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MAY I SAY THAT ALL OF OUR PETS DESERVE TO BE PET OF THE MONTH. PLEASE COME TO THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER AND MEET THE SPECIAL PETS WE HAVE. PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING AN ADULT CAT A CHANCE AT A NEW FOREVER HOME, NOT JUST THE KITTENS AS THE ADULT CATS NEED HOMES TOO. DON'T PASS AN ADULT CAT UP. YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE. EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER IS NOT A NONKILL FACILITY AND WE ARE VERY CROWDED AND TAKE IN FROM 4 TOWNS.
HELPING HANDS FOR HELPLESS PAWS IS A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED BY THE VOLUNTEER AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER. HELPING HANDS CONSISTS OF BARBARA WHO HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER IS NOT A NONKILL FACILITY.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR CATS AND DOGS ADOPTED OUT TO GOOD HOMES.
EDISON TAKES IN FROM 4 TOWNS, EDISON, PISCATAWAY, SOUTH PLAINFIELD AND METUCHEN SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE OVER CROWDED AND FIND THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO EUTHANIZE TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW ANIMALS COMING IN. ALL ANIMALS LISTED ON OUR PET LIST ARE AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER. THE SHELTER IS LOCATED AT 125 MUNICIPAL BOULEVARD, EDISON, NJ 08817.
IF YOU NEED TO SURRENDER A PET,IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE EDISON SHELTER AND ONLY IF YOU LIVE IN EITHER EDISON,METUCHEN, PISCATAWAY OR SOUTH PLAINFIELD. YOU MUST HAVE PROOF THAT THE PET IS YOURS AND UP-TO-DATE WITH SHOTS. PLEASE BRING VET RECORDS. THERE IS A $25.00 SURRENDER CHARGE FOR DOGS AND $15.00 FOR CATS AND $10.00 CHARGE FOR KITTENS AND PUPPIES. THE SHELTER ONLY ACCEPTS CASH.
HOURS AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER ARE MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. THEY ARE OPEN WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FROM 5:30 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. AND SATURDAYS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.
THE ADOPTION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS; $50.00 FOR A DOG, $50.00 FOR A PUPPY, $25.00 FOR A CAT AND $25.00 FOR A KITTEN. THE SHELTER ONLY ACCEPTS CASH.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT DO FOSTERING AND ALL ANIMALS POSTED ARE AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER 732-248-7278.

Adopting a Friend
ADOPTING A PET FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER IS ONE OF THE KINDEST THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR A SHELTER DOG OR CAT. WE, AS HAVE MANY OTHERS, FIND THAT A SHELTER PET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE SAVED THEM FROM POSSIBLE EUTHANIZATION AND ARE ALWAYS THE MOST LOVABLE AND WONDERFUL PETS. PLEASE GIVE SHELTER ANIMALS A CHANCE BEFORE YOU HIT THE PET STORES!
DONATIONS
HELPING HANDS FOR HELPLESS PAWS, MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HELPS OUT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER BY PURCHASING AND DONATING CAT CARRIERS AND COLLARS AND LEASHES FOR WHEN YOU ADOPT THERE. WE ALSO DONATE FANS EVERY SUMMER FOR THE DOG AND CATS ROOMS DUE TO NO AIR CONDITIONING AT THE SHELTER. WE ALSO PAID FOR AND HAD BLINDS PUT UP ON THE WINDOWS IN THE DOG AND CAT ROOM. HELPING HANDS HAS DONATED OVER 3000 CAT CARRIERS TO DATE. WE ARE ALSO REACHING OUT TO OTHER RESCUES, SUCH AS SOME OF THE PURE BREED RESCUES TO BRING THEIR ATTENTION TO A SPECIFIC BREED OF DOG OR CAT THAT WINDS UP AT THE SHELTER. WE ALSO URGE PEOPLE TO DONATE SHOE BOXES TO THE SHELTER AS THAT IS WHAT IS USED FOR CAT LITTER BOXES, BLANKETS, TOWELS AND CAT FOOD AND DRY DOG FOOD AND PET TREATS OF ALL KINDS.
I KEEP THE WEBSITE UPDATED WEEKLY WITH PICTURES AND BIO'S OF EACH AND EVERY PET AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AT THE EDISON ANIMAL SHELTER.
HELPING HANDS APPRECIATES ANY MONETARY DONATIONS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP SUPPLYING CAT CARRIERS AND COLLARS AND LEASHES TO THE SHELTER, PURCHASING DISKS FOR OUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO KEEP THE WEBSITE UPDATED, AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY TO HELP GET AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE SHELTER FOR THE SUMMER AND IMPROVING THE HEATING SYSTEM THERE ALSO.
DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO: HELPING HANDS FOR HELPLESS PAWS, INC., 1996 ROUTE 27, SUITE 6, EDISON, NEW JERSEY 08817. ANY ASSISTANCE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
HELPING HANDS FOR HELPLESS PAWS, INC. 1996 Route 27, Suite 6 Edison, New Jersey 08817 732-572-7637 - Contact: Barbara Kismet346@cs.com