Gateway Pet Guardians
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Mission Statement
Gateway Pet Guardians' mission is to provide affordable, accessible, quality pet resources and champion a thriving pet welfare community to the over 55,000 people who live in the East Side Pet District – East St. Louis, Cahokia Heights, Washington Park and Fairmont City. We strive to create a community of healthy pets and empowered pet owners by investing in people and communities. By building capacity for animal advocates in our own neighborhood, we increase animal well-being across the East Side Pet District and beyond.
About This Cause
Pioneering the community-based Pet Resource Center GPG is a pioneer of community-based pet resource centers. To provide much-needed services to keep pets with their families, we focus on select service areas in Illinois - East St. Louis, Cahokia Heights, Washington Park and Fairmont City. We provide a breadth of services to the East Side Pet District, focusing on strays, owner surrenders and most importantly, keeping pets in their homes. We serve communities that are located in a resource desert, including a lack of access to affordable, quality pet services such as veterinary care and pet supplies. Affordable and accessible veterinary care Equitable access to veterinary care is something every community needs to ensure happy, healthy pets. Veterinary care should be accessible to everyone, regardless of zip code, income, employment-status or housing-type. Our full-service veterinary clinic ensures everyone in the East Side Pet District has the opportunity to receive low-cost vaccines, medical care and lifesaving preventatives. Additionally, our clinic handles more life-threatening conditions, including severe bodily injuries, cancers and heartworms. Unfortunately, many of our clients delay treatment due to fear of cost and judgment, causing their pet’s condition to worsen. Keeping pets with their people: Community outreach and support As part of our community-focused programming, there are many ways we work to keep pets with the people who love them through a well-rounded approach, including a community support program, pet pantry, free spay/neuter program, affordable retail store, and a judgment free approach to outreach and education. Intake, foster and adoption There will always be dogs and cats that need homes. In 2023, we took in almost 1,200 dogs and cats from our service area. On average, it costs $250 to provide basic intake vetting for a healthy dog. A third of the adult dogs we see are heartworm positive, which quickly over doubles the vetting costs.