The Great Lake Walk and Ultra-marathon is a 56 km walk or run around beautiful Cowichan Lake designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle and to raise funds for charity. This year's walk/run will be taking place September 18th, 2010. Early bird registration is just $43/person if you register before July 1st. If you would like to collect pledges for Victoria Pet Adoption Society or if you'd like to join our team please contact us at victoriapets@gmail.com or go to www.greatlakewalk.com for more info.

Help support Victoria Pet Adoption Society and treat yourself to a night out! Tickets for a special "sneak preview" of Langham Court Theatre's production "Sylvia" are available through VPAS for just $16 each and 100% of the proceeds will help provide much needed medical care for homeless pets. Seats are limited so get yours right away.

Did you know that if your employer works with United Way to contribute to community programs, you can designate your contributions to Victoria Pet Adoption Society? Simply contact your plan administrator with our name and registered charity number (86423 5262 RR0001) and ask that your regular contribution be donated to VPAS. Not sure if your employer supports United Way through its community programs? Just ask your employer! Asking your employer to designate your donation to VPAS is a great way to ensure your United Way donation goes to a charity that you support.

We would like to thank Kelli for entering a photo of her rescue dogs into Kuranda's Dog of the Week photo contest and for choosing VPAS as the organization to benefit from the dog bed that she won. This dog bed will be donated to Sophia, a new dog in our adoption program who is recovering from surgery. Thank you for thinking of us Kelli!

Tired of sending roses and chocolates to your sweetheart on Valentines Day? Why not give a gift that will bring comfort to a homeless pet (or two) for years! By donating a Kuranda dog bed to a homeless dog or cat you will provide a dry, soft, comfortable place for them to sleep during their time at our adoption centre.

Donate a bed in your name, or send one as a gift in the name of a friend or family member. Kuranda will send a personalized Gift Card.

To donate today please click Here.

Help Victoria Pet Adoption Society win a $10,000 grant!

Vote for us at www.theanimalrescuesite.com and we could win $10,000 to help pets in need.

The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for eligible Petfinder.com member shelter and rescue groups. The grand prize is a $10,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes — a total of $100,000 in grants for animal welfare organizations.

Think how many animals we could help for $10,000!

Little Tripod first arrived at VPAS at 10 weeks of age with a badly broken leg and shoulder. After surgery to amputate his injured leg, and some time in the veterinary hospital battling an infection, Tripod found himself in a foster home. We are very happy to report that Tripod has healed up extremely well from his ordeal and he has no reservations about blasting around his house at full tilt, taunting his new doggy friend. And the good news keeps coming for Tripod. We are very happy to announce that Tripod's foster home has turned into his forever home; he has been adopted!

All of the volunteers at VPAS would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season, and thank all of those who have supported us over the last year. We could not continue to do the great work that we do without the support of our community. Have a wonderful holiday.
Please note that our adoption centre will be closed to the public December 25th and January 1st.

For the safety of the animals in our adoption program, pets adopted after December 20th/09 will not be released to their new homes until January 4th/10. Thank you for your understanding and have a safe and happy holiday season.

It has been almost two months since Kamo came to VPAS with a badly broken jaw and a damaged eye. The vets at Shaw Pet Hospitals repaired Kamo's broken jaw and she is well on her road to recovery.

Kamo has recently gone to a loving foster home where she is working hard to recover from her injuries. Thus far things are going well and Kamo is settling right in to her new digs. Here is a brief update from Kamo's foster mom.

Tired of sending roses and chocolates to your sweetheart on Valentines Day? Why not give a gift that will bring comfort to a homeless pet (or two) for years! By donating a Kuranda dog bed to a homeless dog or cat you will provide a dry, soft, comfortable place for them to sleep during their time at our adoption centre.

Donate a bed in your name, or send one as a gift in the name of a friend or family member. Kuranda will send a personalized Gift Card.

To donate today please click Here.

Tripod came to us as a tiny stray kitten with a big problem; he has a badly broken leg and shoulder. Tripod's injury is so severe that permanent damage has been caused and he will never regain the use of his leg. Tripod needs to have surgery to have his damaged leg removed, but he needs your help. We are looking for sponsors to help assist with the cost of the surgery that Tripod needs. We are hopeful that once Tripod gets this surgery he will heal quickly and can then be put up for adoption.

Kamo first came to VPAS as a stray kitty who had sustained major trauma to her face, leaving her with a badly broken jaw and a damaged eye. She has been in VPAS' care for several weeks now and is doing well.

Kamo has had the surgery that she needed to repair her broken jaw. She is eating with gusto, she is no longer on any medications, and she is gaining back some weight. Kamo is permanently blind in her damaged eye, but at this time it appears as though she'll be able to keep it and does not need to have it removed.

Are you thinking of adding a new cat to your family - consider adopting a senior or special-needs pet. During the summer months, young cats and kittens flood local shelters and quickly find homes after winning the hearts of adopters. Unfortunately, senior and special-needs cats get continually over looked and spend many months without any interest from adopters at all. Well now is their chance! VPAS has a few wonderful special pets that are looking for homes in time for Christmas.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us at PetSmart's adoption fair Nov 13th-15th. We are pleased to say that we came home with 7 adoption applications for our homeless pets. We hope to see all of them in good homes soon. We would also like to thank PetSmart for hosting this wonderful event.