Marshfield Area Pet Shelter

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Marshfield Area Pet Shelter

More than 700 animals enter our facility every year. Help us help them. Please donate! The majority of animals entering our facility are strays.

Marshfield Area Pet Shelter, Inc is a private non-profit animal welfare organization with a seven member Board of Directors. We have four full-time employees who cover 7 day a week shifts from 7am to 8pm. Other shelters comparable to the size of our shelter generally have approximately 10-13 employees. But thanks to the dedication of 40+ volunteers, we are able to provide daily care to more than 7

00 animals every year. We have contracts with local municipalities to house stray dogs and cats while we attempt to locate their owners. The following municipalities pay us to provide this service: City of Marshfield, Village of Spencer, Townships of McMillan, Richfield, Lincoln and Rock. If an owner does not come forward to reclaim their pet, the animal is then spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and place up for adoption. Other animal intakes include pets taken into custody by law enforcement, stray dogs and cats from non-contracted areas, owner pet surrenders and pets transferred in from other organizations. Animal intakes other than our contracted areas are dependent on the amount of space we have available at our facility. We proudly follow the Shelter Medicine’s guidance for Capacity for Care. A waitlist is available for when space opens up. All animal shelters are overwhelmed and overcrowded. The number of pet surrender requests continues to increase and hundreds of strays are found every year. Pet overpopulation has increased significantly. The only solution to this dilemma is to facilitate more low cost spay and neuter options, implement TNR efforts and educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering! As Marshfield’s first animal welfare organization, we are transforming the way our community views animals and animal welfare. Our future goals include innovative education programs for the public and investments in outreach, advocacy and affordable spay/neuter options for the Marshfield area. State Kennel License #492209

11/17/2024

Cute little Tribble has a new home! Congratulations! 🥳💕

11/16/2024

Pita has a great new home! Congratulations! 🥳💕

11/15/2024

***UPDATE! Little pup reunited with owners! Thanks for sharing! 🥰

**FOUND DOG** - MARSHFIELD
Little white dog found on 11-15-24 at Kwik Trip on Draxler Dr. east of Marshfield. If this is your dog, please go to the police dept and reference case #24-18060. If past 4 day mark of date found, please call or text the shelter at ‪715-486-5140‬. NOTE: adoption applications WILL NOT be accepted for animals on their stray hold.

11/15/2024

A fun way to share your Pet Pictures! Photo submission runs Nov 11th through Nov 22nd. Win a gift to treat your pets and a donation in your pet’s name to your favorite shelter like MAPS! 🐾💕

🐾Attention all pet parents! Is your pet picture perfect? 🐾 Submit your adorable pet photos for our Picture Perfect Pet Charity Photo Contest and stand a chance to have your pet featured on our social media platforms in 2025! Whether your pet is furry, scaly, big or small, we want to see them all! Share your pet's photo and show off their unique charm. This is not just a chance to spotlight your pet but also to support a great cause! https://forms.gle/QspKj1977MXbNMmV8 Click the link to submit your photos! 🐕🐈🐇🐢🦜️

11/15/2024

***UPDATE! Harry has a pending adoption! 😺

Hi, my name is Harry! I'm a young man, at about 4 months old and I am a snuggler! I really like meeting new people and I adore my new kitty friends. If you have a kitty at home that needs a buddy, then I am definitely the guy for you! It doesn't hurt that I'm adorable. What's not to love? Come scoop me up before someone else does and apply for a visit! 😺💕 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

11/15/2024

Congratulations to our beautiful pets and their new families! 🥳💕

11/14/2024

Ralph's x-rays indicated that he is healing up nicely! He will need to be on exercise restrictions until early December, but we would like to find him a forever home! We recently posted that he had a pending adoption, but unfortunately, the adopter changed their minds so Ralph will need a new family. He is about 8 months old. He is a happy, silly boy, who loves to play with his toys. We are working on his social skills and potty training. If you would like to learn more about him, then apply to schedule a visit! www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

At this time, we do not know how he will do with other dogs, but no cats.

