Chicle Animal Foundation

07/21/2022

Tri-Cities Animal Shelter's new page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/tricitiesshelter Like their page so you can see updates!!

501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the animals at Tri-Cities Animal Services in Pasco, Washington.

10/06/2021

Looking for a foster in Walla Walla! Please help us find a foster for two feral kittens. The female is 1.8 pounds and the male is 2 pounds. Meaning they are 8 weeks old and they can still be socialized! If you have experience with feisty kittens who swat, hiss and bite, this is a job for you! They need someone willing to spend time with them. Swaddle and hold them and get them to like people so we can get them adopted into a home. Thanks for sharing and message us if you can help.

01/02/2021

Early December, Tri-Cities Animal Shelter responded to a hoarding case and rescued 14 cats from the property. Many of the cats have already found homes, but some are at the shelter waiting for adoption. They are named after cheeses. Gouda, pictured with the head wound, received medical care and went into a foster home for recovery. He is now back at the shelter waiting to be adopted. He did great with cats and dogs in his foster home. You can follow the new Tri-Cities Animal Shelter page and learn more about adopting at.. https://www.facebook.com/animalsheltertc/

01/02/2021

This is Chicle. Chicle became a shelter dog at Tri-Cities Animal Shelter in 2012. He was a favorite by volunteer dog walkers. He was a happy boy who loved walks and giving hugs. He had been surrendered to the shelter because he was a pitbull living in Pasco, and the owners couldn’t permit (Breed specific legislation finally removed in 2020!).
The shelter was very different in 2013, and he was euthanized because of space. He had waited 246 days in the prison walls of the shelter, but he never got to go home.
Chicle Animal Foundation is a tribute to this sweet soul and those dogs and cats who didn’t get a second chance. Our non-profit no longer runs the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter, but we are still dedicated to being the voice for animals. As we figure out what is next for Chicle Animal Foundation, we have some heartwarming stories to share from our time at the shelter…so stories on the way.

01/01/2021

Happy New Year! As you know, Chicle Animal Foundation is no longer contracted to run the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter. Chicle ran the shelter in 2019 for the months of April thru December, and then all of 2020. Attached are the shelter stats for the last 5 years (the shelter was previously run by A2Z Animal Sheltering in 2016, 2017, 2018, and Jan/Feb/Mar of 2019). In 2021, the shelter will be run by Neo’s Nation Animal Foundation.

Also included is a breakdown of stats per month for 2019 & 2020 when Tri-Cities Animal Shelter was run by Chicle. It is interesting to see the impact of COVID (adoptions up) and the impact of kitten season. Intakes of dogs dropped since 2019, but cat numbers were crazy high. We in-took 1,794 cats in 2020! Again, that number is CRAZY compared to previous years (199 DOA's, so 1,595 alive in our care). Chicle is super proud of our dedication to the animals who were in our care. In 2020, we adopted out 1,070 cats and dogs. We transferred out 800 cats and dogs to rescues. Thank you to our rescues! Rescues have phenomenal foster based programs and some have in-house vet care. When our spay & neuter appointments were difficult to secure (COVID issues), we relied heavily on transfer opportunities because we made the commitment to adopt out altered animals. Rescues also helped with sick or injured animals and we can’t thank rescues enough.

We had 60 cats participate in our trap/neuter/return program and 91 feral cats were relocated in our barn cat program. Unfortunately, we do have to make decisions on euthanasia for severely ill or injured animals. All animals euthanized were examined by a vet and euthanized at the vet. We euthanized 13 dogs in 2020 (5 were in December. 4 were hit by car and 1 was found having a seizure in an alley and couldn’t be saved). We had to euthanized 121 cats for 2020. Numbers for euthanasia would drop if owners would keep their animals safely contained on their property and spay and neuter.

Chicle also did a phenomenal job saving feral cats, ring worm cats, cats with upper respiratory infections, and bottle babies. This was made possible by donations we received that went to vet care and by our foster program. We worked with foster families and they saved lives, however some died in our care, but we tried. We had 10 feral cats escape our outdoor enclosure (this number stinks). Fortunately, they were all altered and some are hanging around the shelter performing rodent control.

Chicle Animal Foundation thanks our shelter community for making a change in the right direction. Thank you to staff, volunteers and donors. Please continue to be an advocate for animals in the Tri-Cities!

01/01/2021

There have been a lot of reports of lost and found dogs. Please keep them inside tonight!

01/01/2021

Happy New Years Jigglepuff! She came to us in October and needed her leg amputated and today she was officially adopted by her foster mom! We love foster fails!

01/01/2021

Please spread the word! We have new intakes! This will be our last intake post as Chicle Animal Foundation. Thanks to all of you who have shared our posts. Because of you we have reunited many pets with their families. If you have any questions please send messages to https://www.facebook.com/animalsheltertc/

12/31/2020

Hey everyone, my name is Princess (aka Cascade) I am coming off my hold soon and will most likely be available for adoption Sat. Jan. 2nd, unless I am transferred to a rescue. I am shy and confused as to how I got placed in a shelter. There have been a lot of scary changes in my life this last week and it's kinda scary. I am slowly gaining confidence and need a family that will take things slow. (If you have any questions in regards to adopting Princess please go to the new FB page and send them a message) https://www.facebook.com/animalsheltertc

12/31/2020

Hello supporters of Tri-Cities Animal Shelter,
I’m Deb and I’ve been the Director of your Tri-Cities Animal Shelter & Control Services since April 1, 2019. Chicle Animal Foundation was the non-profit established to run the shelter and the contract with Chicle and the cities will end tonight. We will post how to connect with the new shelter page and new contractor as soon as we receive the info.
Tri-Cities Animal Shelter is a high volume shelter and our small but mighty staff and volunteers have worked our tails off to help the animals in our community. To step away as director was an extremely difficult decision, but I wasn’t able to manage the stress and sadness of this job.
I couldn’t be prouder of the work we have accomplished as our numbers tell the story. I look forward to posting our year to date numbers tomorrow, so stay tuned. But, we can share our spay and neuter numbers, see the attached for the monthly breakdown. Since April 1, 2019, we have spayed and neutered 1,975 animals (1,448 cats and 527 dogs). YES!! Spay and neuter is so important in battling pet overpopulation. Kitten season is relentless and spaying and neutering is our best defense. Thank you to our volunteer drivers who dropped off and picked up our animals at clinics. Thanks also to our animal control officers who were regularly asked to pick up locally on their way back from calls. Thank you to those who donated to our spay and neuter efforts. It was definitely a community effort!
Thank you!

12/31/2020

Please repost our new intakes to help get them home!

12/30/2020

Oops had her sutures removed today! A big thank you to our wonderful volunteer Julie for driving her to the appointment in Spokane. Oops will have a follow-up in 4 weeks to find out if a second surgery is needed. Oops was officially adopted yesterday by her foster mom, Officer Jackson (photo below). They love each other!!