2011
Faithful Friends requests that Delaware’s animal welfare services be consolidated and moved under a supportive state agency. The state legislature appoints a task force to review. […]
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2010
Faithful Friends leads the creation of Delaware’s Animal Shelter Standards Law, a national model for animal welfare. Shelters are now required to: provide basic medical care to animals; extend a 72-hour stray hold to include cats, and publicly post animal outcomes. […]
2006
Faithful Friends leads the creation of Delaware’s first spay/neuter legislation signed into law, and becomes a national model for animal welfare; public spay/ neuter fund is created to help pet owners on public assistance; and shelters are required to spay/neuter pets prior to adoption. […]
2001 – 2003
Faithful Friends incorporates and opens a No-Kill shelter in Delaware. […]
Careers
If you have a passion for animals and enjoy helping people, too, consider joining us at Faithful Friends Animal Society. Faithful Friends Animal Society is a progressive, nonprofit animal welfare organization that operates a No-Kill animal shelter and a community veterinary clinic in Wilmington, Delaware. Our organization serves thousands of pets and people every year […]
Adopt a Pet
Our adoption coordinators get to know each animal and will pair you with the perfect match for your family or situation. Some animals are featured right here on our website – check out the animal profiles below. Scroll down to view cats, dogs, and other animals available for adoption. Many animals not pictured are also […]
Resources
Pet Care Free Pet Food Bank Our Pet Food & Supply Bank was created to assist people who are financially struggling to take care of their pets or cat colonies. Our objective is to reduce pet relinquishment due to the cost of care and to support those who feed community cats. We welcome donations of […]
About
In 2000 a group of local animal lovers began to reveal the problem of pet homelessness in Delaware and expose the animal shelters’ reliance on mass euthanasia to free up space for more incoming pets. At that time, 80–90% of the animals entering Delaware shelters did not make it out alive! It would take nearly […]
Volunteer / Advocate
Faithful Friends was started in the year 2000 by a group of citizens who knew animals needed a voice. At that time 90% of the animals entering Delaware’s publicly funded shelters each year were euthanized. Faithful Friends has led the way to reform animal welfare in Delaware to create better protection for a companion in […]
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Faithful Friends Animal Society was born out of a moral imperative to expose the mass killing of cats and dogs entering Delaware’s publicly funded shelters. For two decades, our advocacy has vastly improved outcomes for shelter animals, saving thousands of easily adoptable, trainable, and treatable pets from certain death. With an unflagging commitment to our […]