Our Campus
Since 1925 we have provided shelter and found countless loving homes for animals in need in Palm Beach County. Our campus has expanded to meet the ever-growing needs of our community and features an adoption center, veterinary medical & pet resource center, hurricane-proof domes that are under preservation, a memorial garden, training pavilion, and even a bone-shaped lake for our shelter pets!
Lesly S. Smith Pet Adoption Center
On April 1st, 2021, we opened our Lesly S. Smith Pet Adoption Center. Our state-of-the-art, 28,000 square feet facility is designed to be the best environment for the animals and a welcoming experience for the public. The Center includes the latest advances in showcasing our animals, allowing prospective families to see the dogs and cats at their best. It offers the kind of housing, training, and interactive spaces that will allow for increased animal enrichment and decreased noise levels, thus reducing the stress of being in a shelter. The Center features weather-wise play areas for exercise and behavioral training and efficient, dynamic adoption counseling areas immediately accessible to families wishing to offer a dog or cat a forever home.
Classroom facilities help us provide quality humane education programs that are sorely lacking in our community. Educating more people – youth in particular – about the humane treatment of animals is critical to preventing cruelty, abuse, and the abandonment of animals.
The Pet Adoption Center also includes a large volunteer workroom, a general conference room, a grooming room, and a photography studio.
Our Pet Adoption Center has been designed by Jackson & Ryan Architects of Houston, Texas, specialists in state-of-the-art animal shelter design. The vision was brought to life by KAST Construction.
Dog Adoption Wing
Our Dog Adoptions Facilities consist of three Adoption Wings. Each Dog Wing includes large Dog Adoption Rooms for groups of compatible animals as well as individual dog kennels, all with outdoor patios readily accessible to the animals housed there.
At the end of each wing, there is an outdoor dog play yard where daily playgroups will be held, covered to protect from strong sun and rain, and with fans to circulate and cool the air.
Cat Adoption Wing
The Cat Adoption Wing includes four large group cat apartments with catios, allowing the animals to access freely an outdoor area facing butterfly gardens.
A central cat tower with condos for cats who prefer to be housed individually fills the center of the Cat Adoption Wing, with Cat Colony Rooms for small groups of related kitties completing the range of living spaces.
Jane and Robert Grace Pavillion
The recent state-of-the-art renovation of the Jane and Robert Grace Pavilion in 2023 allows us to improve our medical standard of care and reimagine human and animal support services. This is central to our mission and at the heart of everything we do for the animals in need.
Veterinary Care
Our Center for Veterinary Care within the Jane and Robert Grace Pavilion features a new dental suite, 4 upgraded surgical suites, 8 care and recovery rooms, and a dedicated pharmacy.
Services offered within the Center for Veterinary Care include shelter animal wellness, surgical and dental care, a public Wellness Clinic for low-cost spay/neuter, vaccines & preventative medications, foster care & support program, end-of-life services, Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release (TNVR) community cat program, and admissions.
Pet Resource Center
The Pet Resource Center within the Jane and Robert Grace Pavilion offers community pet support. Our Safety Net program provides services to prevent the surrender of pets due to their owners experiencing financial hardship, homelessness, domestic abuse, illness, or other challenges.
This program encompasses key elements to assist pet owners with feeding and caring for their pet when they need them the most. Safety Net offers services including pet food/supplies, medical or surgical care, temporary housing, spay/neuter surgery, and vaccines and preventative medications.
Naming Opportunities
The role of shelter care is changing. We invite you to be a part of the movement. Leaving a lasting legacy with several naming opportunities throughout the Jane and Robert Grace Pavilion.
For naming opportunities in the Berman Memorial Pet Gardens:
