#GivingTuesday: Animal Adoption
The #GivingEveryTuesday theme for January 30, 2024 is Animal Adoption.
Open your heart to local nonprofits making the Omaha/Council Bluffs greater metro a better place by uplifing local animal adoptions:
All Animal Adoption Nonprofits
NALA Rescue
Ally of NALA Rescue shares, "Foster-based rescues are independently funded by donations, and the people involved are all unpaid volunteers, so we literally cannot continue rescuing animals without community members donating time and money. Rescues also use their resources to give back to the community through services like Trap Neuter Release, access to veterinary medicine for those in need, rehoming pets, and more."
"In addition to donating time and/or money, our ask for the community is to be responsible pet owners. This means spaying/neutering your pet, providing adequate veterinary care, and understanding the sacrifices involved with pet ownership. Rescues often have to take on the result of irresponsible pet ownership (unwanted puppies/kittens, neglected pets, etc)."
"The little things add up! If you can give a few dollars, or a few hours of volunteer time, you are making a huge impact on the lives of these animals in need."
The Good Life Bulldog Rescue
Heather of The Good Life Bulldog Rescue shares, "Donations are how we keep our rescue running—between cash donations, in kind product donations, and support from our vets, we are able to keep our overhead as low as possible. This then allows us to assist more bulldogs—with medical/vetting needs, training, food, or by bringing into a foster home and finding the best possible home for each smooshie."
"If you aren't able to donate, spreading the word is vital! Share Facebook/Instagram posts, react and comment on posts and tell your friends!"
Donate to The Good Life Bulldog Rescue
Basset and Beagle Rescue of the Heartland
Larissa of Basset and Beagle Rescue of the Heartland shares, "Winter is a hectic time for Basset and Beagle Rescue of the Heartland, with frigid weather driving higher need for support across the Midwest. On January 20th, we coordinated a Herculean effort to save 32 pups and 1 cat of all ages and breeds from outdoor conditions in addition to the hundreds of dogs saved in a normal year. Thirty three lives will all need vetting, for which we rely on community donations like yours. Besides funds, we are always in need of foster homes, dog food, and treats!"
Donate to Basset and Beagle Rescue of the Heartland
Feline Friendz in Nebraska
Jana of Feline Friends in Nebraska shares, "Nonprofits like Feline Freindz in Nebraska that support animal adoptions and altering community cats (feral cats and abandoned cats) provide an essential service to the community. Local governments don't always provide these services to the community leaving local nonprofit organizations to fill this void."
"The one thing we need from the community is monetary contributions to allow Feline Friendz in Nebraska to continue altering feral cats and returning them to the place where they were caught (Trap, Neuter and Return ). We need people in the Omaha metropolitan community to contact their city council people and demand that community cat programs be included in local ordinances then provide the funding to execute this vital program."
Donate to Feline Friendz in Nebraska
Nebraska Humane Society
Charles Cooper with Nebraska Humane Society shares, "As a 501-C3 not for profit organization, we do not receive tax dollars, nor do we receive any portion of dues or donations paid to national animal welfare agencies. When you donate to nonprofit agencies like the Nebraska Humane Society, you allow us to provide for the animals in our care, as well as offer programs and resources to our community."
Here are a few of the things Nebraska Humane Society offers to our community:
- Training classes and behavior modification programs; humane education programs; a free behavior help line; a pet food pantry for pet parents who may be struggling financially; Project Pet Safe, a program to help pet owners who are of victims of domestic abuse; Animeals, a program to deliver pet food to elderly pet owners who no longer have the freedom or ability to leave their homes; Project hero which serves veterans requiring short term hospitalization or rehab by providing temporary housing for their pets.
"Whether it’s making a financial contribution, advocating for the animals, or volunteering time, our community is what keeps us going! From the tiniest kitten to the largest dog, support from our community helps provides each animal the lifesaving care they need and the second chance they deserve," says Charles.
"We always want to encourage our community to consider adopting. Adoption saves two lives: the pet that is adopted, and the one that can take his/her kennel. Adoption also makes the efforts of our agency come full circle. Getting a pet into a loving home means that pet gets a second chance at a happy life with a family, and leaves us a space to work with the next animal that comes in. Adoption is also, quite frankly, the best deal around for acquiring a dog or cat or critter. NHS pets undergo medical exams and treatment for a variety of injuries and illnesses. They are then spayed or neutered, microchipped and have first shots. And many of our pets have small adoption fees that wouldn’t cover the costs of those services, much less the cost of the pet itself. Are we enticing you? You can see all our pets at www.nehumanesociety.org/adopt," says Charles.
Donate to Nebraska Humane Society
Town and Country
Roxane Cosgrove of Town and Country shares, "It is important to donate to nonprofits that support Animal Adoption because we do so much for the community and help animals that can't help themselves. We give them a voice. At Town & Country we are a no-kill shelter, meaning that we do not euthanize our animals because of factors like reactivity, long stay at the shelter, etc. If our animals have a medical condition we pay for it and work on rehabilitation instead of euthanization. If an animal isn't crate trained, food/fence reactive, not good on a leash, etc, we invest in animal behavioral training programs."
One thing Town and Country needs from the community is volunteers, and of course, financial support.
Town and Country is currently in a rebranding phase. They've have been around for 40 years in Papillion and would like to grow with the community. They were Town & Country Humane Society, but will soon drop the "humane society" and adopt the term of "Animal Rescue" because hey have invested our efforts into being an animal rescue organization.