Animal Rescue Coalition Inc

This program is ARC's version of clear the shelters. We will offer our spay/neuter skills and fundraising capabilities to help rescues rescue and allow shelters to save more lives.   This program is designed to incentivize rescue groups to pull animals from high-kill (high-risk) or overcrowded shelters by offering them highly reduced (potentially free) spay/neuter surgeries and vaccines.  ARC will regularly monitor intake and euthanasia rates at the county shelters and direct rescues to pull animals from those locations to access the Ready, Set Rescue funding for spay/neuter vaccines.   ARC staff will work with county shelter and local rescue groups to establish a process and protocol that addresses the unique challenge each has when dealing with new and remote locations.

ARC leads the way in humanely controlling the feral cat population in Sarasota and Manatee counties, having developed a highly successful Trap-Neuter-Return program.  Feral cats, also known as community cats are safely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, treated for internal and external parasites, ear-tipped for identification, in many cases microchipped and returned to their colonies. Since most feral cat groups, coordinators and colony caretakers are volunteers and rarely have the funding for the spay and neuter expenses,  ARC works diligently in raising.   Feral Cat/ Community Cat surgeries make up approximately twenty percent of all the spay/neuter surgeries done during the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

They are injured or sick, but treatable.  Homeless and helpless, these animals could be saved.  But many are euthanized anyway, simply for lack of money.  ARC’s Emergency Medical Fund provides the necessary medicine and supplies.  ARC’s medical directors, Dr. Nan Rosenberry and Dr. David Smith of Bay Road Animal Hospital, donate care and services, ARC provides $1500 per month medical supplies, and lives are saved.  Many go on to become loving companion animals.

ARC sets aside two days per week to care for dogs and cats from other 501c3 Rescue organizations.   During 2017 27 different organizations came to our clinic.  We performed nearly 1200 surgeries on dogs and cats brought to us from all over Florida.   We have highly reduced rates for these mission partners, allowing them to do more with their own limited resources.