Volunteers For Animals Of Batavia

Wonderful experience adopting a beagle. Tucker is thriving in his new home

I visited the Batavia animal shelter, also known as Volunteer for Animals, a few months ago and had a deeply disappointing experience. Initially, I brought home a dog but had to return him because his behavior was unmanageable despite my best efforts at training. I then expressed interest in adopting a German Shepherd, who was older and had more training. However, the sheriff, who also serves as the animal control officer, refused to let me take him home, claiming to be "looking out for the animals." If she was truly looking out for the animals, why did she react negatively when I returned an unmanageable dog? The shelter actually encourages you to bring dogs back if things do not work out. Despite trying everything I could, the dog I got from them was so out of control that I needed to g

Catherine doesn’t seem to want to help at all with surrendering a cat even when the shelter is basically empty… I don’t recommend wasting your time contacting here. They don’t care about their jobs or animals

They are one of the most selfless places in Batavia and do a lot of good for our community and it's animal lovers. Our dog ended up there for a day and a half and they took such good care of him and it's only a $10 fee so that barely covers food so anything you can do to help this place would be amazing because it's all volunteer work here.

Awesome rescue place!! I have gotten 3 dogs from here