Category: News and Events

MochaToo Goes to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

By: Lisa Petri, CAWL President MochaToo may be the luckiest rez dog in the world. CAWL’s first ever spay/neuter trip to the reservations of the four corners area lead us to MochaToo.  She was completely feral and in an Animal Control holding pen.  CAWL brought MT and about 10 other dogs back to Denver in…
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January 17, 2012 6

Palmer Lake Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project

By: Lisa Petri, CAWL Vice President Volunteers from CAWL spent their Sunday spaying and neutering at the Palmer Lake Mobile Home Park.  Over sixty cats were sterilized and thirteen were placed in foster homes to be prepared for adoption. Dolly, a resident of the mobile home park, suddenly passed away recently leaving over 100 of…
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August 23, 2011 1

Denver Pet Expo 2011

This past Saturday, Lisa P. and I packed up the truck with 2 dogs, a cat, a new banner, t-shirts galore and a number of other accouterments to spice up CAWL’s first booth at the Denver Pet Expo held at Denver Merchandise Mart. CAWL along with nearly 200 other pet related exhibitors spent Saturday adopting…
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August 23, 2011 0

Castle Rock PetSmart Adoption Event

Our fabulous volunteers helped us pull off another great adotpion event this past weekend at the Castle Rock PetSmart. We had great dogs and and even greater volunteers that included: Erin, her son Noah, Sonja, her daughter Shannon, Brandy, Kyle, and our diehards Julie and Lisa. My own foster dog Marty found himself a fantastic…
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March 18, 2011 0

Join us for Petfinder.com Adopt the Internet Day!

Join CAWL and our internet partner Petfinder on March 15th for Petfinder’s Help Petfinder Adopt the Internet Day. Simply feature an adoptable pet on your website, blog, Facebook page, Twitter account or email with the adoptable pet’s information from Petfinder. CAWL supports Petfinder’s effort to spread the word about the thousands of homeless pets awaiting…
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March 14, 2011 0

Pet Palace Adoption Event

A big thank you to Tausha and Cheri at the Pet Palace in Aurora, CO for hosting a great adoption event for the Colorado Animal Welfare League. Our great volunteers: Amy, Kevin, Thompson and Kyle made the event a huge success! Our little terrier mix TJ found a great home with two super sweet children…
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February 28, 2011 0

Kami’s Difficult Life

Kami is a sweet, Border Collie mix that has been recently returned to CAWL reportedly for bad behavior after an 8 month adoption. Kami was returned extremely emaciated but the concern from her former home was her food aggression. After proper feeding and care, she has been returned to her previous normal weight and no…
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February 25, 2011 0