PAWS is Adopting the Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter!
Starting January 1, 2022 PAWS will be offering all our programs in Teton Valley under one roof (at the Driggs shelter).
We will be operating the shelter, offering support services and caring for Teton Valley’s lost, found and adoptable pets!
PAWS has worked in Teton Valley since 2011 offering:
Spay/Neuter and MedFund financial assistance: 2,417 families served
Compassion Education in schools: 300+ students participate each year
Animal shelter grants: $60,000 in capital improvements and needed equipment
Dog Park support: $3,000 in amenities
Disaster Animal Response Team: Partnership with Teton County, ID Emergency Management to provide shelter for pets in the event of a disaster.
Our Work In Teton Valley
Pet Adoption & Support Services
PAWS of Teton Valley is here to serve the Teton Valley Community by offering a variety of animal shelter services: adoption/fostering, reunification of lost pets, accepting surrendered pets, plus spay/neuter and veterinary assistance. We are dedicated to providing shelter and care for homeless pets until permanent homes can be found. We rely entirely on donations from our community to cover all veterinary, training and operational expenses. Shelter Location & Details: 15 South 1750 East Driggs Idaho, 83422 208-354-3499 info@pawsoftv.org Public Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM 7 days per week
Teton Valley Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)
A pop-up emergency shelter for local pets during a disaster, operated by a trained team of local volunteers. PAWS’ DART Team partners with Teton County, ID Emergency Management to ensure local pets have a safe place to go when a disaster strikes, and an evacuation is ordered. If a disaster strikes the Teton Valley area, Emergency Management will activate PAWS to care for our community’s pets. Our state-of-the-art Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) trailer is stocked with the equipment and supplies needed to care for more than 150 local pets during an evacuation. Provisions inside the trailer allow us to construct a temporary animal shelter, along with food, water, medical necessities, crates, bowls, leashes, administrative supplies and cleaning equipment. PAWS trains and accepts new volunteers annually. Volunteers learn all the skills needed to run a temporary disaster animal shelter. Our team of trained volunteers are ready to keep your pets safe and cared for if a local disaster occurs.
Teton Valley Education & Outreach
Outreach events, public education, and partnership with Teton Valley Trails and Pathways helps promote proper pet care and responsible trail etiquette on dog friendly trails.
PAWS knows that harmonious use of our multi-use trails and pathways systems is to key to everyone’s safety and enjoyment while out recreating. This is why PAWS runs comprehensive education and outreach programming designed to foster good dogs, great owners, and healthy communal spaces. We partner with TVTAP and other partners to promote responsible trail usage from all users.
You can also look for our promotional videos and ads on social media. These fun, informative pieces remind everyone to be courteous and responsible when out with their pets. Plus, we are thrilled to have started a partnership in 2018 with Rendezvous Upper Elementary School providing 4 weeks of Compassion Education programming annually to their entire student body teaching students how to care for pets and become junior pet advocates in their community. Interested in bringing a PAWS staff educator to your classroom button or email Jess@pawsofjh.org
Muffie Becks MedFund
Financial assistance for unexpected veterinary bills.
Whether a pet has an unfortunate accident or a sudden illness, this can sometimes mean financial hardship for local families. Our goal with this program is to reduce suffering and ensure that all local pets have access to veterinary care. This program is essential in keeping pets and their people together and in keeping our local shelter populations under control.
Local resident Hank Becks founded the Muffie Becks MedFund (named for his late wife) to help local families and their pets. The MedFund helps pay vet bills for stray pets and provides funding for individuals who are unable to pay their vet bills in Jackson, WY, Star Valley, WY and Teton Valley, ID.
Residents of our three local communities can apply here for MedFund and can use the program one time.
Spay & Neuter
Free or low-cost spay and neuter vouchers for local pets.
Spaying and neutering our pets is the single most important thing we can do to reduce the pet over-population crisis in the US. This is a financial assistance program which provides free or low cost vouchers to residents of Teton County, WY, Teton County, ID and Star Valley, WY. Just fill out the application and a PAWS representative will call you to discuss voucher options.
Please be sure to check in with your local veterinarian before using a voucher. Thanks to this program our local shelter populations are lower than they have ever been!
Trap-Neuter-Return
Within our three communities, Star Valley, Jackson, and Teton Valley, thousands of feral and stray cats roam freely and breed rapidly. Communicable diseases run rampant through these communities as they are easily transmitted through bites and breeding. These cats suffer due to disease, the elements, predation, and lack of food.
If you have feral or stray cats on your property, apply for our TNR program. Once we have your permission, the PAWS Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) team will set humane traps on your property. Traps are set at night and checked in the morning. The captured cats are transferred to a local vet to be assessed and spayed/neutered. After recovery cats are returned to their property. This program is free and we simply ask property owners to provide adequate shelter, food, and water for the cats.