Our lifesaving strategies are already making a difference. With your support, we’re fixing the pets that need it most and keeping it as affordable as possible. Despite rising costs, our Spay-Neuter Assistance Program remains at just $25 for eligible families. We stretch donor dollars to honor your gift and save more lives.
Animal welfare is continuing to face obstacles, including a nationwide veterinary shortage that has led to longer wait times. We recently created our “What to do While You Wait for a Spay/Neuter Appointment” document to assist pet owners navigating behavioral risks while their veterinary appointment is pending.
Read on to see how and where we’ve made a difference so far this year!
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Indiana Animal Welfare Conference
The 2024 Indiana Animal Welfare Conference was a successful day of learning, networking, and sharing strategies to save more lives! A huge thank you to everyone who attended and wonderful speakers. Additional thanks go out to our volunteers and sponsors who make this event possible!
The information provided at the conference was too good to NOT be shared! You can view all of the takeaways and resources on our website. You can also catch up on all of the happenings that day in our photo gallery.
Save the date! The 2025 Indiana Animal Welfare Conference will take place on Saturday, March 29.
Where We Saved Lives This Quarter
The Pet Friendly Plate Grant allows shelters and rescues to fix their animals for FREE! This makes them healthy, happy, and adoption-ready.
The Community Cat Grant provides rescue groups and shelters with FREE surgery certificates for Trap-Neuter-Return programs for outdoor cats. These certificates include a rabies vaccination and mandatory eartip.
The following organizations received their annual Pet Friendly Plate Grant and Community Cat Grant spay/neuter certificates in the first quarter of 2024:
Not in your county this quarter? We serve all 92 counties in Indiana – click here to see who we help near you!
Pet Friendly Plate Grant Recipients – First Quarter 2024
- Emilie Beard Foundation for Felines – Allen County
- Bartholomew County Humane Society – Bartholomew County
- CSC Farms Wildlife Rescue Haus, Inc. – Blackford County
- Humane Society for Boone County – Boone County
- CanINE Express – Brown County
- Rock Run Rescue – Clark County
- Lucky Pups Rescue – Clay County
- Friends for Animals – Daviess County
- Rich-N-Felines – Daviess County
- Shadarobah Horse Rescue – DeKalb County
- Roo’s Relief Inc. – Delaware County
- Mango’s Miracles – Delaware County
- Piece Of My Heart Rescue – Floyd County
- Volunteers for Animal Welfare, Inc. – Franklin County
- Fulton County Animal Center – Fulton County
- Emmy Corp., dba Gibson County Animal Services – Gibson County
- Marion Animal Care and Control – Grant County
- Greene County Humane Society – Greene County
- CAnine REscue (CARE), Inc. – Greene County
- Redemption Rescue, Inc. – Hamilton County
- Alliance For Responsible Pet Ownership (ARPO) – Hamilton County
- Hendricks County Humane Society – Hendricks County
- Pals for Paws, Inc. – Howard County
- SOS (Saints on Our Side) Animal Rescue – Jackson County
- Purrfect Little Paws, Inc. – Jasper County
- Jennings County Animal Control – Jennings County
- Johnson County Community Cats – Johnson County
- Independent Cat Society – LaPorte County
- Ark Animal Rescue and Adoption – LaGrange County
- Reigning Cat and Dogs Rescue – LaGrange County
- Lake County Sheriff’s Animal Control & Adoption – Lake County
- Tuff Dawgs Rescue Inc. – Lake County
- White River Humane Society – Lawrence County
- Sketchy Mutts and Underdogs – Marion County
- Lucci’s House Bully Rescue – Marion County
- Medical Mutts Service Dogs – Marion County
- Furever We Love – Marion County
- Indy Neighborhood Cats – Marion County
- Martin County Humane Society – Martin County
- Forever Love Saint Bernard Rescue Team – Morgan County
- Morgan County Humane Society – Morgan County
- Ohio County Animal Shelter – Ohio County
- Great Babies Rescue, Inc. – Orange County
- Springs Valley Pet Services, Inc. – Orange County
- Country Critters Farm and Sanctuary – Owen County
- Indiana GSD and Siberian Husky Rescue, Inc. – Owen County
- Posey County Pound Puppies Inc – Posey County
- Putnam County Animal Care & Control – Putnam County
- Scott County Animal Shelter – Scott County
- St. Cats – St. Joseph County
- My New Cat Rescue Inc. – Tippecanoe County
- It Takes A Village No-Kill Rescue – Vanderburgh County
- Paw Street – Vanderburgh County
- Wabash County Animal Shelter – Wabash County
- Warrick Animal Guardians – Warrick County
- Animal Care Alliance – Wayne County
The Pet Friendly Plate Grant prepares cats and dogs in shelters and rescues for forever families!
