Five Acres Animal Shelter is a no-kill animal shelter in St. Charles County, Missouri. They do not euthanize their animals to make room for new ones, and they pride themselves in their 98.6% animal save rate. Five Acres strives to provide the best care possible to each animal while they await their forever home. They only humanely euthanize when a situation arises that an animal can no longer live a high quality of life, according to one of their trusted veterinarians, based on the animal’s medical state or in the rare case of extreme aggression.

The majority of Five Acres animals come from private citizens who are unable to keep their pets for one reason or another, and they love and care for them until they find another family for them to join. Five Acres also works with local animal control facilities and other overcrowded shelters in Missouri and other parts of the country to transfer animals to Five Acres that face euthanasia.