La Porte County Animal Shelter

Hans and Lucille Fried established Fried's Cat Shelter in 1977. In 1939, the Fried family emigrated to America from Nazi Germany. They sold their house in Beverly Shores, Indiana, in the late 1970s to purchase a run-down wayside motel in Michigan City, Indiana. They transformed the motel into a no-kill sanctuary free of cages for stray and abandoned cats. ​

At the Michiana Humane Society, we work hard to do everything in our power to help the stray and unwanted animals in our neighborhood.

In Westville, Indiana, there is a no-kill cat shelter called The Independent Cat Society (ICS).

A 501c3 Nonprofit Dog Hospice, Petite Trésors Rescue & Sanctuary cares for senior, handicapped, and abused dogs. We permanently take in dogs that no one else wants.

Because we feel they deserve it, Lakeshore PAWS is committed to finding loving homes for abandoned and unwanted pets in Northwest Indiana, one animal at a time.

There are a lot of community cats in South Bend that roam freely. If the cats are healthy, there is no reason for them to enter the shelter. To learn more about cats that roam freely, please get in touch with us.