The animal welfare society is the only animal society in Port Elizabeth which operates as a pound, offering a safe place for all kinds of unwanted, lost or abandoned animals. This shelter runs catteries, kennels and also has facilities for livestock such as donkeys, horses, cattle, goats and sheep; and other animals and birds. They have accepted any animal brought to them, and also run a 24hour service to deal with the many cases of cruelty and neglect which are reported to them.