Shelter Supplies We Need Most:
For those of you who are looking to donate to us but would rather be in the comfort and safety of your own home, we have an amazon wishlist that you can order from and they will deliver directly to us!
Meet our pretty girl Boots💖! Boots has had a long journey with us at the SPCA St. John’s, as she has been surrendered to our care twice at the young age of 2😿. She was first surrendered to our shelter on April 3rd 2018, where she spent over 4 months alone and unwanted by any potential adopters😿. Along the way she spent 1 month in foster care, 1 month at Petsmart, and 2 months at our shelter. Finally, Boots got adopted on August 30th 2018! But unfortunately on April 16th 2019, she was surrendered back to our shelter due to no fault of her own😿. It is now the end of May, and poor Boots is still looking for her official furever home🏡! Boots is a real sweetheart, who loves attention, wet food, toys, and windows😻. She would do best in a quite home where she can live peacefully with the company of her new family. She is spayed, vaccinated, treated for fleas and worms, microchipped, tested for FIV/FeLV, and vet-checked👩🏻⚕️. Her adoption fee has been reduced to only $75.00- if you are interested in adopting you can visit her at our shelter on RCAF road😸.
Did you know that the 97% of the SPCA St. John’s monetary and physical donations are made by the public?! If you are looking to make a donation to our shelter, here are the main items that we are currently in need of😸🧡!
Kitten season is here!
We all love seeing strong, healthy kittens go off to their forever homes. But it’s not always easy to get them there. Thankfully, we’re able to do it thanks to a group of very special volunteers: our foster providers.
Like all babies, kittens are vulnerable. Their immune systems are developing. We vaccinate all of our cats against deadly viruses as soon as they arrive at our Adoption & Resource Centre. But many of our kittens are too young for this vaccine – which means that, in a building with new cats coming in every day, they could get dangerously ill.
That’s why foster homes are so important! When kittens are in foster care, their chances of getting ill are much lower. Plus, they get to hang out with one or more humans every day – which makes them much more social when they’re ready to go to their forever home.
And if mom is with them, then mom gets to care for her babies in a quiet, stress-free environment away from the sounds and smells of our Adoption & Resource Centre.
We are looking for foster homes who have:
Want to help? Click here for upcoming foster orientation dates and our foster application form
DID YOU KNOW? Fostering helps animals AND people. Here’s what some of last year’s fosters had to say:
“My family fosters kittens when the kids are on summer holidays. It keeps the kids busy all summer long. It also teaches them about responsibility in a way I wouldn’t be able to teach them just by talking to them about it.” – Christine, Torbay
“I retired last summer. My foster kittens kept my house lively. I didn’t miss work at all!” – Graham, Mt. Pearl
“My roommates and I are all students. We can’t afford our own pets, but we have a blast fostering kittens!” – Stacey, St. John’s
“I studied to be a vet assistant. Taking care of foster kittens helped me learn to let them go, something I have to do all the time in clinic life.” – Karen, St. John’s
