DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
Programs
Animal Adoption and Care Program
IN 2022, DAKIN HUMANE SOCIETY PROVIDED SHELTER FOR 2,665 CATS, DOGS, AND SMALL ANIMALS. 1,970 ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED INTO NEW HOMES, 77 RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES, AND 115 TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AGENCIES. ALL ANIMALS IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAM RECEIVE VACCINATIONS, SPAY OR NEUTER SURGERY, APPROPRIATE BLOOD TESTS FOR COMMON DISEASES, TREATMENT FOR INTERNAL/EXTERNAL PARASITES, AND MICROCHIP IDENTIFICATION. ANIMALS PRESENTING WITH A TREATABLE ILLNESS OR INJURY RECEIVE TREATMENT WHICH RANGES FROM CARE FOR COMMON RESPIRATORY DISEASE TO VARIOUS SURGERIES TO ADDRESS DENTAL OR ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES. (SEE SCH O) DAKIN'S ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER ALSO SERVED 241 PETS THROUGH ITS VACCINE CLINIC PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS RABIES VACCINATIONS TO HEARTWORM TESTS AND MICROCHIPS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesApr 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.9MCommunity Spay/Neuter Clinic
SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2009, DAKIN'S COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC HAS PROTECTED AND CARED FOR OVER 115,000 ANIMALS THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN FOLLOWING THE HUMANE ALLIANCE MODEL OF HIGH-QUALITY, HIGH-VOLUME AFFORDABLE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERY TO UNDER RESOURCED CLIENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICERS, AND OTHER RESCUE AGENCIES. IN 2022, 6,601 SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED ON CATS, DOGS AND RABBITS OF WHICH 476 WERE FOR FERAL CATS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesApr 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$930.4KPet Health Center and Food Aid Program
IN JULY OF 2022, DAKIN LAUNCHED THE PET HEALTH CENTER, WHICH IS A NON-EMERGENCY VETERINARY RESOURCE TO BETTER SUPPORT THE PETS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LESSEN THE BARRIERS TO VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE. IN 2022, 1,101 ANIMALS RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH THE PET HEALTH CENTER. (SEE SCH O)DAKIN'S PET FOOD AID PROGRAM PROVIDES FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR PETS WHOSE PEOPLE ARE FACING TEMPORARY HARDSHIPS. IN 2022, OUR PET FOOD AID PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED OVER 80,254 POUNDS OF PET FOOD, PROVIDING PEACE OF MIND AND MAINTAINING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS WHILE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR HUMAN-SERVICE PARTNERS SUCH AS SURVIVAL CENTERS, ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICERS, AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL SOCIAL-SERVICE AGENCIES TO DISPENSE FOOD DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES IN NEED. IN 2020, DAKIN LAUNCHED THE KITTEN STREET TEAM, A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF THIS TEAM OF SPECIALLY-TRAINED VOLUNTEERS IS TO ASSIST IN CONTROLLING FERAL (WILD) CAT POPULATIONS IN THE PIONEER VALLEY. TNR (TRAP, NEUTER, RETURN) IS A HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT UNWANTED LITTERS OF KITTENS BORN OUTSIDE YEAR AFTER YEAR. CATS AND KITTENS TRAPPED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ARE SPAYED AND NEUTERED AT DAKIN AND RETURNED TO THEIR COLONY OR PLACED UP FOR ADOPTION. IN 2022, THE KITTEN STREET TEAM HELPED 479 CATS AND KITTENS THROUGH TNR AND PROVIDED COACHING ASSISTANCE TO 135 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY HELPING LOCAL CATS IN THE AREA.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesApr 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$636.7K
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