diff --git a/backend/dao/shelter_dao.py b/backend/dao/shelter_dao.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81efaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/dao/shelter_dao.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession as Session
+
+from backend.models.shelter import Shelter
+from backend.schemas.shelter_schemas import CreateShelterSchema
+from backend.dao.base_dao import BaseDao
+
+
+class ShelterDao(BaseDao):
+    def __init__(self, session: Session):
+        super().__init__(session, Shelter)
+
+    async def create_shelter(self, body: CreateShelterSchema) -> Shelter:
+        shelter = Shelter(
+            username=body.username, password=body.password, slug=body.slug
+        )
+
+        self.session.add(shelter)
+        await self.session.flush()
+
+        return shelter
+
+    async def get_shelter_from_db(self, username: str):
+        query = select(Shelter).where(Shelter.username == username.lower())
+        return await self.session.scalar(query)
+
+    async def get_shelter_from_db_by_id(self, id: int):
+        query = select(Shelter).where(Shelter.id == id)
+        return await self.session.scalar(query)
diff --git a/backend/database/versions/fdae3120f6f8_added_shelter_table.py b/backend/database/versions/fdae3120f6f8_added_shelter_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3133913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/database/versions/fdae3120f6f8_added_shelter_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""added_shelter_table
+
+Revision ID: fdae3120f6f8
+Revises: 3e3431180c42
+Create Date: 2024-05-04 18:18:21.454167
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = 'fdae3120f6f8'
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = '3e3431180c42'
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('shelter',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('slug', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('username', sa.String(length=100), nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('password', sa.String(length=100), nullable=False),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id', name=op.f('pk__shelter')),
+    sa.UniqueConstraint('id', name=op.f('uq__shelter__id'))
+    )
+    op.add_column('animal', sa.Column('shelter_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=True))
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix__animal__shelter_id'), 'animal', ['shelter_id'], unique=False)
+    op.create_foreign_key(op.f('fk__animal__shelter_id__shelter'), 'animal', 'shelter', ['shelter_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_constraint(op.f('fk__animal__shelter_id__shelter'), 'animal', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix__animal__shelter_id'), table_name='animal')
+    op.drop_column('animal', 'shelter_id')
+    op.drop_table('shelter')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 5aff989..e588c36 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from backend.settings import Settings
 from backend.utils import bind_routes, bind_events, bind_exceptions, bind_static
+from backend.utils.prepare_cors import prepare_cors_middleware
 
 
 def make_app(settings: Settings):
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ def make_app(settings: Settings):
     bind_static(app)
     add_pagination(app)
 
+    prepare_cors_middleware(app, settings)
+
     return app
 
 
diff --git a/backend/models/__init__.py b/backend/models/__init__.py
index 535114f..44a1b80 100644
--- a/backend/models/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from backend.models import animal, animal_photo
+from backend.models import animal, animal_photo, shelter
 
 __all__ = [
     "animal",
-    "animal_photo"
+    "animal_photo",
+    "shelter"
 ]
diff --git a/backend/models/animal.py b/backend/models/animal.py
index 46cba86..2dc799a 100644
--- a/backend/models/animal.py
+++ b/backend/models/animal.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sqlalchemy import Integer, Column, String
+from sqlalchemy import Integer, Column, String, ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
 from backend.settings import Settings
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ class Animal(DeclarativeBase):
     age = Column(String, nullable=False)
     size = Column(String, nullable=False)
 
