AWS LAUNCHES NEW "SPONSOR A PET" PROGRAM
Love animals but can't adopt? Do the next best thing and become an AWS Sponsor!
We've just launched a new program anyone can take advantage of to help homeless
animals. By becoming an Animal Welfare Society Sponsor, you can choose the
animal that speaks to you and help care for them with a special donation that helps
pay for your animal's medical and veternarian care, food, and special treats and toys.
In return, you'll receive a special thank you letter from your sponsor pet and a photo! You will also receive periodic updates on your special sponsor pet's progress and recognition on our website.
Learn how to sponsor a pet today!
PUPPY FEATURED ON NEW STAMP ADOPTED FROM AWS
On September 20, the U.S. Postal Service joined the fight against animal overpopulation with the introduction of Spay or Neuter commemorative postage stamps. What better way to raise public awareness about this issue than to feature two shelter animals? Even better news of a personal nature the photogenic puppy depicted on the stamp was adopted from our shelter!
Kirby, an Australian Shepherd, Collie and Border Collie mix, was living at AWS when New Milford photographer Sally Andersen-Bruce took pictures of our animals for possible inclusion on the new stamp. Two years later, Kirby's picture was chosen to be featured alongside Samantha, a kitten from the Little Guild of St. Francis shelter, also located in Connecticut.
The stamps were created to raise awareness and to educate the public on the importance of getting their pets spayed or neutered. The problem is enormous - approximately 70,000 cats and dogs are born each day in the United States and between five and eight million healthy cats and dogs are euthanized each year because they are without homes. Curbing the overpopulation of our companion animals is the best way to combat the problem and ensure the happiness and healthiness of the animals we love.
Preventing unnecessary births is the best way to help. If you own animals, have them spayed or neutered and if unaltered feral cats live in your area, contact your local shelter and have them spayed or neutered.
Use these stamps and tell all your friends and family about them! Education is our best weapon in the war against animal overpopulation.
To purchase the new Spay or Neuter stamps, call 800-STAMP-24 or visit any U.S. Post Office.
Local Assistance
If you need assistance in getting your pet spayed or neutered, please contact AWS at 860-355-1350. We are committed to reducing animal overpopulation and are here to help you.
Animal Welfare Society, Inc.
8 Dodd Road
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-1350
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AWS has joined PetFinder.org! By joining this online, searchable database, we list our available animals alongside 5,000 other animal shelters and adoption organizations from all over the US and Canada!
What does this mean to you? If you adopt a new family pet from AWS, you are now eligible to receive two FREE months of pet insurance from ShelterCare. When you activate this free gift, a donation of one bowl of food will be made to AWS!
Adopt a new family member and help other homeless animals by visiting our PetFinder homepage today!
Learn more about Petfinder and ShelterCare pet health insurance by reading our recent Petfinder press release or by viewing our ShelterCare insurance flyer, both included below.
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AWS Shelter Manager Renee Gardner with Tosca, one of the great animals available for adoption at the New Milford shelter.
AWS TEAMS UP WITH PETFINDER.ORG,
OFFERS FREE PET HEALTH INSURANCE TO ADOPTERS
Senior Cats for Senior Citizens
Please help make this possible
The Animal Welfare Society will waive 100% of the usual donation fee so that a Senior Citizen ( aged 60 and over) can adopt one of our senior cats.
It is generally acknowledged that a senior person who lives alone will benefit medically and emotionally if they a pet living with them to keep them company.
Won't you please Help ?
Any Size Donation will be appreciated to help make this program possible. All donations will be used solely for the purpose to help an older person adopt.
Please make checks payable to
:
AWS-Senior Cat Adoptions
mail to the below address
Animal Welfare Society Inc,
8 Dodd Road
New Milford, Ct. 06776
