Broken Promises Sanctuary





Doughy Doughy This 12-year-old gal was turned into a local shelter where she was going to be killed. Imagine having an animal so long and then just giving up on her...
Cubby Cubby was not a typical neighborhood stray. An accident fractured his hip causing him to hobble around. After more than a year, Cubby was finally corralled, but had no place to go...
Prudence Prudence Five-year old Prudence was turned into a local animal shelter. She became overprotective and her new adopters were unable to handle this trait. Prudence was slated to be euthanized...
Heidi Lucille Heidi Lucille, a case of neglect and total disregard for an old life, Heidi was brought to an animal shelter that would not adopt her out because she was 15 years old...
Fuzzwink Fuzzwink was found in a barn. His eyes were completely crusted shut and he had an upper respiratory infection. That didn't impede his larger-than-life personality...
Charlotte Charlotte, along with her two "brothers" Webster and Scrappy, were brought to an animal shelter after being found on a roadside. Charlotte could hardly stand up let alone walk. Because of her advanced age and medical difficulties, beautiful Charlotte was not going to be adopted...
Webster Webster One-eyed Webster was found walking with his two siblings down a road. The younger brother, Scrappy was adopted, however, Webster and his sister Charlotte remained. Nobody was interested in these two older dogs. Space was tight and time was up, the usual story...
Penelope Penelope was found tied to a church's steps by a local priest who bought her to the local shelter...
Hecuba Hecuba chained up freezing and shivering waiting for food that rarely came was in deplorable condition and needed immediate attention...
Argus Argus, heart-broken and languishing in the animal shelter, was once someone's obedient companion...
Odysseus Odysseus is our wanderer. He was a street dog for 4 months until he was finally trapped and brought to the SPCA shelter...
Puss Puss. The first feline in the sanctuary is without question, the queen bee.
Rascal Rascal was turned into the Associated Humane Societies by his previous owners with the claim that he didn't get along with their new kitten...
Amboy Amboy. Pulled from the streets of Perth Amboy by a police officer, this wild kitten was not animal shelter material...
Jessie Jessie came to us as a result of an animal cruelty neglect case. Overgrown nails and missing hair down her back. Jesse was thrown out onto the streets when her family moved away...
Billy Bob Billy Bob and Hominy were suspected of having ringworm at a local shelter. Just the possibility of having this contagious disease was reason enough for them to be slated for euthanasia...
Hominy Hominy and Billy Bob were suspected of having ringworm at a local shelter. Just the possibility of having this contagious disease was reason enough for them to be slated for euthanasia...
Pepper Pepper has a sad history. In 1999 he was forced to engage in a dogfighting. He was pulled out by a police officers before he was seriously wounded...
Gemstone Gemstone. was taken to a cat adoption show with a truck full of other cats and kittens. When the van returned to the shelter everybody had been adopted except Gemy...
Cora Cora, fifteen years old, was abandoned. Being fifteen years old she had no prospects of adoption out of a local shelter...
Naughty Naughty. A pitbull from the inner city of Asbury Park, this poor dog has been shot, stabbed, forced to fight with other dogs, neglected by the owners he loved, and in the end, abandoned...
Wylie Wylie is the lover boy of the sanctuary. The shelter refused to adopt him out because of an alleged history of biting...
Missy Missy. Too high-strung and nippy for most people to handle, she remained in a shelter day after day, month after month until the heartbreaking reality set in that there was no more time and no more room for her...
Squeeky Squeeky. When her owner died Squeeky and her brother were taken to a local shelter. There she stayed in a cage, confused, scared and lonely...
Shari Shari was suspected of having ringworm. Just the possibility of having this infection was reason enough for her to be euthanized. One of the shelter's volunteers who had fallen in love with her asked us to save her...
Krystle Krystle. Honorary resident of the sanctuary. She passed away in 1999. We miss her terribly...
Shelby Shelby. She is also a honorary resident. Shelby lives with this site's webmaster and his family.