Wyoming County SPCA: Petfinder 20th Anniversary Grant Report
How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?
We used the money to repair our air-conditioning/heating/air-exchange system.
We now have a fully functioning heating/cooling system that brings in 30% fresh outside air through a heat-exchange system. This helps our day-to-day expenses for heating and cooling while providing the necessary fresh air that helps our animals stay healthy. We also were able to replace a broken whole-building air conditioner with a new, energy-efficient model. Lastly, we were able to replace the infrared unit on the existing furnace and do maintenance on the furnace. This unit helps destroy any airborne bacteria in the 70% of air that is recirculated. This grant could not have come at a better time. These huge expenses we were facing would have taken money away from helping more animals, as we had taken quite a financial hit with spaying and neutering the kittens that came of age during that time period.
How many pets did this grant help?
This grant helped all the pets who passed through the shelter since the first part of March and will continue to help all pets that we hold in our shelter in the future. Thank you for this!!
Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.
This grant helped pets like Danny and Precious. From Danny’s Petfinder profile: “Danny is a playful but shy little girl who is a flirt! She likes to hop and bound and get into mischief with her cat friends. She gets along with other cats of all temperaments! The ideal home for this little lady would be one that can accept her best friend, Precious, as they are a bonded pair. An abundant supply of catnip is also requested!” Meet Danny: www.petfinder.com/petdetail/32343531
From Precious’s Petfinder profile: “I am a sweet girl who is a little shy until I get my paws on a toy mouse. Then I will play like a kitten with it. If I lose it, I will ask you to find it. When I am comfortable with you, I will bring you my mouse and wait for you to toss it. I will come for pets and will purr away while holding my tasty toy mouse in mouth.” Meet Precious: www.petfinder.com/petdetail/36838207
