Dash For Dogs is Animal House Shelter’s annual 5k Run/Walk. It is a fundraiser for the shelter for medical bills and special needs animals at their no-kill shelter in Huntley, IL.

Come out and walk or run or just volunteer! It will be held on June 9th, 2012 at Citizen’s Park in Barrington, IL With pets, pet-people, awards and even catered food, it’s sure to be a lot of fun and a great way to raise money for the Animal House Shelter!

-Sherry

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They have also partnered with King County in Washington State to train volunteers to become pet detectives. There are a number of volunteer opportunities in addition to becoming a volunteer pet detective, such as fundraising, booth attendents and more.

Here’s more info:
Find a Pet Detective
Volunteer
Join or Donate

It’s a great cause with some brilliant strategies!

–Sherry

List Additions

• The Marion-Grant County Humane Society was added to the Indiana No Kill Shelter list
• The Animal House Shelter was added to the Illinois No Kill Shelter list
• Hearts United for Animals was added to the Nebraska No Kill Shelter list
• The Kitty Rescue was added to the Washington State No Kill Shelter list

 
Our newest addition to the list is the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, MA This was sent in by a reader who has adopted animals from there and loves it. They have an easy to use web site and a brand new facility.

Visit NortheastAnimalShelter.com to adopt or help out!

B.A.R.K. – Being Advocates for Rescued K-9′s is based in St. Paul, MN, but they do not have a shelter or facility. Instead, they rescue dogs by placing them in foster homes in both Minnesota and Wisconsin until they can be adopted. They are a no-kill rescue that believes in “…saving 1 animal at a time.”

B.A.R.K. No Kill Shelter in Minnesota

MEOW Cat Rescue in Kirkland, WA is currently overrun and in urgent need of donations and adoptive families! Click on their link to help out!

Do you feed your cat premium cat food. Is it really better quality? Or do you go the homemade route? I would love to know, because so many people say they are all the same.

A lady at the store once told me she added up how much she saved by only buying what was on sale. It seems like constantly changing your cat’s food would not be very pleasant for the cat. What if he really likes one particular kind and another tastes like cardboard to him? Seems like it would be really individual.

How do YOU decide what to feed your cat? Please comment and feel free to discuss. I would love to know!

Just added the Plaquemines Animal Welfare Society (P.A.W.S.) to the No Kill Shelters in Louisiana page.

This is an amazing group that has been rescuing animals from the parish animal control shelter in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. They are now building a shelter in conjunction with animal control – it will be animal control on one side with the shelter on the other. It will be an all-green shelter, with walls which retain heat in the winter and a roof that recycles water.

Additionally, it will be in a high-traffic area and the first building in a new government complex. For the full story, see Struggling, No-Kill Animal Shelter Given Hope and/or go directly to their home page: Plaquemines Animal Welfare Society (P.A.W.S.) – they, like many shelters, are in need of donations of all kinds, foster homes and helping hands!