Jul 02, 2024
Within the wake of Austin Animal Heart (AAC) closing consumption through the busiest sheltering week of the yr, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is looking on the neighborhood to undertake or foster a pet earlier than July 4.
“It’s an immensely onerous time for shelter animals and the folks caring for them in Austin proper now, particularly for medium to giant canines,” mentioned APA! president and CEO Dr. Ellen Jefferson. “We want we may absorb much more animals from AAC, however our City Lake location can be full to the brim, and we’re calling on the neighborhood to undertake or foster a shelter pet this week earlier than the July 4th vacation!”
APA! is engaged on long-term options to repair the house disaster in our metropolis for good, however as these plans are in course of, the nonprofit is imploring our neighborhood members to return to APA! or AAC at the moment to assist forestall a fair greater animal sheltering disaster from unfolding over a weekend recognized for misplaced canines getting into the shelter system in report numbers.
“There are tons of of lovable canines (and cats) at each APA! and AAC who may be instantly positioned into properties,” Jefferson mentioned. “Individuals may not understand this as a result of we assist animals all through Texas, however the majority of the canines at our shelter at the moment got here from AAC. Extra pets leaving APA!’s City Lake location will enable us house to assist AAC much more after July 4th.”
APA! is providing a 50% low cost on all adoptions by way of July third, and all adoption charges at AAC are waived utterly.
Throughout the nation Austinites have a fame for his or her dedication to protecting Austin the most secure metropolis in America for shelter pets. Jefferson is asking the neighborhood to rally collectively now like they have been recognized to do time and time once more.
“Austin has rallied collectively by way of numerous crises. Group members are straight chargeable for serving to to make Austin the biggest No Kill neighborhood within the nation, have created strains round our constructing and down the street when our facility was flooding, got here in droves to assist our Hurricane Harvey Activation, jumped in when the entire world was turned the other way up as a result of pandemic,” she mentioned. “Let’s preserve it going, Austin, and guarantee canines and cats get the love and houses they deserve.
Along with fostering or adopting now, listed below are some extra methods neighborhood members may also help:
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If you happen to discover a misplaced pet, stroll across the neighborhood and ask your neighbors in the event that they acknowledge it. Most misplaced animals are solely inside a mile of their dwelling.
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Take the pet to the shelter, pet provide retailer, and even fireplace station, they’ll scan it for a microchip and get in touch with the pet’s proprietor.
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If the pet doesn’t have a microchip, put up it on social media just like the Austin Misplaced and Discovered Fb group, Subsequent Door, and Instagram. For Misplaced or Discovered Animals in Travis County, please try the Austin Animal Heart information. It is rather useful to carry on to the animal for 2-3 days; it vastly will increase its probabilities of being reunited with its household.
You may as well be part of Austin Pets Alive!’s PASS Program Fb group to ask any questions and get neighborhood assist, similar to discovering different potential fosters who can take the canine in till the proprietor is discovered or a shelter is out there. You may as well discover extra data on-line on APA!’s PASS Program internet web page or the APA! PASS Pet Assets Information.
