Have you ever considered volunteering at an animal shelter? Millions of animals are in need of love and attention, and most of all, a new home! Volunteers are vitally important to shelters, many of which are overstretched and underfunded.
We here at Bored Panda compiled a list of pics taken by animal shelter volunteers, so you can see just how sweet it is to be surrounded by fluffballs while at work. After seeing these, you’ll definitely be inspired to go and help out. Don’t be fooled though, as appealing as spending time with animals may be, you will be asked to do all kinds of tasks. From admin and fundraising to cleaning the poop out of the kennels, there is much more to it than cuddling puppies!
Scroll down below to check out the pics for yourself, and for more info you can check out here and here.
#1 7 Years Ago I Was Raped & Diagnosed With PTSD. 6 Years Ago I Started Working With Wolves As A Form Of Therapy. Today I Run A Wolf Sanctuary And Have Healed More Than I Ever Imagined Possible
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#2 This Fluffy Boy Came Into The Shelter I Work At
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#3 Rescue Shelter Volunteer Caught Taking A Cat Nap
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#4 Working At An Animal Sanctuary
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#5 I Work At An Animal Shelter, Today I Turned Around And Caught These Two Staring Me Down
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#6 The Kansas City Missouri Animal Shelter Is Celebrating Empty Kennels Thanks To A Record-Setting Weekend
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#7 Busy Morning, Practising Our Nativity Play At The Shelter
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#8 My Daughter Volunteering At Our Local Shelter, Helping Feed The Puppies. She Was Taken Down And Overpowered By Adorableness
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#9 My Local Shelter Posted This Picture! Such A Sweetie Pie!
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#10 My Local Animal Shelter Posted This Little Purrito
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#11 The Cat Shelter I Volunteer With Has A Program That Brings Senior Cats To Visit Seniors In Nursing Homes. This Says It All
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#12 A Dog At The Shelter I Work At Is Teaching Me How To Smile
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#13 I Work For An Animal Shelter So Sometimes I Foster Kittens. Meet Sunflower
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#14 Fox Loves Wildlife Sanctuary Worker
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#15 My Local Humane Society Has A Tough Time Getting Any Work Done Sometimes
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#16 My Friend Who Works At A Shelter Found Them Like This
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#17 A Volunteer At Our Local Cat Rescue Turned On The Vacuum
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#18 I Fulfilled One Of My Life Dreams This Summer. I Got To Volunteer With Sloths!
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#19 I Was Photographing Dogs For The Humane Society And Out Of No Where, A Dog Attacked Me
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#20 Girlfriend Said It Was Therapeutic Working At The Humane Society
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#21 I Volunteer At A Wildlife Sanctuary (England); Meet Raven, One Of Our Tame Foxes
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#22 Volunteering At A Cat Rescue
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#23 I Volunteer At The Humane Society And This Girl Shook My Hand When I First Met Her! Dogs Are The Best
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#24 This Is ‘Jinkies’. She Came To Our Animal Rescue Facility With Her Brother And Sister. She Has A Genetic Eye Condition Which Makes Her Partially Blind. That Doesn’t Stop Her Though
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#25 Found This While Volunteering At An Animal Shelter
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#26 One Of My Local Rescues Posted This Photo Of A Kitten After His First Solid Food Meal
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#27 This Is What Life Is Like When You Volunteer At An Animal Sanctuary
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#28 Sienna Paws At The Glass When Someone Walks By At The Shelter. She’s 13
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#29 My Mom Volunteers At A Shelter, She Came In And Found One Of The Puppies Like This
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#30 Just Started Volunteering At A Wildlife Center, Here Is A Young Raccoon With Two Broken Legs
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#31 I Work At A Shelter… Met The Happiest Pup Yesterday
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#32 When You Don’t Feel Well It Is Nice To Know There Is Someone There To Keep You Company. Thanks Echo
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#33 This Shelter Takes Dogs Out For ‘Puppuccinos’ To Find Them New Homes
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#34 I Volunteer At A Wildlife Rehab. This Is Our 1 Y/o Beaver Giving Me A Hug Because She Missed Me Over The Winter. Or Maybe She Wanted The Apple I Had
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#35 Local Shelter Posted These Little Ones On FB. Titled “Golden Raindrops In April”
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#36 Expert Level Chill From The Local Shelter
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#37 I Volunteer At The Local Shelter And This Cutie Came In Today
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#38 I Got To Go To An Animal Rescue Today
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#39 First Time Volunteering At A Shelter In A Long Time… This One Fell Asleep In My Arms
