Marshmallow Animal Shelter

Marshmallow Animal Shelter Mission Statement: Improving our community by reuniting the lost and advocating for the unwanted.

Click on the link below to visit the shelter website and learn about their mission to help stray and abandoned animals in their area:
http://www.marshmallowfoundation.org/info/index

3 little gray floofs found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. Thankfully they have found a foster home. Still ...
07/14/2025

3 little gray floofs found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. Thankfully they have found a foster home. Still scared but making progress.

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes on Campbell Ave. and brought to the shelter. Believe young male. No microchip found. Pl...
07/14/2025

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes on Campbell Ave. and brought to the shelter. Believe young male. No microchip found. Please contact the shelter if you believe this is your pet or have info: 218-847-9040.

Trio of kittens found at Walmart in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. No microchips found. Please contact the sh...
07/14/2025

Trio of kittens found at Walmart in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. No microchips found. Please contact the shelter if you believe these are your pets or have info: 218-847-9040.

New family joined us after they were left without a home. A Mama and 4 kittens. Still pretty scared and letting them set...
07/14/2025

New family joined us after they were left without a home. A Mama and 4 kittens. Still pretty scared and letting them settle.

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. Believe young female. No microchip found. Please contact th...
07/14/2025

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. Believe young female. No microchip found. Please contact the shelter if you believe this is your pet or have info: 218-847-9040.

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. No microchip found. Please contact the shelter if you belie...
07/14/2025

New kitty found in Detroit Lakes and brought to the shelter. No microchip found. Please contact the shelter if you believe this is your pet or have info: 218-847-9040.

Read the story of our brave boy Cletus! Ready to find his forever family!
07/13/2025

Read the story of our brave boy Cletus! Ready to find his forever family!

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1478 Mallard Street
Detroit Lakes, MN
56501

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About Marshmallow (Non Profit Animal Rescue & Shelter)​

Marshmallow is a non-profit rescue and shelter that was set up in honor of ‘Cocoa’ and her ‘Eleven Marshmallows’, a Labrador mom who had been abandoned and locked in a house for 3 weeks. Rescued by an Iowan Sheriff and obviously pregnant, she was taken to a local veterinarian. After receiving her donated care and through the generosity and compassion of many, Cocoa came to rest in Minnesota at the Livingston-Wiedewitsch home and went on to whelp an astonishing eleven puppies. All were adopted into loving homes, but there are more that need our help. The ultimate goal, of course, is to end this nightmare of unwanted companion animals, which can only be accomplished through heightened public awareness and active promotion of a spay/neuter program. Let us explain that Marshmallow is also part of the Seven-City Animal Impound, which is a public resource for stray, abandoned and rescued companion animals, and serves the cities of Audubon, Callaway, Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Lake Park, Waubun, and Mahnomen. We also cover Becker County if needed. Animals brought to our facility are impounded for five (5) days, by law, then turned over to the Marshmallow Foundation so that basic medical care and physical needs may be met. At this point, they become the Marshmallow Foundation's responsibility for long-term care, feeding, housing and medical treatment, including vaccinations, until they can be adopted.We are a ’low-kill’ facility, so often, animals are with us for several months and sometimes years until homes can be found. Supporting these areas takes a community effort and we rely heavily on people from all of these communities to help as much as they are able!