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Welcome to APS-FH!
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Why adopt?
Looking for a new friend? Make an appointment to come meet our incredible pets awaiting their forever homes.
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You had us at meow.
Each year about 90 kittens find their way to forever homes with your help. Thank you!
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We can’t do this alone, can you help?
There’s many ways you can support our efforts in the care and adoption of our sweet shelter pets.
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Providing compassionate care and brighter futures for homeless animals.

Search for your new friend here.

There are many places to acquire a dog or a cat, but our shelter provides adoption matchmaking services that help you find the right pet for your family and household. Before you adopt your companion animal from us, the Animal Protection Society will:

  • Treat the pet for internal and external parasites
  • Give them all initial vaccinations
  • Spay or neuter the pet
  • Test all cats for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Beyond all that, animals at the shelter are lovingly cared for, socialized, and observed for all possible behavioral and health problems. We care about our friends, and it shows! Learn more.

How You Can Help

Donate

Outright donations help us feed and take care of the shelter pets. They also help us maintain our facilities and keep the lights on. Make a one-time donation or a monthly donation of any amount.

Volunteer

Volunteer opportunities are many, just to name a few: walking dogs, trapping feral cats, general shelter cleaning, medical clinic support, fostering pets, and volunteering at our Treasure Hounds store.

Treasure Hounds

Shopping at our upscale retail thrift store is another way to support us, so is donating gently used household furnishings, home goods & decor to Treasure Hounds.

Latest Shelter News

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Reminder that TOMORROW (Thursday Dec 7th) our Treasure Hounds Location will be open for their Holiday Sip & Shop, part of Friday Harbor’s Annual Chardonnay Shopping Event! 🥂🛍️

To celebrate they’ll have fun shopping deals for everyone like..

* 11am to 4pm - 20% off storewide!

* 4 to 7pm - Spin the Wheel and Get a Deal - you could win a % off, a Surprise Gift Bag, or APS-FH apparel!

* Homemade treats and hot cider all day long!

Additionally, our Holiday Giving Tree is officially up, decorated, and ready for your support (see our last post for more details!) 🎄🎁

We hope to see you all there for the holiday fun! 💚❤️
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Reminder that TOMORROW (Thursday Dec 7th) our Treasure Hounds Location will be open for their Holiday Sip & Shop, part of Friday Harbor’s Annual Chardonnay Shopping Event! 🥂🛍️

To celebrate they’ll have fun shopping deals for everyone like..

* 11am to 4pm -  20% off storewide!

* 4 to 7pm - Spin the Wheel and Get a Deal - you could win a % off, a Surprise Gift Bag, or APS-FH apparel!

* Homemade treats and hot cider all day long! 

Additionally, our Holiday Giving Tree is officially up, decorated, and ready for your support (see our last post for more details!) 🎄🎁

We hope to see you all there for the holiday fun! 💚❤️

🌲 HOLIDAY GIVING TREES 🌲

It’s officially the holiday season, and looking a lot more like it around here at APS-FH. Whether you’re visiting/adopting at the shelter, shopping for gifts for your people at Treasure Hounds APSFH, or your pets at Friday Harbor Pet Supplies, you’ll now see our 3* Holiday Giving Trees up, decorated, and ready for your support!

For another year, we at APS-FH are so excited to be doing the Tree of Giving which gives community members the opportunity to spread holiday cheer to our shelter animals! Just select a tag from one of our trees*, purchase items based on the tag recommendations, write your name and a message on the back of the tag, attach your tag to your gift, and return it to any of the 3 locations* so it can be placed under the tree. Our staff and the adoptable animals would love to thank you in person!

The holiday season is typically a slower time for adoptions. Your gift will provide entertainment and happiness to a homeless pet while they wait for their forever home. In past years, we’ve had such an overflowing amount of support from our community that we were even able to have backup supplies & toys for animals to go home with once they got adopted 🥹🥰

Although we do our best daily to make sure our animals are as comfortable and happy as possible, these additional gifts will do wonders in making this holiday season an extra special one for all our amazing cats and dogs still awaiting finding their forever family. If by the time your gift is returned, the animal on your tag has already been adopted, your gifts will then be given to new animals who have come in since & are not on a tag, and to those that continue to come through our doors. ❤️💚

Your generosity truly makes a difference to many. Thank you so much to those who have already selected a tag and purchased gift(s)! 🙌🏻👏🏻

*Trees with gifting tags for our shelter animals can be found at APS-FH Shelter, Treasure Hounds, and at Friday Harbor Pet Supplies
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🌲 HOLIDAY GIVING TREES 🌲

It’s officially the holiday season, and looking a lot more like it around here at APS-FH. Whether you’re visiting/adopting at the shelter, shopping for gifts for your people at Treasure Hounds APSFH, or your pets at Friday Harbor Pet Supplies, you’ll now see our 3* Holiday Giving Trees up, decorated, and ready for your support! 

