This place rules! I have never seen so many happy, cheerful and good lookin cats in one place. Glad…read moreto have a shelter option this great in the area. The staff was wonderful!

What does the 5 A's stand for? I'll translate for you, it means, Alton Area Animal Aid Association…read more They are a non-profit, no kill shelter that has been serving the Alton community for 65+ years. 5 A's is worthy of their 5 Star rating. They are a great small town, county shelter that takes good care of homeless dogs and cats. Recently they got some publicity for one of their residents who had been living in the shelter for 11 years. Wiggles had a tumor that was unoperateable, but 5 A's kept her and loved her. Finally after appearing on a local news channel, she found her forever home for her senior years. Being new to the Alton community, I stopped by to see what I could do or donate to help them with their cause and was impressed with the cleanliness of the shelter. I was also impressed with the friendliness and love I saw the staff and volunteers showing the resident animals. My house currently is full of four paws, but I now know what they need and will be donating regularly. When: January 2021 Why: Donations

Was in the facility twice. My wife & I were thinking of getting a cat for our daughter that attends…read morecollege here. As you walk in the first set of doors there is a disarray of items on both sides of entry way. We didn't know if it was donations or trash because of dark garbage bags. We entered into main reception area. We overheard a lady finishing up a call with someone. After her call had ended she made inappropriate rude comments about the caller. It was unprofessional & made my wife & I extremely uncomfortable. We didn't know if they are short staffed or inadequately trained by a Manager. We felt if they are going to talk about someone rudely after a phone call, what would they say about us. We were indecisive our first visit, hence the reason we came back. But now we are rethinking this facility if they hire people to run it in such a manner we don't know if we want to purchase an animal. We may peruse the free kitten options or look into neighboring rescues.

We've adopted 2 dogs and 2 cats in the last 4 years and each time was a great experience. Our first…read moredog had heartworm, but the had him on medication and sent us home with what he needed at no charge. We brought him in a couple of times to be tested, again, at no extra charge. We've had him 4 years now with no problems. Our 2nd dog was rescued by the ASPCA in Arkansas. We adopted her 2 days after she was transferred. We've had her now for 3 years. And the two cats, brother and sister, were just 8 weeks old when we adopted them. We went for one car but couldn't split them up. Thanks to the Bissell Foundation's Clear the Shelter program we were able to afford both kittens. We've had them now for 2 years and love every one of them. The Humane Society personnel was very kind and helpful each time and the vet was very nice.

Adopted a dog from PAWS. Ft. Mad. Ia. I was assured pet had no problems (aside from a skin itch,…read morewhich they provided a shampoo). They also gave me the veterinarians report, (assessment). which was jibberish to me, (not legible) I discovered the dog was totally deaf, a hip displacement ((abuse?) and a behavioral issue, constant barking, I've been bitten 3 times. I see no indication of this pet ever attending any school of any type . I wanted a senior pet due to my advanced age, but found out this pet was 19 years old, much older than I wanted. not a bargain at $220.00.

All very helpful and the lady I spoke to the most was very helpful in explaining in great detail…read moreabout everything we could've thought to ask. She knew what she was talking about and was very nice. Just from her alone I felt comfortable picking out a buddy from here. I believe they said all are sent to school at some point for 6 weeks or so, have a chip, all vet stuff and everything needed to adopt. 180 for dog, 80 for cat. I'm confident in buying from here for sure, they are doing good things :)

Several bad experiences with calling them to get help for stray animals, they are very useless when…read moreit comes to the south end of Peoria and the outskirt towns of Peoria county, officer Barrick doesn't bother to do her job. Couldn't even "find" the dead dog on the side of the road even with an exact location, I had to go sit with the animal until she decided she was competent enough to do her job and come to the sight that I had been at waiting. She rather worry about animals that are on their own property minding their own business, quite literally. Next time I have a stray animal or abused animal situation I will be calling elsewhere..Somewhere that actually cares about saving animals.

First I would like to say that PAWS and PCAPS are one in the same…read more PCAPS has to take in all animals. They can't say they are full or they don't have the resources for your the animal you have found. They are doing what they can to return animals to there loving homes. The ones they cant they try hard to find loving homes for. Common miss conception is that there is a time limit on the animals. They do everything they can to find homes for animals. Including trying to work with rescues and doing discount adoptions. Even working with national Fondations to offer low and sometimes no cost adoptions. They are here for the community and are trying to places animals back in loving homes within their community. There are several organizations in the area that feel the need to travel to other states and or even other countries to bring animals here to adopt. When there are plenty of loving animals that need homes here locally. They are ever changing and innovating. They are always looking at ways to better the community and our animal friends within the community.

have gotten 3 dogs from them over the years. Staff is great- easy to work with. they take good…read morecare of the animals and truly seem to care about them.

Unprofessional, like to gossip to their personal friends about applicants. Do not adopt from here.read more

Adopted two cats from here in the last two years. The staff were really friendly and the adoption…read moreprocess was pretty easy. I also got one of them vaccinated during their clinic and it was a very reasonable cost. There's not a lot of places you can get your cat vaccinated for $50 and I'm thankful that P4P was an option.

we just adopted our sweet girl, juniper, from partners for pets! the entire process was seamless…read moreand easy to navigate. you can tell they deeply care about the animals they're holding on to until they find their furever homes!

Jessica did an absolutely fabulous cut on my little 4 1/2 month old Shih-poo. This was the second…read moretime she cut her. She even tracked me down in the store as I was paying since she didn't give me Heidi when I picked her up. She made sure I was happy with the cut and asked if there was any thing she needed to change for the next cut. I will definitely be bringing Heidi back. Also, all the other employees are always very helpful and love to see Heidi when I bring her in.

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