+    shelter_id = Column(
+        ForeignKey("shelter.id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+        index=True,
+        nullable=True,
+    )
+    shelter = relationship(
+        "Shelter",
+        foreign_keys=[shelter_id],
+        lazy="noload",
+    )
+
     @hybrid_property
     def photo_urls(self):
         return [photo.full_url for photo in self.photos]
diff --git a/backend/models/shelter.py b/backend/models/shelter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6daefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/models/shelter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from backend.database.metadata import DeclarativeBase
+from sqlalchemy import Integer, Column, String
+
+
+
+class Shelter(DeclarativeBase):
+    __tablename__ = "shelter"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True, unique=True)
+    slug = Column(String(50), nullable=False)
+
+    username = Column(String(100), nullable=False)
+    password = Column(String(100), nullable=False)
+
+
diff --git a/backend/poetry.lock b/backend/poetry.lock
index ebe4906..69b5e17 100644
--- a/backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/backend/poetry.lock
@@ -409,6 +409,23 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:af598ed32d6ae86f1b747b82783958b1a4ab8f617b06fe68795c7f026abbdcad"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "passlib"
+version = "1.7.4"
+description = "comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 30 schemes"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "passlib-1.7.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:aa6bca462b8d8bda89c70b382f0c298a20b5560af6cbfa2dce410c0a2fb669f1"},
+    {file = "passlib-1.7.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:defd50f72b65c5402ab2c573830a6978e5f202ad0d984793c8dde2c4152ebe04"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+argon2 = ["argon2-cffi (>=18.2.0)"]
+bcrypt = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.0)"]
+build-docs = ["cloud-sptheme (>=1.10.1)", "sphinx (>=1.6)", "sphinxcontrib-fulltoc (>=1.2.0)"]
+totp = ["cryptography"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic"
 version = "2.5.2"
@@ -756,4 +773,4 @@ standard = ["colorama (>=0.4)", "httptools (>=0.5.0)", "python-dotenv (>=0.13)",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "fb27ba871e885abaf626f72138b648619dbd16a08526636938af418743f8943c"
+content-hash = "6df0415773e463b961495e37ca21e33c9512e7ff38384fe411c7921d2cea7d65"
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 659d213..6f86ffd 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fastapi-pagination = "^0.12.14"
 asyncpg = "^0.29.0"
 python-multipart = "^0.0.6"
 jinja2 = "^3.1.2"
+passlib = "^1.7.4"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/backend/routers/__init__.py b/backend/routers/__init__.py
index d218781..04c2a8c 100644
--- a/backend/routers/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/routers/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from backend.routers.animal_router import router as animals_router
 from backend.routers.animal_photo_router import router as animals_photo_router
+from backend.routers.shelter_router import router as shelter_router
 
 routes = [
     animals_router,
-    animals_photo_router
+    animals_photo_router,
+    shelter_router
 ]
diff --git a/backend/routers/shelter_router.py b/backend/routers/shelter_router.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dccf138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/routers/shelter_router.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request, Response
+
+from backend.schemas.shelter_schemas import (
+    CreateShelterSchema,
+    BaseShelterSchema,
+)
+from backend.schemas.base_schema import BaseOkResponse
+from services.shelter_service import ShelterService
+
+
+router = APIRouter(tags=["shelter"], prefix="/shelter")
+
+
+@router.get("/check")
+async def check_auth(request: Request, response: Response):
+    async with request.app.state.db.get_master_session() as session:
+        await ShelterService(session).check_is_auth_active(request, response)
+        return BaseOkResponse()
+
+
+@router.post("/auth")
+async def auth(request: Request, body: BaseShelterSchema, response: Response):
+    async with request.app.state.db.get_master_session() as session:
+        await ShelterService(session).authenticate_shelter(body, response)
+        return BaseOkResponse()
+
+
+@router.post("/")
+async def create_shelter(
+    request: Request, schema: CreateShelterSchema
+) -> BaseOkResponse:
+    print(request.cookies)
+    async with request.app.state.db.get_master_session() as session:
+        await ShelterService(session).create_shelter(schema)
+        return BaseOkResponse()
diff --git a/backend/schemas/shelter_schemas.py b/backend/schemas/shelter_schemas.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02fe6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/schemas/shelter_schemas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from backend.schemas.base_schema import BaseSchema
+
+from pydantic import Field
+
+class BaseShelterSchema(BaseSchema):
+    username: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    password: str = Field(max_length=100)
+
+class CreateShelterSchema(BaseShelterSchema):
+    slug: str = Field(max_length=50)
diff --git a/backend/services/shelter_service.py b/backend/services/shelter_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..848dd70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/shelter_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+from fastapi import Response, Request, HTTPException, status
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession as Session
+from passlib.context import CryptContext
+
+from os import environ
+import time
+import json
+
+from backend.models.shelter import Shelter
+from backend.schemas.shelter_schemas import (
+    CreateShelterSchema,
+    BaseShelterSchema,
+)
+from backend.dao.shelter_dao import ShelterDao
+
+
+pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["bcrypt"], deprecated="auto")
+
+
+class ShelterService:
+    def __init__(self, session: Session):
+        self.session = session
+        self.dao = ShelterDao(session)
+
+    async def authenticate_shelter(self, body: BaseShelterSchema, response: Response):
+        shelter = await self.__get_shelter_from_db(body.username)
+        if not shelter:
+            return False
+        if not self.__verify_encoded_fields(
+            body.password, hashed_field=shelter.password
+        ):
+            return False
+        self.__prepare_cookie(shelter, response)
+        return shelter
+
+    async def create_shelter(self, body: CreateShelterSchema) -> Shelter:
+        body.username = body.username.strip().lower()
+        body.password = self.__get_password_hash(body.password)
+        return await self.dao.create_shelter(body)
+
+    async def check_is_auth_active(self, request: Request, response: Response):
+        credentials_exception = HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+            detail="Could not validate credentials",
+        )
+
+        shelter_id = request.cookies.get("shelter-id")
+        auth_cookie = request.cookies.get("x-auth")
+
+        if not shelter_id or not auth_cookie:
+            response.delete_cookie("shelter-id")
+            response.delete_cookie("x-auth")
+            raise credentials_exception
+
+        shelter = await self.__get_shelter_from_db_by_id(int(shelter_id))
+        secret_field = self.__prepare_secret_field(shelter)
+
+        if not self.__verify_encoded_fields(secret_field, auth_cookie):
+            response.delete_cookie("shelter-id")
+            response.delete_cookie("x-auth")
+            raise credentials_exception
+
+    def __verify_encoded_fields(self, plain_field, hashed_field):
+        return pwd_context.verify(plain_field, hashed_field)
+
+    def __get_password_hash(self, password):
+        return pwd_context.hash(password)
+
+    async def __get_shelter_from_db(self, username: str):
+        return await self.dao.get_shelter_from_db(username)
+
+    async def __get_shelter_from_db_by_id(self, id: int):
+        return await self.dao.get_shelter_from_db_by_id(id)
+
+    def __prepare_secret_field(self, shelter):
+        field_to_select = environ.get("HASH_FIELD", "username")
+        selected_value = getattr(shelter, field_to_select, field_to_select)
+        secret = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "id": shelter.id,
+                "secret": selected_value,
+            }
+        )
+
+        return secret
+
+    def __prepare_cookie(self, shelter, response: Response):
+        secret_field = self.__prepare_secret_field(shelter)
+        auth_cookie = pwd_context.hash(secret_field)
+        response.set_cookie(key="x-auth", httponly=True, value=auth_cookie,  samesite='none', secure=True)
+        response.set_cookie(key="shelter-id", httponly=True, value=shelter.id, samesite='none', secure=True)
diff --git a/backend/settings/base_settings.py b/backend/settings/base_settings.py
index 42120c9..9cd7c58 100644
--- a/backend/settings/base_settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings/base_settings.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ class BaseSettings(PydanticBaseSettings):
     PATH_TO_PHOTOS: str | None = "./animal_photos"
     URL_PHOTO_DOWNLOAD: str | None
 
