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ORGANIZATION: League City Pets Alive aka Friends of League City Animal Shelter
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Before our commitment to become NO KILL you could drop by the shelter whenever you had spare and walk a dog. Becoming no kill changed our focus to improving the dog's behavior and obedience skills to enhance their ability to get adopted. This also increases their chances of staying in their new home, so they will never be homeless again. This focus has resulted in a 98% live release of dogs.
This means is EVERY walk for the dog is a training session to make them more adoptable. To accomplish this goal Canine Companions are thoroughly trained, by professionally trained volunteers , before they begin walking the dogs. There are levels of training and hands on experience as a volunteer advances through the levels.
If you want to save dogs lives, this is how you do it.
Higher kill shelters don’t focus on training the animals, because the dog probably won’t make it out alive, so its behavior doesn’t matter. We are committed to changing the dog’s behavior and placing them in a home, regardless of how long it takes.
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About League City Pets Alive aka Friends of League City Animal Shelter
Location:
PO BOX 57069, WEBSTER, TX 77598, US
Mission Statement
For 16 years League City Pets Alive has been committed to rescuing, sterilizing, and finding homes for vulnerable animals. We are committed to saving lives by reducing the number of cats being euthanized in animal shelters and reducing animal homelessness. As a foster based, all volunteer, nonprofit, we tirelessly work 7 days a week, partnering with local pet supply stores where we place cats in condos for adoption. Through the unwavering commitment to advocacy and action we promote responsible pet ownership and enlighten the public of the accessibility and affordability of spay/neuter and other basic vet services.
Description
In 2013, shelter management and League City Pets Alive (LCPA) set two ambitious goals: to achieve no-kill status and secure a new shelter facility. Thanks to community support, in 2017 we reached no-kill by achieving a 90% live release rate of animals entering the shelter and the new shelter opened in 2020
However, when the shelter began sterilizing and releasing adoptable cats back to their original locations without ensuring a caretaker, we made the difficult decision to sever our partnership. LCPA pivoted its mission to focus on helping the cats that needed us most.
Today, LCPA provides cats for adoption seven days a week at six local pet supply stores. Our Kitty Condo Krewe, a dedicated volunteer team, manages over 70 shifts each week to care for the cats and match them with loving homes. This program has been incredibly successful, with adoption numbers consistently exceeding 300 cats annually.
CAUSE AREAS
Animals,
Community
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
755 West WalkerLeague City Animal CareLeague City, TX 77573
(29.49925 ,-95.09564 )
DATE POSTED
May 24, 2024
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Veterinary
- Animal Therapy
- Multi-Tasking
- People Skills
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2 or more hours a week