February 2015
In This Issue
FACE Expands Network
Our New Guidstar Rating
SNSI License Plate Gets Boost from WISH-TV
Kitten Season
Canine Flu
Groups Awarded Assistance
Community Cat Groups Awarded Assistance

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In Memorial
Pamela Carpenter and Scarlet Rose in memory of William H. Rose Sr.
Spread the Word About SNSI!

Does your office or neighborhood have a newsletter? Does your church distribute a bulletin? Do you subscribe to a community listserv or electronic bulletin board? 


 

Consider posting or asking the newsletter editor to share information about SNSI's Pet Friendly License Plate and programs with your friends, neighbors and co-workers to help us spread the word about the important work of SNSI. 

SNSI Expands Vet Network

SNSI could not be successful without an extensive network of veterinarians who support our mission and provide low-cost surgeries, sometimes in areas of Indiana where spay-neuter options are very limited.

We are pleased to announce six new clinics that can provide low-cost spay neuter through SNSI:  

  • Healthier Pet Animal Wellness Center - Huntington (Huntington Co.)
  • Emerson Pet Clinic (cats only) (Marion Co.)
  • Pendleton Veterinary Clinic (Madison Co.)
  • Terre Haute Humane Society (Vigo Co.)
  • Davis Veterinary Service - Rensselaer (Jasper Co.)
  • Davis Veterinary Service - Winamac (Pulaski Co.)

Visit this link for a complete list of of vets.

 

SNSI Goes Gold

Guidestar Exchange, the national program that monitors non-profit organizations for legitimacy, just recognized SNSI at its Gold Participation level. 

 

Foundations and other funders utilize Guidestar to verify a non-profit's compliance with Internal Revenue Service requirements for charitable status. 

 

You can rest easy when donating to SNSI, that your contributions are 100% tax deductible. Consider a donation to help shelter  overpopulation and save animal lives today! 

 

Make a donation!

WISH-TV Daybreak Helps Promote the SNSI License Plate


 

On the March 14 episode of WISH-TV (Indianapolis) Daybreak, SNSI's President, Cheri Storms, joined host Drew Blair and PetPalsTV's Patty Spitler. Storms was on-air promoting the Pet-Friendly License Plate. 

Currently the #8 highest sold license plate in Indiana, the Pet-Friendly plate brings $25 to SNSI from every plate sold, and every dollar of that money supports spay/neuter surgeries. 

Join the thousands of Hoosiers who sport the plate that tells others they love animals. When it's time to renew your license plate, choose the Pet-Friendly plate! 

 

Spring Weather Brings Kitten Season

During the spring months, more cats are on the loose and looking for a mate. It is this time of year that animal shelters across Indiana are flooded with kittens. 

SNSI reminds Hoosiers that cats as young as four months old can get pregnant with unwanted litters, leading to more shelter crowding and increased euthanasia due to lack of space and resources. 

Now is the time to spay/neuter to avoid unwanted litters and save animal lives.
Canine Flu Hits Close To Home

 

Indiana State Board of Animal Health is warning about a highly contagious canine
influenza reported in the Chicago area.

 

While no cases of this dog flu has been reported in Indiana to date, health officials suggest getting your dog vaccinated to avoid risk of contracting the virus, especially for vulnerable animals like dogs that are very young or elderly.

 

Those is no risk to humans contracting the disease, however, five dogs have died from the virus to date.

 

For more info, visit www.boah.in.gov or talk to your vet.

Twelve Groups Awarded Assistance 
Congratulations to 12 Indiana organizations awarded SNSI's Pet Friendly Group Grants, providing free surgery certificates in March. 
These non-profit organizations and municipal animal shelters are helping save animal lives in their communities:
  • Morgan Co Humane Society (Martinsville)
  • Volunteers for Animal Welfare (Cedar Grove - Franklin Co.) 
  • Kokomo Humane Society (Howard Co.) 
  • Petite Paws Rescue Angels (Greenwood - Johnson Co.)  
  • Hobart Humane Society (Lake Co.) 
  • Speedway Animal Rescue (Marion Co.)  
  • Big Z Dobermans Rescue (Idaville - White Co.) 
  • Michiana Humane Society & SPCA (Michigan City) 
  • It Takes a Village Canine Rescue (Evansville) 
  • Pawswap of Greater Lafayette 
  • Warrick Humane Society (Newburgh) 
  • Allen Co SPCA (Ft. Wayne) 

Any 501c3 animal welfare organization or municipal shelter can apply to the SNSI's Pet Friendly Group Grant program annually to receive free surgery certificates redeemable at participating vets. The funding for this on-going program is made possible from revenues received from sales of the Indiana Pet Friendly License Plate. Learn more about this program here

Five Indiana Groups Benefit From Community Cat Program
SNSI is pleased to announce that five more Indiana animal welfare groups have received Community Cat Program certificates to help spay/neuter more cats and further reduce cat overpopulation in shelters. 
  • Humane Society of Putnam County (Greencastle)
  • Jamie's Legacy (Huntington)
  • TLC Pals 4 Paaws (Richland - Rush Co.)
  • Red Sky Rescue (Medora - Jackson Co.)
  • Owen County Humane Society (Spencer)