ASPCA dedicates $900,000 to support brand-new spay/neuter center and animal transportation center to increase positive results for dogs and cats in the state
NEW YORK CITY, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) revealed $900,000 in grant financing to Oktibbeha County Humane Society (OCHS) in Starkville, Miss., to support the opening of the OCHS Animal Support Center by the ASPCA to increase positive results for animals in the state. The Animal Support Center will house the OCHS Snip and Spay Clinic, a fixed spay/neuter center for income-qualified family pet owners and shelter animals, and the VanLandingham Kennel Building, a center for the area’s shelter animals where they will be momentarily looked after prior to being carried to other shelters for adoption.
The Animal Support Center will enhance OCHS’s capability to look after animals in Starkville along with the surrounding neighborhoods with the objective of conserving more animals in their 17-county service location. Through the Animal Support Center’s premium, high-volume spay/neuter and moving efforts, the center will decrease undesirable litters within the neighborhood and reduce animals’ length of remain at shelters in the area.
“The OCHS Animal Support Center by the ASPCA will significantly boost the lifesaving services OCHS already offers to animals in the area, consisting of increased access to spay/neuter surgical treatment and more regular animal transportations to help more animals discover caring houses and save crucial shelter space for other animals in requirement,” said Matt Bershadker, ASPCA president and CEO. “This collective effort directs our combined resources and capabilities towards susceptible animals who most require our help.”
The opening of the Animal Support Center, anticipated to be functional in fall 2023, will almost double the variety of animals OCHS has the ability to carry each year from 1,800 to 3,500. In addition to OCHS’s existing mobile center, the Animal Support Center will triple spay/neuter capability from 2,900 to 8,800 surgical treatments each year.
“We are grateful for the financial investment that the ASPCA is making in our organization and neighborhood,” said Michele Anderson, Executive Director, Oktibbeha County Humane Society. “Through our enduring collaboration, we have actually seen the substantial effect our efforts have actually made in North Central Mississippi. We think these next actions will change the instructions of domestic animal well-being in our area, resulting in more lives saved.”
Over the last 8 years, the ASPCA and OCHS have actually interacted to enhance the lives of shelter animals in the Starkville location and surrounding neighborhoods. OCHS is a partner shelter in the ASPCA Animal Relocation Program, a program that deals with overcrowded shelters in under-resourced locations of the nation to transfer their animals to other shelters where those animals have higher possibilities of being embraced into caring houses. Since 2016, OCHS has actually partnered with the ASPCA to move over 14,500 animals from OCHS to shelters with more opportunities for adoption.
For more info on the ASPCA’s efforts to help shelter animals, please check out www.aspca.org.
About the ASPCA®
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the very first animal well-being organization in North America and functions as the country’s prominent voice for animals. More than 2 million fans strong, the ASPCA’s objective is to offer reliable ways for the avoidance of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a nationwide leader in the locations of anti-cruelty, neighborhood outreach, and animal health services. For more info, please check out www.ASPCA.org, and make certain to follow the ASPCA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About OCHS
Founded on the belief that the neighborhood has the duty to treat animals humanely, OCHS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The objective of OCHS is to promote domestic animal well-being and the organization looks for to meet this objective by supplying gentle education; promoting animal well-being legislation; promoting and helping with pet sanitation; and saving, safeguarding, and promoting adoption of abandoned animals. For more info, please check out www.ochsms.org.
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