TAILS OF HOPE

SERVING THE SHENANGO VALLEY, MERCER COUNTY, AND OVER 30 COUNTIES ACROSS WESTERN PA & EASTERN OH.

AMOUNT DONATED: $8,354.30

Tails of Hope (TOH) is the first and only non-profit Spay/Neuter clinic in Mercer County, PA. TOH has proven to positively impact animals, families, rescues, shelters, and the community by:

•Addressing the Root Cause of pet overpopulation and the inherent, unnecessary suffering that comes with it.
•Reducing the long-term burden on already overcrowded rescues/shelters.
•Allowing pets to live longer, healthier lives.
•Reducing the likelihood that pets roam, run away, or get lost, which can lead to harm or entry to shelters.
•Reducing the inclination of pets to be aggressive, reducing harm, abandonment, abuse, neglect, and surrender.
•Reducing or eliminating unwanted behaviors that can lead to abandonment, neglect, abuse, or surrender.
•Increasing the health and happiness of pets, families, people, and homeless cats in our community.
•Increasing cost-savings for rescues/shelters.

MAKE A GIFT

Giving Week Progress:

FUNDRAISING GOAL: $20,000

Programs Supported by Your Donations

SPAY & NEUTER ANGEL PROGRAM (SNAP) ensures that essential veterinary care services of Spay/Neuter, rabies vaccination, and other services are made reasonably available to household pets in our area. A sliding scale fee based on household size and income is offered to qualified participants. A Military discount is also available.

TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) Program provides a critical veterinary package to community (homeless) feral cats who have no home and no potential for a home. TNR is the most humane and effective approach to improve the lives of feral cats, improve their relationships with the people who live near them, decrease the size of colonies over time, and prevent cats from entering shelters in the first place.

PAWSITIVE PATHWAYS TO VETERINARY CAREEERS Program builds pathways into high-demand local careers by reducing barriers to education, providing scholarship opportunities, and making hands-on opportunities available. The goal is to expand this program to more high schools and to add an adult training program.

GENERAL DONATIONS are required to keep our doors open, purchase medical equipment/supplies, continue & grow Tails of Hope operations, acquire and retain high-quality staff, and continue vital services for our city shelters, local rescue groups, and individuals in our community who depend on our low-cost or no-cost programs.

Needs that Cannot beMet without Your Help

Shelters are full. Rescues are full. Veterinary offices are full. Veterinary care is unaffordable. Avoidable and expensive diseases and medical conditions are not being prevented. Veterinary staffing shortage continues. These situations are all symptoms exacerbated by lack of funding at the Root Causes. Despite being the wisest investment at the Root Causes for the need of all animal organizations, and the only resource in our area that benefits all other animal organizations, most resources are distributed to animal groups who predominantly focus on physical animal possession and the costly symptoms of the problems after they already exist, rather than the much more cost-effective solution of prevention through a Spay/Neuter clinic like Tails of Hope.