The 2024 WVSNP grant awards are posted on the WVDOA website. There are 82 recipients with 19 of those being county commissions receiving spay neuter grant awards.
Grant Opportunity: National opportunity
Rescue Rebuild Animal Shelter / Build with You
https://greatergood.org/rescue-rebuild#apply
Greater Good Charities’ Rescue Rebuild program is a shelter renovation program that recruits volunteers nationwide to help various shelters and other organizations in need. We help organizations such as animal shelters, human shelters, and wildlife facilities. This specific application is for ANIMAL SHELTERS. Rescue Rebuild’s “Build with You” can help selected shelters in a variety of ways. This is a national grant opportunity.
There are a number of issues of concern to FOHO WV. Our primary target is the success of the Spay Neuter Assistance Program which had an amazing year of great success in 2023. We know the Pet Food Industry is working to figure out ways to end registration fees in our state which would end funding for our spay neuter program. Their latest move is to eliminate the state and the Dept. of Agric. in regulating pet food registration fees. PFI’s proposal would create the Center for Companion Animal Nutrition within the FDA to federally regulate pet food and treats for dogs and cats. Under this new framework, state governments would be preempted and prohibited from assessing registrations fees, mandating label reviews and premarket approval and any other actions to regulate pet food sales. We will be posting more on this as we find out more.
But there are other issues that are important to FOHO WV.
We will list them as our supporters pass them on to us.
Following/monitoring animal law in the state.
Keeping current our WV Animal Law Book which is currently being reprinted in the 2024 edition. Thanks to the Mon County Canine Adoption Center for offering to sponsor the printing of the new books. (Animal law does not change often so 2020 is still updated in most areas)
Ending Greyhound racing in WV.
Enacting the Commercial Breeder’s Law in all 55 counties by setting the commercial breeder’s fees in those counties.
Strengthening penalties for animal fighting.
Fighting breed discrimination when necessary.
Curbing animal cruelty.
The list goes on. These are some of the topics you will find of interest to us. While we have no authority under the law to act, we feel it is important to educate and inform our supporters on these issues.
Our primary source for remaining educated on legislative issues is wvvaw.org
Checkout the Supporters of FOHO WV Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/supportersoffohowv/
Other Facebook page sources we depend upon:
We also follow the Facebook WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund page. https://www.facebook.com/SupportersWVSpayNeuterFund/
And, we follow the West Virginians Against Greyhound Racing Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WVAgainstGreyhoundRacing/