City of Seattle Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

NEWS ADVISORY
SUBJECT:   Fabulous Felines (and One Fantastic Canine) Available for Adoption - Dec. 17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    12/10/2008  10:42:00 AM	FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Jordan (206)386-4286 (206) 953-2529 cell Kara Main-Hester (206)386-4293 (206) 255-9073 cell Katherine Schubert-Knapp  (206) 684-0909 Kathy Sugiyama  (206) 684-0909

SEATTLE — As part of its ongoing outreach efforts to find suitable permanent homes for foster animals, the Seattle Animal Shelter has partnered with Publicis in the West to host a cat adoptathon on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Publicis in the West is a local advertising agency located at 424 Second Ave W.  The event runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and features numerous cats of different breeds. There will also be appearances by one of the shelter’s fabulous foster dogs and the shelter’s mascots, Fido and Fluffy.

“We at Publicis in the West have a big heart for the animals. We’re thinking people might be giving up animals they can't afford in these tough times, so we’re doing our part to help them all find homes,” says Marcella Estes, senior vice president at Publicis.

“We are excited that Publicis in the West has partnered with us to help find homes for Seattle’s orphaned animals. This will be our last adoptathon of 2008, and we hope to send as many animals home for the holidays as possible.  So if you have room in your home and your heart for an orphaned animal, this is a great opportunity to come and see some of the wonderful pets available from our foster-care parents,” says Don Jordan, director of the Seattle Animal Shelter.

Adoption prices for cats (the dog is bit more) range from $82 to $87 and include:

·        Initial vaccinations

·        Deworming

·        Feline Leukemia testing

·        Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians

·        Spay or neuter

·        Microchip (About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is injected under the cat’s skin, providing an identification number associated with that animal. Animal shelters can then “scan” a lost animal and retrieve its records from the microchip.)

·        Seattle Pet License (if applicable)

To help further reduce the number of animals euthanized, the Seattle Animal Shelter has a foster-care program to rehabilitate sick and immature dogs and cats. Donations from the city’s “Help the Animals Fund” pay for veterinary care for these animals that would otherwise be euthanized.

The Seattle Animal Shelter is open every day, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for licensing, and noon to 6 p.m. for adoptions. It is located at 2061 - 15th Ave. W. The phone number is (206)386-PETS(7387). Animals available for adoption can be viewed online at http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

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