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4242 South 300 West • Murray, UT 84107
(801) 261-2919 • www.utahhumane.org
Animals
The Humane Society of Utah is dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear, and suffering in all animals.
Are you a
Sucker for Love?
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We’re Not Giving Up!
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It’s Your Birthday?
Celebrate With Us!
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H.E.R.O. Camp
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Plus:
Sweet Shelter Swap Meet,
Wags to Wishes Tickets,
and more!
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Board of Directors
Craig S. Cook, President
Dr. Eric Belnap, Vice President
Dr. JoAnn B. Seghini, Secretary
Randy John, Treasurer
Directors:
Timothy R. Pack, Steve Starley,
Tim J. Williams, Susan Wood
Administrative Staff
Gene Baierschmidt, Executive Director
Paul Chapin, DVM, Veterinarian
Shama Chapin, DVM, Veterinarian
John Paul Fox, Chief Investigator
Pauline Edwards, Director of Clinic
Jamie Usry, Director of Development
Heidi Myers, Director of Corporate Sponsorships
Caitlin Lisle, Director of Education
Deann Shepherd, Director of
Communications / Marketing
Carlene Wall, Adoptions / Operations Manager
Katharine Brant, Director of Publications /
Executive Assistant
Oliver Schmidt, IT Manager
Loraine Delgadillo, Business Manager /
Human Resources
Lisa Burningham, Volunteer Coordinator
Jessica Almeida, Director of Transfers /
Animal Behavior Assessment
Barbara Conrad, Foster Animal Coordinator
Rachel Kelly, Special Events Coordinator
Guinnevere Shuster, Social Media Coordinator
Services Provided
Adoption of animals to qualified homes
Low-cost sterilization surgeries
v Receiving of unwanted animals
v Preventive immunizations
v Investigation of animal abuse and neglect
v Animal rescues
v Humane education and pet-facilitated therapy
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For further information on services provided
by HSU, call (801)261-2919 during business hours.
Remember, HSU is your shelter. We are here to
help the animals of Utah. Please help maintain and
support our programs with your contributions.
The Humane Society of Utah is
an independent 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization
that is not affiliated with any other group, nationally
or locally. We receive no funding from taxes or any
source other than your contributions.
Incorporated 1960
4242 South 300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84107-1415
Telephone: (801) 261-2919
Fax: (801) 261-9577
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© 2016 Humane Society of Utah. All rights reserved.
We’re Not Giving Up on
Getting Rid of the Gas Chamber!
— by Gene Baierschmidt
HSU Executive Director
In the 2016 session of the Utah State Legislation, HB 187, “Animal Shelter Amendments,”
which would have banned the use of the gas chamber for euthanizing shelter animals
and wildlife statewide, failed to pass the House of Representatives by a vote of 40 to 31.
Despite having passed the Political Subdivisions Committee by a vote of 9 to 1 and the
hard-fought efforts of the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Johnny Anderson, and both HSU and the
Humane Society of the United States, for now Utah will still have seven shelters that
continue to utilize the gas chamber. Nationwide, there are fewer than three dozen shelters
still employing this outdated method, and Utah has seven of them.
We will continue to fight for its elimination in favor of euthanasia by injection
(EBI) for the following reasons:
• Most animal shelters, even in rural areas, already use EBI.
• The trend all across the country is to eliminate the use of the chamber.
• Major national animal welfare groups — including the American Veterinary
Medical Association, the National Animal Control Association, the Humane
Society of the United States, the American Humane Association, and the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — state that EBI
is considered to be the only method of choice to be utilized for the humane
euthanasia of dogs and cats.
• EBI is as cost-effective as the gas chamber for euthanasia.
• With proper training, even aggressive or fractious animals can be humanely
euthanized with EBI. A sedative can be given before EBI is administered.
• Carbon monoxide is an extremely hazardous, toxic, explosive gas. Exposure
to even small doses over a period of time may present significant health risks to
shelter employees.
• Carbon monoxide chambers do NOT provide a swift, humane death; EBI does.
