Local Animals Need Your Help

This is Leo. He and other beautiful animals are waiting for you to adopt them from the West Jersey Animal Shelter, or give them a foster home, before time runs out! Many of these animals must be adopted by Thursday, July 31, or they may be put to sleep.

The mission of the West Jersey Animal Shelter (WJAS) is to care for stray, lost, or orphaned animals and to either reunite lost animals with their owners or place the animal in a new loving home. We promote the spaying and neutering of all pets to prevent the overpopulation of dogs and cats and to end the euthanizing of healthy unwanted pets.

WJAS receives stray pets from Audubon Park, Berlin Boro, Evesham, Gloucester City, Medford, Medford Lakes, Merchantville, Oaklyn, Pennsauken, Shamong, and Woodlynne.

No matter how hard they try, there is just not enough space for all the shelter pets. This is why Foster Homes play such a special roll in saving dogs or cats who would otherwise have been euthanized.

Fostering is a very rewarding experience. Think about what you are giving back to a dog or a cat that has been neglected or abused or is no longer wanted. You are offering love and patience which they may never have experienced before. You provide a safe place for them to be socialized and loved, you are adding time for this animal to be discovered by a human looking for a lifetime companion.

For a list of dogs available for adoption, click here.

For a list of cats available for adoption, click here.

If you can foster a homeless dog or cat please contact them at wjvolunteers@yahoo.com.

The West Jersey Animal Shelter also needs volunteers for the tasks listed below. For more information about volunteering, contact Margaret at wjvolunteers@yahoo.com or call (856) 845-3860.
* Walking dogs and helping with cats weeknights
* Sewing hems on bandannas and making homemade biscuits
* Doing laundry
* Bookkeeping (light simple data entry in Quicken)
* Training dogs (we'll train you first)
* Performing dog assessment (we'll train you first)
* Administering bordatella vaccine to new dogs weekly (via nose drops)

For more information, contact:

West Jersey Animal Shelter
1 Griffith-Morgan Lane
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Phone: (856) 486-2180
Email: wjashelter@yahoo.com

West Jersey Volunteers For Animals
27 North Warner Street
Woodbury NJ, 08096
Phone: (856) 845-3860
Email: wjvolunteers@yahoo.com

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Author: R. Cohen