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    Animal Haven

    3.4 (185 reviews)
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    Elianny S.

    I came to volunteer at Animal Haven and was impressed with how dedicated the staff and volunteers are with the animals here. There are a number of dogs that seem to require a lot of special care, and the regular volunteers were extremely attentive, which was nice to see. They have a lot of dogs and cats that are all waiting to be adopted. If you're looking for a new pet, this is a great place to rescue one that needs a home.

    Donated my baby Mika's things here today since she's up in heaven now
    Marla F.

    Came here this afternoon to drop off some of my recently (1 year ago) departed chihuahua Mika's belongings. I wasn't sure which animal shelters were taking donations so I did a search on Yelp and found Animal Haven. A nice employee game me the email address for Sandi to discuss. My communication with Sandi was wonderful - she informed me they were currently in need of some clean blankets. I immediately searched my entire apartment and came up with 4 large soft blankets and one small blankie. Donations are by appointment only so I showed up today promptly at 1pm as directed. When I walked inside I was VERY pleased with how clean, organized and quiet Animal Haven was! This is hands down the most sanitary shelter I have ever been to in the tri-state area. Thank you to Animal Haven for taking such good care of the emails in your care. I saw a beautiful white cat in one of their rooms that looked cool, calm and content. Fabulous work you're all doing here. BRAVO! I sincerely hope the adoptable animals here get some cozy comfort from my little Mika's blankets.

    Blue Bell now " Sky"
    Adria R.

    Recently adopted a cat from Animal Haven for my daughter who lost her cat after 17 years during the height of the pandemic. Initially she found a 10 month old cat that she had her heart set on even without seeing a picture. She received a call to arrange to go meet with the cat and just when we are getting ready to make plans we were informed that cat is being adopted by someone else and will no longer be available. The following two days a picture goes up of the cat that we wanted and she received a call that the person who initially was suppose to pick up the cat can not make it till next week and set an appt for us to go in and adopt the cat this is the area that I was not too happy about and found it to be unfair yet my daughters heart was set and we went to meet with "SKY" and immediately fell in love only to be told we could not take her because she hasn't been medically cleared which was baffling since she was supposedly adopted last week. Now here is where I give 5 stars and that was to Kate who was committed to ensuring that "Sky" received a loving home and could see that we immediately feel in love with her. It was heartbreaking to leave without the cat especially since it was my daughters birthday and she had her hopes set on getting her that day. It was like getting a new baby toys, litter, everything was already bought. On that evening Kate called her and accepted the application. Kate thank you for going the extra mile. Now Sky is home and she is beautiful and happy to have her as part of our family.

    I cannot recommend this place enough. I went here in August looking for a kitten after many other shelters either misrepresented the amount of kittens they had or required 2-3 week adoption processes. The environment here was very welcoming and the staff was professional and kind. We were able to spend about 20 minutes alone with the 4 kittens there. They had a wide variety of cats and the second time we went for our official visit, we were able to take our kitten home the same day. She's been thriving and if I ever have to adopt or recommend a shelter, Animal Haven is my first choice!

    Tayler C.

    I cannot say enough wonderful things about Animal Haven! My boyfriend and I got our cat Southside Johnny from here, and aside from him being the best cat ever (I'm serious!), the staff was amazing and helped up get him right away. I saw a lot of complaints about the staff here, and honestly don't know what people are complaining about. I submitted a request on their website to visit a special needs cat of theirs, Walter Pickles. Kendra immediately got back to me with availability and said to come whenever we could that week. When we got there, we were immediately impressed by the facilities - great space with room for all of the animals, nice people everywhere, and an especially clean shelter. We went up the stairs to meet Walter there, and three different staff members met with us to tell us the ins and outs of caring for him. After thinking about Walter for a couple of days, we didn't think we were the ideal fit for him, and emailed Kendra telling her that we would still be interested in another cat. When we were originally visiting, there was a really sweet looking orange and white tabby across the hall from Walter, who my boyfriend and I both said looked sweet and friendly. Low and behold, after emailing Kendra she replied saying that she noticed that we had liked that cat, and that he was brand new to the shelter and wasn't on the website yet. She added that she thought he could be a great fit for us instead of Walter, and was one of the sweetest cats she's ever met (true!), so we obviously rushed back over there before the weekend so we didn't miss out on him. After arriving at the shelter again, Kendra took us straight to Johnny and let us interact a bit with him. We were sold and filled out the application and got approved that day. I could not be happier with this cat - he is so people friendly, sweet and well behaved - which is so crazy given that he came from a hoarding situation with 100 other cats, poor guy! We've only had him for a week but feel like he's been with us for ages and love the new addition to our family. Animal Haven was also very helpful with his follow up vet appointments as he has some outstanding allergies. Again, I could not recommend Animal Haven enough, and am sending a special thanks to Kendra and Mika for helping us with everything with Johnny! He's amazing. I'll definitely continue to donate and maybe even volunteer here in the future. Wonderful pets and caring staff - we could not have had a better experience. Thank you Animal Haven!

    Quad our adopted puppy!
    L P.

    A truly amazing shelter. These folks really care about the animals they rescue . We adopted a sweet, smart puppy named Quad and their team helped us through every aspect of his adoption process. Thank you!

    This dog (chihuahua/jack russell mix) is a total sweetheart and is up for adoption.

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    Ask the Community - Animal Haven

    I have two kittens born on October 2, 2018 I'm wondering if I can take them to your location to be rescued? I can answer more questions if you need me to.

    Hi Margarita, can you contact us directly at dogsandcats@ah-nyc.org and give us all the information you have on the kittens?

    Are the animals here treated properly? Currently I desperately need to surrender a few cats and I'm afraid that they'll end up somewhere terrible or be miserable. I'm not sure that they'll be accepted, but if so I'd need to confirm.

    I trust Animal Haven. A great place.

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    They really care and are doing their best to ensure these animals do go to a great forever home.

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