Poorly Researched and Unfounded Opposition
Those who spoke in opposition to HB 187 made a number of statements which were
absolute untruths. For example, one stated that with EBI, the injection is delivered to the
animal’s heart. Not true — the drug is injected into a vein in the animal’s foreleg, just as
humans receive a shot in the arm. Another said that the sodium pentobarbital takes up
to 15 minutes to render an animal completely unconscious. Again, not true — it takes
three to five seconds. Yet another said that with EBI, the animal is “grabbed around the
neck and held down while you shove a needle in their heart.” Once more, totally false!
The animal can already be pre-sedated and is gently held in the arms of one technician
while another smoothly slides the needle into a vein in the leg. Simply put, those
legislators who opposed the bill just didn’t do their homework before speaking, or they
would have better understood the facts regarding both methods.
“We’ll Be Back!”
The Humane Society of Utah will remain steadfast in working to eliminate the gas
chamber for euthanizing animals in shelters throughout the state. We believe that the
facts obtained through research conducted by many professional, national animal-welfare
organizations, along with our own 50 years of utilizing EBI only, will prevail. We owe it
to Utah’s companion animals, as well as wildlife, to provide the compassion and dignity
offered by EBI in their final moments of life.
We’ll be back in 2017. v
You say it’s your Birthday? Celebrate it with HSU’s Animals!
Over the years, one of the most heartwarming and encouraging trends we’ve
noticed is that more and more children (and
grownups too!) are choosing to celebrate their
birthdays not by expecting presents for themselves,
but instead asking friends and family members to contribute
to the animals of the Humane Society of Utah in the
honoree’s name. We’ve always acknowledged our deep
appreciation of such thoughtful generosity by presenting
the celebrant with a personalized parchment certificate of
thanks; but, as these very special donations continue to
occur with greater frequency all the time, we decided —
why not let these individuals have their party with the very
animals they want to honor on their special day?
Would you like to be a
Miracle Worker?
Every day the Humane Society of Utah takes in cats and dogs with
special needs of all kinds, and our Foster Department can always use
help in providing the extra care and love that these “challenged”
animals require to make them ready to be adopted to good new homes of
their own. Temporary homes are in great demand in the following areas:
• Large-breed dogs like Great Danes, shepherds, etc.
• Mother dogs or cats with litters that are still too young
to be placed for adoption
So, as another of the Humane Society of Utah’s great
new projects for interacting with the community, we’re
proud to announce our Humane Education department’s
Birthday Party Program! For only $100, a fun, fantastic
celebration can take place in our own spacious auditorium.
We take care of the tables and chairs, tablecloths, and basic
decorations, and the special birthday guest will also receive
an HSU gift. Our staff will coordinate an education session
and animal-themed games.
Parents are encouraged to bring treats, cake, and
additional decorations specific to their child’s tastes.
More information and booking details are available at
utahhumane.org/birthday. We look forward to hosting the
next birthday party for your own little animal lover! v
• Adult animals with physical or emotional handicaps
who must be given conscientious, one-on-one care and
attention to help them learn to blend into a real family
Please make sure that, if you wish to foster, your own animals
are current on their vaccinations, including bordetella to ward off
kennel cough.
• Kittens and puppies who have no mothers and require
regular bottle feeding
Time spent by animals in foster homes usually ranges from
approximately ten days to two months; we ask that you be able
to make a commitment to keep an animal for as long as it takes to
ensure his or her good health and adoptability.
• Motherless puppies and kittens who are old enough to
have been weaned, but who are nevertheless still too
young to be put up for adoption
Fostering is fun, rewarding, and you’re helping to save
lives! If you’d like to be a genuine miracle worker, please call
801-261-2919, ext. 215, or e-mail [email protected] v
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Thousands of Ribbons —
One for Every HSU Animal Saved in 2015
As we discussed in the last issue of Speaking of Animals, last
year was a banner year for HSU in many ways, and one of our
greatest sources of pride was the fact that we saved a total of
11,318 animals’ lives, and achieved, for the first time, no-kill
status for shelter cats as well as dogs. This was a milestone in
the organization’s 55-year history, and it was accomplished
through a combination of important factors — progressive
shelter programs and services and the dedicated work of
staff and volunteers, supported by individual and business
contributions. So to celebrate, and to tell everybody how
thrilled and grateful we are, we spent a good part of the month
of January tying 11,318 ribbons to the fence around our
main entrance gate — one ribbon for every animal saved!
schmidt. “But earlier we set a goal to become a completely no-kill
facility by the end of 2016 — so to have met that standard even
sooner than we expected is a truly amazing accomplishment.”
