Friends of the Westerly Animal Shelter
Friends of the Westerly Animal Shelter is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
From Friends of the Westerly Animal Shelter
The Friends of the Westerly Animal Shelter (FOWAS) was formed by a group of shelter volunteers to provide financial support for the health, well being and successful adoption of the shelter animals, as well as to assist in the development of youth volunteers who are interested in careers in animal welfare. The intent was to create a vehicle within which funds could be raised to supplement the existing funds provided by the city of Westerly RI that could be used to augment medical care, training and socialization of the shelter animals which is critical for successful adoptions, and to provide scholarships to high school seniors wishing to further their education in the animal welfare field.
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You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with Friends of the Westerly Animal Shelter and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
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Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill in 2025.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
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