Our partners

PIMA Medical Students play an essential role at our shelter by helping clinical staff at and caring for the health and welfare of the dogs and cats in the shelter. On any single day, PIMA students can be found performing many tasks under the supervision of clinical staff and PIMA instructors. Students give meds, fluids, eye treatments, vaccinations, perform blood tests, and prepare surgical packs, etc. Students also assist Dr. Christensen with the spaying and neutering of dogs, cats and kittens. Many do not realize the care, time and expense that goes into each animal coming into our shelter. Shelter staff upon intake reviews each animal and creates an electronic file in our Chameleon Software system, Daily health checks are performed on every single animal by clinical staff- meaning close to 200 dogs, cats and kittens are checked on daily to make sure they are healthy, not losing weight, eating, etc. Paid staff is a necessity to run our operation, but PIMA students are indispensable part of our program.

Animal Critical Care and Emergency Services has an experienced emergency veterinarian on premises, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year. KCACC's partnership with ACCES allows us to provide fast, state-of-the-art medical attention to the animals in our care. Examples of emergency cases include toxicities, trauma, heatstroke, and diabetic crises. ACCES has the only animal blood bank in the Seattle area, and King County is proud to help ACCES raise awareness around this critical community asset.

"As a specialty hospital with a full-time surgeon and internal medicine department, we are thrilled to assist King County deliver immediate care to homeless animals in our community. We take pleasure in knowing that our hospital can help animals in need. and we truly believe that every animal deserves a chance, and a loving forever home."

Beth Davidow, DVM DACVECC, Medical Director, Animal Critical Care and Emergency Services

Northwest Center is the largest community service organization serving the needs of children and adults with disabilities in the Pacific Northwest. KCACC's partnership with Northwest Center is perfect because it connects disabled workers with the community's unwanted animals. Northwest Center Staff has a daily presence at the shelter providing tasks ranging from laundry service to basic cat cage spot cleaning and direct interaction with animals.

The Science Diet® Shelter Nutrition Partnership has been great for our shelter because our animals are now fed consistently with a high-quality diet and we no longer have to rely on the variables involved with donated food. We look forward to saving thousands of dollars in food cost. Additionally, Hill's Pet Nutrition provides KCACC with an essential line of nutritional products designed specifically for our special needs animals. The partnership also involves on-site staff training concerning canine and feline nutrition.