A lot of people put in a lot of time attaching ribbons to our
fence, and what each ribbon represents is something we’ll be
proud of throughout the entire year. So please drop by our
facility at 4242 South 300 West to take a look at this tangible
symbol of what we’re all about — and while you’re here, come
inside to meet our many wonderful residents, and perhaps
make one or more of them members of your own family. Then
we might have to put up even more ribbons next year! v
Many Helped, Many are Appreciated
Scores of our volunteers, and even a lot of our staff
members, took time out of their busy schedules to put in
shifts of ribbon-tying, and on January 21st a busload of
eager students from Granite Park Junior High School
joined in. By the end of the week, the panels of the fence
were transformed into walls of fluttering ribbons in our
representative colors — teal for dogs, purple for cats;
more than eleven thousand in all.
“Those ribbons went up as a tribute to the animals whose
lives we saved last year,” said HSU Executive Director
Gene Baierschmidt. “And we couldn’t have done what we
did without the help of the entire community, which is why
so many volunteers and school kids came out
to join in the project.”
Visit us for a Ribbon Review
HSU is an open-admissions shelter,
meaning that our doors are open to any
animal that we can legally accept. No-kill
status has been maintained for dogs over
the past five years, but last year was the
first time we achieved it for cats as well.
“That’s a very difficult thing to do in an
open-admissions shelter,” said Mr. Baier-
Students from Granite Park Junior High School (above)
spent an afternoon volunteering their time to help us tie adoption-tribute ribbons on the HSU fence. Several of
them were so enthusiastic that they wanted to help with
some of the other animal-related projects that we sponsor!
HSU staff members took time from their busy schedules
to attach ribbons, too. Even Executive Director Gene
Baierschmidt, shown at left, took a number of turns
working in the chilly winter air.
World Spay Day!
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Each February, the Humane Society of Utah addresses the cat overpopulation issue in
Utah by distributing free cat spay/neuter vouchers to the community on World Spay Day.
The cost of spay/neuter surgeries can be a major barrier to many owners of unsterilized
pets. By offering free cat spay/neuter vouchers, we can help ensure that more unwanted
cats are not born in Utah and reduce the need for euthanasia of healthy, adoptable cats in
Utah’s shelters.
The Humane Society of Utah offers affordable spay/neuter services in our clinic for
cats and dogs throughout the year. To view our normal spay/ neuter pricing for cats and
dogs, visit www.utahhumane.org/clinic. v
Teach your Children Well
One of the Humane Society of Utah’s major points of focus has
always been to educate the community about the importance
of treating all living beings with compassion and respect,
and this issue has never been more crucial than it is now,
especially concerning the young people who will be leading
new generations into the challenging world of the 21st century.
For a long time we’ve handled this function through our
Outreach Adoptions
department. Now we’re
pleased to announce that,
thanks to a generous grant
from the George S. and
Dolores Doré Eccles
Foundation, we’re able
to establish a slot for a
full-time Education
Director at our shelter.
After having worked in many areas of
HSU operations for nine years, and with a full
understanding of our mission and goals, Caitlin
Lisle has been appointed to this position. She
will present educational sessions at schools
throughout the Wasatch Front, conduct tours
of our facility with on-site education programs,
and assist students with questions regarding
many aspects of animal welfare.
And please keep track of our plans for the
first-ever, very exciting H.E.R.O. Summer Camp
for children coming in July of this year, open to ages first
through sixth grade (see below). Also, another new facet of
our Humane Education program is the celebration of birthday
parties for kids here at the Humane Society (see pg. 3)!
For more information about how to register for either of
these opportunities, please contact Caitlin at 801-261-2919 ex.
234 or [email protected]. v
After having worked at the Humane Society of Utah for over nine years,
Caitlin Lisle has now been appointed to the position of full-time Director
of Humane Education. With the help of her dog Miley, she’ll be giving
informative presentations to schools, guiding visitors on tours of the HSU
facility, helping students with animal-related questions and projects, and
performing many other duties that will help enlighten the whole community
about proper animal care and other important humane issues.
The 4th Annual Wags to Wishes Gala!
