by Admin | Jan 26, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis
Recently, we reunited two families back-to-back – Bell (known as Freckle Ann) and Savvy (known as Diamond). Freckle Ann was picked up by a community member who ended up fostering her temporarily. Before taking her in, the community member checked with neighbors,...
by Admin | Jan 25, 2021 | 2021, Our Shelter
From the desk of the Executive Director, Emily Stuart Last week, Gateway Pet Guardians rescued a beautiful and loving stray, missing the tip of her nose, that had eluded outreach workers for a year. Her arrival at our shelter coincided with the Inauguration of the new...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis
Boeh was seen running on a busy road in Washington Park by two of our volunteers while they were out doing community outreach. They knocked on doors and spoke to neighbors, but nobody seemed to recognize him which was hard to believe as he was such a beauty. Our...
by Admin | Jan 20, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter
Bridget gave her mom, Claudia quite the scare when she went missing last month. At first, a neighbor found her, but she got away. Fortunately, another neighbor came upon her and brought her to Gateway Pet Guardians. We scanned her for a microchip, but it was old and...
by Admin | Jan 14, 2021 | 2021, East St. Louis, Our Shelter, Ways to Donate
Recently, we were the recipient of a “paying it forward” act of kindness with an exceptionally generous donation of OnGuard flea and tick medication for dogs. In addition to vaccines and medical tests, flea and tick medications are expensive and are one of...
by Admin | Jan 3, 2021 | 2021, Our Shelter
In December, we took in a dog who we affectionately named Miss-A-Toe. Her back leg and part of her tail had been surgically removed and she had also been spayed. She was taken from a property where the owner was in serious legal trouble and the other dogs on the...
by Janet Alderson | Dec 28, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Rescue Bank | St. Louis Affiliate
In June, Gateway Pet Guardians teamed up with GreaterGood.org and Rescue Bank to become the St. Louis region’s Affiliate partner, sharing resources with animal welfare agencies all over the bi-state region. Thanks to this partnership, we are able to bring more...
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...
