Success Stories - Friends of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter

Success Stories

Magnificent Mushroom

Mushroom is a down-to-earth kitty who needed some help. She came to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter as a ten-year-old cat with kidney both kidney and dental issues, and Friends was able to provide funding...

Gracious Ginger Rogers

In September 2023 through astute observations and an intervention of a local vet and the Fairfax County Animal Protection Police (APP) Ginger Rogers (new name), small Maltipoo (Maltese and Poodle mix), a four month, 4lb...

Regal Ringo

Ringo has found his forever home! This fluffy friend came to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in need of some serious support. The shelter was able to get him the surgery and dental work he...

Outstanding Olive

Olive, formally Nala, has settled in well to her forever home! She required extensive dental care after being found on a hiking trail in Northern Virginia. The extent of the dental disease was so extreme...

Tremendous Tom

Ground Control to Major Tom, this kitty has gone to her forever home! After the outstanding Friends community helped provide funding for Tom’s needed dental work, he quickly took off to his new home. Major...

Outstanding Odin

Outstanding Odin is a kitty who needed some help and found her forever home. This older cat came to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in need os some serious assistance, and thankfully Friends was able...

Courageous Charlie

Courageous Charlie was a 2 year old cat that arrived at the shelter in need of some medical assistance. Friends was able to provide funding to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter to cover her medical...

Mighty Thor

Mighty Thor is living a life of leisure now that he has been adopted. This mighty pup came to the the Fairfax County Animal Shelter with both heart worms and dental issues, but he didn’t...

Powerful Picassa

Powerful Picassa came to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter as a three year old cat that was in need of medical attention. She had issues with her ears and needed a double ear amputation and...