Presented by:
This year’s “Wags to Wishes” Gala, presented by the American
Dog Rescue and Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation, is on Saturday,
June 18th! And back by popular demand, our premiere fundraiser
for the animals will be held on the beautifully transformed shelter
grounds. We’re happy to announce that the additions of mingling
in Kitty City and the convenience of mobile bidding will make
the event bigger and better than ever.
Masters of Ceremonies, Kerri Cronk and Damon Yauney from
Fox 13 News, will lead us through a festive summer evening with
live entertainment, dinner and libations, live and silent auctions
Ticke
ts on
NOW Sale
!
— and don’t forget your dancing shoes for music under the stars.
Ticket purchasing and more information available NOW
at www.utahhumane.org/gala.
For questions about the event, please contact Rachel Kelly at
(801) 506-2410 or [email protected].
Sponsorship opportunities are still available and can be
viewed at www.utahhumane.org/gala. For questions about
sponsorships, please contact Heidi Myers at (801) 506-2404 or
[email protected]. v
Long-lasting, Long-eared Love:
Humane Society Celebrates Valentine Month with Rabbit Special
February is, of course, the month of greeting cards strewn with hearts
and flowers, big red boxes of candy, and mushy murmurs of undying
affection whispered into a loved one’s ears. This year, the Humane
Society of Utah decided to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day all through the
month by encouraging all caring, sentimental souls out there to find
some really long and really appreciative ears to pledge their devotion to
— the delightful rescued rabbits at our shelter’s Bunny Bungalows.
From February 1st through the 29th (we even got an extra day to
spread the love!), we adopted all of our rabbits at the special rate of
$10 for one bunny, or $15 for a pair of them. All of our rabbits are
neutered and spayed before they’re put up for adoption, and our
trained technicians can help educate adopters on the proper care,
equipment, feeding, and needs of a new Lapin Lover. (Note: In keeping with the romantic mood, “lapin” is French for “rabbit.” Ooh, la la!)
True Love at “Long” Last
Bunnies are affectionate, intelligent, quiet companions who
make wonderful house pets. In fact, there are lots of reasons for
choosing to adopt one or more of these charming creatures as new
family members:
• Rabbits offer the best of both worlds for those who usually
go for the traditional dog or cat. Believe it or not, they
really do offer the social companionship of a dog, and they
can be litter-trained like a cat. They can even learn to go
for walks on a leash!
• Many people who are allergic to dog and cat hair are not
allergic to rabbits.
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• They make wonderful companions for apartment
dwellers. They’re happy to snooze in their hutches
when unattended, and love to hop around your bunny-proofed rooms with you when you’re home.
• With proper care and diet, rabbits can have a
lifespan of from eight to twelve years — plenty
of time to forge the same kind of bond you would with a
dog or cat.
• Rabbits are clean, quiet, and not demanding of all your
time. Actually, two are even better than one, and just as
easy to care for. A bonded pair of bunnies can share the
same space, food, water, and litter pan while keeping each
other company.
• Bunnies need homes, too! Along with the many wonderful dogs and cats at HSU, we also have lots of gorgeous
rabbits waiting for new families to love them.
Throughout the month of February, HSU
featured a Valentine Special on our loving,
lovable rabbits — $10 for a single bunny, a pair
of them for only $15. All of our rabbits, like our
dogs and cats, are already spayed or neutered
before they’re put up for adoption, and they’re
much more fun, playful, and cuddly than many
people realize. Next time you’re thinking
about a new family member, think Thumper!
“I grew up with companion rabbits,” says Deann Shepherd, HSU’s
Director of Communications. “Each one has a unique personality, they
provide loads of entertainment, and they’re simply heavenly to cuddle.
There’s really no better mood-lifter than a good, warm bunny hug!”
For more information about the adoption process and to see a list
of available rabbits in our Bunny Bungalows, visit our website at www.
utahhumane.org. v
Are you a “Sucker for Love”?
DON’T Fall for These Terrible Technological Scams!
— by John Paul Fox
HSU Chief Investigator
Technology has made the world a completely different place
from what it was only a generation ago. It has brought
miraculous new devices for making people’s lives easier, more
colorful, more connected to each other — and, as inevitably
happens with any major revolution in a society’s infrastructure,
a lot of new ways of doing damaging and corrosive things have
also sprung up hand-in-glove with the positive elements.
