by Alison Erazmus | Dec 11, 2025 | Fostering, Newsletter, Press Releases, Rescued Animals, Stray Dogs, Uncategorized
[Photo above of Apple Pie with her finder-to-foster Quina. Quina ended up adopting Apple Pie, saying Apple Pie is her first pet, ever, and that she’s part of the family now.]December 11, 2025.Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG) is proud to have received a highly coveted...
by Admin | Jul 1, 2021 | 2021, Fostering, Our Shelter, Press Releases
As COVID-19 restrictions are loosening, animal shelters across the country are struggling to find fosters and adopters for their pets. Local pet shelter and resource center Gateway Pet Guardian’s (GPG) move to East St. Louis in 2020 has made them accessible to the...
by Admin | Jan 29, 2021 | 2021, Our Shelter, Press Releases
We received a $15,000 donation from Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. The grant money will be used to expand our low cost veterinary clinic and pet food pantry services. We moved operations to East St. Louis on January 20, 2020. East St. Louis represents nearly every...
by Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering, Press Releases, Rescued Animals, Volunteering, Ways to get involved
April 10, 2020 (Belleville, IL) – Two partnering animal shelters came together with a single goal to empty all of the kennels at St. Clair County Animal Services this week. This is to prepare for potential emergency intake due to the COVID-19 virus. “Our shelters have...
by Jill Henke | Mar 23, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering, Press Releases, Ways to get involved
March 23, 2020 (East St. Louis, IL) – One local East St. Louis animal shelter has emptied ALL of their kennels because of a tremendous outpouring of support from the metro area community. “I am so relieved and happy to say that we moved all of our shelter pets into...
by Jill Henke | Mar 12, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering, Press Releases, Ways to get involved
March 12, 2020 (Saint Louis, MO) – As Covid-19 concerns spread across the St. Louis region, a local animal shelter is also taking necessary steps to ensure the safety of their staff, volunteers and pets in their care. The most immediate need is temporary foster homes...
