The Animal Shelter

The APS-FH Animal Shelter follows The Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) Standards of Care in Animal Shelters (“guidelines”) to provide the highest quality housing, medical, and behavioral care of pets living in the shelter. We adopt between 200-400 dogs and cats into loving homes each year. We also partner with the local Sheriff’s Department to provide animal control, return to owner, and dog licensing services on San Juan Island.

Short-Term Emergency Housing for Pets

APS-FH offers short-term emergency housing for pets within our shelter, based on space availability, as well as in foster homes when possible. This service is provided to support individuals facing temporary and unexpected crises or transitions. We collaborate with various local human service organizations that refer clients to our program and help determine low-income eligibility. APS-FH is not a boarding facility, if you are looking for boarding options for your pet for a planned trip, surgery or other planned event, please call the Animal Inn at 360-378-4735 or call us for other boarding and pet sitting referrals.

Foster Care Program

The Foster Care Program places orphaned, pregnant, newborn, injured, sick, and under-socialized pets into private homes for temporary housing. Some of the shelter’s most vulnerable residents benefit from foster care, which provides them with time outside of the shelter to decompress. Foster care gives us an opportunity to learn more about the pet by providing a glimpse into how they behave in a home setting. The APS-FH shelter is limited in space and the Foster Care Program expands our capacity to help homeless pets.

If you are interested in becoming one of our Foster Care Families, please call the shelter at 360-378-2158.
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