Stories from the shelter intervention/prevention program

Romeo is homeless and relies on our shelter intervention /prevention program to feed his dog Snoopy. There are many families who start off in desperate situations with their pets, thinking they have no choice but to surrender their pet to a shelter.  Many get through the crisis and they need monthly pet food and other supplies. Thanks to a generous donation from The Urban Pet we were able to distribute dog food last week.

We meet families who are transitioning out of homelessness and are living in a motels.  There are many motels that are very low cost and Pups saved through SIPcharge by the week, allowing pets.  When Roscoe was diagnosed with parvo, despite being close to two years old, his family barely had enough money to pay their weekly motel fees. Taking him to a vet was not a possibility. With no money and no transportation DDR was the only place for his family to turn to.  Another one of our special families, who also lives in the motel, gave Roscoe’s family a ride to the vet where Roscoe was treated.

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In partnership with The Rescue Train, we have expand our program to serve the East Valley Shelter.  Here is a story from last week.  Look at the smiles on this mom and son’s faces, THEY FOUND THEIR BIRD! They went to the East Valley Shelter looking for their bird, they found him, but they didn’t have the $17 to redeem him. DDR paid the fees so their bird could go back home.

Downtown Dog Rescue now oversees two shelter intervention/prevention programs at South LA Shelter made possible by Found Animals Foundation and East Valley in our partnership with the Rescue Train.  We appreciate LA Animal Services for trusting us to run this program and for all the support we receive from LAAS staff and volunteers. Over 5000 pets have been prevented from entering a shelter since we started in April of 2013.  We believe that every person deserves a second chance, an opportunity to learn and have options to make informed decisions.  By giving pet owners options, we will continue to see less animals surrendered to shelters.

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2017-05-24T08:44:06+00:00
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