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Friends Of Westerly Animal Shelter

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Friends Of Westerly Animal Shelter

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Supporting the Westerly Animal Shelter to promote the health/welfare of shelter animals.
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Veterinary care for anything that is beyond what the shelter vet can provide. All surgeries and consultations & more
We also provide community outreach when possible.

11/03/2026

Sharing Mona's House - A Place For Homeless Pets

11/03/2026

Sharing Hounds in Pounds, Inc

🦃🍞 SOMEONE SAVE ROOM FOR CORNBREAD STUFFING!

Because Hounds in Pounds just added another dish to the table.

Cornbread Stuffing was surrendered to the shelter due to housing issues and has been with our Atlanta shelter partner. But shelter life is officially in the rearview mirror because this girl is OUTTA THERE!

She’s en route to Dr. Terry for the works: vetting, spay, microchip, and everything she needs to get ready for the good life.

Please welcome Cornbread Stuffing to Hounds in Pounds! 🍂❤️

New name. New chapter. New life loading.

Stay tuned for updates!

11/03/2026

This!!!!

She had tears in her eyes when she came to the door. She had been here several times before.

“He did it again.” She said as she handed me a very young rabbit in distress with lacerations all over it.

“You’ve got to keep your cat inside.” I told her.

“I know I should, but he gets so bored.” She said as she walked away.

I closed my door and looked at the tiny creature in my hands, writhing in pain. I immediately began to treating for pain and shock - like I did all the others she had brought me.

Even well-fed cats instinctively hunt. In the United States, free ranging domestic cats are estimated to kill approximately 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually.
Even animals that survive being in their mouths usually die later from the bacteria they posses.

I looked over at my cat, Chester. We practically worship this cat in my house. He too would wreak havoc on small creatures if I let him out. It doesn’t make him bad. It’s not his fault. I love domestic cats.

The thing is, they aren’t actually indigenous to this area. They are not native wildlife. They're domesticated animals introduced into ecosystems they weren’t meant to be in.

I love Chester and, to keep him safe from cars, predators, diseases, etc - he stays inside. He also stays inside to protect animals he would hurt.

He lives a wonderful life in our house.

I don’t understand how someone can claim boredom is enough to allow their cats to do this - over and over again.

How do you look at a tiny animals suffering like that and justify in your mind that it solved your cat’s boredom for 10 minutes?

I’ll never understand.

Please keep your cats indoors. 🙏