United Paws of Tillamook

Click here to download the event poster! 

United Paws invites every animal lover to the 4H Dorm at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 27, noon to 3 pm to meet cats and kittens for adoption.

No animal will be released to a new home on the day of the Adoptathon. All potential adopters will be required to fill out an application form first as part of our screening process to protect the animals.

Volunteers and the community as a whole completed some much great work on behalf of the animals of Tillamook county, we find it practically impossible to coveral it all.

But, here are some of the highlights of 2009.

Statistics

United Paws spays and neuters 1,027 cats and dogs, bringing our grand total to 3,410.  2009 is the first year we reach 1,000 animals spayed and neutered.  These are animals who would not have been spayed or neutered without United Paws, because we target 1) economically disadvantaged residents who cannot afford this vital operation for their pets and 2) colonies of free-roaming cats whom compassionate residents wish to care for daily.  For many of these 1,027 cats and dogs, their spay/neuter visit to the veterinarian is the only time they will ever visit a vet.

United Paws pays $47,500 to local veterinarians for spay/neuter surgeries, for emergency care of abused and rescued cats and dogs, and for medical care of pets in our foster program.

January 27, 2010 - "United Paws forms injured pet emergency medical fund", Tillamook Headlight Herald, Tillamook, OR

As printed in the Tillamook Headlight Herald on Dec 8, 2009:

I'd like to thank Headlight Herald columnist Susan Rathbun for alerting her readers to the very real link between domestic violence and animal welfare.

My recent experience in rescuing three cats from a victim of domestic violence is a case in point. I was asked, on short notice, to help relocate a woman's cats before her abuser was released from jail. He had threatened to kill the cats.
 

When it comes to adopting a pet, grownup is often better. When you adopt a cat rather than a kitten from a United Paws foster home, for example, the animal's temperament is already known; i.e., whether it's friendly, shy, or gets along with dogs and other cats. Read the entire article....

This is our one-time yearly mailing, which we cheerfully refer to as our official, written fundraising request. We will tell you about our 2008 accomplishments, our plans and goals for 2009 and how you can help us make a positive difference for the cats and dogs of Tillamook County.

Click here to download the newsletter.

In-kind tax-deductible items we could use:

•  Postage stamps
• Humane traps -- optimum model is Tomahawk model 606 transfer traps (26"x9"x9"), but others considered
• Cat playpens for fostering & adoptathons (contact us regarding desired sizes)
• Kirkland Costco cat food

You can help us find good homes for deserving animals by printing adoption posters for display in your business or organization:

With only a half dozen foster homes for the whole of Tillamook County, along with the occasional self- fosterer, literally hundreds of cats and dogs have gotten a second chance over the last 3-4 years.

Through a network of volunteer foster families, a number of wonderful and worthy dogs and cats are available for adoption in the Tillamook area.

Please visit our Adopt page to meet the available animals.