March 25, 2025 is Spay Neuter Awareness Day at the Capitol!
West Virginia Spay Neuter Program (WVSNP). The law was passed in 2013 and was funded in 2018. Has paid for over 70,000 surgeries and paid over $3M to WV Vet […]
2024 Pet & Community Cat Statistics
You can calculate the numbers in your area! See below the Pet Stray Population report that you can download which has all the statistics presented by county population for total […]
State spay neuter program funding in jeopardy! Deadline sunset date looms along with potential harmful federal bill!
If the federally proposed PURR Act bill passes, it could eliminate our WVSNP funding forever! This would be catastrophic for our WVSNP program. Yes, our WVSNP funding bill sunsets in […]
WV Spay Neuter Clinics / New Mercer Clinic Opens / Vet Status.
One of our greatest challenges in West Virginia with reaching our spay neuter goal beyond funding is the lack of veterinarians in some areas to perform all the needed surgeries. […]
Spay Neuter Data/Charts for WV
Above is the history of our success with the WVSNP grant and what is projected for 2024! 2023 The WV Dept of Agric. total for WVSNP had an increase from […]
Dominion Post article tells the story of MZM grant tackling pet overpopulation throughout WV
Mug-Z-Moo to the rescue – animal welfare group’s ongoing struggle for funding – Dominion Post Thank you, Erin Cleavenger, for such an informative article. And our appreciation to the Dominion […]
A wish to change the law…Carri’s Story.
Another session of the WV State Legislature has passed with no bill for animal welfare passed. Everyone thinks we need more laws to help animals. In some cases, we do. […]
VetStart Program could support our spay neuter effort!
West Virginia Spay Neuter Program (WVSNP) was the result of collective and persistent political action that highlighted the need for publicly funded spay and neuter services. However, when the funding […]
Teaching kindness & Other Animal Welfare Resources
As a former librarian, I often chose a dog or cat book to read to my students. It was difficult to find one that delivered the message I wanted. Here […]
2022 Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters
The Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) has published the second edition of the 2022 Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters. Home (sheltervet.org) download here or at sources below. […]