Furry Friends will be offering their recycled cats for adoption June 24-25 at the Recycled Arts Festival held at Esther Short Park, 301 West 8th St. in Vancouver. It has grown into a huge family event, with more and more participants every year.
Come on out and “purruse” the adoptable cats, talk with the Furry Friends volunteers, relax and listen to music, get all sorts of information on what you can do to help the kitties besides adopting a cat and check out some of the great cat-themed merchandise that Furry Friends will have for purchase.
Discounted Avid FriendChip ID microchipping for dogs and cats will be available 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. The chips will be implanted in your pet by a volunteer licensed vet tech for only $20 (a $50 value). Cats often do not wear collars, and may not have any other form of ID. A recent study showed that less than 2 percent of cats without microchips were returned home. However, if a cat is microchipped, the return-to-owner rate is 20 times higher than if the cat was not microchipped. This unique permanent identification gives your lost pet a much better chance of coming home.
Furry Friends volunteers will be available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The cats will be there during those hours, weather permitting. Come meet the cats and volunteers or to learn more about the care of cats and the mission of Furry Friends. It’s a nonprofit, all volunteer, no kill, cat adoption organization in Vancouver. Its mission is to help homeless, relinquished and abused cats by providing spaying and neutering, medical care and foster shelter for as long as it takes to find their forever home.
For more information about Furry Friends, visit furryfriendswa.org, email information@furryfriendswaorg or leave a message at 360-993-1097.
Pet overpopulation continues to be a huge problem. Shelters have limited capacity and every 8 seconds an unwanted cat or dog is euthanized somewhere in the United States. It is a sad reality, but you can help to be part of the solution by adopting one of these recycled felines.
