The FOTAS volunteers, who work on bookkeeping, social media, and special fundraising events; who work with FOTAS Fix - a-Pet and curbing the
population of community cats; who organize and work on special fundraising and on - site events; who foster mamma dogs and cats and all their progeny, who care for
animals designated for transfer; who shuffle
animals to off - site adoption events; who greet the public and man the front desk, walk the dogs, love up the cats, work with play groups, and show
animals to potential adopters — the dramatic and
steady increase in the Shelter's live release rate since 2009 (84 % so far this year) is directly related to their efforts; and