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Calling All Dogs! All former shelter dogs (from here or any other shelter) are invited to march in the Little Norway parade Thursday, May 17. Bring your people on their leashes, pick up a free bandanna to wear, and strut your stuff with the fine folks of PHA. |
Contact PHA
e-mail:
pha@petersburghumane.org
phone:
907-518-1091
Shelter Construction Project
Work on our new animal shelter and dog park is on hold for the season. While we continue to reuse and recycle materials as we can, we are in the process of applying for grants to fund a new building to meet our shelter needs.
The site of the shelter and dog park is a beautiful location between the airport and Sandy Beach Park. It is mixed muskeg and scrub timber, receives a lot of sun (when the sun is out) and is relatively flat. It's surrounded by more muskeg and the whole area is popular with dog walkers. It is well away from the nearest homes.
This season, two dog kennel/runs were built from what used to be the Tent City bathrooms. Each has a clean cement interior section with raised wooden bed platform and a door, complete with doggy door flap, to a fenced exterior area. Unfortunately, there is no heating and the roof leaks, so the kennels cannot be used as the weather turns colder and wetter.
The paths of the accessible small dog park have been topped with gravel and are ready to use. The fencing is on-site, posts are in place, and the project is flagged. We are hoping to get a group of volunteers to put up the fence and complete the smaller park. Trails in the larger park are not complete but are usable, with bark surfacing. Dog walkers use the park at their own risk.
Looking for a Pet?
Check our listing of pets looking for homes. If you have something particular in mind, call us and we'll put you on our list to call if we find a match. Or let your heart be your guide and give one of our current homeless pets a good home! Call 518-1091 and leave your phone number and a message. We'll call you back.
Fund Raisers
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Catnip Cat Mats
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Little
Norway Bake Sale
2011
Petersburg Pets calendars are still on sale at Petersburg Rexall,
AP&T, and the Waterways Veterinary Clinic for the lowered price
of $10. The 2012 calendars, shown at left, will be available for
sale for the regular price of $15 at Oktoberfest and the Christmas
Bazaar as well as the above locations. If you live out of town and
would like to buy one, please send your address and a check to PHA
for $17 (to cover calendar and shipping) to PHA, Box 1417, Petersburg,
AK 99833. All proceeds support PHA's day-to-day activities.
These
mats are mini-quilts featuring fun cat-print fabrics and a "secret"
pocket for the included organic catnip. Cats love them, cuddling,
kicking, chewing and generally whooping it up with them before curling
up with them to sleep off all the activity. The mats will be available
for $20 at Oktoberfest and the Christmas Bazaar or contact PHA by
phone or email. Or send your address and a check for $22 to PHA,
Box 1417, Petersburg, AK 99833. All proceeds go to the shelter project.
Help Wanted
Shelter Volunteers:
Love of animals, especially cats, necessary. Dependability essential. Must be able to commit to regular schedule. Volunteers also wanted to fill in as needed for those on regular schedules.
Fosterers:
Love of dogs and/or cats necessary. Must be able to have pets in home.
All positions unpaid. To apply, contact PHA at 518-1091
The primary purpose of PHA is to prevent cruelty to animals and needless destruction of healthy pets. Taking unwanted animals "out the road" and letting them go is sentencing them to a cruel death. If you have animals you can't find homes for and can't keep, please call 518-1091 and give us a chance to help. Better yet, have your pet neutered and avoid the problem in the first place. Help is available with this, too.
Adoptable Pets
Updated: May 3, 2012