Joomla! site syndication http://www.snapwv.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:14:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.snapwv.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.snapwv.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.snapwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=2 During the 2008 FOHO WV Conference attendees were asked to complete a survey with a variety of questions about shelter activities and statistics. The euthanasia rates ranged from the lowest at 5% to the highest at 62% for dogs. Some shelters did not accept cats and those that did had euthanasia rates ranging from a low of 12% to as high as 84% for cats. Impacting these numbers were combining cat and dog statistics, participation in rescues and enormous numbers of incoming dogs and cats. We were still able to get a fair cross section view which provided the following average euthanasia rates for 2007 and 2008 in some West Virginia Shelters. This is exactly why we need more emphasis on solving the problem of pet overpopulation with more emphasis on spaying and neutering. More shelters are offering their data so this is a dynamic percentage. Please email us to see if your shelter has been included. And check here periodically to see the results. 2007 WV Shelter Euthanasia (based on selected shelters) Percentage of dogs euthanized = 51% Percentage of cats euthanized = 78% 2008 WV Shelter Euthanasia (based on selected shelters) Percentage of dogs euthanized = 49% Percentage of cats euthanized = 77% We will continue to update this information and have it available at the next FOHO WV Conference in April 2012 in Flatwoods, WV. More details will follow soon on this event. Plan now to attend! News - Latest Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:07:09 +0100 http://www.snapwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=2 A very important bill passed the Senate to fund spay neuter programs in West Virginia but was killed in House Agriculture Committee by Dept. of Agriculture! A very important animal bill for funding spay neuter programs in West Virginia passed the Senate in the 2010 legislature. However, Commissioner Gus Douglas, Dept. of Agriculture killed the bill. It would have provided ongoing revenue at the state level which will be distributed through SNAP WV for funding spay/neuter programs throughout West Virginia. We have needed a resource to help with pet-overpopulation in the state and this can be part of our solution. Be clear that it will be a fee on the distributor of commercial pet food brands in the state not on the consumer. They are already paying a brand fee and we will just take a tiny portion of it. They make a lot of money on pets in the state with pet food sales around $119 million dollars. This would have provided $106,000 yearly to a state spay neuter fund. Even if the pet food industry passed the fee along to pet owners it would have been 40 cents per household per year. With this bill, they could become part of our solution in assisting with our pet problem of overpopulation. The Dept of Agriculture decided to support the Pet Food Industry over the taxpayers of West Virginia. NH, NYS, ME, GA, DE just to name a few states have Departments of Agriculture that actively support statewise spay neuter initiatives. While companion animals come under the watch of the Dept. of Agriculture in WV, they have been largely ignored. Let Gus Douglas douglass@ag.state.wv.us (mailto:douglass@ag.state.wv.us) and Gov. Joe Manchin Governor@wvgov.org (mailto:Governor@wvgov.org) know how much this funding is needed. Let's join other states in solving this problem. Thumbs up to the WV Senate for passing this bill! Please contact your legislative representativies now and tell them how much we needed this funding for spay neuter in West Virginia. Urge them to support this bill in the 2011 session. We may have lost the battle but we will win the war on this issue in West Virginia. Go to www.fohowvla.org (http://www.fohowvla.org) to find out more about this legislation. News - Latest Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:02:07 +0100 http://www.snapwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=2 Here is a list of counties and organizations that have benefitted from the SNAP WV Matching Grant Program. SNAP WV needs more funding to continue to support the citizens of West Virginia in altering their pets. Barbour – Animal Friends of Barbour County Berkeley - Berkeley County Humane Society Marion County Humane Society Pendleton – Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter Preston - Preston County Humane Society Randolph – Randolph County Humane Society Taylor - P.U.R.R. WV Wood - Humane Society of Parkersburg Wood – Save a Kitty Feral Cat Program This is why we need funding for spay neuter. Our funds for 2010 are depleted. We need funding to help stem the pet overpopulation in WV. Please go to www.fohowvla.org (http://www.fohowvla.org) to find out how you can help to obtain state funding for spay neuter assistance. News - Latest Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:26:42 +0100 http://www.snapwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=2 Snap WV has a limited number of 'matching' grants available for 501c3 humane organizations serving West Virginia animals. Grants of up to $2000 grant dollars per group are available at this time depending on the merit and scope of the group’s spay/neuter program. Use of these grant dollars is limited to the spay/neuter surgery of animals owned by low income West Virginians. It is our intent to stop pet-overpopulation at its source. One request per year, per group, will be allowed. For more information, click on the links below: News - Latest Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:34:54 +0100 http://www.snapwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=2 Our next FOHO meeting will be at the Waldemore House adjacent to the Clarksburg Public Library on Saturday morning, October 2nd from 9:30 am to 12. Anyone is welcome to attend. Join us as we promote a better environment for animal welfare throughout West Virginia. Clarksburg Public Library 404 W Pike St Clarksburg, WV 26301-2794 (304) 627-2236 From US 50 around Clarksburg, get downtown onto West Pike Street go into the library complex and the Waldemore is the mansion beside the library. That is where the meeting is held. Hope to see everyone there! News - Latest Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0100