All Creatures Great & Small…

The Blessing of the Animals is a traditional celebration held around the world  to mark the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known, among other things, for his love of animals.
The local Blessing of the Animals multidenominational service will be held on Saturday, October 3rd at the Anglican Cathedral on Church Hill at [...]

Out-of-Province “Bully” Rescue

While the main goal of Ruff-Spots is to support animal shelters and rescue groups within Newfoundland & Labrador, our concern for animals is never just limited to our own borders.
Recently, we heard of a fanatastic group based in Ontario, called “Bullies in Need“. BIN is a group that primarily rescues American Pit Bull Terrier as well [...]

‘Lil Critters

Have you ever considered adding a bird or a “small” animal, such as a guinea pig or rabbit, to your family?
The Bird and Small Animal Rescue, located near Clarenville, has several beautiful bunnies- many of them spayed or neutered- as well as some very cute guinea pigs available for adoption. Looking for a bird, turtle, or [...]

SPAY/NEUTER News for St. John’s Residents!

Two new Spay/Neuter Assistance programs are now being offered by the City of St. John’s for cat owners:
CAT NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
In efforts to help control the cat overpopulation and as a community service
Avalon Animal Hospital is offering one day of COMPLIMENTARY MALE CAT NEUTERS for residents of St. John’s who have been unable to [...]

Provincial Consultations on Animal Welfare

Here is a letter that Ruff-Spots has sent to the Office of the Chief Veterinarary Officer of the Province as part of the consultation process for the new live animal statutes that are being developed.
More information about this process can be found here:
Provincial Consultation on Live Animal Statutes
Other key amendments to the new regulation, which [...]

Thank you for your support for our March Fundraiser!

On behalf of Ruff-Spots volunteers and the organizations that we disburse funds to, we would like to offer a sincere thank-you to all of our supporters for our St. Patrick’s Dance and Silent Auction.
A special thank-you goes to:

Exodus and Reid Music
Jonathan Young and The Bella Vista
Mike Joyce & Family and all the staff at the [...]

Three little kittens, have ….

Cleo, Cassie, and Copper are 3 gorgeous, 4-5 month old sisters looking for a home. They were found outdoors but have spent the last 3 months inside. They have been litter trained, dewormed, vaccinated and given Advantage. Copper was suffering from a severe eye infection when found and one eye had to be surgically removed [...]

Board of Directors for 2008/2009

Ruff-Spots now has a new Volunteer Board of Directors for 2008/2009 nominated and elected at our AGM on September 16, 2008.
President                  Donna Short
Vice President           Barbara Carew
Treasurer                   Andrea Hanley
Secretary                   Tabitha Boland
At this time, we would like to thank all of our past volunteer Board Members ( Florence Heffernan, Vi Vincent, Melinda Rose, Adrianne Power and Carolyn Walsh) for [...]

Good Bye Florence

The Ruff-Spots Team is saddened to see Florence leave the group and the province.  Florence was the Founder, Past-President, Webmaster and Secretary-Treasurer, she will be missed tremendously.  The time and effort she has put into Ruff-Spots is insurmountable.  Florence, please be assured that we will carry on to the best of our ability and will be looking for [...]

Hotel Mount Pearl

Hotel Mount Pearl donated meeting room space to Ruff-Spots once a month from 2005-2007 for us to hold our meetings.
Ruff-Spots’ members are very grateful for their kind donation for the past 3 years and we thank you.