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Areas Animal Protective Association of Missouri serves
Missouri
Animal Protective Association of Missouri's adoption process
Additional adoption info
To schedule an adoption appointment, please call 314-645-4610. When you visit the APA Adoption Center, you’ll find many wonderful dogs, cats and small animals waiting to find a new home. Our friendly and knowledgeable adoption counselors can help find the right pet for you.
To schedule an adoption appointment, please call 314-645-4610. When you visit the APA Adoption Center, you’ll find many wonderful dogs, cats and small animals waiting to find a new home. Our friendly and knowledgeable adoption counselors can help find the right pet for you.
About Animal Protective Association of Missouri
Founded in 1922, the Animal Protective Association of Missouri is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing people and pets together, advancing humane education and creating programs beneficial to the human/animal bond.
We provide:
1. Shelter and care for over 4,000 animals each year
2. Adoption services
3. Affordable Veterinary Clinic
4. Lost and found assistance
5. Education and outreach
6. Domestic Violence Pet Assistance
Founded in 1922, the Animal Protective Association of Missouri is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing people and pets together, advancing humane education and creating programs beneficial to the human/animal bond.
We provide:
1. Shelter and care for over 4,000 animals each year
2. Adoption services
3. Affordable Veterinary Clinic
4. Lost and found assistance
5. Education and outreach
6. Domestic Violence Pet Assistance
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Why should you adopt?
Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.
What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.