We often remind people that we are not affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States and do not receive funding from them. We do not do this to discredit the HSUS in ANY way, shape or form. We simply want to be certain that you understand there is a difference and not to assume that a donation to the HSUS reaches us. The Humane Society of the United States does wonderful things for animals all around the world and we fully support their efforts. We get asked when having this conversation what exactly they do if they dont provide regular funding for local shelters. Well, its a lot and they do many things that we cannot. We want to take just a minute to share with you this link to find out what they do on a global scale. Its some pretty cool stuff and definitely worth a donation. humanesociety.org/work/?credit=web_id93480558. Like we said, a worthy cause. The Humane Society of Eastern Carolina (thats us!) is a private facility that houses over 600 homeless animals a year and finds them homes through adoption. We are a limited admissions shelter, which means that if we dont have space, we dont pull anymore animals until space becomes available. This enables us to be a no-kill facility. Most shelters that euthanize, sadly have no other option as they are Open Admission and have to take every animal that comes to them. This leaves them no space and not many options. We house 15-18 dogs and 20-25 cats at any given time averaging about 50 adoptions a month. This far exceeds our five year average of 350 and we plan to keep up the pace and continue to grow! We cannot do that, however, without the support of our donors, volunteers and supporters. This is why donating on a local level is important. You are helping to save lives right here in your own community. Still, in 2014, over 1,700 were euthanized due to lack of space at our county shelter. We will continue to support their efforts in reducing euthanasia and we pull 70% of our animals from high-kill shelters (mostly the Pitt County Animal Shelter). Please help us by educating friends and family about the value of adopting from a local shelter and the importance of spaying and neutering your pets.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:15:12 +0000
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