The Bowie Animal Shelter's mission includes protecting citizens from stray animals, placing animals into loving, permanent homes, educating the public about the importance of spay and neuter responsibility, and to help bring about a time when there are no more homeless animals.

The Bowie Animal Shelter completes this mission by:

Receiving lost and unwanted animals brought to the shelter

Providing a safe, clean environment for homeless animals while they are at the facility

Returning lost animals to their owners or placing them in good homes

Educating the public about the pet over-population problem and the importance of spaying and neutering, thus diminishing the need to euthanize animals to control the over-population

Educating the public about humane care for animals