FROM THE ALABAMA ANIMAL CONTROL ASSOCIATION
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your recent grant of $10,000 to the Alabama Animal Control Association. Working in conjunction with the Alabama Humane Federation, this grant will be used to start a low-cost spay/neuter program in Alabama for low-income caregivers, and will incorporate the funding of numerous animal welfare foundations, corporate sponsors, city and county block grants and the participation of private vets.
The need for a program such as this is profound here in the South. Many counties in our state have no animal shelters and an extremely high rate of low-income people who cannot afford the cost of a spay or neuter for their pets. In these areas, animals are routinely dumped on county roads only to suffer and die slowly. As two state associations working together we can alleviate some of this suffering.
Sincerely,
Lynne Fridley, AACA Board Member
FROM SPAY/OKLAHOMA
Enclosed is a photo of our Spay-OK truck, the 1998 Dodge Diesel truck, still under warranty, that was purchased with the funding provided by Marian’s Dream last year. This truck has been a Godsend. It replaced a 1990 pickup that has, as of its last spay/neuter trip, 286,000 miles on its odometer. We could not close down our services yet it simply felt like we were reaching a point of compromising safety in the old truck, especially when transporting animals in weather that was either very hot or very cold.
The new truck, nicknamed Rose, has been used to pick up animals for transport to s/n clinics, to pull the mobile hospital that is now permanently located in Oklahoma and for transportation to meet with the local humane societies throughout eastern Oklahoma for planning the many programs that are now developing there. It is also used to bring the extra crates and supplies that are needed for all of our one-day, high volume clinics that are now held in private veterinary offices in conjunction with our programs. There is a lot happening here; transportation is a critical part of all of it and that was reaching a point of being compromised. Thank you for all you’ve done to make things happen here in Oklahoma!
Ruth Steinberger, Program Director
Donate specifically to help mobile clinics like this one.