We got some great pictures from the Seattle Animal Shelter Santa Claws event last weekend.  (Thanks Christy!)  This was a chance for animals and their owners to have their photos taken with Santa.

The event raised $2,397 for the shelter’s Help the Animals Fund.  The fund provides veterinary care, toys blankets and beds to the animals at the shelter.

If you did not make it to the event but would like to donate to the Help the Animals fund, visit their website at www.seattleanimalshelter.org, then choose the “donate” link on the left.

The good looking dog in the picture above is looking for a new home and is available for adoption at the shelter.

What could be cuter than a picture of your pet on Santa’s lap?  “Santa Claws” will be at the Seattle Animal Shelter in Interbay on Sunday, Dec. 7 from noon to 4 p.m., to pose for holiday photos with pets and their owners. With a suggested $25 donation to the shelter’s “Help the Animals Fund,” each pet owner will receive print and digital photos.

“Many of the orphaned animals arriving at the shelter are sick, injured, malnourished or abused,” says Seattle Animal Shelter Executive Director Don Jordan. “Seattle’s ‘Help the Animals Fund’ gives these animals a second chance by paying for veterinary care through our Foster Care Program. This event is the perfect way to help Seattle’s orphaned animals during the holiday season and receive a holiday keepsake of your pet.”

Photos will be taken in the shelter’s upper floor conference room accessible from 15th Avenue West. The shelter is located at 2061 – 15th Ave. W., approximately one mile south of the Ballard Bridge. Pets and their owners should enter the building on the 15th Avenue side, not from the parking lot. All dogs should be on leashes and cats and other furry critters should be in carriers.