by Janet Alderson | Mar 11, 2020 | 2020, Animal Rescues, Cats, East St. Louis, Rescued Animals
Yesterday, we received a frantic call from a community member about a cat in distress in her basement. She didn’t own a cat. 🤷♀️ Somehow, this little stinker got trapped down there! Thinking he would be feral, we baited and set a trap. It only took seconds, and...
by Janet Alderson | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019, Animal Rescues, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Fostering, Puppies, Rescued Animals, Ways to get involved
Every month, we receive countless calls from community members needing help. These calls consist of owner surrenders, stray reports, and lost dog reports–in addition to the dozens of calls requesting services. Gateway Pet Guardians recognizes that we cannot...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 1, 2018 | 2018, Animal Rescues, East St. Louis, Puppies, Rescued Animals
Here’s a secret… we weren’t planning on rescuing these babies today. It just kinda happened…. Whoops! But they needed help. They were born overnight so just hours old, but thankfully they are sleeping snug as a bug in a foster home tonight! Check out the...
by Janet Alderson | Jul 20, 2018 | 2018, Animal Rescues, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Foster Feature, Fostering, Rescued Animals, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
She emerged from a dirty plastic doghouse. I took a moment to take in the sight before me. We were in the brush, yet somehow light filtered in and illuminated the skeleton just feet ahead. One by one, you could see her ribs down her back, each more prominent than the...
by Janet Alderson | Jan 3, 2018 | 2017, Animal Rescues, Cold Weather, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Fostering, Rescued Animals, Stray Dogs, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
Magee’s incredible rescue is WHY Gateway Pet Guardians’ Community Outreach Program is so important to helping pets in the East St. Louis metro area! A community member contacted us about a skinny white dog that had been roaming the neighborhood as a stray. She was...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 31, 2017 | 2017, Animal Rescues, East St. Louis, Rescued Animals, Stray Dogs
We have a happy story to share! We found this four-month-old puppy running around in East St. Louis in the frigid cold. We picked her up and took her to the vet, where we discovered a microchip. The chip wasn’t registered, but we tracked down the owner thanks to...
