our Shelter, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
Thanks to support from Best Friends Animal Society, Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) recently completed an 18-month process to earn Service Enterprise certification through Points of Light which recognizes organizations that strategically utilize volunteers across all...