Southwest Coast SPCA

04/24/2025

‼️COURTESY POST‼️

PLEASE NOTE: This is a courtesy post to help the owner find a new home for their pet. The animal is not under the care of the Southwest Coast SPCA and we have not met the pet. Please call the number in the post if you have any questions or are interested in giving the pet a new home.

Bruno is a 7 month old pitbull mix who is looking for a new home. He isn't neutered or vaccinated and has no health issues the owner is aware of. He is friendly but will bite when excited or playing. He's very hyperactive.

He is not leash trained for walks and needs training. He refuses to go outside when it is raining or windy.

He's best suited in a home with no other animals or young children. He loves to cuddle and wants all the attention. Sleeps in the bed with you, cuddled up against you. Located in Port au Port East. If you are interested in Bruno please call Michelle at 709-214-9173.

04/23/2025

❤️🐶 WE NEED DOG FOSTERS! 🐶❤️

Our foster homes help prepare our dogs for their happily ever after through consistent care, walks, training and more! We get a variety of different dogs in our care and once approved to foster, we will set you up with one best suited for your home. 😀

If you are interested in helping out and making a difference, please ✨APPLY✨ using the foster application link in the comments below or visiting our website.

PLEASE NOTE: All supplies for foster animals are provided by the Southwest Coast SPCA. This includes food, treats, bedding, crates, veterinarian care and more! All you need to do is supply your home, time and love!

04/23/2025

💔 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAT? 💔
April 23/25

Luna, a small dilute calico female cat, is missing from the Rose Avenue/West Street/Hansen Highway area in Stephenville. She is an indoor only cat who escaped through the front door last night unexpectedly and her family is devastated and hoping for her quick return.

If you see Luna, please call Amber at 709-721-1724 immediately.

04/22/2025

🏡 YARD SALE: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🏡

We will be having our annual yard sale on Saturday, May 10th, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the L.A Bown Gymnasium.

‼️ NOTE: Please do NOT drop off donations at our shelter or at the gymnasium unless planned with one of our members. Please see poster below for information on how to arrange drop-offs.‼️

04/21/2025

🧡 MEET CALYPSO 🧡

DOB: February 28th, 2023

This handsome, floofy guy is in need of a quiet home with another cat he can bond with. That is not too much to ask, right? Keep reading to learn all about Calypso! 😍

Calypso was part of a colony that was taken in when the caretaker passed away (he is the brother to recently adopted Calliope and Cleopatra). He has come such a long way since intake day last year, but now he is at a stand still. He would love to settle into a place he can finally call his first home with the right owners who can continue to teach him what it means to be a loved, safe, indoor kitty! 🤞❤

Calypso is an overall shy, semi-feral kitty that will need a special family that will grow with him. He can be easily startled and is not one to come to you on his own. You cannot pick him up and cuddle him and he is not a lap cat yet. He simply needs a home who will let him settle in at his own speed, and one that has another friendly cat for him to bond with is a MUST! 🥹 He adores all cats and is always cuddled up with them (see pics below). He is constantly watching his buddies move on and get adopted! Born and raised in a colony means all he's ever known is to have cat-friends to show him the way and live life with, so we want to give him that in his forever home!

Although he is nervous and often hand shy, he loves to be petted on his head and neck most when laying down. He will lean into your pets and thoroughly enjoy it. He also does not mind to be brushed either to keep that gorgeous fur extra clean! 😍 Other things he LOVES are window beds, cat grass and toys to play with. He is extremely quiet, never meowing for us yet, polite and sweet. He is not hard to please as long as you have some wet food to give him!😀

Calypso must be adopted into a home with another cat. A home without dogs or young children would be a requirement. A forever home experienced with shy kitties would be a huge bonus!

He is neutered, vaccinated, tested negative for FIV/FeLV, flea/worm treated, recently examined by a vet and comes with a 6-week free trial of pet insurance.

If you are interested in meeting and adopting Calypso, please ✨APPLY✨ using the application in the comments below.

04/20/2025

04/19/2025

❤️😻’PERFECTLY PERMANENT’ ADOPTION

We’ve had a number of special adoptions of our longterm residents lately, and a couple days ago it was Myrtle’s (tabby) and Cooper’s (black & white) turn! This adoption is extra super special though for a number of reasons:

🐾 Myrtle and Cooper met and quickly bonded at our shelter when they were kittens. Cooper was terrified of people, while Myrtle was just the most loving kitty. Knowing they were bonded and that Cooper depended on Myrtle for support, we turned down many applications for Myrtle. They either got adopted together, or they stayed with us!

