Save-A-Pet: finding homes for needy cats and dogs

Quick Access Phone Number: 1-716-559-3020 1 for Dogs, 2 for Cats, 3 for Spay/Neuter, 4 for Lost & Found
Welcome from Save-A-Pet, Niagara County, New York

We invite you to stay a while and view all the information we have available on this site. Please visit our About Us page. Thank you. VISIT our What's New Page.

Rabies Immunization Clinics Pet Wellness Clinics Why do we do what we do

We are a nonprofit organization of active members and supporting volunteers and contributors. Our goal is finding good homes for stray or unwanted cats and dogs. Pets awaiting adoption are sheltered in the homes of our volunteers. We do not euthanize healthy, adoptable pets - they remain in our foster care until adopted, however long that may take. (PLEASE - consider becoming a foster pet-parent. (See our About Us page for information) We desperately need you. We also promote responsible pet ownership, most especially the spaying/neutering of all pets in order to reduce the population of unwanted animals.

Since our establishment in 1977, Save-A-Pet's volunteers, with the support of our contributors, and our Corporate Sponsors, have saved the lives of thousands of local cats and dogs. With your help, we'll continue to do so. Please consider adopting a pet from us. Contact us. Become a Member.

Please take a minute to send a donation to Save-A-Pet. It's easy, click on the link provided to access Pay Pal. This is a secure server and your information is totally private. Your contribution is tax deductible and the Pets thank you. You may use your checking account or any charge card for this secure transaction. All information is confidential and not available to Save-A-Pet.

Paw Traits Juried Art Show: October 26 through November 16 at the Market Street Art Center,
247 Market Street, Lockport, NY

This is a contest for artists portraying dogs, cats or other pets, whether their own or someone else's, in paintings, drawings, photography or other media.

View or download the brochure which contains the details and application form.

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Rabies Immunization Clinics

By law, all cats, dogs and domesticated ferrets must have a current rabies vaccination.

Free for all dogs, cats and ferrets. Donations welcome.

Bring proof of prior vaccination to receive a 3-year vaccination certificate.
More information: 589-3278

County Highway Building, 225 West Academy Street, Albion, NY
Saturday, June 7, 2008 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Town of Shelby Highway Building, 4062 Salt Works Road, Medina, NY
Saturday September 6, 2008 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

County Highway Building, 225 West Academy Street, Albion, NY
Saturday, November 1, 2008 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Niagara County Department of Health in cooperation with Niagara County Veterinary Society will hold the following clinics in 2008. Information: 439-7511

Hyde Park - Oasis/Centennial Pavillion (behind Ice Arena
911 Robbins Drive, City of Niagara Falls
Saturday, June 7 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Phone 286-4956

Cornell Cooperative Extension, County Fairgrounds
4487 Lake Avenue, Town of Lockport
Saturday, September 13 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Phone 433-8839

City of North Tonawanda - Public Works Department
758 Erie Avenue, City of North Tonawanda
Saturday, December 6 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Phone 695-8585

- Cats and dogs receiving immunization without proof of a previous rabies immunization will receive a certificate valid only for one year. Cats and dogs with proof of previous rabies immunizations will receive a certificate valid for three years.

- Ferrets must receive vaccinations annually, regardless of previous immunization.

- Animals must be at least four (4) months old.

- All animals must be properly restrained. Dogs must be leashed. Cats & Ferrets must be in a box or carrier.

- Volunteers are needed. Please call 439-7511 if interested.

- It is requested that anyone bringing more than six animals to one clinic contact the Niagara County Department of Health at 439-7511 up to one week prior to the clinic so paperwork can be processed more efficiently.

Veterinary services provided by the Niagara County Veterinary Society.

Pet Wellness Clinic

Petco, 1459 Niagara Falls Blvd. Amherst.

Please bring dogs on leashes and cats in carriers. Please bring all paperwork and rabies information. Please keep all unvaccinated pets away from others in the store.
NOTE: DUE TO BUSY TIMES THE LINE MAY BE CUT OFF EARLY. PLEASE ARRIVE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO ENDING TIME. LAST PATIENT MUST BE COMPLETED BY ENDING TIME.
Cats: Rabies, $16; distemper, $18; leukemia, $19; leuk/fiv testing, $33
Dogs: Rabies, $16; DHLPP, $20; Corona, $17; Bordetella, $18; Lymes, $22

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Why do we do what we do

Once I was a lonely dog,
Just looking for a home.
I had no place to go,
No one to call my own.

I wandered up and down the streets,
in rain in heat and snow.
I ate what ever I could find,
I was always on the go.

My skin would itch, my feet were sore,
My body ached with pain.
And no one stopped to give a pat
Or to gently say my name.

I never saw a loving glance,
I was always on the run.
For people thought that hurting me
was really lots of fun.

And then one day I heard a voice
So gentle, kind and sweet,
And arms so soft reached down to me
And took me off my feet.

"No one again will hurt you
Was whispered in my ear."
"You'll have a home to call your own
where you will know no fear"

"You will be dry, you will be warm,
you'll have enough to eat"
"And rest assured that when you sleep,
your dreams will all be sweet".

I was afraid I must admit,
I've lived so long in fear.
I can't remember when I let
A human come so near.

And as she tended to my wounds
And bathed and brushed my fur
She told me bout the rescue group
And what it meant to her.

She said, "We are a circle,
a line that never ends".
"And in the center there is you
protected by new friends".

"And all around you are
the ones that check the pounds,
And those that share their home
after you've been found".

"And all the other folk
are searching near and far.
"To find the perfect home for you,
where you can be a star".

She said, "There is a family,
that's waiting patiently,
and pretty soon we'll find them,
just you wait and see".

"And then they'll join our circle
they'll help to make it grow,
so there'll be room for more like you,
who have no place to go".
I waited very patiently,
The days they came and went.
Today's the day I thought,
my family will be sent.

Then just when I began to think
It wasn't meant to be,
there were people standing there
just gazing down at me.

I knew them in a heart beat,
I could tell they felt it too.
They said, "We have been waiting
for a special dog like you".

Now every night I say a prayer
to all the gods that be.
"Thank you for the life I live
and all you've given me.

But most of all protect the dogs
in the pound and on the street.
And send a Rescue Person
to lift them off their feet".

We find beauty in the most
incomprehensible places and the
otherwise homely faces. It is our gift to
see beyond the dirt, terror,sadness,
and defeat and find the true soul that lies
within.
We are Rescue~

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