In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 15 - 21), we've rounded up some of the best ways through which
animal care volunteers help build better veterinary clinics.
Not exact matches
Beth Caffrey, Head of the Public Relations team, has worked in the
animal welfare profession for over a decade, and she told us the Cat House on the Kings relies on its
volunteers to
help them
care for thousands of kittens, cats, and other
animals.
No matter if you
care about
helping homeless
animals, victims of domestic abuse, the environment, or all three —
volunteering puts you right in front of others who want to do some good for the world, too.
«I began as a
volunteer that came every Saturday and Sunday afternoon to
help with
animal care and adoptions.
Our pet advocate and pet
volunteers offer enrichment activities and coordinate vet
care for the
animals to
help make sure they are safe and healthy.
I was ultimately unable to
volunteer due to scheduling constraints, but I did use the experience to interview Donald Baxter, manager of
Animal Care and
Volunteers, to learn more about how one shelter is working to
help the pets and people affected by violence.
Our pet advocate and pet
volunteers offer enrichment activities and coordinate vet
care for the
animals to
help make sure they are happy and healthy.
Our adoption staff and
volunteer adoption counselors can
help you determine the status of an
animal, as well as answer any questions you might have about the
animal's temperament and
care requirements.
More than 100
volunteers from across the country, many from other shelters, are in Joplin
helping out - cleaning cages, providing veterinary
care and exercising the
animals.
The Captain
Care volunteers work to offer assistance for veterinary care, pet food, supplies, spay / neuter, identification tags, humane euthanasia (as an alternative to sending ailing, and / or elderly pets to an animal control agency where they are held and then put down), as well as assistance for low - income families who may need help with fines / fees for impounded p
Care volunteers work to offer assistance for veterinary
care, pet food, supplies, spay / neuter, identification tags, humane euthanasia (as an alternative to sending ailing, and / or elderly pets to an animal control agency where they are held and then put down), as well as assistance for low - income families who may need help with fines / fees for impounded p
care, pet food, supplies, spay / neuter, identification tags, humane euthanasia (as an alternative to sending ailing, and / or elderly pets to an
animal control agency where they are held and then put down), as well as assistance for low - income families who may need
help with fines / fees for impounded pets.
Each shelter has its own specific list of
volunteer opportunities, but many shelters have
volunteers walk dogs, provide cats with attention,
help care for the
animals, clean cages, and even staff community events.
Kat Kennedy, a spokeswoman for Orange County
Animal Services, said the agency has notified a
volunteer organization that
helps establish and
care for feral - cat colonies and is working to coordinate the various groups interested in resolving the situation.
But remember foster
care volunteers play a crucial part in
helping unwanted
animals get to permanent, loving homes they deserve.
The
animals are well
cared for with the
help of many dedicated
volunteers and staff.
The decision has raised howls of protest from supporters of the Seaside Heights
Animal Welfare Organization, whose
volunteers for the last four years have
helped feed and
care for the estimated 300 cats that roam this shore town.
«We need people to adopt these
animals,
volunteers to
help take
care of them, and supplies,» Lanius said.
Volunteering is a great way to
help the Department of
Animal Care & Control.
Dewey
Animals, Centreville: A small friendly
volunteer - run nonprofit that
helps rescue,
care for and find homes for cats.
The Friends depend on many
volunteers to
help care for the
animals that come through our doors each year.
Its selfless and
caring volunteers like Debby who have
helped build
Animal League America into the world's largest no - kill rescue and adoption organization.
One Tail at a Time is an all -
volunteer dog rescue that depends on individual
animal lovers to
care for and
help spread the word on our dogs in need.
An incredibly dedicated staff, generous
volunteers and donors ensure every
animal is given all the
care and resources available to
help them thrive in a new forever home.
Even if you can't adopt, you can still
help these guys — Fostering allows us to Rescue more
animals,
Volunteering allows us to hold more Adoption Events, Donating
helps us fund Events, Medical Treatment and
Care for our Adoptables.
From
caring for
animals to fundraising and assisting with our humane education program, our
volunteer positions offer many opportunities to
help our shelter.
We are primarily a
volunteer run organization, and the
animals in our
care rely on generous individuals LIKE YOU to
help us
care for them.
Our
volunteers help hundreds of
animals each year through dog walking, cat socializing and play time; administrative support; foster
care; assisting at adoption events and many other opportunities.