🐾 So they stayed with us for waaaay too long, until they were happily adopted! Unfortunately, they were later returned and again waited and waited for exactly the right family.

🐾 We 100% knew they weren’t leaving us again unless the perfect family applied to adopt them, but the perfect family doesn’t exist…or does it? 🤔

🐾 The answer to that question is a resounding YES!!! Lorie was helping to care for a sick animal at our shelter and, therefore, visited the shelter frequently for three weeks. (No worries! The animal recovered beautifully.) When she came in the evening, she often brought her daughter and/or son with her.

🐾 During those visits they got to know Myrtle, who quickly gave them ALL the love! Then Cooper started to show his loving side also and that sealed the deal!🥹

Late Thursday afternoon a very excited family finally got to adopt their beloved cats, and Myrtle and Cooper finally got the forever home they deserved!😻😻 Everyone at the Southwest Coast SPCA is beyond thrilled with this adoption, and updates from Lorie show kitties that settled in extremely quickly. (Bonus pictures in comments.)

Typically we wait at least a week before posting an adoption to make sure everything is going well, but there’s no need to wait to post this one. Myrtle and Cooper have definitely found their forever and ever home!💗

Congratulations, Lorie, Travis, Cameron, Isla, Myrtle and Cooper! We wish you many, many years of love, cuddles and playtime.

04/19/2025

🧁❤️ANOTHER SWEET THANK YOU❤️🧁

We’d like to say thank you to Cameron Bennett who made and sold cupcakes for our Cupcake Day! On Wednesday he made a special trip to our shelter to proudly give us the money he collected. 🧁=💰

Cameron is a longtime supporter of the Southwest Coast SPCA and we always enjoy his visits.😻 Thank you, Cameron, for caring about our rescued animals!

04/18/2025

🐶🧁🐱SWEET THANKS🐱🧁🐶

Another annual Cupcake Day has come and gone, but our thankfulness for everyone’s support will last forever! We are so grateful to have a long list of people and businesses to thank again this year!😃

🐾The first people we need to thank are Shannon and Hayley Froese! They not only organized this gigantic fundraiser, they also spent an incredible number of hours organizing the cupcakes according to orders, with the help of Jeanie Aucoin, Kathryn Robertson and Ashley Wieffering, which made pick-up and delivery as smooth as possible! 👏 👏👏

🐾The KINSMEN, who ordered a whopping 700 cupcakes to deliver to different groups in the Bay St. George area for their annual Kin Kindness Day, also deserve a special mention! They literally double their good deeds by supporting the Southwest Coast SPCA and then spreading kindness and those cupcakes to many of the service providers within the local area! Very well done, Kinsmen! 👏👏👏

🐾We also need to thank the people who baked cupcakes for us this year, many of whom have baked for us in previous years!💗 Here is the list of names, in no particular order;

🧁Pamela Bennett McLeod
🧁Emily Gabriel
🧁Renee Hinks
🧁Jeanie Aucoin
🧁Melanie Chinn
🧁Shannon Froese
🧁Hayley Froese
🧁Mike & Christa Philpott
🧁Amber Hillier
🧁Christopher Petty
🧁Janice Kitchen
🧁Tina Sampson
🧁Kacey Cannings
🧁Dara Best-Pinsent
🧁Sandi Delaney
🧁Jenna Loder
🧁Adam & Natasha Delaney
🧁Lenny Tiller
🧁Dawn White
🧁Jean O’Keefe
🧁Joanne Gale
🧁Mary Lou Russell Chip
🧁Robert & Ruchelle Decker
🧁Anna & Elmer Alexander
🧁Bernadette Chislett
🧁Darlene Miller
🧁Vanessa Louvelle
🧁Tyra Louvelle
🧁Rylie Savoury & Cloud
🧁Mallory Hicks
🧁Brittany Hall
🧁Jacey Parsons
🧁Nikki Laney
🧁Sherry King
🧁Rosalind English
🧁Rose Willette
🧁Laurie O’Quinn
🧁Diane Priddle
🧁Emma Yetman
🧁Kathryn Robertson
🧁Carly Young

🐾Janet Fradsham, Laurie O’Quinn and Judi White deserve credit for delivering cupcakes in the Stephenville and Kippens area, while Colleen O’Leary and Eve Burke took care of pick-ups from our shelter.