Community Cat Grant Certificates – First Quarter 2024
- Mango’s Miracles – Delaware County
- Piece Of My Heart Rescue – Floyd County
- Franklin County Humane Society – Franklin County
- Fulton County Animal Center – Fulton County
- Gibson County Animal Services – Gibson County
- Marion Animal Care and Control – Grant County
- Greene County Humane Society – Greene County
- CAnine REscue (CARE), Inc. – Greene County
- Namaste Cat Cafe – Hamilton County
- Redemption Rescue, Inc. – Hamilton County
- Frenzy Animal Rescue – Hancock County
- Everything’s Going to be Alright Rescue and Rehabilitation – Harrison County
- Hendricks County Humane Society – Hendricks County
- Pals for Paws, Inc. – Howard County
- SOS (Saints on Our Side) Animal Rescue – Jackson County
- Purrfect Little Paws, Inc. – Jasper County
- Jennings County Animal Control – Jennings County
- Johnson County Community Cats – Johnson County
- Vincennes Animal Shelter – Knox County
- Independent Cat Society – LaPorte County
- Ark Animal Rescue and Adoption – LaGrange County
- Reigning Cat and Dogs Rescue – LaGrange County
- Lake County Sheriff’s Animal Control & Adoption – Lake County
- Tuff Dawgs Rescue Inc. – Lake County
- Griffith Animal Control – Lake County
- White River Humane Society – Lawrence County
- Madison County Humane Society – Madison County
- FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic – Marion County
- Sketchy Mutts and Underdogs – Marion County
- 46219 Initiative c/o FACE – Marion County
- Indy Neighborhood Cats – Marion County
- Marshall County Humane Society, Inc. – Marshall County
- Martin County Humane Society – Martin County
- Eagles Point TNR – Miami County
- Scratching Post Cat Rescue Inc – Miami County
- Animal Welfare League of Montgomery Co. – Montgomery County
- Street Cat Community Outreach – Morgan County
- Morgan County Humane Society – Morgan County
- Ohio County Animal Shelter – Ohio County
- Springs Valley Pet Services, Inc. – Orange County
- Country Critters Farm and Sanctuary – Owen County
- Indiana GSD and Siberian Husky Rescue, Inc. – Owen County
- The Sanctuary at Browning Farms – Owen County
- New Life Rescue and Adoption – Posey County
- Putnam County Animal Care & Control – Putnam County
- Scott County Animal Shelter – Scott County
- South Bend Lost and Found Pets – St. Joseph County
- St. Cats – St. Joseph County
- Loving Paws Animal Center – Tippecanoe County
- My New Cat Rescue Inc. – Tippecanoe County
4 Precious Paws – Tippecanoe County
- It Takes A Village No-Kill Rescue – Vanderburgh County
- Vanderburgh Humane Society – Vanderburgh County
- Dog It Dig It Rescue – Vigo County
- Wabash County Animal Shelter, Inc. – Wabash County
- Warrick Animal Guardians – Warrick County
- City of Salem Animal Shelter – Washington County
- Humane Society of Washington County – Washington County
- Help The Animals, Inc. – Wayne County
- Animal Care Alliance – Wayne County
- Happy Tails Animal Care Center, Inc. – White County
The #1 way to reduce the burden on shelters is by reducing the intake of cats!
Catching up with The FIX is IN!
“The Fix is IN!” is back, bigger, and better than ever in 2024! Thanks to special grant funding from the Joanie Bernard Foundation and the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, we’re expanding our financial support to targeted areas of the state. This will allow for more clinics, more access to spay/neuter, and more fixed cats!
This much-needed program reaches under-served, and clinics can fix up to 100 cats per day. That’s 100 cats that will go home with their families to live happy lives rather than having unwanted litters litters arriving at your local shelter.
Pet Friendly Services provides financial assistance to families and colony caretakers who could not otherwise afford to fix their cats, helping to stop overpopulation at the source. Here’s the impact we’ve made so far this year and a brief video about the Fix is IN!
To see where The Fix is IN! will be next and to make an appointment, visit Public Vet’s website. More clinics will be listed soon!
Pet Friendly Services is the only statewide non-profit that addresses pet overpopulation at the source! In spite of the vet shortage and increasing prices, our small team is getting them fixed!
Your support makes a meaningful difference to the lives of Indiana’s cats and dogs. By being a donor, becoming a sponsor, or simply sharing our information, YOU are helping us save lives!
Cheri, Rhi & Scarlett
Pet Friendly Services
