Uncertain future for animal control in King County
December 11, 2009
Stan Cavers plays with Koda, 5, a male Siberian husky, at Beaver Lake Park. Cavers said Koda’s annual pet license to King County costs $30. (Photo by J.B. Wogan)
UPDATED — 12:05 p.m. Dec. 11, 2009
This version has been modified from the print version, which cited an old figure for how much the Seattle Humane Society would charge municipalities for housing animals.
Susan Schlosstein watched Cocoa, her long, chocolate, mixed-breed dog bound through the off-leash area at Beaver Lake Park Dec. 2. Cocoa is officially licensed because Schlosstein paid a $30 fee to King County. However, she is in a distinct minority of pet owners. Read more
Local animal lover helps others deal with pet loss
February 26, 2009
When Dotti Newton grew up, she turned to her cat for comfort.
“I’m an only child, so he was like my brother,” Newton said.
Upon moving from California to North Bend in 2003, she and her boyfriend, Ron Denaro, got a shorthaired grey cat named Putnam. Although she and Denaro both agreed to move to the Pacific Northwest, Newton said the change was at first difficult for her and it was the cat that made her days shine.
“I was very depressed when we first moved up here. I wanted to move, but leaving my friends behind was really hard,” Newton said. “Putnam was kind of my lifesaver. I was sleeping a lot, like a depressed person does. He would climb under the covers with me.”
Then, one day, Putnam did not come inside when called. The couple feared a coyote had eaten him.
North Bend resident Dotti Newton serves as a volunteer group facilitator on a pet loss support group that meets at the Seattle Humane Society. *
Snoqualmie Valley residents foster cats and dogs
January 2, 2009
Teri Mead of North Bend grew up with her own cats and Labrador retrievers, but for the past five years, she has been raising animals that eventually find homes with other people.
As a foster parent for the Seattle Humane Society, Mead cares for felines waiting for adoption. Other local foster parents, like Lisa Santee, take charge of both cats and dogs until an adoptive parent steps forward.
Residents of Snoqualmie Valley are happy to participate in a foster parent program with the Seattle Humane Society. As part of the program, they take care of dogs like these.
Eight-graders visit Seattle Human Society
December 17, 2008
Snoqualmie Middle School students donated hundreds of pounds of cat and dog food to the Seattle Humane Society Dec. 10. On a class field trip funded by the PTSA, the 14 eighth-graders who organized the pet food drive visited the humane society to get a tour of the facility and learn how they could help animals waiting for adoption.
Snoqualmie Middle School student Marisela Valenica pets a cat during a field trip to the Seattle Humane Society.
