ASPCA PartnershipSince the Austin trip BTS and all the Community Partners have been busy working to fulfill our 2012 mission.
Monthly meetings are held with all Partners and our ASPCA Liaison to make sure we are all on track and check in on how much progress is being made toward our mission. BTS was awarded several grants this year from the ASPCA to assist in completing our Community Partnership goals. Since BTS set a goal in Austin of completing 2,000 vouchers in 2012, the ASPCA awarded a grant to fund the additional 1,300 targeted Leon County spay and neuter vouchers that exceed the 700 vouchers that BTS currently completes. These vouchers include a $5 rabies voucher (if needed) and are targeted to high risk shelter intake areas and low income pet owners in Leon County. BTS iw working hard to distribute these vouchers by adding a third voucher day at the BTS storefront and going out into the community several days a month to distribute vouchers. BTS was also awarded an IMARK tag engraving machine as part of the ID me campaign to help increase the number of animals being returned to their owners. This amazing machine can engrave tags for pet owners with pet's name and owner's information, in hope that they will be returned to their owners before being takien to the shelter. The machine was used at this year's Top Dog-vs-City Kitty event to put tags on almost 100 animals and is being used at Animal Aid and the Shelter at Tag Your Pet Days. Also awarded to BTS was a grant to fund a veterinary engagement dinner. The dinner will take place in August 2012 and will bring all our local veterinarians together to learn more about early spay and neuter and the importance iof spay and neuter to reduce overpopulation. BTS hopes this dinner will help engage all our local vets on this important message and maybe add a few more participating vets to our program. 2012 is going to be a busy year for BTS and the rest of the Community Partners, but we are all so excited about increasing the live release rate at the shelter. We are so thankful Tallahassee was chosen as an ASPCA Community Partner and would not be able to complete all these things without the help, knowledge and support of the ASPCA. Partners back from Austin
The Tallahassee Community Partners traveled to Austin, Texas to develop a plan to increase the live release rate from the current 50% to 62.5% in 2012.
The three objectives to reach this goal: 1) Increase live outcome at shelter by 16% 2) Decrease intake at shelter by 3% or 300 animals 3) Increase spay and neuter by 175% with 1,200 additional animals fixed. |
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