Microchip Clinics

Microchipping is a great way to identify your pets! If one becomes lost, often collars are lost as well. Cats, well, we all know cats have trouble even keeping a collar on. If your cat goes outside, it's highly advisable to have he/she microchipped.

Thanks to the help of Companion Animal Rescue Society and PSNP, low cost microchip clinics are being offered to the general public in order to encourage this lifesaving identification procedure. Cost is only $20 per pet!

And, as a bonus, money is raised for the Coalition: HUMAnE spay/neuter clinic.

The next clinics are:

Monday, July 23 - PETCO - Lakewood, WA, 6:30-8:30 PM
5700 100th Street SW, Lakewood, WA 98499
253-984-6903

Saturday, August 4 - Green Cottage Pets - Fircrest, WA, 12:00-2:00 PM
612 Regents Blvd., Tacoma, WA 98466
253-588-4553

Other important information:
-Cash only, please.
-Cats, dogs, and ferrets of any size and age.
-Cats must be in carriers
-Dogs must be on a leash
-There is NO additional registration fee!
-Bring information for an alternate contact for your pet's microchip.

Happy July! Since our next newsletter will be published in August, we wanted to let you know of some important upcoming events.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 12 – Come see us at Tacoma Farmers Market at Dog Days of Summer, sponsored by Dugan Foundation, from 9am – 2pm. It’s a great market, located on Broadway in downtown Tacoma.

July 14 – Garage sale in two Gig Harbor locations! For all you garage sale fans, sales will be held in Cromwell Woods and in Emerald Shores (just across the Purdy spit). Hours are 8am-5pm and there is lots of great stuff! Follow the signs to the sales.

July 14– Annie’s Garden Party – Visit Bamford & Bamford’s 24,000 square foot showroom, nursery, and pottery yard in Tacoma. PSNP will have a booth and there will be live music, refreshments and fun for everyone. Bamford & Bamford is generously donating a portion of the event’s proceeds to PSNP.

July 21 – Dog-A-Thon – Visit PSNP’s booth at Fort Steilacoom Park during the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County’s walk for homeless pets, 8:30am – 1:00 pm. Hope to see you there!

Please feel free to forward this note to others who love animals and want to see pet overpopulation come to an end. Signing up to receive our updates is easy. Just go to www.psnp.org or send an email to mail@psnp.org.

Kudos to USA Today!

Spay and neuter takes a front page position in the July 4th edition of USA Today newspaper!

It is so great to see national attention being given to the need to spay and neuter pets. It all began when an editorial debate was published in the June 27 edition of the paper.

It seems the proposed mandatory spay/neuter legislation in California is driving much talk about spay and neuter these days. No matter what the reason, we are happy to see it!

Thanks USA Today. We hope others are reading, learning and caring.