-    # CORS: list[str] | None
+    CORS: list[str] | None
+
+    @property
+    def cors_origins(self):
+        return self.CORS
 
     @property
     def db_settings(self):
diff --git a/backend/settings/cors.py b/backend/settings/cors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b18ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/settings/cors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class CORSSettings:
+    TESTING = [r"http://localhost:5173"]
diff --git a/backend/settings/local.py b/backend/settings/local.py
index 56fec1b..bbc63ca 100644
--- a/backend/settings/local.py
+++ b/backend/settings/local.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from backend.settings.base_settings import BaseSettings
 
+from backend.settings.cors import CORSSettings
+
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     DB_HOST: str | None = "localhost"
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     URL_PHOTO_DOWNLOAD: str = "http://localhost:8080/animal_photo/download"
 
     HTTP_PROTOCOL: str = "HTTP"
+    CORS: list[str] = CORSSettings.TESTING
 
     @property
     def database_url(self):
diff --git a/backend/utils/prepare_cors.py b/backend/utils/prepare_cors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca1ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/utils/prepare_cors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from operator import itemgetter
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from backend.settings import BaseSettings
+
+
+
+default_value = ["*"]
+
+
+def prepare_cors_middleware(app: FastAPI, settings: BaseSettings):
+    middleware, params = itemgetter("middleware", "params")(
+        create_cors_middleware(origins=settings.cors_origins)
+    )
+
+    app.add_middleware(
+        middleware,
+        **params,
+    )
+
+
+def create_cors_middleware(
+    origins: list[str] | None = None,
+    methods: list[str] | None = None,
+    headers: list[str] | None = None,
+):
+    return {
+        "middleware": CORSMiddleware,
+        "params": {
+            "allow_origins": origins or default_value,
+            "allow_credentials": True,
+            "allow_methods": methods or default_value,
+            "allow_headers": headers or default_value,
+        },
+    }