FOWAS - Friends of the Watsonville Animal Shelter

Purchase Dog Artwork and Save Lives!

Constance Chandlee is a local artist who has generously donated her talent to finance our Second Chance Fund and Creature Comfort Fund. All profit from these sales will directly benefit the animals at the Watsonville Animal Shelter (Santa Cruz County Animal Services). You can help by purchasing this artwork!

CLICK HERE for more information
or to buy now, go directly to the new FOWAS Store.

Help make the ASA's door-to-door program a success.

Our door-to-door program needs the following:

• Kongs/other toys for backyard dogs • Cat collars
• Dog houses • Runner systems • Flea meds

If you have any of these items to donate, please contact:
Santa Cruz County Animal Services •2200 7th Avenue •Santa Cruz, CA 95062 •831-454-7254

Santa Cruz County Animal Services (including the Santa Cruz and Watsonville shelters) spends much of their revenue on staff salaries and building and vehicle maintenance. They cannot afford many supplies that benefit the adoptable animals, or programs that aid the adoption process. FOWAS (Friends Of Watsonville Animal Shelter) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the animals at the Watsonville Animal Shelter with special projects and donations. More about FOWAS.

May 21, 2011
Praise for the Healthy Dogs Shots Fair

The following article was in the Praiseworthy column of the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
"A big "Thank you!" to Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (www.scanimalshelter.org) employees and volunteers for putting on the Healthy Dogs Shots Fair at Ramsay park in Watsonville on Saturday May 21. Hundreds of people with their dogs lined up around the baseball field to take advantage of free distemper/parvo vaccinations, rabies vaccinations, and microchips for their dogs, along with training tips, and more than 40 purchased very low-cost spay/neuter vouchers. Veterinarians Dr. Evelyn Sharp, Dr. Marc Van Every, and Dr. Christine Gustin all volunteered their services. Two local non-profits, Friends of Watsonville Animal Shelter (FOWAS, www.fowas.org) and Friends of Santa Cruz County Animals (FOSCCA, www.foscca.org) donated the vaccinations and microchips and lowered the co-pay for the spay/neuter vouchers."
• Find out more about this event and other FOWAS activities.
• See pictures from 2011 on facebook.

Watch for this event in 2012!