PA PETS - Prevent Excess Through Spay/Neuter

OUR MISSION:

Our mission for both PA PETS programs is simple:  To spay and neuter cats and dogs until such time as there are no more homeless or unwanted animals.  It's the most humane and effective solution to our region's animal overpopulation problem and our overcrowded shelters and rescues.

OUR ORGANIZATION:

PA PETS, Inc. was stablished in 1983 and approved as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1987.  Our organization features two programs to provide financial and logistical support to residents to spay/neuter their owned/pet animals as well as outside, homeless cats in their neighborhoods and on their farms.  

OUR TWO PROGRAMS:
PA PETS' Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Program provides financial and logistical support to limited income individuals and families (with household incomes up to $40,000/year) residing in our service area (Columbia and Montour Counties) to spay/neuter their pet dogs and cats.  When applicants to this program are approved, PA PETS pays for the spay/neuter surgery itself at our participating veterinary clinics, and the client is responsible for the non-surgical costs (pre-surgical exam, labs, post-op medications, vaccinations, micro-chip, etc.).  

PA PETS' TNR (Trap - Neuter - Return) (Feral) Program was launched in 2012 to provide support to spay/neuter and vaccinate outside, homeless cats throughout North-Central Pennsylvania (The Susquehanna Valley).  This program has no limitation regarding residency in a specific county nor household income limitation, and currently we are supporting TNR Program clients in 10 counties.  In addition to financial support, PA PETS loans "Live Traps" (box traps) to our TNR Program clients to avoid having to purchase traps.  Our volunteers also train the clients how to use the traps, how to transport the cats, and how to recuperate them safely after surgery.

Since 1987, we have spayed / neutered and vaccinated 44,484 dogs and cats, including 10,154 outside, homeless cats that have been spayed/neutered since our TNR Program was established in 2012.

Applications for assistance from BOTH of our PA PETS Programs are found on our PA PETS Website (https://pennsylvaniapets.org) and can be printed, completed and mailed to, or dropped off at our PA PETS Thrift Store at 203 E. Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.  The store has a mail slot to drop off completed applications and co-payments after hours.  When the applications for each program are reviewed and approved, PA PETS Volunteers contact the approved clients to coordinate the vet care services.

OUR REVENUES:
PA PETS organization is 100% volunteer supported.  We have no paid employees, directors or board members.  We do not receive governmental funds.  Our operating funds include:

1.  Proceeds from the PA PETS Thrift Store, located at 203 E. Fifth Street in Bloomsburg, PA.

2.  Individual donations to each of our 2 programs.

3.  Fund-raising activities and events throughout the year.

4.  Client co-payments, accompanying their applications to both programs.  

5.  Grant support.

OUR COLLABORATIONS:

PA PETS utilizes the PSPCA's low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Danville along with Animal Care Center and Caring Hands Animal Hospital (formerly Leighow Veterinary Hospital) both in Danville, and Nonsense Neutering (in Plains, PA) to perform the spay/neuter surgeries and vaccinations for both of our two programs.

Last fall, the PA PETS TNR Program began an incredibly successful collaboration with Friends and Ferals, a newly formed 501(c)3 non-profit organization, composed of volunteers committed to helping area residents to spay/neuter and vaccinate outside, homeless cats.  These volunteers work with PA PETS to provide trapping assistance and transportation for clients with large colonies of homeless cats, or clients needing extra help due to physical limitations.  Once these clients are approved by PA PETS, our TNR Program volunteers work together with the Friends and Ferals volunteers to assure that the clients receive the help they may need for successful TNR'ing.