The Southampton Animal Shelter is operated by the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization no-kill pet rescue and adoption center, that cares for homeless animals in the Southampton, New York, community of 22 towns, and places them in permanent homes. It is located at 102 Old Riverhead Road West, Hampton Bays, New York. It accommodates all types of pets, and has a dog training center.
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation was created in January 2010 to take over operation of the shelter from the town of Southampton, New York, which had to stop funding it for budgetary reasons. Susan Allen, daughter of Herbert Allen, co-founder of investment bank Allen & Co., was chairwoman.
Patricia Lynch, a former "NBC Nightly News" producer, sued the shelter in 2004 for banning her for writing critical letters to the local press about the shelter's euthanasia policy at the time, and won $50,000 in damages and $71,000 in legal fees. Her win was upheld on appeal in 2008. She later again sued the shelter, claiming she was barred out of spite from volunteering to walk its dogs.