Granite City Animal
Shelter in Dire Need of Donations
Those of you, who feel as we do when...
you're handed a dog with a 50lb tow chain embedded in his neck for
so long that when it was removed he can no longer hold his head
up... when two cats are dropped off so infested with
fleas that they have scratched their own eyes out... the
Akita that was beaten with a 2x4 daily for discipline...
Sweat Pea, a bait dog for dog fighting with such a grossly scarred
face it was hard to look at... or a skeletal 75lb Great Dane
unable to stand who was being starved to see how long it would
take him to die!
These horror stories are the facts of daily shelter cases! Where
as other shelters may have deemed them lost causes, we are happy
to report ALL of these animals were given medical care and love
are now living happily in their own homes!
Our shelter successfully adopted out over 600 healthy, happy dogs
and cats last year and we hope to always be able to continue our
good work. This task becomes more and more overwhelming as the
stray, ill and unwanted animal population continues to grow as our
economy becomes more pinched.
As much of the public is unaware, being a "NO KILL" shelter
restricts our shelter to private donations for all the operating
costs to maintain our facility. Because we chose to heal, reform
and love our critters rather than euthanize them, we are unable
and do not qualify for city, state or government funding.
Daily operations require heat, electricity, water, telephones,
enormous amounts of foods, cleaning products, office supplies but
foremost preventative medicines, operations (such as spays and
neuters) and vet bills to rehabilitate and cure those animals that
have come to us in the worst possible shape.
For these "rejected, unhealthy and unloved animals" we ask for
your pennies, dimes and dollars. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. Though every puppy lick and kitty purr is worth a
million to us! Please consider ANY donation a step toward our
future and continued success. HELP! HELP! HELP! AND MUCH THANKS!
