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Photo Contest Winners 2017
Thanks to everyone who entered the 2017 OHS Fuzzy, Furry, and Feathered Friends Photo Contest. The contest has ended and nearly $15,000 was raised for shelter animals! Congratulations to to Ted Chiochon, Spike Selby, Kalise Rucker for submitting photos that got the most votes in each category. The OHS Choice award went to Callie Attanasio
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OHS Teams Deploy to Help With Hurricane Irma Relief
Volunteers and employees from OHS deployed this week to help care for pets displaced by Hurricane Irma. Members of the disaster response teams are trained in emergency shelter operations and in caring pets who are often frightened and fearful after being separated from their homes and families. A three-person team departed Wednesday morning for Duncan,
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Texas Dogs Available for Adoption
Boots, an eight-week-old shepherd puppy, was one of five dogs who arrived at OHS last week from San Antonio, Texas. Boots came to OHS as part of an ongoing effort to help pets affected by Hurricane Harvey. Although San Antonio is outside the disaster zone, shelters in that city are trying to free up space
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Keep Pets Safe During Natural Disasters; Ash Fall Precautions
With today’s news of 80 large fires burning on 2,200 square miles in nine Western states, OHS encourages pet owners to keep their pets in mind when preparing for disaster or an emergency evacuation. If you must evacuate your home, do not leave your pets behind. If it is unsafe for you to remain, then it is
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First Pets From Texas Arriving
A flight of pets in need of adoption from Texas is scheduled to touch down in Oregon on Friday, Sept. 1, helping to relieve the pressure Hurricane Harvey is creating on shelters hit by the storm. (OHS had deployed a response team to Houston). OHS will be accepting a group of dogs from the flight
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Updates from the OHS Harvey Response Team
A four-person team from OHS deployed to Houston on August 30 to assist the Houston SPCA with disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. This is expected to be the first of many teams of OHS staff and volunteers to deploy to help pets in the disaster zone. Read the story here » On this
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OHS Travels to Texas to Help Pets Stranded by Hurricane Harvey
A disaster response team from OHS is deploying to help pets stranded by Hurricane Harvey. The team, consisting of four people—two staff members and two volunteers—is set to deploy to Texas this Wednesday. This is expected to be the first of multiple OHS teams traveling to Texas to provide assistance. Team members, who are certified by the
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Blaze Heads Out On the Road
Meet Blaze, a Chihuahua mix who was recently adopted after spending a month learning to overcome his fears thanks to the Behavior team at OHS. Blaze is now cruising the open road in style with his new person, a long-haul truck driver who traverses the country in a big rig with plenty of room for
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Two Senior Felines Find Homes
Stephen Swearingen’s cats were the reason he decided to enroll in the OHS Friends Forever™ program. Stephen was only 60 years old, but he knew that the diabetes he was battling would soon bring his life to an end. Stephen’s closest companions were his cats Cali and Chelula. To make sure the two cats, who
