The Ask A Veterinary Team series provides our community with educational resources to ensure every animal has a safe and healthy life. As kitten season fast is quickly approaching, our inaugural issue takes a closer look at community cats and ways you can help if you encounter a seemingly homeless animal.Read More
Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter, an East Hanover, NJ animal shelter that promotes the fostering, adoption and care of rescue dogs and cats, today announced that Lorri Caffrey, the shelter’s interim Executive Director since November 2020, will fill the role permanently, effective immediately. Jessica Garrison was also named shelter manager. Read More
Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter, an East Hanover, NJ animal shelter that promotes the fostering and adoption of rescue dogs and cats, today announced their designation as one of the region’s only Fear Free Shelters.Read More
After learning about Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter through a friend Anne started volunteering. That was nearly 12 years ago. Anne volunteers when she can, usually a few times a week.Read More
Americans have a long tradition of giving pets as gifts for numerous momentous occasions including birthdays, graduations, and holidays. We have all seen a puppy or kitten-in-a-box-under-the-tree as a gift on a holiday TV show or movie. How true to life is this?Read More
Jag volunteers at the shelter regularly and averages about 100 hours a year. When she is not at the shelter, she is advocating for our shelter pets by sharing information, photos, and videos that she takes online. She enriches the lives of our animals which leads to better outcomes in adoption.Read More
Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter is made up of an amazing group of individuals who are making a positive impact in the lives of shelter pets. We are so grateful to have them. Rayan Ramadan is one of those individuals. She joined the team this year as part of the kennel staff and is also one...Read More
Since we opened our doors 49 years ago, Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter has depended on the support of people like you. While we strive for perfection in everything we do, we also recognize there is always room for improvement.Read More
Thank you to Dr. Sara Pizano and everyone who joined us online last night for her educational presentation Best Practices for Animal Shelters. Dr. Sara Pizano is a veterinarian and Animal Welfare Strategist who founded Team Shelter USA and is considered a leading expert in shelter operations and assessments. Dr. Pizano's approach is holistic and includes...Read More
The board of directors and management of Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter take our mission seriously. For almost 50 years, we have worked toward achieving our vision of a community with no abused, abandoned, neglected or homeless animals. We have never stopped providing exceptional care for every cat and dog that comes to us.Read More
