Animal Services is always in need of donations from the public. Donations in the form of financial assistance, gift certificates from print/copy stores, local home improvement, hardware, or pet stores, and equipment will be used to help promote, supply the main and south shelter with additional equipment, increase public awareness, and plan and organize additional educational programs.
ASD receives approximately 22-percent of its budget from the County's General Operating Fund, while the remaining 78-percent is self-generated and derived through dog license tag sales, shelter fees, enforcement fines and donations. All donations to the Animal Trust Fund may be deducted as charitable contributions for Federal Income Tax purposes. Unlike private shelters that choose to have limitations on the number of pets they accept, we accept all animals at Animal Services. None are turned away and each year the shelter impounds more than 32,000 dogs and cats.
To view a printable copy of the Animals Services Wish List, click here.
Financial donations in the form of checks should be made out to the Board of County Commissioners with the memo line noting Animal Services Trust Fund.
Donations are tax-deductible and can be sent to: Miami-Dade County Animal Trust Fund
7401 NW 74 Street
Miami, FL 33166
For more information, please contact Aileen Sanchez, Community Outreach Coordinator, at 305-805-1778 or email asanche@miamidade.gov
Animal Services Wish List
Dog Sweaters- all sizes (to keep dogs warm during cold weather)
Fleece mini-blankets
Unused dog & cat toys suitable for sanitizing (no toys made of material, catnip, feathers, or toys with string, yarn, ribbons or small parts that can be swallowed)
Bandanas (bright-colored & all sizes)
Towels
Photo paper (8 x 11) (to post pictures of adoptable pets)
Laminator Pouches (to laminate signs around the shelter)
Card paper- white & colored (for signs around the shelter)
Bulletin Board paper (this is background paper needed for bulletin boards)
Dog leashes & collars - all sizes
Pet carriers
Puppy Housebreaking Pads
Shoe boxes (for cats)
Nutrical (vitamin supplement for sick animals)
Frontline Plus (topical flea & tick treatment for dogs of all sizes)
Advantage (topical flea treatment for cats)
Pet Breed & Care books
Pet costumes/clothing/props (for Pet-of-the-Week photos)
