The Society is governed by a Board of Directors who are very much hands-on volunteers at our shelter. We do have part-time paid staff who tend to the needs of the pets 365 days a year in both morning and evening shifts. We also have an office assistant who answers the phone most weekday mornings. Our kennel supervisor does double duty as our vet tech. A group of like-minded individuals organized the Society, which was incorporated in Georgia in 1985. Initially the Society was a network of foster homes that housed adoptable cats and dogs and brought them to TV stations and other venues to try to get them adopted. While initially renting kennel space in a local groomer/boarding facility, our volunteers came up with a business plan to turn the city’s unused Stockade into a no-kill shelter. In 1999, the business plan was presented to the Augusta-Richmond County Commissioners, who later approved the plan. We signed the first lease on December 31, 1999. Then-Mayor Bob Young paid for our first five years of the lease by attaching a $5 bill to the contract. We have since renewed the lease several times, now in ten-year increments.
Augusta GA 30909 | 4.8 miles away
We are here to help all animals but our passion is to save Pit Bull like and special need dogs. We are determined to break down stereotypes and discrimination that are caused by fear and ignorance in the human and animal world through education. We fight so they don't have to! We are their voice.
Augusta GA 30906 | 9.2 miles away
The mission of Augusta Animal Services is to enforce state laws and local ordinances pertaining to the care and control of animals, protection of life and property, and to raise public awareness of responsible pet ownership. Additionally, Augusta Animal Services strives to provide humane solutions for stray and homeless pets within the community through its return to owner, adoption, rescue, and