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Come see us in Inawashiro!

JCN Volunteer Rai-Lee made a fun video, highlighting her experience at the JCN Inawashiro shelter as well as sightseeing around beautiful Inawashiro and Fukushima.

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Making a Cat More Friendly: Fay's Progress

For the purpose of making her more social, Fay is being fostered by Jojo and Nick, in Kyoto. Hear from Nick himself about his experience so far with Fay, and learn how you can make a shy cat more social too.

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Shelter Update - October 2017

Lots of comings and goings lately at both the JCN shelters in Inawashiro and Kyoto! Here is some of the most recent news about our sweet kitties...

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Volunteer Under The Spotlight: Laura!

In order to thank our amazing volunteers, we have started introducing them to you. Today, one of our ex-volunteers is here to tell you about her time at the shelter. Laura volunteered at JCN Inawashiro for 7 months, putting her name in our list of long-term volunteers.

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Shelter News: July

Hello JCN supporters,We hope you all have had a splendid week so far!The volunteers at JCN have been on their feet for the last couple of weeks, with not a moment to breath. Let’s take a look at what’s been happening at the bustling JCN shelter in the quaint town of Inawashiro.

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Volunteer Under The Spotlight: Ben!

In order to thank our amazing volunteers, we have decided to start introducing them to you. Today, our volunteer under the spotlight is Ben. A gamer, skateboarder, and animal lover, from Germany. He's currently volunteering at JCN Inawashiro.

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Volunteer Under The Spotlight: Holly!

In order to thank our amazing volunteers, we have decided to start introducing them to you. Today, our volunteer under the spotlight is the bubbly and breezy, Holly from JCN Inawashiro.

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Donations needed for our JCN shelter pets Dental work!

This coming week Addy (doggie) and Tom (cat) will get their needed dental work/teeth extraction. They deserve comfort and better quality of life while waiting for their furever homes... You can donate online via our website by credit card or if you have a postal account (it's easy and no extra fees!)Japan Postal Account Name: Japan Pet Network 14420 -3929901*if transferring money from another institution/bank use Branch number: 448 and (0392990)* We will gladly coordinate jidoubarai paperwork (monthly autopay)International money orders accepted but sorry no personal checks. CONTINUED SUCCESS and TIA for your kind donations.

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Updates from Claude and Peanut

As some of you might remember, Claude and Peanut from JCN Inawashiro were adopted in November last year.Here's a sneak peak into their new lives as Nikko (Claude) and Durin (Peanut) from their mommy, Shweta Verleker.

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