Pasado’s Safe Haven

We went to Pasado’s Safe Haven to look for a cat. When we visited we were blown away by the amount of animals this organization is able to help!!! We weren’t able to find a kitty, but I would hands down recommend this organization to anyone– they are beyond helpful and quick to respond!

I attended Pasado’s Safe Haven farm tour on August 22 and was very impressed. The volunteers were very friendly and shared each animal’s story with us. We toured the entire farm, which was beautiful. All of the animals seemed very happy and had plenty of room to roam and play. At the end of the tour we were treated to a vegan lunch. It was one of the best days I’ve had in awhile and I want to go back again to spend more time with the animals.

I would do business with these people… they are here to hurt other people… please stay away from the company!

Recommend the Share the Love tour for a Valentine’s celebration to check it out and meet the staff and animals.

The Pierce County Spay Station has the rudest trash by the name of Jennifer working for them. She was a completely nasty jerk for no reason when I questioned why my elderly neighbor’s pregnant cat was turned away due to limited space even though the website states pregnant animals TAKE PRIORITY. She was disgustingly rude for no reason. «I know your cat is pregnant. I saw it on the card. I told you there was no room. Take your animal to Northwest Spay and Neuter,» in the nastiest tone.

I adopted a kitten from Pasado’s and couldn’t be happier! She came from a hoarder home so the beginning of her life was rough but the awesome team at Pasado’s rescued her and her siblings and gave them the medical care they needed. She is now very well adjusted in her new home :-) THANK YOU for saving her life!

One of the best groups for affordable routine care in this state. Not only does the «bus» have great techs and assistants, but they have a doctor who’s heart and mind is dedicated to providing excellent care. The group does great work at prices anyone can afford. They helped my dog with her spay. She was still wagging and happy when I picked her up. What a wonderful experience!

I rescued a mother cat and kittens from the emergency vet I worked for, and because I’m a vet tech and make sadface wages, I needed access to low cost spay/​neuter services. Everything went well with the drop off, surgery, and discharge process. Bonus-​the cats all had teeny tiny incisions-​much smaller than my cats fixed at my regular vet. Healing was also much faster. As someone who rescues cats on a somewhat regular basis I will definitely be utilizing Pasado’s Spay Station in the future!

I can’t express my gratitude or my respect enough for the folks at Pasado’s safe haven and spay and neuter program. They have raised awareness for the benefits and importance of spay and neuter throughout our area with low income services. Without them, our shelters would be overflowing with the unwanted ‘mistakes’ that nature brings.
Thank you, team– from our family, our pets, and the community.

I have waited quite a while to write this review and then realized I am selfish for hesitating as animals shouldn’t have to suffer the way my poor dog did and I have the responsibility to warn others.
We utilized Pasado’s Spay Station to fix our female dog who we rescued right as she went into her first heat – being that she had already been abused, we didn’t feel an unwanted pregnancy would benefit anyone plus there are so many uncared for animals in the world as it is.
Anyway, the day itself went smoothly and exactly how they said it would on their website. When I picked my dog up she had fecal matter smeared on her and was crying and whining in the most pitiful way. The crying went on for longer than I would have expected so I took her to a vet to be checked out (as previous people have stated nobody answers the phone when you call pasados, even the number they gave out at the spay station). To make a long and very emotionally draining story short– 5 days of worrying, a major surgery for my already traumatized pup, a long recovery and $ 5,000 later… my dog recovered from Pasado’s completely botched procedure.
Now granted, after the vet who did the second surgery called and asked the Pasados vet wtf they did, they paid for the surgery, however this didn’t cover the costs of X-​rays, ultrasounds, lab work, and visits that were done.
Bottom line– save your money and have your animal fixed in a real facility. Your pet should be a family member and I am embarrassed and ashamed that we utilized this service for our dog.

This safe haven in one word is: COMPASSIONATE.
I went on a tour back in December 2013. I literally cried my eyes out hearing the animal’s stories and how much they suffered at the hands of humans.
The tour offered delicious vegan chickn strips and field roast with a delicious gravy.
The tour bought my journey of veganism full circle. Hopefully people see how much animals suffer for the sake of humanity’s appetite and change how they persee animals — and not just companion ones we keep warm at home.

Pasado’s devotes 82% of its budget to services according to the Washington State Secretary of State’s Office.
(A previous review posted nearly 3 years ago by Mike O claimed the organization devoted only 41% to sevices.) Please see the posted link for how the organization has improved its allocation of resources.
According to Charity Navigator it has a perfect score for transparency and accountability and a three out of four stars for its financials.
I feel PERFECTLY comfortable supporting this organization, and you should too.

Saw a cat I was interested in adopting from Pasados so I emailed my filled out application to the requested address, and called the next day and left a voicemail. Two days now and I have heard nothing back. You shouldn’t have to harass people to adopt a pet. I felt like I’d be doing a good thing in trying to adopt, but seems like it would be easier to just buy a kitten… Lots of cats out there to adopt, so I guess I’ll just keep looking.

