The Seattle Animal Shelter

Since its beginning in 1972, the Seattle Animal Shelter has helped thousands of people and their pets. SAS finds loving, responsible homes for orphaned animals through its animal shelter; educates citizens regarding responsible pet ownership; provides a low cost spay/neuter program; enforces animal control ordinances; investigates animal cruelty and abuse; and reunites lost pets with their owners. SAS is located in the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle between Magnolia and Ballard on 15th Avenue West (one mile south of the Ballard Bridge).
http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org

Help the Animals Fund

The Help the Animals Fund was established in 1977 to provide veterinary care and supplies for sick, injured and abused shelter animals. The fund also supports a variety of other programs, including public education, the volunteer program and the foster care program. The shelter received no funds from the City of Seattle to provide vet care for adoptable animals, so only through your donations are we able to provide this life-saving veterinary care.

Seattle Animal Shelter’s veterinary expenses total $91,000 per year. The Seattle Animal Shelter is providing vet care for more animals than ever before. Proceeds from the 2009 Furry 5K (and other fundraisers), coupled with private donations, helped make that possible. However, the Help the Animals Fund relies solely on donations from individuals, companies and SAS fundraising events such as the Furry 5K, so we continue to need everyone’s help to maintain the fund. Without the Help the Animals Fund, many of our shelter animals could not be saved.

All of the proceeds from Furry 5K will go to the Help the Animals Fund. All donations to the fund are tax deductible.