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Introduction

The goal of the Pittsburgh Rat Lovers Club and Rescue is to promote the well being of rats through education, rescue, and adoption.

We are based out of Western Pennsylvania, but have members around the globe. We have two websites that we use to help spread information. This is our official website that contains a lot of great educational resources including the group's informational handout.

You can also find additional links to some great educational sites, suppliers, and fun activities.

The calendars
are only $8.00 if picked up at Lisa’s house or Kelly’s house or at the
Walmart in Cranberry TWP.

If you wish to have the calendar(s) mailed to you, please
email your name, address, and number of calendars you wish to purchase to
Lindsay (contact her at pulman2@comcast.net).The calendars will cost $16.00 per calendar,
if mailed, to cover postage, envelope(s) and handling.

You may then either pay through our Paypal link which is located at the bottom
right hand corner of our PRLC home page, www.pittsburghratloversclub.org,
(paypal address rdunsey@msn.com ) or you can also mail a check or money
order to Lindsay.

Investigating animal abuse

If you see abuse in a pet store or other site, do not react at all, just walk right past the offending cage or tank. Stroll around, pick up some inexpensive pet supplies for fish, or for some other unrelated species. Spend a few minutes looking at the fish or some other species. Keep an eye on the store employees, and when they are busy elsewhere in the store, stroll back to the tank or cage and quickly take some photos of the animals and cage or tank with your cell phone.

Be observant and remember how many cages or tanks, the approximate size, about how many animals in each, what the issues are (filthy conditions, too many animals in the tank or cage, injured, sick or dead animals in the tank or cage, no water or food readily available ….

Then, casually stroll back to the check out counter and purchase the small items you picked up, as a cover. Do not react, nor say anything to anybody.

Then, alert us immediately. Send the photos, and all the details that you observed, and we will get the humane officers on the case immediately.

SENDAI VIRUS WARNING ALERT

Since last posting our warning about the Sendai virus being confirmed everywhere in the US we have been in contact with people who recently informed us of illness in their rats that are showing all the clinical symptoms of Sendai.

Click Here to have more information about the sendai virus (symptoms, quarantine, advice...)

Partners

Rat Attack TeamDesigner cage accessories/hammocks for small animals. More here.

RAT NATION OF PITTSBURGH:

A rat rescue in Pgh, Pa working also with PRLC that takes in unadoptable rats for perm. sanctuary and rehomes adoptable rats. Like us on Facebook!