Peninsula Friends of Animals
Our Featured Pet...Martha,
Martha is a mid-sized shorthair all-black cat. She is now about eight years old and is a quiet girl This spayed female has been a part of Peninsula Friends of Animals for most of her life, but she started out life in a warehouse with her brother and sisters and didn't see much daylight during her early months. She is a potentially great pet but will need to bond with her new family and then hope they have the patience to bring out her best. Her brother and two of her sisters have been adopted and are doing very well, and there is no reason why this could not happen for her. Her other sister, Mavis, is also in Safehaven's care.
If you can place Martha within the security of a new loving North Olympic Peninsula home, please call 360-452-0414, our message phone. A volunteer will return your call..
News
Safehaven, currently this area's main non-kill shelter, has received its fostered cats, both the adoptables, friendly and ready to go to a new home, plus a few unadoptable ones- the shy, panic-stricken ones who need more socializing by our dedicated volunteers. These cats have been moved from their foster homes into SafeHaven, where an on-site caregiver/volunteer, with the help of other volunteers, attends to their needs. 40-50 cats do require lots of attention. They all undergo vet examination prior to setting foot into SafeHaven - to prevent disease or fleas/earmites/ parasite transmission between animals. No animals can be dropped off at SafeHaven, for this very reason.
As funds permit, a separate adoption center (phase two) will be constructed in the near future, with the Big House to hold the retired cats- those whose chances for adoption are slim. Currently we house only cats in the one bulding we have available to us. Since everything we do is by donation, construction of the adoption center and a separate dog shelter could take a while, but we do place dogs that are currently fostered in our private homes.
Due to budget constraints Clallam County is funding animal control at less than optimal levels. This has put a huge burden on the few animal fosterhome networks in the County. Private donations and volunteer workers make SafeHaven function the way it was envisioned. Thank you, donors, and volunteers!
Who We Are
Peninsula Friends of Animals is a no-kill foster animal network in the northern Olympic Peninsula.
In keeping with our long-range goal, we have established a sensible no-kill shelter and currently hold monthly low-cost spay/neuter clinics in this area, with co-operation from our local vets.. No animals may be dropped off at this shelter as that would jeopardize the health of shelter residents. People MUST call 360-452-0414 first. Currently we rescue the abandoned or homeless animals and spay/neuter them, fostering them until they can be re-homed, however long that may take. For some animals that means lifetime foster care, as their special needs make them essentially unadoptable. They can then become sponsored cats - a way of helping us to manage their extensive vet bills. You can sponsor an animal for as little as $10 per month.
We do hold monthly low-cost spay and neuter clinics for low income residents who have North Peninsula cats or dogs. Please Call 360-452-0414 for more information about this fine program to reduce the number of unwanted animals born here each year.. . it is working!
This all-volunteer organization works by appointment only. To see an animal, please call 360-452-0414 and leave a message. A volunteer will return your call as soon as they can, and set up a time for your visit when someone is there.
Adopting a friend
We ask for donations at the time of adoption. Each animal costs this shelter more than the $75 we ask, in medical bills, as fosterlings are all quarantined, examined, and treated, including a spay/neuter, by a DVM before being entered into our safe keeping. Much of their maintenance cost is provided by our foster caregivers. Animals which need special vet attention always cost more. We really prefer to place animals within driving distance of the shelter as they may not be cast aside should adoptions not work out. This return provision has made for some anxious moments at times, for pets re-homed far away, who need to be returned. We do not cast off our 'kids' .
Donations help us help the animals.
All donations are deductible, as we are a non-profit shelter!
Our focus is on the animal- we require that the adopting family sign an agreement to take care of their new pet as a lifetime commitment. If things don't work out, they are to return the animal, not abandon it. We try to place pets in local area homes, as that makes it easier, when the adoptee, for whatever reason, must be returned. Abandonment is not an option.
Come Visit Us!
Hours
This volunteer organization works by appointment only. Please call 360-452-0414 and leave a message. A volunteer will gladly return your call, and arrange for a visit. Check out all of our available companion animals at our website. You may find the friend of your dreams there!
Peninsula Friends of Animals
PO Box 404
Sequim, WA 98382
Phone: 360-452-0414
Email:
pfoa@olypen.com
Click here to see some of the pets at this shelter
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