Paige is the Volunteer and Outreach Director for N.O.A.H. and has a long history of animal welfare. She got started with animals at the Woodland Park Zoo, and it has continued to be a passion of hers through the years. She has 10 cats and her family shares her love of animals.
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Key Points of Interest:
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Who is Paige Schmelzer?
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Why did she move to Camano Island?
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How did Paige get involved in animal welfare?
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She also got started at the Woodland Park Zoo at age of 16!
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Hear what it was like work with so many animals at the zoo
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What was her favorite animal at the zoo?
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Where did Paige’s love for animals come from?
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And why the connections with cats?
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I talk about my past dog and my kids interactions with pets
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What caused her to move on from the Woodland Park Zoo
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How did she get started with NOAH and how did she become the Outreach Director
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What is the difference between NOAH and organizations like CASA?
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How does NOAH deal with feral cats?
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NOAH has performed over 100,000 spay and neuters and 40,000 adoptions
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Why does NOAH not take animals from the public
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Washington has not had to euthanize a healthy animal in a long time
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Find out what the acronyms for N.O.A.H. and C.A.S.A. stand for!
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How can you help?
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How do they analyze and assess animals that come in?
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How did she get to 10 cats?
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