The Upper Rio Grande Animal Society is a totally volunteer group which does business as the Conour Animal Shelter and the Conour Animal Crematory. We generally have four to five paid employees and welcome all volunteers to help serve the needs of the dogs.The Conour Animal Shelter is a caring and compassionate shelter for dogs. We directly serve Rio Grande County, Saguache County and Mineral County. We often receive dogs from Alamosa County, Conejos County, and Costilla County. All of these counties are located in the San Luis Valley, which is about the size of Connecticut extending 125 miles long and 65 miles wide. There are only two other shelters for dogs in the San Luis Valley, one in Alamosa and one in San Luis.