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 [...]

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 [...]

Time to Paws…

The SNAP program would like to re-direct interested applicants who live in the St. John’s area only to contact the City of St. John’s Humane Services Division (City of St. John’s Animal Care and Adoption Facility on Higgins Line) for help “fixing” their animal companions. Pet owners can contact Humane Services about their Low Income [...]

Important Notice on our SNAP-NL Program

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Ruff-Spots’ Spay-Neuter Assistance Program  (SNAP-NL) is out of funds and we will be suspending our program until further notice.  No more applications are being accepted at this time.
Our website will display any further updates.  If you need assistance with spaying or neutering your pet, please contact the St. John’s SPCA for information on their [...]

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 [...]