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We are a non-profit, animal rescue shelter and adoption center. Our shelter takes in emergency, abuse and neglect cases as well as dogs and cats from various animal control agencies in Palm Beach, Dade and Broward Counties in South Florida. We offer cats and dogs for adoption 6 days a week.

Cat Room

Cat Room

We are a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization which relies solely on donations.

One of our goals is to address the overpopulation problem of stray and feral cats by offering the public a humane trap/spay/return service.  Our program includes vaccinations,  Aids/Leukemia testing,  recovery & release, foster homes, medical care, and an adoption program.



Tamera Over 20 years of service..

What we do:

We are a non-profit adoption center and clinic. Our shelter takes in emergency, abuse and neglect cases as well as dogs and cats from various animal control agencies in South Florida. We offer low cost spay/neuter (our focus is feral cats) as well as vaccines, dentals, heartworm treatments and other minor procedures.

Who we are:

We are a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization which relies solely on donations. We have our accounts audited yearly and have received a platinum seal from guidestar for transparency. We are a member of the Society for Non-Profits, ASPCA and a member of the American Heartworm Society.

About our founder:

Tamera has devoted her life to helping animals. She trained as a vet-tech in Virginia after college and dedicated her free time volunteering with the SPCA until she moved to Orlando, where she worked for a tree service and discovered numerous orphaned baby squirrels who had survived when trees were cut down. Tamera joined a wildlife rehabilitate and release program to help care for and return animals to their native habitat. Tamera soon after discovered the severe overpopulation of feral and abandoned cats. Using her own money, she began a humane trap/spay/release program for feral (wild) cats. She would foster and tame any kittens and then set up tables outside local stores to show and find homes for them. People wishing to adopt would have to pass her adoption screening process in order to ensure a suitable match for each home and each animal. After working with many local organizations, in 1998, Tamera decided to start her own rescue group, "Animal Aid". Tamera then realized that it is wrong to cause ANY ANIMAL to suffer and made a commitment to respect all animals and became a vegan in 2000. In 2000, Tamera was joined by her mother, Lee Sparkman (a bookkeeper) who on January 1, 2001, had Animal Aid incorporated, received its non-profit, 501(c)(3) status and opened Animal Aid's first adoption center.

Our history:

In 2001, 273 animals were rescued and adopted, 363 animals in 2002, 447 in 2003, 617 in 2004, 905 in 2005, and ever since 2006 Animal Aid has been finding homes for an average of 1200 cats and dogs per year. Animal Aid, Inc. has grown over the years; in 2007 opened a feline retreat for feral cats in Naples, Florida which has has now been relocated to Oakland Park, FL. In 2008 opened a thrift store to help fund the rescue efforts which is now located in Deerfield Beach, FL. In 2009 purchased a mobile spay/neuter clinic providing low cost, high volume, high quality spay/neuter to the public to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs. In 2010 Tamera's dreams went up in smoke when the mobile clinic caught fire. By 2011, Animal Aid was able to acquire and equip another mobile unit to replace the one lost in the fire. In 2012, Animal Aid purchased a Veterinary Hospital and moved the adoption center and clinic to 571 NE 44th Street. By 2014, Animal Aid's Clinic and adoption center is providing over 3000 spay/neuter surgeries a year plus finding homes for and average of 1,400 cats and dogs that would have otherwise been destroyed. In 2017 Animal Aid (with the help of a lender) purchashed the adjoining warehouse and parking lot to add a separate cat adoption area in the new building and increase the parking area for our adoptors and spay/neuter clients.

571 NE 44th St.
NW corner of Prospect (44th) and 6th
Oakland Park, FL 33334

Our phone number is 754-223-5378
E-mail AnimalAidInc@aol.com

We are a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization which relies solely on donations.

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