I wanted to be sure that this is communicated to all of our wonderful partners, donors and volunteers. A-PAL understands that these accomplishments are the results of a group effort and would not have been possible without our many animal loving partners.
Nationally, the average animal shelter kills about 80% of the animals that are taken in and in the 1980's our shelter was no different. Our shelter has gone from 80% to 25% with a goal of zero adoptable pets killed. Below are the statistics from the individual programs. Prior to these programs each of these precious, unique lives would have ended at our shelter.
1999 thru 2007 - 4746 kittens saved by the "Save the Kittens" program
2002-2007 - 478 "barn cats" -those deemed "unadoptable" saved
2002-2007 - 98 pit bull dogs altered for free
2002-2007 - 1027 feral cats altered for free
2002-2007 - 120 dogs treated for heartworm
2006-2007 - 419 dogs and cats altered for free for low-income customers
In 2007 - 23 dogs were adopted through outreach
Thank you so much for being our partner!
Susan Manning A-PAL President