Read about our very own Churchill the Polar Bear in the article by Best Friends Animal Society! We are so honored they took the time to invite us up and treat us like family! To donate to Little Friends and help other dogs and cats like Churchill in need please go here.

  As an organization we have always prided ourselves on focusing on the “front end” of the homeless pet problem in our valley rather than the “back end.” By that we simply mean that we try to focus on intake rates, or the amount of animals being turned into the county shelter, rather than the euthanasia rates. Rather than chastising the county, the shelters, the “system” so to speak – why not go to the root of the problem? OUR community. Why is it that so many people in our valley think of animals as disposable? The daily average for… Read More →

  Torch nuzzling one of our alumni. Torch Torch came to us as an owner surrender. She is a bright eyed 6 month old playful kitten that to be honest – is kind of perfect. We put her straight into ‘Kitty City’ our main colony room. Most cats, even kittens, take a little bit of time to adjust to living in this setting. Not Torch. She sniffed around for a bit, and then promptly attacked the nearest cat toy. She continued to amuse herself for the remainder of the afternoon. Anytime one of our staff members went into the room… Read More →

It is long overdue that we share Churchills story…. In rescue you get accustomed to the idea that you cannot save them all. You have to. We know that. We understand that. We can’t take everyone in, and we are faced with the euthanasia of healthy animals in our valley every single day. In rescue, this is our job. To confront this, to work around this, to try and stop this. It’s hard . . . some days it’s damn near impossible. What’s even harder to understand, what’s truly impossible to cope with is when you can’t save your own… Read More →