Sierra County Animal Rescue Society

To bring the local shelter's euthanasia rate to zero percent.

Spay and or Neuter all companion animals. Advocate and educate spay/neuter, adopt don't shop and regulation or eradication of puppy mills.
Supply volunteers to the shelter that can relieve some of the burden of the small staff and provide human companionship to the shelter pets to make them more adoptable. To reduce overcrowding through promoting adoption through reduced costs to the adopters. Plan, finance and build a play yard for shelter animals so that they may show their true selves and be more adoptable.

Fundraising goal of $3000 per year
craft sales of pet toys & treats of 600. per year
received grant of $4000 for spay neuter of cats & kittens
received grant of $5000 to help with elderly medical & food costs for pets
received grant of $4000 to help spay and neuter of all shelter animals before adoption
Received grant of $25,000 to build a dog play yard (finished March 2020)
Received grant of $1000 to promote bully breeds adoption
applied for grant of $5000 for spay/neuter
applied for grant of $3000 for spay/neuter

Recruited, vetted and trained over 66 volunteers who either foster in their homes pets so that there are more open pens for homeless animals, or walk and teach dogs how to walk on a leash to make them adoptable, or groom cats and/or dogs to make them more adoptable, or help with cleaning chores including never ending loads of laundry, food and water dishes, litter pans, etc.
Sponsored approximately 40 adoptions this year and transported more than a dozen animals to rescue organizations. Paid the cost of spay/neuter for 66 cats and vaccinated 100 kittens in 2019. Spayed and or neutered 31 dogs in 2019.
Paid for the euthanasia of four elderly animals owned by elderly people who could no longer stand to see their pet suffering. Paid
What's next is to keep sterilizing pets and keep educating spay/neuter and adopt don't shop.