Since 1981, Last Hope has been dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of stray, abandoned and death-due pound animals.
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Celebrate the month of June by adopting a cat…or in this case two from Last Hope. These special needs girls have an incredible bond – Emmy (Black & White) is her sister Mia’s seeing eye cat since she is visually impaired. They are as sweet as pie and are a volunteer favorite here at Last Hope and while we would all be very sad to see them go we want nothing but the best for these girls and hope they find a forever home with a special someone. Could that be you??
Your donation means a great deal to our organization, but it means even more to the animals that depend on us for survival. With your help we can carry on Last Hope’s mission to reduce the tremendous cat and dog overpopulation problem on Long Island, encourage responsible and affordable pet ownership, and transform the public image of the typical pound animal. We’ve created a super easy “Wish List“ on Amazon because really, who doesn’t like easy???
We have found that since we don’t get any confirmations from Amazon your donations are not being properly acknowledged – there is an option to include a gift card so be sure to do this so we can say THANK YOU!!!
Last Hope has a 501(C)(3) not for profit status. Your donation is tax deductible.
Very Special Thanks to the students at Hicksville Middle School and their science teacher, Janice Fitzgerald (too shy for our camera) for conducting a huge collection drive for Last Hope. Our dogs and cats received a generous $250 check with funds raised in a “buy a bone for a dog; buy a fish for a cat” participatory bulletin board. The students also used a decorated collection bin to gather many donated supplies including dog beds, food, treats, toys, dog beds, even cat furniture!!
Moments after the mega-delivery of gifts from Hicksville Middle School, Last Hope got a surprise visit from Christine Sapraicone, a special ed teacher at Dutch Lane Elementary. The younger Hicksville students (K-5th grade) also held a supply drive for Last Hope and sent many donated treats plus necessities.
Our nosey Rottie mix “Gertie” inspected the goodies, instead of posing for these pictures, and had a hard time coming up for air.
By the way, Christine (pictured with Gertie) is a two-time Last Hope adopter…She is the Mom of “Rosie”, our deaf brindle Pit mix and “Carter” ( formerly “Bernardo”) one of the Puerto Rico pups.
Last Hope is so grateful for these wonderful gifts from both schools.
Last Hope Animal Rescue recently received a $5,000 grant from the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to fund our “Fix-A-Feral” program which offers financial assistance to the Long Island public to spay/neuter feral cats. This program aids in alleviating the tremendous feral cat overpopulation problem as this discount incentive enables the public to afford to help more cats.
Since initiating this “Fix-A-Feral” voucher system in 2003, Last Hope has subsidized the spaying and neutering of over 12,000 feral cats, as well as encouraging cat caretakers to participate in TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) , whereby the cats are returned (if not tame) to the location where they were trapped; and then the caretakers commit to feeding, and providing shelter for the cats. Tame cats and kittens captured during trapping are further socialized and then, put up for adoption via Last Hope.
Thanks to the generosity of the ASPCA, Last Hope will be able to sustain our ”Fix-A-Feral” program throughout the whole year.
In addition to our “Fix-A-Feral” voucher program where people make their own vet appointments, Last Hope held 3 free mass TNR clinics so far this year with a wonderful team of volunteer veterinarians, vet techs and helpers working together. In 2013 so far, 170 feral cats were spayed and neutered at the mass TNR clinics. Half of the cats came from the now closed Hostess Bakery property in Bohemia.
On Saturday, June 1st Last Hope held a free dog and cat rabies vaccine clinic at Babylon Town Shelter that was open to all Long Island pet owners. Low cost microchipping for all, plus dog licensing for Babylon residents were also available via the shelter.
By the end of the afternoon, 131 pets were vaccinated, 25 pets received microchips and 17 Babylon dogs now have sparkly license tags. The chips and licenses will help these pets return home quickly if they ever set pawout of their homes. The vet staff at the clinic even gave a few dogs much needed pedicures.
Many visitors who took advantage of our public outreach program had multiple pets so they saved quite a bit. Some mentioned that they were out of work or had lost their home to the storm which reinforces the need for a free veterinary event. Our most distant ”customers” drove from as far as Bellport and Great Neck.
Special thanks to Pet Peeves for the grant enabling us to provide the rabies vaccines at no cost to the public; to Chris Elton & Babylon Shelter; to Dr. LaSalla & Aldrich Animal Hospital; to Larry from Homeagain; to the Babylon Shelter volunteers and to the Last Hope helpers.
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