Megan's Paws & Claws is a municipal dog pound run by the City of Smithville,MO. This page is controlled and monitored by city staff.
For further information about the City of Smithville or if you need documents, please go to http://www.smithvillemo.org/.
Megan's Paws & Claws is the local dog pound for the City of Smithville. We are are No-Kill facility and we strive to keep the dogs in our pound as comfortable and healthy as possible while in our care before being reunited or adopted with their owners.
We do not have cats at our pound.
If you find a stray dog please call the dispatch line at 816-858-3521 and the Smithville Police will attempt to find it and bring it to the pound.
The owner will have 10 days to claim the dog before it will be vetted and placed up for adoption.
If you're interested in meeting our adoptable dogs, please call 816-532-0577 or come by the pound Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm.
Adoption fee is $150.00 which includes spay/neuter, heartworm test, and vaccinations on all dogs up for adoption.
No adoptable dog leaves without being properly vetted and altered.
The dogs and staff truly appreciate everything this community does. The pound wouldn't be what it is today without the support of the Smithville community!
**Please feel free to post to our page and update us about dogs you have adopted from us! We love to hear how our alumni are doing happy in their new homes!
To donate supplies, please call 816-532-0577 or bring donations to the shelter at 1 Helvey Park Dr. If no one is there, leave it under the roof and staff will bring it inside the next time they are in there. To send money donations, please make checks payable to City of Smithville- memo "Shelter" to:
City of Smithville
107 W Main St
Smithville, MO 64089
Or you may go to City Hall and donate.
If you wish to donate, here are a few things we like to keep handy at the pound:
*WISH LIST*
Large Tennis Balls
Kongs (Med-Large)
Heavy Duty Trash Bags
Bleach
Unopened Treats
Unopened Dry Dog Food (Iams, Purina)
Canned food
Blankets-prefer without stuffing
Leashes
Collars- All sizes
Megan's Paws and Claws was created when the parents of Megan Elizabeth Kitchen started a memorial fund in her memory after she lost her life in a car crash at the young age of 17 on December 12, 2008. Lori and Tom Kissinger says Megan loved animals and she often brought home stray animals to love and care for. The Smithville community helped bring Megan's fund to nearly $50,000 in monetary and in-kind donations and the Kissingers decided to donate the money raised to the City of Smithville for the construction of a new No-Kill dog pound. The pound has 13 indoor/outdoor kennels with heating and air and a large play yard for the dogs.