From animal welfare workers’ point of view, one of the more
insidious of these “bad byproducts” of the Age of the Internet
is the development of vast scams designed to prey on people’s
heartstrings, as well as their wallets, by promoting online sales
of high-priced animals, usually puppies, from out-of-state or
even foreign sources.
Hitting us at Home
The Humane Society of Utah began receiving complaints
involving this activity as early as 2009, and the problem has
only escalated from there. One of these early reports, for
example, came from a woman in Columbia, MO, whose
daughter was attempting to adopt an adorable puppy from
Cameroon, a region in west-central Africa. The dog had been
advertised on a website as being “in urgent need of a good
American home” because of political and economic distress
in the Republic of Cameroon. The puppy in question had
allegedly been dropped off at a cargo service in Salt Lake City,
and the contact was now demanding that the daughter pay
several hundred dollars over the original purchase price (which
had already been sent by mail order), supposedly to cover
the additional fees to continue shipping the
animal to Missouri. We investigated, and there
was no traceable seller, no receipt of any shipment
from Cameroon, and no dog. The woman had
been the victim of a scam.
Another equally appalling story in the HSU files
is the one about a man in Texas who told us he had
adopted a Husky from a Utah seller for $300 on a
website labeled “Sweet Siberian Husky Puppies.” The
seller stated that she was a deaf-mute and could only
communicate by e-mail, and would only deliver the
goods after payment was received through Western
Union or Money Gram Transfer. The shipping
company was supposed to be “Rocket Pet Transport
Services” in Kearns — but the address we investigated
turned out to be a non-existent number in the middle
of a subdivision, and there were no listings for any such service
carrier with any official site. By the time the man realized he
had fallen for a dirty trick, he had paid out about $2,500 in unexpected — and phony — fees such as insurance registration, a
$400 veterinary bill as the animal had supposedly become ill
during transportation, and “courier’s costs”, whatever that
meant. After digging a little deeper, we found further online
ads from the same seller offering “cute Akita puppies” from
Toronto, “happy beagle pups” available from St. Louis, and
several others supposedly to be shipped from Bakersfield, Fresno, Virginia, and — you guessed it — Cameroon.
Use Your Head AND Your Heart —
and Adopt, Don’t Shop!
There are several important lessons to be learned here:
• If a stranger offers you an animal for whom you only
have to pay the charges for his or her transport to your
locale, it’s probably a scam.
• If you must buy a purebred, never do it sight unseen.
Insist on viewing the animal in person and, if
possible, seeing his or her parents and littermates
and the environment from which they came.
• Scammers can lift photos of adorable animals from
anywhere on the Internet. Not only are such tricks a
case of not getting what you see — it’s usually a matter
of not getting anything at all.
• Some pitfalls are just plain obvious. Never deal with
a stranger who demands that you wire pre-payment
by money order or won’t take a check or credit card.
Also, be very suspicious of ads peppered with poor
grammar, misspellings, or peculiar phrases that smack
of a foreign origin.
If you’re looking for love, search no
further than your local animal shelter or
legitimate rescue group! Sweethearts like
these are available all the time from HSU
and other reputable shelters, and they’re
already sterilized, socialized, and medicated. Why risk the humiliation, heartbreak,
and hit-to-the-wallet disaster of falling for
an online puppy scam?
• Finally — and most
important of all — always
remember that there are
hundreds of beautiful,
healthy, loving animals
awaiting adoption from
local shelters and legitimate rescue groups every single
day in every single city in the world. If you want to
add a new member to your family, and avoid having
your bank account bled white at the same time, go to
one of these places and meet your new baby face to
face. In other words — adopt, don’t shop! v
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YOU DID IT AGAIN — Made HSU the Number One Charity in Utah!
Thanks to everyone who supported us!
Now in its fourth year, “Love Utah, Give Utah” is a
statewide charity event organized by the Community
Foundation of Utah for the purpose of raising
awareness of, and encouraging public support for,
non-profit organizations whose services benefit
everyone in the state. And this year, thanks to
caring, generous people like you, the Humane
Society of Utah was, yet again, the #1 charity
among all non-profits of any size in any category!
We earned $30,155 from 863 donors, plus
another $11,000 in matching grants from local
businesses and families, making us the most
successful of all the many worthy organizations that
competed for this year’s top honors. And that in turn allowed us
to claim another $10,000 in grant money from the Community
Foundation of Utah. All of the funds raised will be put to good
use saving animals’ lives and making their world a better place!
