Friends of The North Smithfield Animal Shelter

03/28/2025

03/12/2025

Hello friends. We are reaching out to our followers because we require the expertise of an IT professional to restore our website's functionality. A technical glitch has occurred within our system that our volunteer team is unable to resolve. If you believe you can provide assistance, please message this page directly. Please note that as a nonprofit organization, we rely heavily on volunteered support.

02/28/2025

Here’s is the list of the 2025 RIVMA rabies clinics.

All clinics are open to all residents, of RI.

Get your animals vaccinated!

01/01/2025

12/31/2024

Correction to our previous post:
The owners of the shih tzu are communicating with Ocean State Veterinary Hospital regarding the needs of the dog. No further information is available. Please disregard our previous post. Thank you.

12/31/2024

Good news! The dog that was hit by a car today has claimed by her owners and is going home.
Thanks to all who shared our post today!!!

12/31/2024

DO YOU KNOW THIS DOG? TRYING TO LOCATE OWNER!!!

A female shih-tzu was hit by a car and found in the vicinity of Slatersville Mills and Tifft Road between 10:30 and 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, December 31. She is approximately six years old; weighs 16.5 pounds; no collar; no microchip.

This little dog requires emergency care! If you have any information about this dog, please call the North Smithfield Animal Hospital at 401-766-7608.

10/09/2024

Update: Appointments are filled!

Woaaaaaa - one of our shelter veterinarians reached out and said "hey, I want to spay and neuter all day Thursday and Friday". So guess what? Appointments available!

Drop off would be between 8:30-9am and pick up no later than 5pm. We charge $100 for a neuter package and $150 for a spay package which includes vaccines and flea treatment.

If you are interested in this RARE opportunity, please email [email protected] ASAP with your best contact number and we will call you to schedule. We have more availability tomorrow than Friday.

*This post will be deleted once the spots are filled.*

10/03/2024

Donations received at Navigant’s Shred Event in Slatersville this Saturday, October 5, will benefit The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter. Hope to see you there!

Find a location and event details here!

09/26/2024

Donations received at Navigant’s Slatersville Branch Shred Event (see below) will benefit The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter.

Did you know that The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter have been providing volunteer services in the shelter since 1978? Helping to foster a humane atmosphere for the well-being of animals awaiting their “forever” home is our passion. In addition, The Friends provide veterinary care (including the spay/neuter of all cats and dogs that come into the shelter); provide high-quality testing and medication for various illnesses and diseases; microchip all animals as needed; and provide or update inoculations on all animals including rabies, which is state-mandated.

Donations from kind folks who care about animals and support what The Friends do are welcome and very much appreciated!

Find a location and event details here!

09/18/2024

Take a look at this "Adopted Animals Picture Tree" that was recently refreshed by Wendy for The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter! Thank you, Wendy. So many pictures!

Did you know that The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter have been providing volunteer services in the shelter since 1978? Helping to foster a humane atmosphere for the well-being of the animals awaiting their “forever home” is our passion.

In addition, “The Friends” provide veterinary care (including the spay/neuter of all cats and dogs that come into the shelter); provide high-quality testing and medication for various illnesses and diseases; microchip all animals as needed; and provide or update inoculations on all animals including rabies, which is state-mandated.

Donations from kind folks who care about animals and support what "The Friends" do are welcome and very much appreciated!

08/27/2024

Woot woot!! When we say Scruffy you say Paws!
US- "SCRUFFY"
YOU - "PAWS"
US - "SCRUFFY"
YOU - "PAWS"

Our SECOND round of Snip and Clip, Drop & Chop, Spay and Neuter it Helps A LOT Clinic is complete and was another major success. A total of 88 cats were served through this collaborative effort. 64 males were neutered and 24 females were spayed! ✂️

Each cat received the following through this clinic:
🐈‍⬛️ An exam by a licensed veterinarian.
🐈‍⬛️ Spay/Neuter
🐈‍⬛️ FVRCP
🐈‍⬛️ Rabies
🐈‍⬛️ Dose of Revolution
🐈‍⬛️ Post op pain meds and fluids (females)
🐈‍⬛️ Mani and Pedi for our indoor friends.
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

Wait there's more! Some owners elected additional services at a low cost rate such as microchipping, de-wormer, FIV/Feline Leukemia testing, etc.

It doesn't stop there! Some cats required even further medical attention beyond spay/neuter packages. Thanks to our wonderful veterinarians and team who went above and beyond for some owners who required additional funding, we found the funding to make sure these necessary services took place! Some of these procedures included, testing for heart murmurs, wound repairs, dental extractions, hernia repairs, antibiotics, additional medications, xrays, etc.

When organizations/people come together, it really does make a difference.💪

We would first like to 🗣 our THREE most favorite veterinarians who made this all possible. Dr. Lorenson, Dr. Jackson, and Dr. Elias. Round of applause 👏👏👏👏 for these three lovely ladies for providing these services. We adore you all!🩷

Next up, we would like to thank our funders for contributing to this much needed service. Thanks to them, the owners of these 88 cats were only financially responsible for a small portion of the cost of the spay/neuter package.
🗣 Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary, Inc.
🗣 Friends of The North Smithfield Animal Shelter
🗣 Volunteer Services for Animals
🗣 Anchor Subaru / Anchor Nissan

Lastly all of the wonderful pet owners who trusted us with their fur children and for being responsible pet owners by providing their cats with spay/neuter.👏👏👏

Round 3 has already started!!! 💪💪💪💪

08/23/2024

‼️SCAM ALERT‼️ The only legitimate physical lost pet search and rescue assistance that we are familiar with locally are Missing Dogs Massachusetts, Hawkeye Aerial Systems, Packleader PetTrackers, and Wandering Paws K9. For every lost pet post, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of fake lost pet assistance pages commenting or being referred. We’ve tried to keep up with blocking them on our page, but please be diligent as these scammers try to take advantage of worried people who are desperate to find their lost pet, taking their money and disappearing. Don’t fall victim to these scammers. Huge thanks to those who run all of the state-wide and lost pet posting pages such as RI Lost Pets, MA Lost Pets, CT Lost Pets and all the local sub-pages. They are a diligent group of volunteers who work hard to post and network lost pets all over. Be aware folks, there is a scam for everything these days.

08/23/2024

During WeeCare Daycare recent graduation ceremony, The Friends of the North Smithfield Animal Shelter were presented with a check! The children raised money by selling lemonade at the town's annual Memorial Day parade and at events during the summer. Thank you, WeeCare, for this impressive and outstanding donation!

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