FURRY FRIENDS REFUGE
Serving Central Iowa's Homeless Animals
RECENT NEWS AND EVENTS
SANTA CLAWS
SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC
Furry Friends will host a low-cost spay and neuter clinic on November 19 for barn and alley cats. Spay surgeries are $40 including vaccinations and neuter surgeries are $30. Kittens under 16 weeks are $25. Please call 515-222-0009 to schedule animals for the clinic.
ADOPTION HOURS
9235 Swanson Blvd. Suite 2
MON/WED/FRI 6pm-8:30pm
SAT and SUN 11am-5pm
Thank you for all who have supported Furry Friends in our struggle to show Urbandale that their choice of supporting commercial breeders and ignoring the need for organizations and people who rescue animals in need. We received significant media coverage of the issue in May. We are still fighting to make the city recognize that this is not simply a zoning matter and that the statements they have made about rescue animals are wrong and support an industry full of abusive and inhumane treatment.
We have filed a lawsuit to appeal the decisions of the board as they are contrary to other decisions made by the board and unfairly discriminate against Furry Friends based on impermissible factors. Additionally, we are meeting with city officials to seek to have the zoning ordinance changed to that it specifically addresses the issue of rescue animals.
We are still in need of your help! Please write to the mayor and let him know that the treatment of dogs in puppy mills and other animals in commercial facilities is important to you and that he should take this matter seriously. Address correspondence to Mayor Bob Andeweg
Phone: 515-283-3100
3600 86th St
Urbandale, IA 50322-4057
For more information about the issue, please call the adoption center at 515-257-1219 or e-mail bgagne@furryfriendsrefuge.org.
Click Adoptable Animals to see more about these animals and all Furry Friends adoptables!
The animals need your support! Please sign our petition telling the City of Urbandale that their claim of pet store animals being "healthy" and rescue animals having "mental and emotional problems" is wrong. (The City refuses to allow us to operate our adoption facility at our current location while it would allow a pet store to sell dogs from puppy mills at the same building)
SIGN THE PETITION
