Misunderstood Mutts is a Washington State dog rescue. We only rescue in Washington State, as we do not import dogs from other states or countries, believing that the need for services are much needed in Central and Eastern Washington. We primarily rescue out in the Yakima County area and not from shelter pulls. We also run a low cost community spay/neuter clinic for dogs and cats in Yakima County.
Pet Over Population Prevention’s (POPP) primary purpose is to promote responsible pet care through educating the public on the importance of spaying and neutering their cats and dogs, as well as providing spay and neuter assistance.
Pet Savers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Established in 1996 as a cat foster and adoption group, the members of Pet Savers soon realized that adoption alone was not going to end the staggering pet overpopulation in Spokane County. Pet Savers opened the high-quality, low-cost spay and neuter clinic in 2005 to address the issue of pet overpopulation at its source. We have performed over 100,000 surgeries leading to a direct impact on the number of animals entering our local shelters. In 2022, Pet Savers moved into a new facility in order to better fulfill our mission of saving lives through prevention.
Sedro-Woolley Police Department is a municipal police agency which supports one Code Enforcement/Animal Control Officer serving a population of 10,000+ residents. We require licensing for dogs only, but have a large feral and at-risk cat population in need of a trap/neuter/release program to control overpopulation and promote disease control. We utilize the animal sheltering services of The Humane Society of Skagit Valley and The NOAH Center. We currently have an annual operating budget for sheltering and veterinary services of $6000, and we typically impound over 100 animals per year. The shelter intake fee for each impound is $66, so our annual operating budget does not even cover these fees.
South County Cats is an all-volunteer nonprofit spay/neuter assistance organization serving south King County. Since 2006, more than 13,500 cat spay/neuter services have been facilitated through South County Cats’ programs, which include companion cat spay/neuter assistance for limited-income families and disabled or senior citizens, a community trap-neuter-return program, and spay/neuter of foster cats and kittens before adoption.
SNAP is an all volunteer organization that serves Thurston County pet owners. SNAP financially helps owners of dogs and cats to pay for spay and neuter surgery. There is a small copay but this may be waived or reduced if the pet owner cannot meet the copay. To date, SNAP has helped to spay or neuter over 6,400 dogs and cats in Thurston County. Every month a number of SNAP vouchers are available at various locations in Thurston County. The pet owner obtains a voucher and makes an appointment with one of the veterinarians listed on the voucher. The owner pays the copay to the veterinarian and SNAP is billed for the remainder of the cost of the spay or neuter surgery.
We offer spay neuter vouchers to help offset the cost of surgery, conduct TNR when possible, and help educate the public about good companion pet practices. We operate in Ritzville, Lind, Washtucan and Sprague Wa.
Our goal is to eliminate euthanasia as a means of population control for SW Washington cats through spay/neuter, adoption and education.
We are an all volunteer pit bull rescue. We will help any dog in need if we have the ability but our focus is the pit bull and bully breeds.
We are currently working on a permanent facility where we will house a small number of dogs until they can be introduced to a foster home environment. Our goal is to place as many pit type dogs into the best possible homes, educate the public about the breed, destroy the stereotype of viciousness and reduce the unwanted dog population.
Our facility will be at 22206 E Kennedy Rd in Benton City, nestled among the many wineries in our area. We have a 50×50 foot building where we will have indoor kennels, intake area, training/meet and greet room and everything we need to care for our dogs. There are outdoor yards where they can play, meet other dogs and just hang out and enjoy the nice weather. We are currently under construction and plan to be complete later this summer. At that time we will be able to house up to 20 dogs and unlimited number of puppies.
We also provide food for individuals in need, assist with training to help keep a dog in their home as well as limited vet care, vaccinations and other medical necessities including spay/neuter if it is needed.
We spay/neuter, micro chip, vaccinate, worm, vet every dog that crosses our path. Follow up checks are made and we will take our dogs back at any time during their lifetime if living conditions are less than satisfactory.
Tri-Cities TNR (Trap Neuter Return) is an organization that is establishing a TNR program in the Tri-Cities that allows free roaming cats to live out their lives without adding to the homeless cat population. Feral cats are: (1) humanely trapped; (2) evaluated to ensure they are healthy enough to live a free roaming lifestyle; (3) vaccinated; (4) spayed/neutered; (5) ear tipped to identify them as having been altered and (6) released back to their familiar environment. Kittens and tamable cats are placed with rescue organizations for adoption. Caretakers/volunteers monitor colonies to ensure any new cats that appear in the colony are trapped. Caretaker/volunteers provide food and water for the cats daily, making their lives a little easier. Our group has been informally in existence for ~20 years, and a formal 501(c)(3) organization for just over a year. We currently work with the Kennewick and Richland Parks, a couple of mobil parks and a retirement community. Our goal is to expand our volunteer base so we can address new/more areas where feral cat groups have been identified.
WFA is a no-kill, pro-TNR foster care system based “virtual” shelter with the primary mission of saving and improving the lives of Whatcom County’s feline population. We are a shelter built with heart, not walls!