• RASKC volunteer roles: Making cat blankets, working on special projects, and assisting foster volunteer and Camp Fire leader Amy Sylvester.
  • Graduating from: Mount Rainier High School (Des Moines). 
  • Future plans: To attend Pima Medical Institute to become a medical assistant!
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  • RASKC volunteer role: Kirkland Cat-Care Team from 2018- 2019.
  • Graduating from: The Beacon School (New York City).
  • Future plans: To study political science at Scripps College in California.
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  • RASKC volunteer roles:  Shelter Helper, animal transport, and fostering animals with his family  since 2019.
  • Graduating from: Washington Connections Academy (online).
  • Future plans: To become a veterinarian assistant.
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  • RASKC volunteer roles: Cat Meet & Greet volunteer from 2015- present; served also on RASKC’s Covington Cat-Care Team in 2014.
  • Graduating from: Kentridge High School.
  • Future plans: To complete prerequisites at Bellevue College, then transfer to Washington State University to double major in zoology and conservation biology. Goals: to work in wildlife rehabilitation or as a zoologist.
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King County is now in Phase 2 of Gov. Inslee’s “Safe Start” plan, another step forward as we work to carefully and gradually recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our focus at Regional Animal Services of King County continues to be helping people and pets safely as our region emerges from the public health emergency. Many […]

Summer is nearly here – and our Pet of the Week Coco is ready for some outdoor fun with you! This young German Shepherd/Akita mix is energetic, playful, and loving – so he’s one of our “Rambunctious Red” pets. Coco is a very smart dog who is learning how to “sit.” Though Coco may come […]

Even when it’s gray and rainy outside, our Pet of the Week Sunny is ready to brighten your life! This seven-year-old boy was brought in by a good Samaritan on May 12. Sunny is a gentle and loving cat who likes to take things slow, so he’s one of our “Bashful Blue” pets. He may […]

Meet Jeannie! RASKC is super happy to honor Jeannie Dykstra as Volunteer of the Month. In only two years, she has contributed nearly 2,600 hours- as a foster volunteer extraordinaire and also by contributing weekly shifts in RASKC’s Vet Clinic and on RASKC’s Covington Cat-Care Team. Jeannie has also trained quite a number of new volunteers. […]

There’s no mystery here – our Pet of the Week is back, featuring Mystery! This five-year-old girl is looking for her forever home. Her personality is “Rambunctious Red,” meaning she likes to do her own thing! So it should be no mystery that Mystery would prefer to live with a cat-savvy family that values her […]

On this Mothers’ Day, we honor all mother’s, especially foster moms of our four legged furry animals.

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