We are still in the dog days of summer but by next month the temperatures should be better. We still have a large group of really nice dogs and any large dog we have had more than three months have only a $20 adoption fee. We also have lots of small dogs needing homes as well.
Some of the dogs we have, it is hard to believe, were not claimed. We now include chips in our adoption fee along with the spay or neuter and all shots. Come have a look and give them some love.
We have something on the horizon that we are very excited about. Peter and Ginger Beesley have contacted the Animal Defense League of Arizona on our behalf and we are starting a TNR or Trap and Release program for feral cats in our area. They want us to come to the valley for some training, they will loan us the traps and they will be taken 10 at a time, to an east valley veterinarian to be altered and then released back into their old environment. This is the best way to slow down and eventually reduce the number of feral cats in our community. We realize this is a huge problem but we feel this will in time solve it. Of course this is not a free service from the veterinarian but a very discounted one.
So, we are asking you our community, to help us pay for this program in order to get it started and keep it going for as long as it takes. It is a humane program and though it will take some time, eventually it will solve our overpopulation problem.
If you feel you can help us with a monthly or any kind of donation, please mail it to High Desert Humane Society, P.O. Box 383, Claypool. AZ 85532 and designate that is for our TNA Program. Of course it is tax deductible and you will be helping with something we have been wanting to do for a long time. Won’t you please help.
Cheryl Brazell
Volunteer