🐾We’d also like to thank DOMINION and SHOPPER’S DRUG MART for their generosity in donating supplies; as well as ARLIMS, PEOPLE OF THE DAWN INDIGENOUS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE and DEBBIE’S VIDEO for selling cupcakes.

🐾And of course we can’t forget to thank the many people who bought the yummy cupcakes!

❤️🧁Thanks to everyone’s hard work and the support from the community, this year’s fundraiser exceeded our expectations! Needless to say, every penny of the money collected will go to help the many animals we have rescued!🐶❤️🐱

NOTE: If we missed anyone please message us, comment below or call us at 709-214-1750. We want to make sure everyone gets the recognition they deserve!

04/17/2025

UPDATE: ADOPTION PENDING!

💚 MEET JASPER 💚

DOB: November 25th, 2024

Are you wanting to add a cuddly, sweet, young, delicate boy cat to your family? Jasper miiiiight be the one! 😉 His personality includes all of the above and he is ready to meet his new family!!!

Jasper was rescued from an outdoor colony only a couple months ago. He has never lived in a home and is learning new things with us daily! One thing he learned quickly is his love for humans! ❤ This had a lot to do with his previous caretaker who helped socialize him before he became an indoor cat. He absolutely loves being in your lap now (his favorite spot) or in your arms once he gets to know you a bit better. He enjoys giving you little kisses on your nose and showing you affection any way he can! He also has a strong little voice and is not afraid to use it for attention, food or to let you know when it's play time! 😀

What is important for Jasper's new family to remember is that he does have a nervous side to his personality. He has no experience in a home, so he will need guidance and patience from you while he takes time to settle in! But once he does, you will be blessed with the cutest and sweetest little friend! ❤ Young children or large, active dogs may be too scary for him right now. However, a home with other cats would be of no issue to Jasper

Jasper has already been neutered, vaccinated, tested for FIV/FeLV, dewormed/flea treated, examined by a vet and he even comes with a 6-week free trial of pet insurance.

If you are interested in meeting and adopting Jasper, please ✨APPLY✨ using the adoption application in the comment section below.

Note: More pictures and video can be found in the comments.

04/17/2025

CRAFT SALE AND ONLINE DRAW: 3 prizes (Mug set, Manitobah moccasins, Firewood rack+tools) 🐱🐶

04/16/2025

UPDATE: DRAW CLOSED!

Last chance to buy tickets as we will be‼️ DRAWING TOMORROW MORNING‼️for you to win any of these beautiful prizes (all worth $89.99+😳) !!!!

If you are interested in helping animals in need, please comment below which prize you would like to be entered for and send an EMT to [email protected] 🙌🏻❤️ Tickets will be assigned in the morning before the draw!

04/15/2025

🧁💗CUPCAKE DAY 2025💗🧁

UPDATE: CUPCAKES ALSO AVAILABLE AT DEBBIE’S VIDEO!🧁

On Wednesday, April 16th we will be selling cupcakes at the following locations:

🐾 Our shelter, 169 Minnesota Dr. (9:00 - 11:00 a.m., 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.)

🐾 Arlims, 107 Main St. (12:00 - closing)

🐾 People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre, 35 Carolina Ave. (12:00 - closing)

‼️MAKE A DONATION, GET A YUMMY CUPCAKE & HELP RESCUE ANIMALS‼️

04/15/2025

💗🐱ANOTHER SPECIAL ADOPTION🐱💗

Our beautiful Hallie spent waaaay too long at our shelter! Why? Well, for a couple of reasons: 1) She’s a super quiet girl who tended to hide away when people came to the shelter; and 2) She had issues with her bowels, which meant she needed a special vet-recommended food. Those two things combined definitely made it harder to find the right adopter for her. However, a couple weeks ago everything turned around for Hallie when a previous adopter contacted us about her!

Harry adopted two older cats from us a few years ago and, despite his and his vet’s best efforts, one of them recently passed away. 😢 Since then, Harry has been watching our page waiting for the right kitty to touch his heart.

When he read Hallie’s last post he realized she would be hard to place, while at the same time he hoped his home would be perfect for her…and we definitely agreed with him! We discussed her dietary requirements at length and found that his other cat has similar issues, so Harry felt very comfortable making sure both cats received exactly what they needed.

