Queen Ophelia
Ophelia is a 2 year old Australian Cattledog, Pittie mix and is waiting for her happily ever after. This girl is smart, watchful, fun and playful. She loves walks, water, and playing fetch and frisbee! Ophelia needs a fenced yard to play in, and to be the only pet in...
read moreThursday says THANK YOU!
Many of you may remember Thursday, a little Chihuahua mix that we had around Thanksgiving. In fact, many of you donated towards her care. Thursday had bad knees, really bad knees. She could barely walk. She was a young dog and it was so sad that she couldn’t run and...
read moreRemember Aries?
We got a call about him living outside in terrible condition. When we got him, we realized he was still just a pup and needed a LOT of help! He had a severe case of mange and was very underweight. Staff cared for him and then he went to a loving foster home. Well we...
read moreQueen Ophelia
Ophelia is a 2 year old Australian Cattledog, Pittie mix and is waiting for her happily ever after. This girl is smart, watchful, fun and playful. She loves walks, water, and playing fetch and frisbee! Ophelia needs a fenced yard to play in, and to be the only pet in...
read moreThursday says THANK YOU!
Many of you may remember Thursday, a little Chihuahua mix that we had around Thanksgiving. In fact, many of you donated towards her care. Thursday had bad knees, really bad knees. She could barely walk. She was a young dog and it was so sad that she couldn’t run and...
read moreRemember Aries?
We got a call about him living outside in terrible condition. When we got him, we realized he was still just a pup and needed a LOT of help! He had a severe case of mange and was very underweight. Staff cared for him and then he went to a loving foster home. Well we...
read more2023 Year In Review
Thanks to the support of our community, our truly wonderful fosters, gracious donors, and our adopters, here's what YOU helped us accomplish! - 363 dogs/puppies were adopted -838 cats/kittens were adopted - 21 lost pets were reunited with their owners A total 1201...
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True Love is Rescued
True Love is Rescued
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Our Story
Founder, Rosie Ellis started rescuing stray kittens in her home in 1987 and in 1994 she purchased the property where the shelter current resides.
After receiving her 501(c)(3) status in 1995, she and her staff starting building what you see today as Rosie’s Southside Animal Shelter. From the very first kitten rescued, Rosie has been and continues to be an active member of the rescue and shelter community and works collaboratively with other leaders to reduce the suffering and pain of Indianapolis’ at-risk dog and cat community.
Partners
We Need Your Help!
Southside Animal Shelter depends on your gifts of supplies and donations to save and shelter animals. Everyone can help. How will you?
We Need Your Help!
Southside Animal Shelter depends on your gifts of supplies and donations to save and shelter animals. Everyone can help. How will you?