The Lander Pet Connection is a very small organization of unpaid volunteers dedicated to saving the homeless and abandoned companion animals of Lander. Our operating budget is tiny and entirely donation and grant - funded. Our labor is unpaid, we have no office or other facility and almost no governmental support in performing a job that is normally the responsibility of city or county government. The city of Lander has contributed $1,000 to our 2010 operating budget. (By contrast, the city of Riverton contributes $3,000 per month to the Riverton shelter and the city of Sheridan contributes $50,000 per year to theirs). We continually struggle to survive. But we love animals with a passion!

We exist because Lander has no animal shelter so stray dogs, unwanted cats, abandoned puppies, abused pets and all other homeless companion animals have nowhere to turn. Stray dogs impounded by Animal Control are taken to the Wind River Vet Clinic, who is contracted and paid by the city of Lander to keep a dog for five days (there is no city provision of any kind for cats). Because any dog not retrieved by its owner or adopted within five days would be destroyed, the Lander Pet Connection was born.

When a dog has exhausted its five days of impoundment, Wind River Vet covers the animal for the next couple days then the Lander Pet Connection steps in and picks up the full cost of boarding and feeding the animal until a home can be found. The care LPC provides includes boarding, walking, training, socializing, paying for medical treatment, spaying and neutering, feeding, networking for possible adopters, locating foster homes and advertising the animals' availability.

If you would like to help us, please visit our Giving and Volunteer Opportunities page.

Thank you from all of us at the Lander Pet Connection.