Priest River Animal Rescue & Critters Thrift Store - Priest River, Idaho

Laurie Hohisel

We had a good experience here. The staff was very friendly and answered questions about a couple of kittens. I wanted to make sure the kittens picked us too. We spent almost 2 hours at the shelter trying to decide which cats would be a good fit. It does smell a bit but there are a lot of animals there. The areas were clean and the cats/kittens were sweet. I was overwhelmed and wanted to give all of them a great home. We did take two kittens from different areas.
We’ve had them about 3 weeks now. They appreciate us giving them a cozy home. So glad the kittens get along and sleep together and wrestle. We’re glad that they can keep each other company when we go for walks or errands. They’re entertaining! We love our new pets and they love us back. Lots of cuddles. We renamed them, Chicken is named Taz (he isn’t Chicken at all) and Forest is named Simba. Hope you consider adopting from this shelter if you would like a new roommate or two.
Yes, they have their own drink cup in the sofa arm rest. Spoiled!
They love it and use it constantly.

Madi Bradbury

I love this shelter! The staff is so kind and you can tell they truly care about the animals and finding them their forever homes. We adopted the sweetest little cat and I’m so happy to know she had great care before we found her.

Holly Henry

I love to donate to this rescue center. The volunteers are great and the furry tenants are well taken care of. I never go there to look at the items for sale that I don't find something I need. No need to take any discount, in fact, always round up to leave more of a donation.

Brenda Warner

I am very impressed and comforted knowing that any pet that goes through Priest River animal rescue gets top notch compassionate care. Please adopt your forever friend here, you will be happy and loved. I have fostered 2 kitten litters for them and they provide very positive support for fosters and the animals they care about.

Jessica Davenport

So friendly and helpful! We used the PetFinder app to find our cat, Binx. We live in Spokane and we pre-adopted over the phone and drove to Priest River Animal Rescue in Idaho. Easy drive, only about an hour. They have a great staff and they take care of their animals. Go check it out!

go crazy

I absolutely fell in love with a kitten here (to the point I cried when I made eye contact with her, that kind of instant connection), and have been planning on getting a cat & talking with my partner about it for months now. I met all their requirements, did the entire adoption process, and then was turned down at the last moment by the volunteer for not being a good fit because… I have a dog. And apparently seemed like the type to “return the kitten when she’s not cute anymore.”
On top of this all, the volunteer was incredibly rude and patronizing, and when she saw I was visibly sad & disappointed because I was denied, said that I could just come to the shelter to pet kittens and “get my fix” like everyone else does. Because OBVIOUSLY I was just sad over not getting a cute kitten !!! (sarcasm). She talked down to me our entire exchange, and treated me like a child, despite being a 21 year old adult who has previously owned and currently has a cat. Including warning me about the fact that cats live up to and over 15 years.
Don’t go here. They’ll treat you like a toddler and then shoot you down anyways.

panicfanatd

Unsanitary, smelled badly of feces, more so than what you should expect at a shelter. All of the cats are housed very closely together, which is good to know the cats do well with other cats, but seems to breed a nervous atmosphere with the cats being more skittish than to be expected. Unprofessional, seems only one lady (Brook I believe) knows anything about the animals.
We had our heart set on a cat but couldn't pick her up til the next day, we were an hour drive away, we got there as soon as open and someone called right before we walked in to let us know she was adopted, which would have been helpful to know the night before when she was adopted!
They do not allow any sort of hold even if it is the same day, which is ridiculous, yet they have signs that say "not for adoption," so some animals are on hold but we weren't allowed one? Definitely do not recommend this shelter.

Jessica Mullins

Your not a rescue thought like you claim to be. You don't have rescue services like it states under your name. It's false. A rescue rescues animals not turn them away.

This is not a rescue it's barley a shelter. A animal rescue as they claim to be by their name will assist in rescuing any animal and they dont.They were rude and very unhelpful. Refused to help with the rescue I have. Was told they don't help feral cats to be told but another gal that they have had them in before but couldn't tell that they were feral it took a couple days to find out.