HUMANE SOCIETY OF REAL COUNTY
PURPOSE AND GOALS
The Humane Society of Real County is an all-volunteer organization formed of compassionate, animal-loving individuals who wish to make an effort to alleviate the homeless domesticated animal problem in our county. Interest has taken root quickly and membership and donations in the first two weeks alone indicated that we needed to incorporate to increase the chances of receiving larger tax-deductible donations, and enable us to request grants that require a 501(c)(3) determination.
Our goals:
Our primary mission of the HSRC is to reduce the number of stray and dumped animals in our county. We will offer a subsidized spay/neuter program to low income families. Real County has a 21% poverty rate, which makes it impossible for many families to budget for the high cost of sterilization of their pets. Municipalities in the county do not maintain any animal control records, and there is no animal control provided by the county. Unwanted animals are dumped on county roads on a regular basis and are regularly shot by landowners who cannot afford to have them near their livestock and homes. Our Spay/Neuter Your Pet program will be the first of its kind in the county and will be advertised by newspaper, radio, flyers and posters.
In addition to the hands on effort to control the pet population through our Spay/Neuter program, we will aggressively pursue an education program aimed at school-age children that will encourage responsible pet ownership from an early age. One plan is to have the children do “be kind to animals” posters to use in the local newspaper, place in businesses throughout the county and line the hallways of the school as well. It is our goal to have an intense program to educate the general public in what is humane treatment of domesticated pets.
The Humane Society of Real County does not have an animal shelter and does not envision having one; however, we do have a robust foster network being coordinated. This foster home program will rescue as many adoptable animals as possible. HSRC has donations to provide fences for all foster volunteers that don’t already have them. These volunteers rescue stray and dumped animals that would otherwise starve, be run over or shot. All rescued animals will be spayed/neutered, given rabies and 7/1 parvo injections, and dewormed before they are placed in foster homes or placed in their forever home.
Several area veterinarians are providing the rabies shots at reduced cost; the Freeman- Fritts Clinic in Kerrville, TX and Teresa Coble, DVM in Uvalde will provide the spay/neuter services at a reduced cost. We are coordinating with the San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition in the national program for spay/neuter, vaccinations, rabies shots, and ear-tipping feral cats for identification at a clinic in Boerne, TX.
Purpose & Goals
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