San Antonio Pets Alive! Better known as SAPA works hard
every day to try and find forever homes for animals and foster homes for those
on the euthanasia list. In addition to doing this they also have their own
kennels where they can pull animals to safety when there is a room available. When
looking at the evaluation side I chose to look into promotional aspects, care,
and how they try to adopt out animals.
On a scale of one to
ten on the heart wrenching scale there promotions seem to be a 15. Every day compiling
a list of those set to never walk outside in the grass once more must be
draining. They currently have Facebook ads as well as ads on craigslist making
sure that anyone looking for an animal has every chance to see those who are in
need the most of a home. With the use of their Facebook page hundreds of
animals a year have been saved the pain of a heart stick (where an animal is
put down by using a large needle to inject the drugs directly in the heart).
SAPA’s Facebook page is also the reason Honey and her newborn pups are safe in
a loving home.
Honey and her 7 puppies almost didn't make it out of ACS. With a deadline for euthanasia at 2pm we picked them up at 1pm
When evaluating how they help animals it’s clear that they try everything for an animal so that they are not put down. There is an application process to see if you would be a good match for the type of animal you want to save. Which can be found here at www.sanantoniopetsalive.org . Whenever a dog is adopted out of the SAPA kennel they move forward and pull another dog that otherwise would have died that day. The only animals that SAPA cannot pull and put into their kennels are pregnant or nursing dogs. The shelter environment even in the SAPA location is to rough for such little individuals.. While fostering an animal SAPA even picks up the veterinary bills with the one catch being that you must get it done at a SAPA approved location and at this time I believe there are only two. They even hold adoption events for you to bring out your foster dog and try to find him or her there forever home. . Since starting in January 2012 SAPA has saved 20,000 lives so the question really shouldn’t be focused on whether they help animals it should be how we can help save more
The conditions inside of SAPA are almost identical to the of
San Antonio’s entire ACS system. Slightly large kennels with a bed for every
dog in that particular cage and usually no more than two dogs unless they are a
smaller breed. With fewer animals though the stress put on the dogs is less
than a building in ACS that has over 75 dogs per building. SAPA only holds
about 20 at the ACS location with the rest being in foster homes or at the
location near the San Antonio Zoo. So if you’re looking to add a new member to
your home come check out SAPA and save two lives by making room for them to
bring another dog to safety. You could just end up with this cute little guy
How do you you feel at the SAPA? Like do you think they actually help out animals? Or do you think that they are just filled with people trying to get rid of the animals however they can? Do you think that there is something that you personally could do for these animals?
ReplyDeletevery interesting analysis on the "people trying to get rid of the animals..." but it would be really sad if that were true. Why do you have to be a Debbie Downer? but good question.
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