Kootenai Humane Society is committed to offering lifesaving programs such as comprehensive adoption programs, low cost spay / neuter, medical and behavioral rehabilitation, foster
care, feral cat Trap Neuter Return, pet retention programs to
help owners to keep their pets, and
volunteer programs that socialize
animals, promote adoptions, and
help with shelter operations.
Volunteer
Volunteering is an easy and fun way to
help animals and ensure that your community members are educated about
animal care.
The
volunteer and foster
care program was formalized and Hopalong
Animal Rescue began to partner with the Oakland Animal Shelter by placing its own volunteers at the shelter to facilitate adoptions, help with animal care and evaluation, and run weekly mobile adoptions in the comm
Animal Rescue began to partner with the Oakland
Animal Shelter by placing its own volunteers at the shelter to facilitate adoptions, help with animal care and evaluation, and run weekly mobile adoptions in the comm
Animal Shelter by placing its own
volunteers at the shelter to facilitate adoptions,
help with
animal care and evaluation, and run weekly mobile adoptions in the comm
animal care and evaluation, and run weekly mobile adoptions in the community.
Animal hoarding is defined as the keeping of animals without adequate ability to care for them, and the five households involved in CWS» project are currently long - term cases helped by the animal welfare organisation's volun
Animal hoarding is defined as the keeping of
animals without adequate ability to
care for them, and the five households involved in CWS» project are currently long - term cases
helped by the
animal welfare organisation's volun
animal welfare organisation's
volunteers.
Finally, the Cedar Valley Humane Society would like to thank the many
volunteers and supporters who have provided our organization with the
help it needed to provide ongoing
care to the
animals in this case.
Primary
Care Animal Hospital is affiliated with a number of pet organizations in the area (listed below), providing
volunteer and monetary services to
help pets and their owners.
If you're unable to qualify as an
animal care volunteer at the
animal shelter right now, here are some great ways you can
help the
animals:
That's why we're always in need of dedicated
volunteers to
help care for the
animals during their stay at the shelter.
Carrie also makes time to
volunteer for the city of Sacramento
Animal Care Services» low - income spay / neuter program, 4R Friends, and
helps manage SAAC's Voucher Program.
Become a
volunteer short term foster carer for pets at Blue Cross and
help improve the welfare of the
animals in our
care.
During this time, Jodee continued to
volunteer at HSBV, assisting with
animal care, adoptions, and
helping in the training center.
We always need
volunteers to hold events to
help raise funds for the
animals in our
care.
American Humane's
Animal Emergency Services
volunteer responders
help communities
care for
animals by offering support in:
Julie Amyotte, a dedicated foster
volunteer, was awarded the Siobhan Shefflin Memorial Award, acknowledging her devoted work providing
help to many of the neediest
animals that come into the
care of the OHS.
Please contact us if you have an
animal which is in need of
help, if you would like to become a
volunteer team member, if you would like to make a monetary donation to
help with veterinary
care, if you have food and / or pet supplies to donate, or if you want to make ANY donation of TIME, TALENT, & TREASURE.
PAWS for SJACS Pet Awareness Welfare Society for San Jose
Animal Care & Services is a non-profit group of
volunteers dedicated to working with San Jose
Animal Care & Services, and
helping animals in our community.
ABOVE VIDEO: More than 150
volunteers from throughout the community, along with Habitat for Humanity,
helped with an «Extreme
Animal Care Center Makeover» that transformed the Brevard County Sheriff's Office South
Animal Care Center.
WARL commonly needs
volunteers to
help with everything from
animal care to general office support; from staffing special events to working on creative projects.
Our most immediate need is for
volunteers to
help us in the shelter in
caring for the
animals and assisting with our daily operations, especially dishes and laundry duty.
The city's
Animal Care and Control Unit is working on developing an emergency response team, temporary shelters and a trained
volunteer mobile response unit to
help pets in case of disaster.
Day - in, day - out, our amazing
volunteers help provide the love,
care, and organizational support needed to
help every
animal find its forever home.
Our
volunteers help us every day with a variety of tasks ranging from
animal care to fundraising.
As a
volunteer, you can assist with the
care and training of our
animals,
help at our adoption and fundraising events, assist at our medical facilities, and much more.
Our foster
volunteers «one on one»
care help us to determine the
animals true personality to best fit them into their forever home.