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...
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...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Fostering
Gateway Pet Guardians was recently awarded Petfinder Foundation’s COVID-19 Operation Grant in the amount of $750. This grant was designed to assist the operational needs of animal welfare organizations in an ongoing pandemic. This gift enabled us to purchase foster...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 31, 2020 | 2020
An adorable St. Louis shelter dog has found his forever home after waiting over 1,250 days in foster care. Bowie, a 6-year-old pit bull, was finally adopted after “crashing” with a foster parent for the last two and half years, the animal rescue Gateway...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 25, 2020 | 2020
What can happen when program is truly driven by the data? This East St. Louis, IL, agency, saw a decrease in length of stay of more than 130 days! We checked in with the ED for the whole story. Read more >>