We went at 7:45 in the morning on Saturday and had three kittens spayed/​neutered, given vaccines, flea treatments, and microchipped. I walked out paying $ 130 for the services. When you call around vets a regular kitten package for 1 kitten is usually over $ 200 around the tune of $ 225-​$ 250 and doesn’t include spaying or neutering services and microchips. Needless to say this saved us hundreds of dollars using Pasado’s Safe Haven. We were never expecting to have three kittens in our lives. We had rescued a kitten from the side of the road in Kansas over the summer named Quincy (white/​orange tiger kitten). We paid hundreds into a kitten package that didn’t include a microchip. On Halloween he got startled and ran outside. We never saw him again. We looked for weeks but finally we found an ad online for some kittens in a barn who needed a warm home in the winter. We took them all in and our daughter fell in love with all three of the kittens, thus, we kept all three. Pasado’s allowed us to keep all three and fully vet them in our budget. It was a wonderful experience. Our kittens did great too and their surgeries went well. Within an hour or two after coming home they were all three back to playing! Now they are microchipped too so they have a better chance if they do get lost.
I can understand reviews about the charity’s use of money and funds. On Charity Navigator Pasado’s is listed with over 18% of their profits going to admin fees and over $ 100,000 a year going to the CEO alone for FY ’12. It is at 79% of their revenue going back out while that isn’t bad it isn’t the greatest either. It looks like they did improve since some of the older reviews came in. I don’t know where else I would have taken these kittens to get shots and fixed but I am glad that someone was there to help with the costs to fix the kittens and the cheaper costs for shots and microchipping. Hopefully, in the future Pasado can migrate funds from the CEO and admins into more help for the animals in the community.
Thank you though for what you do, do.

The staff at Pasado’s are first rate. The facilities are vast, and the impact they are making is admirable. I had a great experience here, and would definitely come back.

I found a stray male kitty who was in desperate need of a home. Before finding him a home I wanted to make sure he was neutered (in case the new owner decided not to for some reason). I brought him here and they neutered him at the lowest and fair price imaginable.
They even offer vaccines and dewormers.
It was extremely helpful, especially because I wasn’t going to be giving this little man a forever home, so I really appreciated the fair prices.
They were very compassionate and helpful towards me, and I didn’t encounter any problems with the experience.

The mobile spay-​neuter clinic run by Pasados– The Spay Station — offers low cost and free spays and neuters in cities throughout Pierce County. This is such an invaluable service for low income clients and their pets. The staff are professional, patient and take their time to answer questions. You can tell they are dedicated to the mission of spaying and neutering to save lives and reduce euthanasia in the shelters. They treat everyone with respect and are gentle and kind with the animals. I am so thankful for everyone involved with the Spay Station– they do amazing work!

I was a volunteer at Pasado’s Safe Haven for almost 2 years before I was banned for expressing my disapproval of euthanizing a dog that I believed was neglected by caretakers. I had offered to adopt him, yet they decided to euthanize him instead. From the beginning of my volunteering, I watched as the farm wet downhill. In my opinion, the animals were not being cared for properly. Pasado’s owns several large land parcels that were not being used for animals. Instead they threw animals onto small areas of land that were insufficient to meet their needs. They used to let the goats and llamas down to a large area of land everyday to get exercise and stimulate them. They moved their cows from their large roaming land to this area, which took it away from the goats. The goats were going stir-​crazy not being able to graze and wander and were crowded into a small area with 4 other llamas. The cows that were moved to this area were starting to suffer. No one would trim their hooves, and in fact, they sent a certified letter to a former employee who was the only one able to do this task, telling her that if she stepped foot on the property again, the sheriffs would be called. The cows were and still are standing in at least 6 inches of mud. A couple of volunteers (now banned from the farm too) and I offered to host a work party to fix their living conditions. I was told that it had to go through management first and that management might decide for us to do something else. We were not allowed to request where we would like to work. After months of offering our help, I was told that the cows’ area would be done by Pasado’s Safe Haven. In acquired about the status last fall and was told by a caretaker that it was never done and that the cows were still living in squalor conditions. I again offered my help to gather a work party and I later received an email requesting me to pay between $ 5000 – 15,000 dollars to have this done. This is ludicrous considering that Pasado’s has a net worth of over 5 million dollars. It is also inappropriate to request this kind of money from a volunteer when in fact, Pasado’s should be paying to make sure that their animals are taken care of. The work has still yet to be completed. In the fall, the dog conditions were alarming. Dogs were locked in small cyclone fence kennels for months at a time, with no shelter from the cold, rainy, wet, sometimes snowy elements. The dog yards and houses are meant for packs of dogs, yet there were many yards that housed only one dog while others lived in horrific conditions. While these yards were almost empty, dogs who could have been rescued, were left to die in the shelters. One of the dog yards and house, contains cats owned by a volunteer. It houses no dogs. Why one might ask themselves, isn’t this area being used for rescuing more animals. I recently had the chance to view pasado’s 2010 990 form. I was utterly shocked. How can the living conditions and lack of rescuing more animals be null while the salaries of the executives were nearly doubled from around 600 thousand to 1.2 million in one year!!! I could go on and on about what has happened in my short time volunteering at Pasado’s. I implore you, as a donor, a volunteer, or just an animal lover to take a long, hard look at the present Pasado’s Safe Haven. A once stellar organization is collapsing I am afraid. I am afraid for all the animals that are involved and am afraid that one day, if management keeps running things the way they currently are, that Pasado’s Safe Haven will be no longer.