Tag: Victoria County SPCA

As I was delivering the previous issue of the Blackfly to Plaster Rock I stopped in at the Arthurette Animal Shelter to say hi to Linda, Shelley and the cat gang. I met some new additions to the crew. Everyone came over to say hello and Barney and Harriet...

Stephanie Kelley We’ve made it through the first month of winter but baby, it’s still cold outside. A handsome silver tabby cat was found trying to take shelter under some vehicles in Aroostook. He was homeless, and the guy who found him couldn’t keep him, so Robert III, as...

The Victoria County SPCA is thrilled to report that 11 pets left the shelter and found their forever homes during the month of December, 2013! It was a wonderful Christmas present for each of these critters…and the folks who adopted them.   Sybil and Salem, whose stories were recently...

The Victoria County SPCA Annual Fur Tree fundraiser turned out to be a big winner for both the shelter and the person who held the winning ticket! Ticket sales provided much needed funds to help care for the animals at the shelter. The Fur Tree Grand Prize this year...

Of course, the best gift of all that anyone can give a shelter cat is a new forever home!   And there are three beautiful cats at the Victoria County SPCA Shelter that we are featuring this week that would love to be adopted!. Emily was dropped off with...

SPCA News Stephanie Kelley Give the best gift of all to a deserving shelter animal this year… A new home! Our local shelters are all overwhelmed with cats who have become abandoned and homeless through no fault of their own.   Our domestic pets depend upon humans for homes,...

Stephanie Kelley Another shelter adoption success story! String Bean found her forever home a couple of weeks ago. She’d been at the shelter the longest of all the cats, and deserved to finally have a real home of her own.   String Bean was found, along with her three...

Celebrate Christmas in the County and help support the Victoria County SPCA this holiday season by purchasing raffle tickets for the 2013 Fur Tree. Seventeen local businesses have generously donated gift certificates to the Fur Tree that add up to $475.50 worth of goods and services!   You may...

By Stephanie Kelley In the last issue of the Blackfly we published an article about the SPCA Thrift Store in Plaster Rock, but I had not yet visited the store personally. When I delivered the BFG on Wednesday Bill Mosher gave me a little private tour of the store,...

Adoptions are the most important way you can help your local animal shelter, particularly at this time of year. Ginger and Melissa are just two of the lovely cats we have who are looking for good homes. Since the Victoria County SPCA is a no kill shelter, we need...