WFRS Newsletters
2025
It's Giving Tuesday: Choose a Giving Tree Ferret!
Donate Easily Through Fred Meyer Community Rewards!
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re Moving!
UPDATE on the Tiara N Snails Photoshoot
3rd Annual Tiara N Snails Photoshoot!
Please Welcome Shiloh Lilikoi to the Board of Directors!
2024
February is Pet Dental Health Month
Vote for WFRS at MyGivingCircle
2023
Giving Tuesday is November 28th, 2023
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month
The Ferrets Keep Coming...
August 7, 2025 - An anonymous Washington state Petco employee shared that they sell two ferrets a week — that’s 96 a year per store.
- Washington has 49 Petco stores
- Oregon: 25
- Idaho: 11
That's 8,160+ ferrets sold in the PNW every year — and Petco isn't the only retailer.
So, where do they all go?
Too many end up in shelters like ours.
- Pet surrenders are up 29–37% since 2021.
- Overpopulation is at a crisis level.
- And shelters are struggling to keep up.
At WFRS, we’re currently caring for 125 ferrets in our commercial facility. It costs approximately $50/month to provide one ferret with food, litter, bedding, vaccinations, and safe shelter.
That’s $6,250/month — just for the basics. (And it doesn’t include medical care or our foster care network.)
We rely 100% on donations. The average gift is $25.
That means we need 300 donors each month to maintain our current level of operations.
- Can you help us keep our promise to ferrets like Macy?
- $25/month = food & bedding
- $50/month = full care for one ferret
Join our Monthly Membership Program today and help us save lives. You can donate directly through PayPal or Zelle (donations@washingtonferret.org) and select recurring. Join our team today!