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.
 
We can also be found within Google Groups at http://groups.google.com/group/pittsburgh-rat-lovers-club. Here you can use your Google Account to log into and participate in our active message boards. All you need is a verified Google account to apply for membership.

For additional info on how to become a member please read out member guidelines.

Have a Question, Surrender or Rescue?

We are pleased to be a part of this years 2018 Giving Tree put together by The Travelin' Rat Organization which will benefit  The Pittsburgh Rat Lovers Club & Rescue Rescue/Rat Nation Rats .We currently have 107 Rescue Rats & 1 Rescue Hamster at Rat Nation Shelter/PRLC here in Pittsburgh.

THE PRLC 2019 RAT CALENDAR

Thank you for all the photos submissions, we had a lot this year!

The calendar is $8 if picked up in person or $16 if mailed. Calendars will be available beginning of December.

Calendar pre-order.

We will order a limited amount of calendars, so to be sure to have one: Reserve your calendar until the 5^th of December, it helps us know how much to order.  However, we will probably have enough copies printed that they will be available even if you miss the reserve date, so don’t hesitate to order copies later than that, even into the first months of 2019.

To do so please send an email to Lindsay Pulman (pulman2@comcast.net) to let her know:

-       Email subject should be : Calendar Reservation 2019

-       how many calendars you reserved

-       how you paid for it (paypal, send a check or pay in person when picked up)

-       how you want it (pick it up or mailed)

-       and your name (and address if mailed)

How to pay

You may pay for the calendars in person if you wish to pick them up at:

- Lisa's house in Upper St. Clair (contact her at rdunsey@msn.com )

- Kelly's house in Mt. Washington. (contact her at kcyann@aol.com)

- The Walmart in Cranberry TWP, Route 19 North (contact Lindsay at pulman2@comcast.net  to schedule a meet up)

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.

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.