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#40 A Fellow Volunteer Caught A Picture Of Me Getting A Hug And A Kiss From One Of The Friendlier Wolves At My Local Sanctuary
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#41 Volunteered At The Humane Society Yesterday To Take Pictures Of The New Arrivals. This Little Guy Was Exceptionally Happy
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#42 This Pupper Was Dropped Off At The Shelter Where I Work
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#43 I Volunteer At A Local Shelter. They Kept Telling Me That I Shouldn’t Hold Her Because She’s Shy And Doesn’t Like People. Then She Did This For About Ten Minutes While Refusing To Be Let Go
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#44 Just Look At Those Two Shelter Friends
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#45 My Local Shelter Just Posted The Most Miserable Cat In A Costume
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#46 I Volunteer At A Local Rescue And This Happened
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#47 This Little Pupper Was Ditched At My Local Animal Shelter.. After Hours.. In The Bushes
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#48 I Volunteer At Puppy Adoption Events. This Guy Was The Last In His Litter To Be Picked, So He Improvised A Cuddle Buddy
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#49 I Work At A Doggy Daycare. Another Pup Dump!
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#50 I Volunteer At An Animal Shelter And This Little Guy Turned Up As A Stray
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#51 I Work At An Animal Shelter. This Good Boy Was My Office Buddy For The Day
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#52 I Work At A Local Animal Shelter And Sometimes I’m Able To Capture Purrrfect Moments
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#53 Before I Started Traveling, I Spent A Few Days A Week Volunteering With Rescue Dogs, Cats, Foxes, And “Trash Pandas”
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#54 I Work At An Animal Shelter. We Pulled This Dog From A Local Animal Control Agency. She Was Kind Of Excited To Come With Us
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#55 It’s A Wonder How We Get Any Work Done Around Here
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#56 This 5-Week-Old Kitten Called Sugar Just Arrived At My Shelter. I Don’t Think She’ll Have To Wait Very Long To Find A Home Once She’s Old Enough
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#57 Look At This 2 Week Old Mofo, Look At Him! I Volunteer At A Cat Shelter, Meet Zander
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#58 This Is Armand From The Shelter I Work At
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#59 I Volunteer At A Shelter And One Of The Cats There Makes This Face At People
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#60 The No Kill Shelter In My Town Just Posted This Photo
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#61 There’s This Amazing Cat Called Jaws At My Shelter Right Now
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#62 My Girlfriend Volunteers At An Animal Shelter And This Little Guy Came In This Morning!
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#63 I Volunteer At A Shelter. This Is One Of My Favorite Kitties: Sir Bob. He’s Been At The Shelter For Years And No One Has Adopted Him. How Can You Not Want That Face?
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#64 My Local Shelter Just Posted This Picture Of A Baby Cow That’s Available For Adoption
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#65 I Volunteer With Shelter Cats And We Just Got A Maine Coon Kitten. Meet Sebastian The Cute
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#66 I Work In An Animal Shelter. This Is Meme, A Very Senior Cat Getting Love From A Volunteer
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#67 I’m A Photographer For A Shelter. This Is A Kitten Pooping In My Prop
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#68 I Work At An Animal Shelter. Caught This Moment Cleaning Cages
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#69 My Local Animal Shelter Just Got In A Litter Of Boxer Puppies
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#70 I Volunteer At A Parrot Sanctuary, And All The Birds Think Of Us As Human Jungle Gyms
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#71 From The Shelter I Volunteer At, Waiting To Be Adopted
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#72 A Cat At The Shelter I Volunteer At Looks Like A Baboon
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#73 “Of Course Dogs Can Fly!” – Rio
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#74 Meet Kane, A Happy, Deaf Dogo Argentino And Ex-Baitdog Used In Fighting Rings, Also The Newest Transfer To The Shelter Where I Work
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#75 If I Survive Finals, I’m Spending My Summer At Shy Wolf Sanctuary With This Gorgeous Girl
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#76 My Mom Volunteers For An Animal Rescue. She Sent Me This
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#77 We Went To Volunteer At The Shelter Today, And When I Tried To Put This Puppy Back In His Kennel, He Just Wasn’t Having It
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#78 I Work For My Local Animal Shelter. One Of Our Dogs Went As A Banana. He Was The Star
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#79 Many People Asked This Shelter To Save Even More “Farmed” Animals And This Is Their Rescued Little Pig Lino
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#80 Met This Cute Little Shar Pei Mix While Volunteering At A Local Shelter
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#81 Oh! You’re Filming? Nice Kitten!
