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Cause for Critters For more information, please call us at 780-898-7297, visit our website at www.causeforcritters.com, or email us at [email protected].

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻Share your pet’s spooky or fun costume in the comments below. Our favourite entry will win a $25 Pet...
10/31/2026

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻

Share your pet’s spooky or fun costume in the comments below. Our favourite entry will win a $25 Pet Valu gift card!

🔺 CLOSED FOR INTAKES 🔺This decision is not one we have come to lightly or want to make, but we have literally run out of...
10/30/2026

🔺 CLOSED FOR INTAKES 🔺

This decision is not one we have come to lightly or want to make, but we have literally run out of space and are quickly running out of resources. Our main goal is always to help as many animals as possible. However, the current crisis we and most other rescues are facing is creating a trajectory that will be impossible to sustain. There are too many animals needing assistance, higher than ever surrender requests, fewer adoptions, rising expenses, and a significant decrease in donations.

Our capacity for cats is 50. This number allows us to operate in a way that doesn’t overburden our finances, limits the spread of disease, and does not overwhelm our board, staff, and volunteers. This year, we have fluctuated between 60 to 65 cats in-house at any given time. However, in the last few weeks, that number has increased to 75. We are sitting at 150% capacity!

We do not adopt out animals without them being spayed or neutered. At this moment, we have 25 animals that will need to be altered in the near future. That figure leaves us with the reality of ~$12,000 in ONLY the surgery costs. That does not include vaccinations, medication, microchips, food, supplies, and staff hours to care for all of these animals. On average, a healthy animal cost us anywhere from $600 to $800. This figure significantly increases for an animal that has any medical or behavioural concerns- which is very often the case for animals coming through Animal Control (where 95% of our intakes come from).

Our board is run by dedicated volunteers who give much of their personal time to the overall care of the animals, but also to intense fundraising throughout each year to make it possible for CFC to financially continue. We do not want to see our mission, vision, or dream fail. So, with the best interest of our current animals, personnel, and the future of our rescue, we have to close intakes for the time being.

Please see a non-exhaustive list of other rescues that may be able to assist with surrender requests:
https://www.draytonvalley.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Animal-Rescue-Groups-2025.pdf

Please see the update from Drayton Valley Enforcement Services about Animal Control services at this time:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CGbdLw4FW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

✳️ To see more animals find loving homes, we are offering a 15% discount on all cat adoption fees from November 1st to November 30th.

Please follow and watch our page for upcoming posts explaining how you can help your local homeless animals and ensure CFC can remain an essential part of our community.

✴️ CLUMPING LITTER PLEA ✴️We are flying through clumping cat litter with 70+ cats in care. Please consider donating thro...
10/28/2026

✴️ CLUMPING LITTER PLEA ✴️

We are flying through clumping cat litter with 70+ cats in care. Please consider donating through our Amazon wish list or grabbing items locally.

Wish list: https://a.co/1hxeCX5

We are open tomorrow 12pm-5pm and Saturday 12pm-3pm. Thank you for any support you offer. 💚

Thanks to Adele for the donation for our cats!
10/27/2026

Thanks to Adele for the donation for our cats!

Thank you to Pet Valu and everyone who attended our adoption event. We had applications for two cats and so many donatio...
10/27/2026

Thank you to Pet Valu and everyone who attended our adoption event. We had applications for two cats and so many donations were collected. In addition to a fun and successful day, we were presented a cheque for $633.22 from June’s Pet Month fundraiser.

We are truly so grateful for Pet Valu our great community! 💚

Thank you SO much to everyone who came down to the Can-Vac Oilfield Service Haunted House and chose to donate their entr...
10/27/2026

Thank you SO much to everyone who came down to the Can-Vac Oilfield Service Haunted House and chose to donate their entry fee to our rescue. We are so grateful for everyone involved. 🧡👻🖤

🎃 Can-Vac Haunted House 2026 — The Results Are In! 🎃
With 1,368 visitors, our community helped raise $11,997.60 for three local charities!
🐾 Cause for Critters: $4,647.00
🎄 Stockings for Seniors: $3,509.60
🎅 Santa’s Anonymous: $3,841.00
🏆 High School Challenge Results
Frank Maddock High School — 1,000 votes
Congratulations to our winning school, which will receive $2,790 raised through the raffle!
Holy Trinity Academy — 926 votes
Thanks to the generosity of Breton Oilmens Association, our second-place school will receive $250!
Both schools put so much creativity, time and effort into their rooms. Thank you to the students and everyone who came out to cheer them on!
To our donors, sponsors, volunteers, staff and every visitor who walked through our doors—thank you! We are overwhelmed with gratitude for this community, especially everyone who patiently stood in line on our final night and helped us recover from Friday’s unexpected closure.
Your support made these donations possible. Thank you for helping us turn scares into something wonderful for our community! 🧡🖤

Head down to help support three great charities!
10/24/2026

Head down to help support three great charities!

🎃 GOOD NEWS—WE’RE OPEN TODAY! 🎃

Come visit the Can-Vac Haunted House, support our local charities, and cheer on Frank Maddock High School and Holy Trinity Academy in our school scare challenge!

👻 11 AM–3 PM: The house is sleeping—kid-friendly fun!
🔦 6–10 PM: The house is awake—LIGHTS OUT!

Your visit helps support Cause for Critters, Santa’s Anonymous, and Stockings for Seniors.

Come for the scares, stay for the fun, and help make a difference in our community! 🧡

We’re at Pet Valu until 2pm today with adoptable cats! Come down and meet them.
10/24/2026

We’re at Pet Valu until 2pm today with adoptable cats! Come down and meet them.

Come see us this Saturday at Pet Valu! We will have some of our adoptable cats and kittens for you to meet. Maybe you’ll...
10/20/2026

Come see us this Saturday at Pet Valu! We will have some of our adoptable cats and kittens for you to meet. Maybe you’ll find your next family member. 🐾

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5517 53 Avenue
Drayton Valley, AB
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Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 3pm

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+17808987297

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