Keller Williams hosts donation drive for Lafayette County Animal Shelter

A few hours of drop-off time at Tractor Supply on Highway 30 gave Lafayette County residents a direct way to help a shelter that handles the county’s most immediate animal-control pressures. Keller Williams Realty agents in Oxford held a supply-and-donation drive on May 14 for the Lafayette County Animal Shelter, with donations accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of RED Day, the company’s annual community service effort.

The shelter is not a symbolic cause. Public listings describe the Lafayette County Animal Shelter as a county-contracted, open-admission facility serving lost, homeless and surrendered animals, with a public-facing mission that includes adoption, foster, volunteer and spay-neuter programs. Its listed address is 50 CR 165 in Oxford, a reminder that this is a working county operation, not just a charity project.

That practical role helps explain why a short-term donation drive matters. In Lafayette County, shelter work includes the daily expenses that come with housing animals, processing adoptions and keeping the facility running. Supplies collected during events like the Keller Williams drive can help ease pressure on a shelter that depends on community support to bridge the gap between public funding and the actual cost of care.

The shelter has also been in a period of transition. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved a contract with the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society to manage and operate the new shelter once construction is completed. Local reporting last November said the project had been delayed but was moving forward, with the new facility under construction off Industrial Park Road in the Lafayette County Max D. area.

The shelter’s day-to-day needs have already been affected by disruptions. On Jan. 24, 2026, it was closed to the public because of incoming winter storm conditions and hazardous travel. That kind of interruption shows how quickly a county shelter can lose access to volunteers, adopters and donors when weather or other problems cut into regular operations.

The May 14 drive offered an easier way for Oxford residents to help without taking on a larger volunteer commitment. Instead of a long fundraiser or a formal pledge, the setup at Tractor Supply let people stop by, drop off supplies and contribute something immediate to a shelter that remains central to stray-animal control, adoption pressure and the county’s broader animal-welfare needs.