City of Seattle Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

NEWS ADVISORY
SUBJECT:   Fabulous Felines Available for Adoption
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    1/5/2009  10:30:00 AM	FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Jordan (206)386-4286 (206)953-2529 cell Kara Main-Hester (206)386-4293 (206)255-9037 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 hosts a cat adoptathon on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at the Magnolia Community Center, located at 2550 34^th Ave. W. The event runs from noon to 3 p.m. and features numerous cats of different breeds.

“By holding monthly adoptathons in neighborhoods throughout Seattle, we are able to spread the word about the joys of adopting shelter pets and saving lives. And we are reversing a trend. As recently as 1998, the number of animals we had to euthanize was twice the number of adoptions. In the past couple of years we had more than twice as many adoptions as euthanasias. 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, Seattle Animal Shelter director.

Adoption prices range from $107-112 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 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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