Friends of The North Smithfield Animal Shelter

10/09/2024

Update: Appointments are filled!

Woaaaaaa - one of our shelter veterinarians reached out and said "hey, I want to spay and neuter all day Thursday and Friday". So guess what? Appointments available!

Drop off would be between 8:30-9am and pick up no later than 5pm. We charge $100 for a neuter package and $150 for a spay package which includes vaccines and flea treatment.

If you are interested in this RARE opportunity, please email [email protected] ASAP with your best contact number and we will call you to schedule. We have more availability tomorrow than Friday.

*This post will be deleted once the spots are filled.*

10/03/2024

Donations received at Navigant’s Shred Event in Slatersville this Saturday, October 5, will benefit The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter. Hope to see you there!

Find a location and event details here!

09/26/2024

Donations received at Navigant’s Slatersville Branch Shred Event (see below) will benefit The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter.

Did you know that The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter have been providing volunteer services in the shelter since 1978? Helping to foster a humane atmosphere for the well-being of animals awaiting their “forever” home is our passion. In addition, The Friends provide veterinary care (including the spay/neuter of all cats and dogs that come into the shelter); provide high-quality testing and medication for various illnesses and diseases; microchip all animals as needed; and provide or update inoculations on all animals including rabies, which is state-mandated.

Donations from kind folks who care about animals and support what The Friends do are welcome and very much appreciated!

Find a location and event details here!

09/18/2024

Take a look at this "Adopted Animals Picture Tree" that was recently refreshed by Wendy for The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter! Thank you, Wendy. So many pictures!

Did you know that The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter have been providing volunteer services in the shelter since 1978? Helping to foster a humane atmosphere for the well-being of the animals awaiting their “forever home” is our passion.

In addition, “The Friends” provide veterinary care (including the spay/neuter of all cats and dogs that come into the shelter); provide high-quality testing and medication for various illnesses and diseases; microchip all animals as needed; and provide or update inoculations on all animals including rabies, which is state-mandated.

Donations from kind folks who care about animals and support what "The Friends" do are welcome and very much appreciated!

08/27/2024

Woot woot!! When we say Scruffy you say Paws!
US- "SCRUFFY"
YOU - "PAWS"
US - "SCRUFFY"
YOU - "PAWS"

Our SECOND round of Snip and Clip, Drop & Chop, Spay and Neuter it Helps A LOT Clinic is complete and was another major success. A total of 88 cats were served through this collaborative effort. 64 males were neutered and 24 females were spayed! ✂️

Each cat received the following through this clinic:
🐈‍⬛️ An exam by a licensed veterinarian.
🐈‍⬛️ Spay/Neuter
🐈‍⬛️ FVRCP
🐈‍⬛️ Rabies
🐈‍⬛️ Dose of Revolution
🐈‍⬛️ Post op pain meds and fluids (females)
🐈‍⬛️ Mani and Pedi for our indoor friends.
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

Wait there's more! Some owners elected additional services at a low cost rate such as microchipping, de-wormer, FIV/Feline Leukemia testing, etc.

It doesn't stop there! Some cats required even further medical attention beyond spay/neuter packages. Thanks to our wonderful veterinarians and team who went above and beyond for some owners who required additional funding, we found the funding to make sure these necessary services took place! Some of these procedures included, testing for heart murmurs, wound repairs, dental extractions, hernia repairs, antibiotics, additional medications, xrays, etc.

When organizations/people come together, it really does make a difference.💪

We would first like to 🗣 our THREE most favorite veterinarians who made this all possible. Dr. Lorenson, Dr. Jackson, and Dr. Elias. Round of applause 👏👏👏👏 for these three lovely ladies for providing these services. We adore you all!🩷

Next up, we would like to thank our funders for contributing to this much needed service. Thanks to them, the owners of these 88 cats were only financially responsible for a small portion of the cost of the spay/neuter package.
🗣 Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary, Inc.
🗣 Friends of The North Smithfield Animal Shelter
🗣 Volunteer Services for Animals
🗣 Anchor Subaru / Anchor Nissan

Lastly all of the wonderful pet owners who trusted us with their fur children and for being responsible pet owners by providing their cats with spay/neuter.👏👏👏

