No-Kill pet shelters in Oregon or California?
April 16, 2015 9:29 PM   Subscribe

A very good friend has requested that I make a donation in memory of a loved one who unexpectedly passed away, preferably to a no-kill pet shelter. I can Google or search Yelp, but I was hoping that people here could suggest a shelter they recommend from personal experience - I'm in Portland, my friend is in the Bay Area, and I'd prefer to find a no-kill shelter in one of those areas (but I suppose it really doesn't matter much).
posted by Auden to Pets & Animals (14 answers total)
 
SPCA in San Francisco
posted by Mac-Expert at 9:47 PM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]


"Petaluma Animal Services Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit performing no kill, high outcome sheltering in our service areas."
posted by Lynsey at 9:58 PM on April 16, 2015


CAT Adoption in Sherwood is cat only no kill (or so I've heard).

Website
posted by fiercekitten at 10:01 PM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]


Cat Adoption Team near Portland. My partner and I found our fuzzy little friend there and couldn't be happier with the experience we had.
posted by paulcole at 10:01 PM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]


The Pixie Project is a wonderful small shelter in Portland that takes top notch care of their animals for as long as it takes to find them homes, and does a really good job of matching pets and adopters, getting to know both animals and humans as individuals.

Luvable Dog Rescue down in Eugene is great too.

I encountered both places a potential adopter (I also have a lot of experience volunteering in shelters, though not these ones) and was very impressed, and I think these smaller shelters could really use (and greatly deserve) some extra help.
posted by unsub at 10:02 PM on April 16, 2015


It's not California or Oregon, but they take animals from all over and are really well known for their no-kill policy: Best Friends Animal Society Animal Refuge in Utah. It's where Michael Vick's dogs were sent to be rehabilitated.
posted by cecic at 10:53 PM on April 16, 2015


Best answer: I adopted my beautiful 12 year old ginger cat from the Marin Humane Society. They are no-kill, and travel the entire Bay Area and even to Fresno/Stockton to rescue pets at kill shelters. They also have an incredibly high pet adoption rate - they get them into homes quickly. They had someone dump dozens of kittens (40-70 I think?), all tuxedo, last fall, and ALL of them are in new homes within about six weeks.

You can also sponsor an individual animal, especially ones who are less adoptable. That often encourages people to consider animals they may have overlooked. My own cat was sponsored, and I got to pay that forward and sponsor another cat.

It's a lovely thing you're doing. Good luck choosing!
posted by guster4lovers at 10:59 PM on April 16, 2015 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Thanks, everyone! Anybody know of one in or near Mountain View, by any chance?
posted by Auden at 11:05 PM on April 16, 2015


Best answer: Not near Mountain View, but there's Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek. We got our cats there. They go around California finding animals on their last day at kill shelters, bring them to their shelter, spay/neuter them, and offer them for adoption. Our cat Luna was 8 months old and on her last day at a shelter in Tulare County when they rescued her.
posted by Anne Neville at 6:56 AM on April 17, 2015


Best answer: +1 to Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation. I got my cat Anastasia from there.

Nearer to (but not actually in) Mountain View, there is Town Cats - a no-kill cat shelter which pulls cats who have run out of time at kill shelters. Some dear friends got their kitty from Town Cats.
posted by Rosie M. Banks at 11:25 AM on April 17, 2015


Best answer: Marin Humane Society is great. Not only are they no-kill, but they take in animals from high-kill shelters as well.
posted by radioamy at 12:22 PM on April 17, 2015


How do you define "no kill"? The Oregon Humane Society has a 98% animal save rate, well above the 90% threshold for being considered a no kill shelter, but they do not consider themselves a no kill shelter. Here's their reasoning. They're an amazing organization though, and well worth considering when making donations.
posted by pdb at 2:00 PM on April 17, 2015


Response by poster: Thanks everyone, I made a donation to the Animal Rescue Foundation and will probably make a second donation to the Marin Humane Society as well, I think. (...but all of these organizations sound great and I feel bad I had to select only one or two)
posted by Auden at 4:23 PM on April 17, 2015


Response by poster: (I'm a fan of the Oregon Humane Society, pdb, we got our last 3 kitties there. The "no kill" was specifically my friend's request, so... But they deserve my financial support on an annual basis I think)
posted by Auden at 8:46 PM on April 17, 2015


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