Aloha,
Animal CARE Foundation recently received a request to neuter 50 homeless dogs on the Waianae Coast of O'ahu. These dogs live with displaced humans who just can't afford the city certificate price of $50 for a male dog and $85 for a female dog (not including the customary fees added on by private veterinarians which commonly total $100 or more per dog). ACF needs to help these animals for two reasons: first, imagine how many puppies will enter the Hawaiian INHumane Society this "puppy season" only to be slaughtered because they come "from the country" (which is HHS' excuse for not dealing with the potential for viral diarrhea in their kennels). Second, these people will soon be rounded up themselves and "placed" into shelters. Some will go and their dogs will be confiscated by animal control. Sadly, this generally happens in the middle of the night as the beaches are "closed" by local Hawaii Police Department officers. It's a Nazi-like sweep and neither we, the rescuers in the area nor the homeless people will know when it happens. So, the only way to try and protect some of these dogs from being rounded up and killed by HHS as their guardians are forced off the beaches they call home and into "shelters" is to have the dogs microchipped which we will do at surgery. Now, it's not perfect and HHS is known for deeming animals "unfit" and "dangerous" and killing them irregardless of their microchip status, but we can save some this way and either return them with support to their families or place them for adoption, both of which we do now with the support of the local rescue groups.
But we need your help! Suture has been graciously donated and will cover most procedures. We still need, however, to offset the costs of other surgical supplies and instruments - gauze, autoclaving supplies, certain instruments. We also need microchips or we may need to slow our feral cat neutering to offset this for a little bit, something which is equally important. We could have planned better but were only made aware of this a week ago and need to start neutering before canine breeding season which begins in the Spring and, more importantly, before the "roundups occur". The shelter is slated to be finished in a month or two. The grand total, on average will be approximately $2000 for supplies, microchips, rented vehicles to move the animals in larger groups than one or two dogs and incentive food since many homeless need some token to understand that we are truly trying to help.
PLEASE HELP US TRY TO KEEP THESE DOGS SAFE.
Respectfully,
Sabina De Giacomo DVM
To support this effort:
- We accept paypal
- We can take credit cards over the phone (808) 396-3333 or at the clinic.
- We can have checks, money orders or cashier's checks mailed to the clinic:
Animal CARE Foundation
6650 Hawaii Kai Dr., Suite
Honolulu, HI 96825
