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Last Hope, Inc. is an
approved 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Since its inception, LAST HOPE has
been saving dogs and cats on Long Island and it has grown from a handful
of concerned people to its current size of over 100 dedicated volunteers.
We now have two adoption centers, one for dogs and one for cats, and we
place over five hundred animals a year. We are attempting to control the
overpopulation problem on Long Island by spaying and neutering every cat,
kitten, dog or puppy that we place prior to adoption, offering a low-cost
spay/neuter program for feral cats and advocating for the mandatory
spay/neuter of all animals in the Island's municipal shelters.
From the beginning, LAST HOPE never denied assistance to ANY stray or
abandoned animal in need despite a three digit bank account balance at
times. We advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves and have
learned to change with the times and become proactive when needed. We hope
that we can continue our work into our twenty-sixth year and beyond so
that eventually every animal born on Long Island is wanted and able to be
placed into a loving and responsible home.
TIMELINE
1981 - Organization formed to rescue death-due pound animals
1982 - Established as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization
1987 - Becomes active in Feral Cat trapping
1991 - Linda Stuurman becomes President, establishes a Board of Directors
1992 - Begins to offer Low-Cost Pet Vaccination Clinics
1994 - Begins Pet Adoption Days
1996 - Begins 24 hr. showing of cats & kittens in two PETsMART locations
1997 - Begins work with PETCO stores, dog program begins to grow
tremendously
1999 - Opens Cat Adoption Center in Huntington and begins work with PetSavers Foundation
2000 - Eclipses 100 volunteers
2001 - Begins 24 hr. showing of cats & kittens at Pet Supplies Plus
2003 - Begins 24 hr. showing of cats & kittens at Petland Discount Stores
2003 -
Last Hope initiates the Fix-A-Feral Program...6,000 cats have been spayed since then.
2005 - Begins showing cats at PetSmart
Huntington
2005 - Opens Dog Adoption Center at Basic Pet Care Animal Hospital in
Lindenhurst, NY
2006 - LAST HOPE celebrates 25 years of rescue and rehabilitation efforts!
2007 - Has first FERAL
Spay/Neuter Clinic-March 11, 2007
2007 - Last Hope receives a grant from
PET PEEVES to underwrite the expenses of our low-cost pet vaccination
clinics and two free feral cat spay-neuter days for 2007-2008.
2007 -
413
Last Hope Cats and
74 Last Hope Dogs were adopted this year
2008 - Sponsors
THE LONG ISLAND PIT BULL PREDICAMENT conference.
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