Our Mission Since
1995 Sun Valley Animal
Shelter has provided
loving, compassionate
care to unwanted dogs
and cats of the
northwest valley.
We strive to give
comfortable, temporary
housing, medical care
and vaccinations, good
food and companionship
to the scores of
homeless companion
animals that need our
help finding loving,
permanent families.
SVAS is a private,
non-profit animal shelter managed by Sun
Cities Animal Rescue (SCAR). We
receive no federal or state funding.
We must rely on generous donations, revenue
from our thrift store, and fund raising
events to meet our operating costs.
SVAS adopts over 1000 dogs and cats each
year. Most of these are participants
in Maricopa County Animal Care and Control’s
New Hope program. Through this program
SVAS can help place hundreds of cats and
dogs who would otherwise be euthanized.
SVAS
is proud to be a partner in the Alliance for
Companion Animals [and a participant
in the Maddie’s
Pet Rescue Project in
Maricopa County].
The Alliance for Companion
Animals is
a collaborative group
comprised of traditional and no-kill animal
shelters, county animal control, rescue
organizations, veterinarians and animal welfare
advocates in
Maricopa County.
The mission of
the Alliance is to effect positive social change
and create a community-wide network of resources
that ensure lifetime, loving environments for
all companion animals.
Currently, the Alliance’s largest program is the
Maddie’s
Pet Rescue Project of Maricopa County, which
aims to increase the number of shelter animal
adoptions and is sponsored by a grant from
Maddie’s Fund.®
With the
assistance of Maddie’s
Fund, the Alliance seeks to end euthanasia of
healthy, adoptable dogs and cats in Maricopa
County by 2007.
Maddie’s
Fund®The
Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org)
is a family foundation endowed through the
generosity of Cheryl and Dave
Duffield, PeopleSoft
Founder and Board Chairman. The foundation is
helping to fund the creation of a no-kill
nation. The first step is to help create
programs that guarantee loving homes for all
adoptable (healthy) shelter dogs and cats
throughout the country. The next step will be to
save the sick and injured pets in animal
shelters nationwide.
Maddie’s Fund is named after the family’s
beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in
1997.”
Every year, between 30 and 40 thousand adoptable
dogs and cats are put to death in Maricopa
County alone. At the heart of this problem is a
lack of public awareness and understanding. Sun
Valley Animal Shelter strives to be a leader in
our community. In addition to saving thousands
of lives through adoption, SVAS promotes
awareness of animal welfare issues and
compassion for the companion animals that make
our lives complete.
