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Animal Shelter details for Dakin Animal Shelter Please visit Dakin Animal Shelter and adopt a homeless pet
You have reached the shelter page for Dakin Animal Shelter. Dakin Animal Shelter is located in leverett, Massachusetts. If you have information to add or update for Dakin Animal Shelter, please click here and let us know.
Dakin Animal Shelter
163 Montague Road
leverett, Massachusetts 01054
Phone: 413-548-9898
Email: info@dakinshelter.org
Website: www.dakinshelter.org/
The Dakin Animal Shelter, Inc. works with our community to strengthen the bond between animals and people, enhancing the quality of their lives through compassionate sheltering, responsible adoptions, education, and community outreach.
The Dakin Animal Shelter is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable corporation offering many vital services for Pioneer Valley animals and residents. We rely on our generous supporters and members to provide these services.
Our History
Originally founded in 1982 as Friends of Amherst’s Stray Animals by the late Janet Wilder Dakin and friends, the Dakin Animal Shelter opened its doors to the public in 1995.
Today, the Dakin Animal Shelter serves more than 1,200 cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens at its small shelter in rural Leverett, Massachusetts.
We serve nearly 1,000 more animals and their people through our various free and low-cost spay/neuter assistance programs.
To see the adoptable pets for Dakin Animal Shelter click here
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Below is a map for Dakin Animal Shelter, please call for specific directions.
***Note: PO Boxes will not show correctly on the map below.
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Animal Shelter Facts
Did you know that four in ten (or 40,000,000) households own at least one dog?
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