Best Friends of Baker, Inc.
Harley
This Week's Featured Friend!
Email:
bestfriendsofbaker@yahoo.com
Click here for our website!
Don't Miss Our Meetings!
Best Friends of Baker, Inc. meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is held in the Best Friends office upstairs in the Basche Sage Building. All interested individuals are invited to attend.
NOTICE
Every Best Friend's animal has an adoption donation fee. This amount corresponds to the amount needed to care for the animal while in Best Friend's care.
How We Got Started...
This group was born in 1988 when two people rescued a pregnant and abused mutt from a group of drug-using people. She came to be known as Lucky. Lucky received a complete makeover?was housebroken, went to charm school and after acquiring acceptable social graces, she was placed in a loving home with children until the end of her days.
Shortly after this rescue, a small group of people gathered to try to duplicate Lucky's good fortune. In 1989, the process of requesting a non-profit status from the federal government began. After almost a year of correspondence, our non-profit status was granted in 1990 and continues today.
The original group of 20 worked diligently and in its best years touched over 300 dogs and 300 cats in one way or another (shots, worming, spay/neuter, finding homes, reuniting with owners, etc.). After 6 years the small group dwindled down to a handful of volunteers. Those volunteers, although committed to their work, became worn out. The group became inactive.
Best Friends of Baker, Inc. found new friends in 2005 who wish to refresh and revive the original intent of helping pets which will reflect more long-term goals and ultimately establishing a permanent shelter in Baker City.
Key Elements of the Organization
Non profit status
To start a year round fully operational shelter with medical care
Neuter/Spay clinics and financial assistance
Active foster care program
Active adoption program that ensures visibility of animal for placement that ensures humane treatment, care
Quality lifestyle
Education program that includes humane methods for obedience
training, spay/neuter awareness and general information for the pet
owner through the media.
Advocacy in preventing cruelty, neglect and inhumane treatment to
animals
Alternative care that reduces government expense
Adopting a friend
If you are interested in any of the animals we have available for adoption,
give us a call at 541-519-PETS (7387)
Email:
bestfriendsofbaker@yahoo.com
