The Cocheco Valley Humane Society is pleased to offer a pet food assistance program for people who are unable to meet the nutritional needs for their dog or cat because of financial burden.

We understand that not having enough money to feed yourself, let alone your pets, can create a lot of anxiety. Priorities must be made and often on the list of a family's priorities, animals are low on the list.

Trying times can be temporary and with a little assistance and time to think things through, a pet owner can often find a way to make things work and keep their pet in their home.

Keeping animals in their own homes benefits the owner, the animals and the Cocheco Valley Humane Society. The owner doesn't have to give up their pets, who often are very important in their lives. The pet doesn't have to go through a stressful move and be placed in strange surroundings, and the Cocheco Valley Humane Society has more room for other pets in need.

Please call the Cocheco Valley Humane Society for more information: at (603) 749-5322.

The Cocheco Valley Humane Society is looking for classrooms to foster small animals. The goal of this program is to provide temporary or permanent homes to small animals that are up for adoption at the shelter. Even further, this program will help children understand the responsibility of being a pet owner without having to go out and purchase an animal. As a classroom, you are giving an animal a loving environment without contributing to the pet trade. If the animals has not been adopted out by the end of the school year it will be returned to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society.

If you're interested and would like more information, please call (603) 749-5322.