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ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS BAND TOGETHER TO HELP TAMPA AREA SHELTERS IN CRISIS
(Vero Beach, Florida) – Four Florida animal welfare organizations have joined forces to help two Tampa-area Florida animal shelters in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has forced both The Humane Society of Tampa Bay and Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center to temporarily suspend nonemergency veterinary services such as spay/neuter surgeries. Currently, area rescue organizations have more than 150 kittens that need to be spayed/neutered in order to become adoptable. Participating animal welfare organizations are traveling to Tampa to provide much-needed veterinary staff, services and supplies for a 2-day spay/neuter clinic on July 7 and 8.
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando will be supplying a Mobile Surgery Unit, surgical supplies, and vaccines; the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County will be providing a veterinary surgical team, as well as their Mobile Adoption Trailer for a climate-controlled recovery space for the kittens;
Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County will supply a surgical team; and Operation CatSnip will provide a day of surgeries at their veterinary clinic.
“Our goal is to spay/neuter at least 150 kittens during the 2-day clinic, says Kate Meghji, Humane Society’s Executive Director. “I am happy that we have the opportunity to give relief to our fellow Florida shelters and these kittens will have the opportunity to find their forever homes,” states Meghji.
“I love that so many Florida animal welfare agencies immediately stepped up and said ‘yes’ to helping,” says Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County Executive Director Karen Slomba, “We are so much more impactful when we work together to find creative solutions to save lives in our communities.”
Stephen Bardy, the Executive Director of Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando notes that he was moved to participate at such a generous level to support the Tampa-area animal welfare organizations, “By combining resources, we were able to help without overburdening any one shelter. It is always good to be a piece of the puzzle to solve a challenge.”
The Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County is a non-profit independently operated animal shelter located at 6230 77th St., Vero Beach, Florida. HSVB is dedicated to saving the lives of the most vulnerable animals in Indian River County and keeping pets with their families. For more information please visit www.hsvb.org or call 772.388.3331.
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(Vero Beach, Florida) – Four Florida animal welfare organizations have joined forces to help two Tampa-area Florida animal shelters in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has forced both The Humane Society of Tampa Bay and Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center to temporarily suspend nonemergency veterinary services such as spay/neuter surgeries. Currently, area rescue organizations have more than 150 kittens that need to be spayed/neutered in order to become adoptable. Participating animal welfare organizations are traveling to Tampa to provide much-needed veterinary staff, services and supplies for a 2-day spay/neuter clinic on July 7 and 8.
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando will be supplying a Mobile Surgery Unit, surgical supplies, and vaccines; the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County will be providing a veterinary surgical team, as well as their Mobile Adoption Trailer for a climate-controlled recovery space for the kittens;
Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County will supply a surgical team; and Operation CatSnip will provide a day of surgeries at their veterinary clinic.
“Our goal is to spay/neuter at least 150 kittens during the 2-day clinic, says Kate Meghji, Humane Society’s Executive Director. “I am happy that we have the opportunity to give relief to our fellow Florida shelters and these kittens will have the opportunity to find their forever homes,” states Meghji.
“I love that so many Florida animal welfare agencies immediately stepped up and said ‘yes’ to helping,” says Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County Executive Director Karen Slomba, “We are so much more impactful when we work together to find creative solutions to save lives in our communities.”
Stephen Bardy, the Executive Director of Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando notes that he was moved to participate at such a generous level to support the Tampa-area animal welfare organizations, “By combining resources, we were able to help without overburdening any one shelter. It is always good to be a piece of the puzzle to solve a challenge.”
The Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County is a non-profit independently operated animal shelter located at 6230 77th St., Vero Beach, Florida. HSVB is dedicated to saving the lives of the most vulnerable animals in Indian River County and keeping pets with their families. For more information please visit www.hsvb.org or call 772.388.3331.
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