A week ago when Harry met Hallie, she was more than happy to give him lots of leg rubs and accept pats from him, and so Hallie got to travel to her forever home…where she initially hid under the bed. Cats hate changes to their routine, and leaving the shelter and her cat friends after being with us for over a year was super scary for Hallie.

However, Harry spent lots of quiet time with her, while also giving her the space and time she needed to feel comfortable with him and her new cat-brother. (Adorable picture of the two kitties can be found in the comments.) Harry gave us another update on Hallie’s progress last night and we’re thrilled to say she is settling into the first home she’s ever known beautifully!

Congratulations, Harry, Greyson and Hallie! We hope you have many years of love and cuddles.

04/13/2025

UPDATE: ADOPTED!

❤️🐱THORN & THISTLE🐱❤️

We hear you like black cats! What? You also want them to be fluffy and come in twos? Have we got the pair for YOU! As a bonus, we’ll even throw in matching names!😸

DOB: May 12, 2024

Thorn and Thistle are brothers who will turn one year old in May! They are just the cutest fluffy butts and, like most siblings, have different personalities.

Thorn is silly and sweet, happily running toward you for attention. You got rubs? Then you’ve got Thorn! There is definitely nothing thorny about this boy! He has such a gentle personality and his fur is the softest!😻

Thistle is more nervous, taking longer to trust people. However, he loves head and neck rubs once he gets comfortable with you. You may notice Thistle has a cloudy eye due to an eye infection when he was younger. The infection is long cleared up, and the eye is as healed as it will be and doesn’t cause him any problems. It does, however, help us identify them at a glance. 😉

Thorn and Thistle do have one thing in common: wet food! Crack open a can and you’ll suddenly have two new besties! 😹

Their adoption fee is 2-fur-1 pricing! Both cats are neutered, vaccinated, tested negative for FIV/FeLV, flea/worm treated and come with a 6-week free trial of pet insurance.

If you’re interested in adopting this matching pair of floof balls, please 🌟 apply 🌟 using the link in the comments. Bonus pics and video can also be found in the comments.

Thank you.

04/12/2025

🧁❤️CUPCAKE DROP-OFF & PICK-UP TIMES❤️🧁

Please see the attached picture for information on drop-off times for bakers to drop off their cupcakes at our shelter at 169 Minnesota Dr.

Also included are pick up times at the shelter for those who ordered cupcakes and checked off the “pick-up” option!

Thanks to everyone for helping make this day a success!

04/11/2025

💗🐱’DOUBLY DELIGHTFUL’ ADOPTION🐱💗

What makes this adoption qualify for the ‘doubly delightful’ title? Well, obviously two cats were adopted, but the extra special part is that these cats had never been in a home before!

Cleopatra and Calliope (pics in comments) were colony cats who had a wonderful caregiver who showed them lots of love and was able to tame them. We arranged to Trap/Neuter/Release (TNR) them, which explains why their left ears are tipped.

Unfortunately, their caregiver passed away last year and we realized the sweet sisters wouldn’t survive outdoors without his care. Therefore, we rescued them and they started to enjoy the indoor life at our shelter.

Late March was their one year anniversary of being with us, with no sign of them getting adopted! And then out of the blue, we received the absolute perfect application for them! Excitement ran high when David, Sherrie, Lydia and Isabel came to the shelter to meet our girls!

Honestly, it was love at first sight for everyone, and since they’d been adopted things have just gotten better and better! Cleo and Calli only spent part of the first day hiding under a bed before coming out chirping and asking for belly rubs!🥹

Since then, the girls have had the run of the house and a picture Sherrie sent to us of them on the couch had us all in happy tears! Sherrie recently said, “Cleo and Calli are doing awesome and their personalities are starting to shine through. It was our pleasure to adopt these little ladies”. What a great start to the “little ladies’” forever after!💗

Congratulations, David, Sherrie, Lydia, Isabel, Cleo and Calli! May you have many, many years of love and laughter with each other.

04/11/2025

❤️🐱COURTESY POST🐱❤️

April 11, 2025

Please note: These cats are not in the care of the Southwest Coast SPCA and we have never met them. This post is a courtesy post only. If you have any questions or are interested in either/both of these cats, please call the owner.

Sky and Bell are both male, neutered cats who need a new home through no fault of their own. Both cats are friendly, indoor only, litter trained and used to children. They do not need to go together.

If you are interested in either/both of these cats, please call Geraldine at 437-441-7160. Thank you.