Abstract: An animal shelter includes a housing, a heating compartment, a cooling device and a control device. The housing defines a shelter cavity therein. The shelter cavity is sized to accommodate one or more animals. The housing has an opening therein permitting ingress and egress from the shelter cavity of the housing. The heating compartment is positioned within a portion of the housing so as to provide unrestricted access to the shelter cavity. The heating compartment is sized and dimensioned to accommodate at least one heating element for heating the shelter cavity. The cooling device is positioned within a portion of the housing for cooling the shelter cavity. The control device is operably connected to the at least one heating element and the cooling device for selectively activating the at least one heating element or cooling device to provide a thermally controlled environment within the shelter cavity.