About Us

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325 East 5th Street
NY, NY 10003
212-614-9653
5pm – 7pm Monday to Friday
12pm – 4pm Saturday & Sunday

 

What We Do
S.T.A.R. rescues, rehabilitates, and places over 3000 dogs, cats, birds, and exotics per year. All dogs and cats for adoption are spayed/neutered, tested, vaccinated, de-wormed, de-flead, de-mited, microchipped, and more. S.T.A.R. is especially known for its “Underdogs and Undercats” program, through which we find homes for many amputees and blind, elderly, and injured animals. S.T.A.R. also offers a range of free and low-cost veterinary services on-site to at-risk youth thanks to an affiliation with local veterinarians.

 

Our Story
Founded in 1991 by Robert Shapiro, Social Tees Animal Rescue (S.T.A.R.) is a not-for-profit, strictly no-kill 501c3 organization that takes abandoned animals from the kill shelters and provides them with a safe haven and veterinary care until they are placed in proper homes.

S.T.A.R. is a long-standing member of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC Animals and a participating shelter under the City of New York’s Animal Care and Control New Hope Program, which places animals in local no-kill shelters. S.T.A.R. also maintains an on-going relationship with the ASPCA, the North Shore Animal League, and Petco.