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WE
THANK PET PEEVES, INC. FOR SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS!
 LAST
HOPE RECOGNIZES THAT THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES AND
THAT WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THOSE
PET OWNERS THAT HAVE FALLEN ON TOUGH TIMES TO KEEP
THEIR PETS IN THEIR HOME.
BECAUSE OF
PET PEEVES' GENEROSITY, LAST HOPE THIS
SPRING WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING:
For a limited number of cats and dogs, free spays
and neuters if you are on public assistance,
disability, unemployment, etc. You will be asked
to fill out an application for this service. These
applications will be processed on a first come,
first serve basis. Please click
here
for questionnaire to download and complete.
From April to June 2010, LAST HOPE will be
offering two free rabies and heartworm testing
clinics. Dates and locations to be announced.
Dogs, cats and even
horses are innocent victims of the economic
downturn too. Yet
Pet Peeves, Inc. “the voice of Long Island
animals” continues to speak up for them. For the
last eight years, Pet Peeves has been the
non-profit umbrella organization raising funds and
awareness for our local animal shelters and rescue
groups. Even though times are tough, because of
the generosity of Pet Peeves, the four-legged
future is looking somewhat brighter.
On March 3rd during “Unleashed” an annual gala at
Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, Pet
Peeves founder, Janine Dion, announced that
this year grants totaling $70,000 would support 13
area organizations that help LI’s abused,
neglected and homeless dogs, cats, horses and farm
animals. The Pet Peeves donations range from one
to ten thousand dollars with a current focus on
providing relief for local families that cannot
afford to care for their animals.
** Thanks to Pet Peeves, Last Hope Animal
Rescue, Inc. will be instituting a new two part
program to benefit owned pets. Phase 1 will
offer free spay/neuter for the dogs and cats of
people currently on unemployment, disability or
public assistance. Each participant may have up to
two pets altered. Applications, available on the
Last Hope website or by calling 631-425-1884, will
be processed on a first come, first serve basis.
Phase II will be two mobile clinics offering the
public free dog/cat rabies vaccines and free
heartworm tests. The first clinic will probably be
held outside the Last Hope Cat Adoption Center in
Huntington. Dates have not yet been decided. No
applications or appointments will be necessary for
these free clinics.
Since its beginning in 2002, Pet Peeves has
given more than $600,000 to animal organizations
for a variety of other worthwhile projects,
including pet therapy and humane education in the
schools. In past years Last Hope has received
specific monies to purchase new cat cages and more
kennels at the Adoption Centers as well as to
offer low cost vaccine clinics to the public.
Therefore, on behalf of all the furry benefactors,
past and present- “Pet Peeves, thank you!”
From "Pets,
Pets, Pets" by Joanne Anderson (POST 3/10/10) -
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