We won Charity of the Month!

We're very excited to be chosen as Etsy for Charity's June Charity of the month thanks to your votes! We earned a whopping 70% of the votes!

Etsy for Charity is a group of Etsy sellers who contribute to the community with their crafts.

Through these crafts, "EFC" wishes to generate as much funds as possible to be donated to the various charity organizations from all parts of the world. EFC has come together to run the EFC Store at http://etsyforcharity.etsy.com.

100% of the sales (less the Etsy and Paypal fees) from this team store will be donated to the Charity of the Month.

Lost & Found - Helpful Tips for Pet Reunion Success

Lost a Pet?

If you've lost a pet, here are some helpful tips:

• Search your neighborhood leaving the description of your pet and your name and phone number with as many people as possible.
• Post signs in the area where your pet was lost that includes a photo, detailed description, date and how you can be contacted. Note: be aware that some city ordinances prohibit posting of signs. Check with the authorities before doing this.
• Search on and post a message to our Lost & Found Pet message board
• Visit your local animal shelter. Ask them if they have a message board that you can post a message on.
• Keep looking for and asking about your pet. Often, kind-hearted neighbors may not take your pet to a shelter right away in the hopes that they'll be able to find the owner on their own.
• Post a prominent advertisement in your local paper with a photo, detailed description, date and and how you can be contacted.
• Be sure to read the "Found" ads in your local paper regularly. Remember that others may not describe your pet the way that you would so it's important to check out any possible leads

Found a Pet?

If you've found a pet, here are some helpful tips:

• Post an ad in your local paper.
• Ask all of your neighbors if they recognize the animal.
• Post signs in the area where the pet was found that includes a photo, detailed description, date and how you can be contacted. Note: be aware that some city ordinances prohibit posting of signs. Check with the authorities before doing this.
• Be sure to read the "Found" ads in your local paper regularly.
• Search on and post a message to our Lost & Found Pet message board.
  

Inkjet Cartridges, Toner and Cell Phones

Wait! Don't throw out that empty cartridge or old phone! Put them to good use by donating them to It's Meow or Never Animal Rescue & Sanctuary!



We can recycle your empty printer cartridges or old, broken cell phones in an environmentally-friendly way while raising money to open our adoption center.

Simply mail your cartridges and phones to us at:

It's Meow or Never Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
PO Box 733
Woodinville, WA 98072

The animals thank you!

Free to a Good Home ...

If you find yourself in a situation where you must find a home for a pet, please remember one thing. Never give an animal away for free!

You should always charge at least $25 per animal.

Why? Because there are many people who use "free to good home" ads to collect free cats, kittens and dogs and then sell them to research labs. They usually get about $20 dollars a piece. Thus, $25 is the least you should charge.

Even worse, there are people involved in dog fighting that will use cats, kittens, and dogs to "train" pitbulls for dogfighting. Other people just enjoy torturing animals. So as you can see, "Free to good home" ads are a very bad idea!

Don't feel bad for charging a fee. If you do, you can donate the money to an animal rescue.

Obviously you don't have to charge a close friend or family member. But if a stranger wants your pet, remember to charge them an adoption fee.

Our Purrfurred Catnip

Our 100 "purrcent" pure organic catnip is guaranteed to please the most discriminating kitty! All proceeds benefit the animals in our care.

Treat your favorite feline friend to the gift of a fresh bag of our Purrfurred Catnip™! The same powerful catnip we use to make our Kitty Kickers catnip toys is now available to you in your choice of a 3 ounce, 1 pound or 5 pound bag!

3 ounce bag
$3.50 + $1.50 shipping

1 pound bag
$12.00 + 6.00 shipping

5 Pound bag
$48.00 + $14 shipping

Help Stop U.S. Birthrate of 5,500 Pets Per Hour

Every hour in the United States, more than 2,000 dogs and 3,500 cats are born, compared to 415 humans. The yearly statistics include more than 17 million dogs and 30 million cats. Add these animals to an existing pet population of 54 million dogs and 56 million cats and the total exceeds one hundred million!

Earlier puberty, multiple births and briefer pregnancies make dogs and cats far more prolific than humans.

Animal care and control agencies do their best to find loving, responsible owners for as many pets as possible, but there are simply not enough homes for all these animals.

American Humane estimates more than 15 million healthy, friendly dogs and cats will be euthanized this year simply because they are "unwanted".

You can save lives and help solve the pet overpopulation tragedy by neutering or spaying your pet. This will reduce the number of dogs and cats being euthanized by reducing the number of pets being born.

Memorial: Little Mouse

Memorial: cHaOs (1993-2009)

Prayer Request: Shadow

We need prayers for Shadow. He isn't eating and has an infection in his mouth.

Please say prayers that enough donations come in for him to have surgery to remove his teeth.

Craft Fair May 2nd

Please don't forget to attend our Craft Fair May 2nd in Woodinville, Washington. Fun, fun, fun!