For another year, we at APS-FH are so excited to be doing the Tree of Giving which gives community members the opportunity to spread holiday cheer to our shelter animals! Just select a tag from one of our trees*, purchase items based on the tag recommendations, write your name and a message on the back of the tag, attach your tag to your gift, and return it to any of the 3 locations* so it can be placed under the tree. Our staff and the adoptable animals would love to thank you in person! 

The holiday season is typically a slower time for adoptions. Your gift will provide entertainment and happiness to a homeless pet while they wait for their forever home. In past years, we’ve had such an overflowing amount of support from our community that we were even able to have backup supplies & toys for animals to go home with once they got adopted 🥹🥰

Although we do our best daily to make sure our animals are as comfortable and happy as possible, these additional gifts will do wonders in making this holiday season an extra special one for all our amazing cats and dogs still awaiting finding their forever family. If by the time your gift is returned, the animal on your tag has already been adopted, your gifts will then be given to new animals who have come in since & are not on a tag, and to those that continue to come through our doors. ❤️💚

Your generosity truly makes a difference to many. Thank you so much to those who have already selected a tag and purchased gift(s)! 🙌🏻👏🏻

*Trees with gifting tags for our shelter animals can be found at APS-FH Shelter, Treasure Hounds, and at Friday Harbor Pet SuppliesImage attachmentImage attachment

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Please let me know how to gift from Oregon 💕

💞KITTENS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION 💞

❄️💙Meet Olaf & Sven, two DSH, brown tabby brothers who are looking for a home together this holiday season! ❄️💙

Olaf & Sven were brought into our shelter one early morning in late October, when after a sudden overnight frost, the brothers were found half frozen; so much so that it appeared one of them had already passed. Their temperatures were so low they could not even be registered on a thermometer. The shelter staff got right to work on Olaf & Sven, actively heating and stimulating their bodies to try to get them back up to temperature. As the brothers started to warm up, they became more and more alert. Other than the fact that they were freezing, they appeared to be healthy little kittens! Our in-clinic incubator was then able to be used for the remainder of the day to continue to keep Olaf & Sven’s temperatures regulated. Once that was the case, and they were medically cleared, they moved into foster care.

Now, fast forward to current day, when after spending ~ the last month in foster care*, Olaf & Sven are ready & waiting for their person(s) to come* adopt them! What better way to warm up this holiday season than with two cuddly, absolutely adorable, little floofs, like these brothers?!

Oh, and did we mention we’re still running a 2-for-1 kitten adoption special here at APS-FH? 👀🙂

Well, what are you waiting for?!

Swipe through the photos to see Olaf & Sven in foster care (#1-2), and in the incubator when they first came in (#3), and..

If you’re interested in adopting them fill out and submit our Feline Adoption Application on our website:

www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/feline-application/

* Olaf & Sven are currently awaiting their forever homes in foster care, and are not on site at the shelter.

#apsfhadoptions #adoptashelterpet #adoptashelterkitten #adoptakitten #adoptdontshop #disneyfrozen #frozen
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💞KITTENS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION 💞 

❄️💙Meet Olaf & Sven, two DSH, brown tabby brothers who are looking for a home together this holiday season! ❄️💙

Olaf & Sven were brought into our shelter one early morning in late October, when after a sudden overnight frost, the brothers were found half frozen; so much so that it appeared one of them had already passed. Their temperatures were so low they could not even be registered on a thermometer. The shelter staff got right to work on Olaf & Sven, actively heating and stimulating their bodies to try to get them back up to temperature. As the brothers started to warm up, they became more and more alert. Other than the fact that they were freezing, they appeared to be healthy little kittens! Our in-clinic incubator was then able to be used for the remainder of the day to continue to keep Olaf & Sven’s temperatures regulated. Once that was the case, and they were medically cleared, they moved into foster care. 

Now, fast forward to current day, when after spending ~ the last month in foster care*, Olaf & Sven are ready & waiting for their person(s) to come* adopt them! What better way to warm up this holiday season than with two cuddly, absolutely adorable, little floofs, like these brothers?! 

Oh, and did we mention we’re still running a 2-for-1 kitten adoption special here at APS-FH? 👀🙂

Well, what are you waiting for?!

Swipe through the photos to see Olaf & Sven in foster care (#1-2), and in the incubator when they first came in (#3), and..

If you’re interested in adopting them fill out and submit our Feline Adoption Application on our website: 

https://www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/feline-application/

* Olaf & Sven are currently awaiting their forever homes in foster care, and are not on site at the shelter.

#apsfhadoptions #adoptashelterpet #adoptashelterkitten #adoptakitten #adoptdontshop #disneyfrozen #frozenImage attachmentImage attachment

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A very impressive rescue! ❤

My goodness! They are handsome little fellas!

What lucky babies!!! 😍

Precious ❤️

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