City of Weston Animal Control

01/16/2026

❕️Get your spots ASAP!!❕️

Male cats will travel and impregnate multiple females in one trip! Help keep the cat population down by bringing in those big guys to be neutered and get a state law required rabies vaccine.

10/11/2025

‼️REMINDER: A RABIES VACCINE IS STATE LAW REQUIRED FOR CATS & DOGS‼️

Happening TODAY!
Cats & Dogs welcome!

09/19/2025

Buckle up for some hard truths.

Shelters across the US are in crisis. Many are so full they’ve had to stop taking animals.

This is not a shelter problem. It’s a community problem.

FACTS:
Animals are being surrendered and abandoned faster than they’re adopted.
They’re being bred faster than we can save them.
They’re being given up on faster than we can rehome them.

If your local shelter is overflowing or forced to euthanize for space, it isn’t because they don’t care. It’s because the community has to do better.

What can help?

✔ Education about behavior, socialization, dog body language, effective training methods and bite prevention
✔ Resources for families adding babies/kids to homes with dogs
✔ Pet food pantries & community support
✔ Low-cost spay/neuter, microchipping & TNR programs
✔ More fosters, adopters & volunteers
✔ Honest conversations about future care if pets outlive us
❌ Less backyard breeding and puppy mills
❌ Less housing breed restrictions
❌ Less irresponsible, fly by night "rescues"
❌ Less aversive trainers making behavior issues worse by suppressing communication and body language

We don’t need to blame shelters. We need to step up as communities.

Read my post on What If Your Animal Outlives You here: https://rescuedbytraining.com/2023/09/18/pets-outlive-human/

Read my post on why behavior suppression isn't behavior modification (why not to use aversive training methods) here: https://rescuedbytraining.com/2025/08/04/behavior-suppression/

Read my post on what to ask before adopting here: https://rescuedbytraining.com/2025/09/15/before-adopting/

09/11/2025

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08/29/2025

🥳Our first September Spay/Neuter Special is live!😸

FREE CAT SPAY & NEUTERS
Sponsored by Appalachian Peace Paws Rescue
9/3/25 ONLY

With an appointment that day, your cat will receive:
✔️ Spay or Neuter Surgery
✔️ Rabies Vaccination
✔️ Additional Days of Pain Medication

📍 Location: SNIP WV in Morgantown WV

Due to restrictions from the grant that is funding this special, it is only available for West Virginia residents- but it IS available to ANY West Virginia resident that is able to drive to our clinic in Morgantown!

To make an appointment for this special, go to snipwv.org and click on Make an Appointment in the menu. You must select 9/3/25 as the date, if that date does not appear then the appointment type has been filled. Please note that the female cat spots will go quickly. Make sure to put "APPR Special" in the appointment notes at the end, you won't need to pay a deposit to book these spots.

If you miss this one, we will have a couple more Spay/Neuter Specials this month, make sure you are following us to see the next one!

😸Out of state or need another date? We have open cat appointments (spay and neuter) open in September for our normal low cost rate that is available to anyone, there is no income or geographic restriction for our regular pricing. The scheduling steps are the same as above, but a deposit will be required to make the appointment, unless you have a spay/neuter voucher.

*Please note that other nonprofit organizations are not eligible for this special pricing.

04/23/2025