11/14/2024

These two cuties, Oak & Willow, have been adopted TOGETHER! Congratulations! 🥳💕

BOGO adoptions! Adopt one cat or kitten and the 2nd is FREE! 😺😺

11/13/2024

November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month and boy, do we have a magnificent senior gentleman just waiting for you! Diddley is 9 yrs old, majestic, dignified, and extremely handsome, but we're sure you've already noticed that due to your impeccable taste! He's not particularly fond of other cats, but there's plenty of him to go around and he's all the cat you'll ever need! Apply for a visit! 😺💕 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

11/13/2024

Thumper has a wonderful new home! Congratulations! 🥳💕

11/12/2024

We have MANY beautiful cats and kittens, including Walter, Gomez and Hurley waiting for their furever homes! Check them out at www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt and apply to visit! 😺💕

11/12/2024

Here are some of the MANY donations we received when we asked for your help last week. We thank everyone who took the time to drop off and send us needed supplies for our pets! You all are the BEST! 😘🐾

11/11/2024

Hi, my name is Thelma and I'm about a year old! I came to the shelter back in August with my sister Louise. Louise was adopted quickly, but I have been patiently waiting to find my furever home. I'm sweet and outgoing and I love pets from everyone who visits me. What I don't like is other cats. They make terrible roommates! So if you are looking for a furry only child then I'm the gal for you! Apply to visit me! www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

11/10/2024

Two little pieces of perfection! That is what these cute girls are! Lovey & Faith are literally the most perfect pair of pups anyone could ask for. They are absolutely adorable, sociable, funny, playful, potty trained and walk great on a leash. Lovingly referred to as "the littles", they are around 10 # and a bonded pair so they need to be adopted together. Apply to visit them! 💕🐾 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

11/10/2024

Hi, I'm Ichigo and I'm about 4 months old! Is there anything cuter than a playful kitten? Spoiler alert: the answer is no! Just one look at my adorable face and you'll be hooked. If that wasn't cute enough, I have a motor that never stops running! If you need a smile and some entertainment, or your kitty at home needs a friend, then I am DEFINITELY the girl for you! Apply for a visit! 😺💕

11/09/2024

Sweet October will be joining previously adopted Chucky in his new home! Congratulations! 🥳💕

11/09/2024

Hi, I'm Gomez and I'm 3 months old! I love to play with my roommates and take naps in the kitten pile. If you need an affectionate and adorable little boy in your life, then I'm the kitten for you! Consider adopting one of my roommates too because there are MANY benefits to adopting two kittens together, PLUS there's a BOGO! Apply to visit! 😺💕 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

Address

3500 Downwind Drive
Marshfield, WI
54449

Telephone

+17154865140

Website

https://www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/, https://www.chewy.com/g/marshfield-area-pet-shelter-inc_b64262702, https://www.am

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Meet Lovey & Faith!

These two little girls are PRECIOUS! Their names are Lovey & Faith and they are playful, affectionate and hilarious! Can you believe we haven't received a single app for them?! 🥺 They will fill your home with so much entertainment that you may as well just throw your TV out! 😉 Lovey & Faith are a bonded pair and need to go home together, but that's double the love, double the fun and double the trouble. Seriously, apply to meet "the littles"! 🐾💕

Supplies Needed!

Little Deckard was one of 91 animals who entered our doors in September. He strolled onto someone's lawn from the bushes. He was covered in burrs and had a snotty nose. Holly went to work right away to get him more comfortable. He received a scruffy haircut to remove all the debris in his fur and he was started on medicine for his cold. He was placed in a warm bed with a big dish of canned food and he fell asleep shortly after his whirlwind of a day. As you can see in the video, he is a sweet little soul making tiny biscuits and giving head butts the whole time Holly worked with him. Deckard is one of many who need us, but we can't do it alone. We are in desperate need of canned PATE cat food, Tidy cat clumping litter and Churu lickable cat treats. If you can donate, our kitties would appreciate it. Donations can be dropped off in our entryway any time at 3500 Downwind Dr OR shop our Chewy wish lists and have them delivered. Thank you for your kindness! 😽 Chewy: www.chewy.com/g/marshfield-area-pet-shelter-inc_b64262702

Three of Dixie's kittens, Amos, Josie and Amelia, are still waiting for their furever homes! 😻 Apply to visit them, plus there's a BOGO! 😺💕

***UPDATE! Thank you for sharing Bob's video! We received many applications. Therefore, NO MORE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED! 😻 Sweet mama Bob is STILL waiting for a home. She spends her days on the catio waiting for her family to come along and adopt her. She loves people and just wants to sit on someone's lap to enjoy all the pets. She even has a kitty roommate, so she should be good with another cat. 😺 Bob gave birth to four beautiful kittens at the shelter on May 1. She was the BEST mama! All her kittens were adopted months ago and now she is our longest resident. She has not received a single application. Will the first one be from YOU? Apply to meet her! 💕

