Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter
3.8 from 104 reviews
Address 101 Arthur W Devine Blvd, Warwick, RI 02886
Phone Number +14014684377
Description NOTE: WE ARE NOT THE WARWICK ANIMAL SHELTER OFFICIAL Mailing Address: Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 9285, Warwick, RI 02889 Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter (FOWAS), a NON-PROFIT, 501c3 humane organization that fundraises for the homeless animals at the Warwick Animal Shelter. FOWAS is all-volunteer: donations and event proceeds benefit the shelter's animals. Fundraisers are held throughout the year, including Cause for Paws Classic Car Show, Craft Fairs (Spring / Fall, outdoors), 401GIVES, Breakfasts, Pasta Dinners, Dog Walk/Blessing of the Animals, etc. Everyone is welcome & some allow pets. Please note that our schedule may change, visit our website. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Website http://friendsri.org/
A Google User
I've adopted two dogs from the shelter over the last 14 years. Full disclosure, I do volunteer work there and know most of the staff very well. That said, to provide some balance to some of what I'm reading here. SPECIFIC, EASILY OBSERVABLE DETAILS ABOUT THE SHELTER & STAFF - Fastidiously clean. Always - The dogs and cats there are extremely well taken care of. - Healthy food - Exercise. Volunteers get dogs out for walks daily, cats have a playroom - Veterinary care - Grooming / Flea & Tick prevention The core of the long term staff are former volunteer and pet professionals who, among so many other things, must vet potential adopters. Being vetted means being scrutinized. This is not a retail establishment with requisite effusive, polite behavior on tap. As much as they can, the staff is trying to determine if these animals are going to a good home. That could be perceived as rude, when in fact it's people doing their job, even if that means someone getting their feelings hurt. Pass through this initial gauntlet, illustrate some ability to be a good caretaker of your pet and you'll find you've made fast friends of this staff.
A Google User
Nothing but animal nappers will sit there and tell you your not in trouble for something but then take your animals away without giving you a chance to correct the situation they shouldn’t even get one star
A Google User
They took away my friend’s bengal cat because they’re illegal in our area? and for some reason they couldn’t release the cat to him. They sold the cat to some random person in Connecticut because they are “legal” there, instead of releasing them to a friend that he had in Connecticut. The woman who sold the cat proceeded to say that my friend “doesn’t seem fit to care for a cat anyways” when he has been taking great care of his cat for months. Before this incident, he was going through a really tough time in life, and got the cat as emotional support.
A Google User
Here are 3 of my adoptees. Maybel, Moochie, and Roslyn. Great place to find a great pet.
A Google User
5 stars all around! After searching and searching for a new addition to our family, we found a dog online that was here at the shelter. We came in on a Saturday and were fortunate to be able to take the dog we were interested in for a walk around the property. The staff (Ann and Debby) were awesome; very relaxed, encouraging us to spend some time with our potential new family member. They answered all our questions, and asked us a few about our home environment and vet. We then arranged a meet & greet with our current dog, which went great! A week and a half later, we came home with our new little girl! The shelter even gave us a ramp, moist food, and a sweater for her. Such a great experience with this shelter; so many shelters should be run the same way this one is.
A Google User
Update: so after much back and forth, we finally found out why they were being so fussy... The cats we were looking to adopt were extremely traumatized and needed to be socialized. You guys just broke my husband's heart. He was really looking forward to adopting Jasmine and Grace, but you had to stomp on his heart because you guys can't verify an out of state veterinarian record from 8 years ago! EIGHT YEARS AGO!!!!!! What if we had never had pets before? Even a friend of mine who is a vet tech thinks this is insane. We are willing and able to accept those two adorable purrballs into our lives and you led us on for 2 weeks... TWO WEEKS!!!! Only to be told to try a different shelter with more relaxed rules. What gets me is that there's this big to-do about adopting, not buying, pets but now I know why people buy! It's organizations like this that make it impossible to adopt!
Business Hours
Monday:12:00PM - 16:00PMTuesday:12:00PM - 16:00PMWednesday:12:00PM - 16:00PMThursday:ClosedFriday:12:00PM - 16:00PMSaturday:11:00AM - 15:00PMSunday:11:00AM - 15:00PM
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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