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RPAW Animal Wellness Center is a non profit veterinary center. Board Of Animal Health Kennel License

We focus on serving RPAW animals as well as providing services to other rescue organizations as well!

10/01/2026

****HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! TODAY WE TURN 2 YEARS OLD****

The past 2 years have been nothing short of amazing! We opened our doors on October 1st 2024 to rescue organizations for their foster animals as well as the TNR community for the feral/outdoor community cats!

Dr. Dean and Liz were the only 2 staff members at the time and some days were harrowing! We started with just being open 3 days a week. Thankfully since then we have grown to a staff of 2 doctors, 1 LVT and 3 assistants who work miracles every single day, 5 days a week!

Year over year we have made a significant increase in every since area of service we offer. Spay and Neuter surgery is our core mission. We currently do 30-40 procedures every day, 5 days a week. We do offer other surgical procedures as well as sick pet services for rescues and shelters currently.

This year we also started offering our Vaccine Clinic hours on Tuesdays and Thursday (by appointment only) to the general public so that everyone can afford to get their animals vaccinated. We do not charge an office call on these days and we deeply discount the vaccines costs.

The next 12 months will be exciting as we will be opening up more services to the general public to make sure the access to care is there for everyone!

Your continued support for our Non-Profit Veterinary Clinic has been amazing and we wouldn't be here without you. We always welcome donations to make sure that we can continue to offer affordable options for people.

If you are interested in more information please make sure to check out our website www.rpawwellness.com

HERE'S TO ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR!

*If you have used our services before please post a picture of your furry in the comments below!

09/29/2026

Where does your cat fall, and do the personalities match?

09/26/2026

A recent study in Australia exonerated cats for the wildlife harm they were being falsely blamed for. Researchers analyzed 11 years (2013–2024) of wildlife rehabilitation records in Australia, covering 52,475 individual animals from 158 threatened species.

Human and human activities were responsible for most known wildlife harm, followed by extreme weather events (which might also be human-related). Notably, other animals represented just 4.4% of all wildlife injuries, with cats representing a minority of those (0.6%). That is 315 of the 52,475 injuries, and does not account for the fact that cats are scavengers and may have come across wild animals already injured for other reasons (e.g., human caused harm).

The study concluded that while public debate across the US has disproportionately emphasized free roaming cats as a “conservation threat,” that debate is incorrect.

In addition to falsely blaming cats, it overlooks more common and potentially preventable human causes of wildlife injury. The analysis finds that most harm is associated with human-modified environments, including hazardous infrastructure, roads, entangling materials, poisons in the environment and habitat fragmentation because of development.

Another new study reported similar results. It examined hunting behavior among 2,400 semi-owned/free roaming cats. The researchers were interested in testing whether widely cited estimates of free roaming cats killing “61–118 million birds annually” were accurate. They were not!

Researchers found that roughly 8 out of 10 cats — 77% — didn’t hunt, while only 23% hunted sometimes or often, and focused mostly on insects. Birds were the least commonly reported prey, resulting in a figure over 300 times lower than reported by cat-killing advocates. Once again, being scavengers, cats could have come across many of the birds, who were already injured/killed for other reasons, such as crashing into windows.

Despite the growing scientific consensus that cats are not to blame for species decline and that calls to eliminate them “by any means necessary” is “wrong and fuels an unwarranted moral panic over cats,” it is not likely to change policies toward them by government agencies and organizations pursing a “native-species” agenda.

When nativists and bird watchers call for killing cats, they are not motivated by saving birds or wildlife. Instead, they are motivated by a hatred of cats.

Published in part by Nathan Winograd on Substack.

08/28/2026

ARE YOU GOING TO THE STATE FAIR THIS YEAR???

This year, the Minnesota Senate State Fair poll includes the following question:
"Should Minnesota ban pet shops from selling dogs and cats while continuing to allow pet shops to host adoption events for animals from shelters or rescue organizations?"

If you're attending the Minnesota State Fair, please stop by the Minnesota Senate booth in the Education Building and vote "YES" on Question 3.

Legislation to prohibit the sale of puppies in pet shops is expected to be considered again in 2027. A strong show of support at the State Fair can help demonstrate that Minnesotans want lawmakers to take action to stop the puppy mill pipeline and protect animals and consumers.

08/20/2026

🥩🐺 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD — WSC MEAT DRIVE! 🐻🥩

Our animals have BIG appetites, and we need your help filling the freezers!

WSC is hosting a meat drive, and every donation—big or small—helps us provide a varied diet for the wolves, bears, mountain lion, and other carnivores that call WSC home.

Have meat taking up space in your freezer? This is the perfect excuse for a freezer clean-out!

📅 DATE: August 22nd & 23rd
⏰ TIME: Drop off between 10am til 4pm
📍 LOCATION:

Camping World - 14640 W Freeway Dr NE
Forest Lake, MN 55025

Fleet Farm - 10250 Lexington Ave NE
Circle Pines, MN 55014

Even if you don’t have meat to donate, you can still make a HUGE difference!
📣 SHARE this post with your friends and family!
🥩 Tell your hunting, fishing, and farming friends!
📲 Send it to someone who might have a freezer ready for a clean-out!

Thank you for always showing up for WSC and our animals!

08/08/2026

This sweet thing came to us last week for her spay ❤️
Maggie is amazing and is still looking for a forever home through Healing Paws Rescue!

07/21/2026

Another unique furry woodland creature stopped by today for some dental work 🦷🪥

07/17/2026

Dr. Jess stopped by this week with another fun friend!
This baby Sandhill Crane was hit by a car and broke one of his legs.

We were happy to get his xrays done and stabilize his injury with Dr. Jess!

Huge thank you to Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release for taking such amazing care for our state's injured wildlife!

07/14/2026

So grateful to have been able to meet Harley and all her beautiful babies today ❤️

All have already found their forever homes through Healing Paws Rescue!

07/11/2026

We had a couple unusual visitors to the clinic this last week...
One was this super cute baby Raccoon!

We are so happy to be able to off our facility for diagnostics and treatment to these injured wildlife ❤️

Address

15161 Feller Street NE
Forest Lake, MN
55025

Website

http://www.rpawwellness.com/

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