Round 3 has already started!!! 💪💪💪💪

08/23/2024

‼️SCAM ALERT‼️ The only legitimate physical lost pet search and rescue assistance that we are familiar with locally are Missing Dogs Massachusetts, Hawkeye Aerial Systems, Packleader PetTrackers, and Wandering Paws K9. For every lost pet post, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of fake lost pet assistance pages commenting or being referred. We’ve tried to keep up with blocking them on our page, but please be diligent as these scammers try to take advantage of worried people who are desperate to find their lost pet, taking their money and disappearing. Don’t fall victim to these scammers. Huge thanks to those who run all of the state-wide and lost pet posting pages such as RI Lost Pets, MA Lost Pets, CT Lost Pets and all the local sub-pages. They are a diligent group of volunteers who work hard to post and network lost pets all over. Be aware folks, there is a scam for everything these days.

08/23/2024

During WeeCare Daycare recent graduation ceremony, The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter were presented with a check! The children raised money by selling lemonade at the town's annual Memorial Day parade and at events during the summer. Thank you, WeeCare, for this impressive and outstanding donation!

#2024

08/23/2024

The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter are very thankful for the grant we received from the The Hayden Foundation of RI This grant will enable us to continue to provide senior pet owners residing in one of North Smithfield's elderly complexes with assistance in caring for their pet.

07/31/2024

After almost a week of one of them being on the loose on pound hill rd area the ACO was able to set up traps. Thank you to everyone that helped out. These 2 are finally safe at the animal shelter. If you know them or their owner please call 4017660377

07/01/2024

Trouble puffs, where ya at? 👀✂️

We are now accepting male cats for neuters!

Email us to find out about our low cost programs!

📩[email protected]

06/25/2024

06/24/2024

WOONSOCKET – Rhode Island just barely missed out on becoming the fourth state in the country to ban declawing cats, a practice that Sen. Melissa Murray, who sponsored a bill

05/26/2024

04/26/2024

04/19/2024

Woo hoo!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Our first round of Snip and Clip, Drop & Chop, Spay and Neuter it Helps A LOT Clinic was a major success and we have completely depleted our funding! 90 cats were served through this collaborative effort.

Each cat received the following through this clinic:
🐈‍⬛️ An exam by a licensed veterinarian.
🐈‍⬛️ Spay/Neuter
🐈‍⬛️ FVRCP
🐈‍⬛️ Rabies
🐈‍⬛️ Dose of Revolution
🐈‍⬛️ Post op pain meds ans fluids (females only)
🐈‍⬛️ Mani and Pedi for our indoor friends.
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

Wait there's more! Some owners elected additional services at a low cost rate such as microchipping, de-wormer, FIV/Feline Leukemia testing, etc.

It's not over! Some cats required even further medical attention beyond spay/neuter packages. Thanks to our wonderful veterinarians and team who went above and beyond for some owners who required additional funding, we found the funding to make sure these necessary services took place! Some of these procedures included, testing for heart murmurs, wound repairs, dental extractions, hernia repairs, antibiotics, additional medications, xrays, etc.

When organizations/people come together, it really does make a difference.💪

We would first like to 🗣 our TWO most favorite veterinarians who made this all possible. Dr. Lorenson and Dr. Jackson. Round of applause 👏👏👏👏 for these two lovely ladies for providing these services. We adore you both!🩷

Next up, we would like to thank our funders (including Scruffy Paws) for contributing to this much needed service and thanks to all of them, each owner was only responsible for $20 a male and $30 a female cat.🙀
🗣 Providence Animal Control Center
🗣 Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary, Inc.
🗣 Friends of The North Smithfield Animal

Lastly all of the wonderful pet owners who trusted us with their fur children and for being responsible pet owners by providing their cats with spay/neuter.👏👏👏

‼️Now, we already have started working on the next round! We have secured 3 funders, we only need 1 more! We are looking for an organization or individual to commit to $2000 so we can spay/neuter 90-100 more cats during round 2, depending on male vs female ratio. Please email [email protected] if you would like to be apart of this amazing collaboration! 😻