West Wildlife Rehab Stinkerbell Benefit Contest
Stinkerbell needs your help! Donate below and submit your best pet photo! All proceeds (excluding fees taken by payment processors) will go directly to West Wildlife Rehab to pay for Stinkerbell’s procedure. Any remaining funds will stay with West Wildlife Rehab to use as needed.
Please read the following, then submit your donation and entry the bottom of this page! Donations must be submitted through the link on this page so I can match them with photo entries!
Stinkerbell
(some info on Stinkerbell from West Wildlife Rehab)
Stinkerbell is one of the skunks we rescued from the Ashtabula fur farm in January 2025. In March of that year, WEST rehabber Salena obtained her education permit and welcomed Stinkerbell as an official education ambassador. Salena has poured her heart into earning Stinkerbell’s trust while giving her a wonderful, cage-free life — and Stinkerbell repays her by charming everyone she meets at education events.
Last week, Salena noticed a growth on Stinkerbell’s gums. Given that her teeth were already in poor condition — something we've seen in nearly all of our fur farm animals, a result of a poor diet and chewing on the wire boxes to which they were confined — we reached out to Kings Veterinary Hospital, who graciously agreed to see her.
Stinkerbell had her dental surgery today. It was a big one, but we’re so relieved her issues were caught and treated before they could escalate into something more serious.
We are committed to giving Stinkerbell and Cordelia (Verdi’s fur farm ambassador) the best possible lives — for the rest of their lives. We're hoping all of you can help cover the cost of today's surgery.
West Wildlife Rehab
West Wildlife Rehab is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization near Cincinnati, Ohio. They provide both rehabilitative care to injured and orphaned wildlife and public education on wildlife. They are a great resource for Ohio citizens and animals.
Visit their website and Facebook page to learn more:
https://www.facebook.com/westwildliferehab
The Contest
For your $10 donation, you can enter to win! The prize is a custom 5”x7” head and shoulders, one-animal portrait on a simple white background!
The winner will be chosen based on the best reference photo and will be announced on Thursday June 4, 2026 on www.Facebook.com/KatiesPencil and www.Instagram.com/KatiesPencil. The winner will also be contacted via email. The winner's artwork will be completed by July 30, 2026 and shipped, free of charge to anywhere in the US. Katie’s Pencil Fine Art owns all rights to the artwork created and may share the artwork on this website and Katie’s pencil’s social media accounts. The artwork may also be shared by West Wildlife Rehab.
How To Enter
Submit only ONE ANIMAL PER $10 donation, please. (You may send multiple photos of a single animal for each $10 donation.)
To increase your chances of being chosen as the winner, please submit a high-quality photo using the following photo-taking tips:
Get eye-level with the animal and close enough to see details.
Use natural lighting. Outdoor in in-direct sunlight is best. Indoors near a window will work as well.
Do not use flash.
Check that there are no dark shadows hiding the animal’s features or fur pattern.
Take many photos so that you have several to choose from.
Make it fun so that you can catch the animal’s personality in the photo.
NO professionally taken photos please.
For your photo(s) to be entered into the contest, please submit your photo(s) AND $10 donation by 11:59pm on May 28, 2026.
Click “Donate Here!” below to submit your donation, then email your photo(s) by clicking the “Email Your Photos” button below. (If the email link is not working for you, please email directly to katiespencil@gmail.com.)
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN YOUR EMAIL:
your full name
animal’s name
animal’s photo(s)
and feel free to include any information about your animal that you would like to share. I love a story to go with the animal’s photos!
PLEASE email KatiesPencil@gmail.com with any questions!
Good luck!