Animal shelter

An animal shelter comprising:

• an enclosure in a shape selected from the group consisting of a square, a rectangle, a triangle, a pyramid, a cone, a half-sphere, a half-cylinder, a half-hexagon, a tepee, and a half-diamond having at least one opening for ingress and egress of an animal,
• wherein the shelter can be autoclaved and contains from about 0.001 percent by weight to about 1 percent by weight of a colorant to inhibit light penetration, but provide a transparent shelter.