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We Need Your Help To Save Our Shelter

Our closure is near without more funding

Dear Friends, we want you to know that we are facing our

We provide food for dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. There is

greatest ﬁ nancial challenge in years and we are in critical need

no one-food-feeds-all product available and the nutritional

of your donations. If we are not able to increase donations now,

health of our animals is very important. Some of our animals

we will be looking at closure in the coming New Year. This takes

require a special diet, so we must also provide the food they

need for optimal health.

on an even greater importance since we

are the only no-kill shelter in Galveston

A portion of our monthly

County and only one of a handful in the

expenses goes to vaccinations

greater Houston area.

and medications. All of our

animals are vaccinated upon

Many non-proﬁ t, charitable organizations

intake, and annually thereafter.

have been hit hard by the economy and

the reduction in donations; we are no

Our animals receive monthly

ﬂ ea prevention and heartworm

exception. Our donations have rarely

Tucker

prevention. If you have a pet

covered expenses. Recovering from

hurricane Ike and escalating prices has used up what little extra

you know how much monthly

we had to help us through the hard times. We have cut back on

heartworm and ﬂ ea prevention

everything we can without compromising care for the animals in

costs, now multiply that by the

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our shelter.

number of animals we have

at our shelter and you will see how much that runs a month,

We exist solely on

every month.

donations. We do not

receive funds from any

Every animal here is spayed or neutered and micro-chipped

municipal-government

before adoption. If you ask your vet what that runs they will

entity or from any national

probably quote you a minimum of $200. During any given

or local animal group.

month we may also have miscellaneous medical expenses for

Niles & Roman

heartworm treatment, respiratory infections, blood work, dental

Many people wonder what it takes to run a shelter; it takes

work, and skin issues. We have successfully treated two dogs

constant care, love, and money. Our monthly expenses are just

in the last two months for heartworms and we were also able

over $10,000, a great reduction from years past. This may seem

to save the sight of two young kittens by treating their severe

like a huge sum to you, but consider the costs that are covered

with this money.

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