We would also like to acknowledge that there were many other
Meet Willow, HSU’s mascot for the 2016 Love Utah, Give Utah
campaign — just one of the many, many pets that we help every day.
She and her sister, Fern, were found abandoned on a dusty road in a
rural town and were taken to an overcrowded local shelter where their
chances of being adopted were very slim. On one of its regular runs
throughout the state our Rescue & Transfer team spotted the little
9-week-old bulldog puppies there, evaluated their grim prospects in
the small, cramped facility, and brought them back to the HSU shelter
for a new lease on life. Our veterinarians carefully examined them
and diagnosed several health issues. After nearly five months in a
dedicated foster home, where they were given medication, nourishing
food, and lots and lots of love, both Willow and Fern were completely
healed and socialized, and were adopted into good new homes of their
own earlier this year. Thanks to all of YOU for helping us help them!
amazing non-profit organizations that participated, and we humbly
thank everyone who chose to donate to the Humane Society of
Utah. We applaud the charitable nature of all Utahns and their
support of so many wonderful and deserving groups, and thank
you with all our hearts for choosing HSU as your favorite! v
Sweet Shelter Swap Meet Helps Animals
You were never kinder, and the animals were never luckier.
Because we received so many generous donations from the
community during last winter’s holiday season, we decided to
share some of the bounty with other local shelters who had not
been so fortunate, and also pick up a few items that we ourselves
needed — so on Sunday, January 17th, at the HSU facility in
Murray, we held our first ever Sweet Shelter Swap Meet to trade
pet food and supplies, medical items, pet toys, blankets,
and other products that many shelters in the area don’t
have in abundance. Some of these shelters also had extra
items of their own that we could use, and they brought
these materials to us for our own use. In other words —
everyone helped everyone else.
Throughout the State!
of Community Cats, Boxer Rescue, Second Chance for Homeless
Pets, and Herding Haven. “There were even a few things left over after
the swap,” said Jessica, “so we’re reaching out to some groups that work
with homeless people and their pets, a few facilities that weren’t able to
send staff or volunteers, and even The Road Home. It was a wonderful,
heart-warming, successful event all around, and we expect it to be even
bigger next year.”
The Humane Society of
Utah regularly transfers
animals among other
shelters and rescue groups
to help increase their
chances of being adopted. Some of the animals
brought to HSU may be
The meet was coordinated by Jessica Whipple, HSU
in need of the care that
Director of Animal Transfers and Behavior Assessment.
only our Clinic and Foster
“Why should values like charity, sharing, and love be
departments can provide
confined to one small part of the year?” she asked. “We
before adoption, and others
want people to know that whenever they help support the
may go to rescue groups
Humane Society of Utah, they’re helping animals all over
that can provide specialized
the state as well.” All donations that we received during
care tailored to the needs
At the first ever Sweet Shelter Swap Meet, HSU invited
the holidays were carefully sorted, and the most-needed
representatives from over 80 other facilities in our Rescue and
of individual breeds. Last
Transfer network to bring surplus items from their shelters to ours,
items were kept by HSU staff for the upcoming year.
year, 3,064 animals were
while we in turn provided them with access to materials that we
Extra materials and goods with early expiration dates
transferred to HSU from
had in stock in excess of our current needs — things like pet foods
were set aside for the swap in order to avoid needless
other shelters.
and medications with limited shelf life, or bedding and toys that
waste of valuable supplies.
could be put to better use by giving them to animals who didn’t have
Thanks so much to
enough, rather than just keeping them in storage. It was our way of
More than 80 members of our shelter and rescue
all
of
you whose loving,
making the Christmas spirit last all year long all over the area.
network were invited to the event, and they came from
generous hands reached
everywhere! Groups that participated included Animal
out to the animals of HSU last Christmas — you can be proud and
Control staff members and volunteers from South Salt Lake, Davis
gratified to know that your gifts continued to help even more animals
County, Sandy, and South Utah Valley, and also representatives
all over the state well after the official holidays were over. You’re all
from smaller organizations like Fuzzy Paws, Wag-n-Train, Friends
wonderful people all through the year! v
It’s Always the Season for Caring
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