ABC is a non-profit 501-C3 organization founded by a teacher, Dee Kotinas, and her Junior High School high risk students in January of 1978. ABC's only source of income is through public donations, bequests and grants. ABC's shelter, located at 3111 East St. John Road in northeast Phoenix, has become a model for other no kill shelters throughout Arizona and elsewhere. ABC has been extremely active in state and local legislation representing the rights and needs of animals and pet owners.