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Ivory, a Chihuahua, required
emergency surgery to remove bladder stones. |
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One Sure Way YOU Can Make a Difference for NYC's
Homeless Animals
from Out of the Cage! (January
2005)
Did You Know…?
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The Picasso
Veterinary Fund has provided financial assistance for
medical treatment for more than 36 cats and dogs? |
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The cost of meeting the special
needs of AC&C animals requiring life-saving medical attention,
at current levels, is approximately $3,000 a month? |
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The Picasso Veterinary Fund
relies solely on private contributions from individuals like
you? |
Perhaps you remember Jackson,
the brindle Pit Bull puppy who required expensive surgery to repair
a badly fractured leg resulting from being hit by a car.
Or Hardwick,
the five-year-old Lab mix who beat the odds despite a horrific head
wound that required extensive surgery to repair.
And what about Woody
and Belmont, two of the many lovable cats who survived high-rise
falls and required extreme medical treatment to make them whole
again?
These are just a few examples of the lives being
saved thanks to the Picasso Veterinary Fund. This is what the fund
is all about — saving lives…reducing suffering…giving
special Little New Yorkers a second chance for a happy life in a
loving home.
Like Ivory, the sweet
Chihuahua surrendered by her family to the AC&C shelter in Brooklyn,
where she was spotted quivering in her cage by Orphaned
Pets, an Alliance Participating Organization. Soon after being
placed with a foster family, bladder stones surfaced, requiring
immediate surgery. The Picasso Veterinary Fund helped defray the
cost of the surgery, and today Ivory is living large with a Chi-lover
and her elderly toothless Chi.
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Miniature Poodle, Trooper,
survived a car accident thanks to the Picasso Veterinary
Fund and went on to find a great new home. |
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And then there's Trooper,
the white Miniature Poodle who arrived from an AC&C
shelter at the Humane
Society of New York following a serious car accident. Although
Trooper lost an eye and required extensive surgery to repair a side
wound, paid for by the Picasso Veterinary Fund, he survived —
and went on to attend the 2004 Tails in Need Town & Country
Cocktail Party that launched the annual Great
American Mutt Show contest…and then on to a great new
home!
So many people ask, "How can I help?"
when they are confronted with the realities of animal homelessness
in NYC. Some people adopt.
Some volunteer.
The Picasso Veterinary Fund provides the perfect vehicle for individuals
to help. By contributing a cash donation to the fund, you can be
sure your gift will be used exclusively to save a life — and
give a Little New Yorker a second chance.
Donating to the Picasso Veterinary Fund is easy!
Click here to donate online.
Or mail a check to the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, 244 Fifth
Avenue, Suite R290, New York, NY 10001.
Click here
to learn more about the Picasso Veterinary Fund, and to meet
Picasso, the amazing Pit Bull pup for whom the fund is named.
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