FOWAS - Friends of the Watsonville Animal Shelter

Purchase Dog Artwork and Save Lives!

Constance Chandlee is a local artist who has generously donated her talent to finance our Second Chance Fund and Creature Comfort Fund (animals who need extra medical care or creature comforts while they are in the shelter). All profit from these sales will directly benefit the animals at the Watsonville Animal Shelter (Santa Cruz County Animal Services). You can keep our Second Chance Fund alive by purchasing this artwork!

Artwork will be sold, starting in April 2010, at the Cabrillo Farmer's Market (Aptos, CA). Original water-colors were photographed with a museum-quality camera, and printed using the highest quality of Giclee Prints. Please call FOWAS and leave a message if you have any questions or would like to make a purchase: 831-475-2432 CLICK HERE for more information.

It's here! The 2011 "Dog Art 4 Non-Profits" Calendar. CLICK HERE to find out more!

Santa Cruz County Animal Services (including the Santa Cruz and Watsonville shelters) spends much of their revenue on staff salaries and building and vehicle maintenance. They cannot afford many supplies that benefit the adoptable animals, or programs that aid the adoption process. FOWAS (Friends Of Watsonville Animal Shelter) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the animals at the Watsonville Animal Shelter with special projects and donations. More about FOWAS.

Kitten Season!

This is the time of year to make sure your pets are all spayed and neutered. Every spring, thousands of homeless kittens are born when female cats go through their first heat of the year. Kittens are cute, but animal shelters around the country are already overflowing with cats who are six months or older and have difficulty finding homes because they "aren't as cute as the kittens." Please help save lives by talking to your friends and neighbors about their unneutered and unspayed pets. During these difficult times, many people are avoiding or postponing hard decisions. You can help by offering to help take their pet to the vet, or by telling them about our spay/neuter program for low-income pet owners. You can also help by fostering kittens for the animal shelter, and possibly fostering the nursing mommy cat as well.