About Us
Shelter Link is an all volunteer 501(c)3 organization created in October 2008 to help the animals in the Long Island community. We volunteer with the Town of Babylon Animal Shelter. Our volunteers take dogs out to adoption events at different places like local shops, libraries, street fairs and other venues. Our volunteers work with the dogs and cats at the shelter every day to improve their lives while they wait to be adopted into loving families. We are the link between the animal shelter and the community and by all working together we hope to improve the lives of many animals.
Our Mission
Shelter Link is an extraordinary rescue organization dedicated to saving those animals both in the shelter and out that are not covered by any other programs; those that have no one to care for them and, in the case of ferals, many consider a nuisance.
We promote the Babylon town animal shelter animals by sharing their Facebook pages. We have an adoption book with photos and bios of each dog available. We also take the dogs out to adoption events for the shelter as well as holding events at the shelter.
Our mission begins at our local municipal shelter where we walk, socialize, and teach the dogs basic skills. Our volunteer certified dog trainers work on some of the harder issues. The goal is to make each one of them more adoptable. We also socialize and groom cats to make them more adoptable.
We host dog training classes for our volunteers, foster parents and other interested people. We cover dog - human relationships, understanding body language, general care and nutrition, and basic obedience training.
In order to achieve a meaningful reduction in the surplus pit bull population, we have initiated an innovative free spay / neuter program for both pure-breds and mixes of this breed. Through community outreach programs promoting spay / neuter, as well as educating about humane and responsible pet care, we expect to impact the neediest communities in our township and reduce the overall numbers of pits entering our municipal shelter.