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#82 Volunteering At At Puppy Shelter For The Holidays
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#83 One Of The Perks Of Doing It For An Animal Shelter. This Guy Had My Heart Melting
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#84 Just Started Volunteering At The Local Animal Shelter And Was Not Prepared For The Cute Overload. This Greeted Me At First Sight
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#85 This Little Nugget Of A Cat Is Why I Love Volunteering At The Animal Shelter
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#86 You Too Can Make A Dog Look This Happy. Volunteer At Your Local Animal Shelter. This Is Linus At Austin Animal Center
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#87 The Local Shelter Brought In A Professional Photographer To Capture The Dogs’ Personalities. This One Is A Winner
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#88 Humane Society Adventures
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#89 I Volunteer At A Cat Shelter. I Thought You Might Enjoy Some Of The Cats I Work With
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#90 New Rescue We Got At The Animal Hospital I Work At
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#91 Fostering 6 Kittens For The Humane Society. My Daughter Is Loving It
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#92 Volunteered At A Shelter. This Cat Has Seen Some Shit
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#93 This Is Cheyenne, Which Must Mean “Derpy One” In Native American
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#94 My Wife Works For The Humane Society And Just Had To Show Me One Of The New Additions To Their Adoption Program
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#95 This Is What Happens When You Have A Laser Pointer And Volunteer At An Animal Shelter
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#96 I Went To An Open House At The Cat Shelter My So Volunteers At
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#97 A Couple Smiling Pitbull Puppies From The Shelter I Volunteer At!
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#98 Started Volunteering At A Shelter Last Night
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#99 I Volunteer At The Animal Shelter, And This Is The Laziest Cat I’ve Ever Seen. This Is How She Was Drinking Water
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#100 I Volunteer At My Local Shelter, But Some Days I Can’t Tell Who Is Helping Whom
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#101 SPCA Kittens. This Is Why I Volunteer
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#102 I Volunteer At A Local Shelter. He Weighed 26 Pounds When He Arrived, And He Was A Giant Teddy Bear
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#103 When You Work At An Animal Shelter And A Littler Of 9 Puppies Comes In… Cuteness Will Ensue
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#104 My First Day Volunteering, I Think I’m Going To Love It Here
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#105 A Real Life Sid
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#106 I Volunteer At A Kitty Shelter
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#107 I Volunteer At An Animal Shelter. This Brother And Sister Gave Me Lots Of Feels
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#108 Volunteering At The Local Animal Rescue. There Are A Bonded Pair Of Huskies Here
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#109 Love And Kisses From Shelter Dog
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#110 He Loves To Be Held Like A Baby
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#111 I Volunteered At An Animal Shelter Yesterday. Two Words: Kitten Socializing
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#112 Dinner Time At Wild Wonders Utah! You Know It’s Good When It Gets All Over Your Face
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#113 I Volunteer At A Dog Shelter On The Weekends. This Past Week They Got In Four German Sheppard Puppies
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#114 I Volunteer At An Animal Shelter And It’s My Job Every Day To Play With A Dozen Of Kittens
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#115 I Volunteer For A Shelter And Take Pictures Of All Their Pets. This Is Probably The Most Interesting One Of Them All
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