Little Kitten Care

A behind the scenes look at what all goes into caring for little kittens. 😿 At only 4 weeks old, kittens without a nursing mom need to learn how to eat on their own. We start by syringe feeding them a mix of kitten formula and pate at least three times a day. This is to ensure they are getting proper nutrition and to encourage them to start eating on their own out of a bowl. Next comes the clean up. Without a mom to clean them, Holly gives each kitten a bath. Another very important task of the mama kitty is to stimulate the kittens to go potty and clean them up afterwards. Without her, we need to make sure that area is clean also. Keeping the kittens warm and dry is critical at this age. Holly gently blow dries each one and places them on a heating pad because they don't have a mom to keep them warm. We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to keep kittens with their mom. For more info, visit at www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/bottle-babies Our lifesaving work is made possible because of generous donors and our very dedicated staff. 💕

Meet the Gilligan Island kittens! The Professor, Skipper, Gilligan, Mary Ann, Ginger and Lovey are ready for adoption! If you are looking for an adorable little bundle of furry joy, then apply to visit. Consider adopting TWO because there are MANY benefits to adopting two kittens together, PLUS there's a BOGO! 😺💕

TEN kittens with a new toy. What more can we say, except ADORABLE! 😻 We've had so much fun with this group of kittens. Kaylee (black) & Zooey (tabby) are the only two left. Apply now to visit them! 😺💕

It is total CHAOS with NINE active kittens in our kitten room! All are about 2 months old and looking for their new furever homes. Apply to visit them! 😺💕 Click the link in the comments to view their profiles! Remember, BOGO adoptions! Adopt one kitten and the second is FREE!

Lavender went home with her new family today! Here's the kids meeting their new pupy for the very first time! Congratulations! 🥳💕

Puppies!

Cute video of the puppies playing outside on a beautiful day with their mama Jane. See the pups in person at NextHome Hub City's Luke Day on June 13 from 4-7pm at Wenzel Family Plaza! Also, we are now taking applications to adopt their mom Jane. Apply to meet her! 💕 Subscribe to our YouTube channel @MAPS54449 to see more adorable videos of our pets! 🐾

Playing Pups!

Just two puppies having a good time while waiting for their forever homes! Pickles, 6 months old and Boomer, 9 months old, just met each other and they immediately became fast friends. Recently, they got to hang out with our volunteer Celia, who was throughly entertained by their shenanigans! The shelter is no place for such sweet pups. Consider applying to adopt them so we can schedule a visit and you can take a new pup home! 💕🐾 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

Meet the Clue Kittens!

Sunday Funday! 😉 Introducing the "Clue Kittens". Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Mrs. Peacock and Mr. Boddy are 2 months old and almost ready for our adoption page! Want an in-person preview? Then apply to visit them! 😺💕 www.marshfieldpetshelter.org/adopt

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Our Story

Located in Marshfield, Wisconsin, the Marshfield Area Pet Shelter is a 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare organization serving the greater Marshfield area. MAPS moved into a brand new state-of-the-art facility located at 3500 Downwind Dr (behind Slumberland and across from Wildwood Animal Hospital) on August 20, 2020. Due to covid-19, we do not have open hours for visiting our adoptable animals. Appointments can be scheduled to meet our adoptable pets once we receive an approved adoption application.

We began our lifesaving mission in September of 2011 when a small group of concerned citizens took the time to review the current process for handling stray animals for the city of Marshfield. In reviewing the process, a necessity was realized; our community desperately needed a humane pet shelter and more importantly, our pets deserved a higher quality of care than they had been afforded for many years. With the passing of new Wisconsin legislation to protect dogs and their owners in June of 2011 and with our stray animals being taken to two separate animal control facilities, the timing was right to act on our vision to build a safe haven for animals in need. A facility provides a temperature controlled environment, getting pets out of extreme heat and cold conditions. It allows us to provide veterinary care, spay and neutering, socialization, microchipping and adoption for homeless pets. A shelter for the Marshfield area enables us to lend a hand to other overcrowded area shelters. It serves our community as a resource center for animal related situations, questions and education.

Our 501c3 non-profit organization has numerous supporters, donors and contributors who believe in our mission. We have a board of directors, several shelter committees and a strong presence in our community. All of our fundraising events are great successes, reinforcing our belief the Marshfield community is ready and eager to embrace and support a humane effort to improve the quality of life for all animals. In September 2015, we moved into the old airport terminal building at 210 W 29th Street. Renovations were completed that summer to help us safely care for Marshfield's homeless animals, a first for the Marshfield community.

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