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Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Recieves Grant
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society has received a $14,000 grant from the Massachusetts Animal Coalition (MAC) as part of the special "I'm Animal Friendly" license plate program. These plates support spay/neuter efforts in Massachusetts and help to reduce the number of homeless animals in the state.
Funds received from the sale of these special license plates are dispersed annually by MAC through a grant process. The proceeds are awarded to non-profit humane organizations and municipal animal control agencies in the Commonwealth that provide spaying and neutering services for cats, dogs and rabbits.
The grant awarded to Dakin is the largest grant given to a single organization in the state and is in recognition and support of the organization's opening of their Community Spay/Neuter Clinic last year. Nearly 6,000 dogs and cats have been sterilized at the clinic since it opened mid-October 2009. Dakin had pledged to meet a goal of sterilizing 7,000 animals in its first year of operation as part of its Three Year Plan to end the euthanasia of adoptable animals in the Pioneer Valley by 2012. It is anticipated that the clinic will far exceed that initial goal.
"If you care about animals, the purchase of one of these plates is an important way to help animals in our community and assist us in our efforts to end animal homelessness in the Pioneer Valley", according to Dakin's Executive Director Leslie Harris.
The funds awarded to Dakin this week will be used to subsidize the spaying/neutering of cats of low income caregivers. More information on how to order an "I'm Animal Friendly" license plate, the Dakin Community Spay/Neuter Clinic, and Dakin's Three Year Plan is available online www.dpvhs.org.
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