The Seattle Animal Shelter is bringing cats by the truckload to your neighborhood for adoption events this year. Up next? Alki, Lake City and Ravenna. Here's a video to inspire you to responsibly adopt. more ›

If you've licensed your pet, give yourself a little back-pat: you've done your part. But if you haven't, you and your little buddy are not only depriving the Animal Shelter of the critical funds that it needs to remain operational, you're also running the risk of receiving a steep fine from Animal Shelter employees, who will be patrolling parks and other public places. more ›

• West Seattle Blog marveled over a pair of orcas playing off Alki Point yesterday.
• Both MyBallard and Fremont Universe are wondering if the streetcar will be coming to their neighborhoods.
• Capitol Hill Seattle warns that the most dangerous stretch of road for bicyclists on Capitol Hill is on E. Pine, between Summit and Melrose.

Dead-beat pet owners who refuse to pay the city's pet licensing fees are about to have a rude awakening: Seattle Animal Shelter has announced it's going to start actively policing city parks for unlicensed pets and issuing $125 tickets. more ›

Saw a bit in the paper today about pet overpopulation in Seattle which sparked a hunt for statistics that was ultimately fruitless. Is there a disproportionately large pet population in Seattle? It's hard to say. Shelters will tell you that as long as they have any stock at all there is overpopulation and at the Seattle Animal Shelter you can get the parents spayed or neutered for free if you bring in proof of purchase (ie an unwanted litter). Doesn't that seem a little too reactive to be effective? How about encouraging people to spay or neuter their animals before there's an unwanted litter? more ›

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October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month, and in support of such a noble cause, Seattlest is pleased to present you with our Pound Pup of the Week...along with our pet-ad translator. more ›

October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month...and in support of such a noble pursuit, Seattlest is pleased to present you with our Pound Pup of the Week. more ›

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