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With Your Help
Because of the generous contributions from animal lovers like you, SNSI has facilitated more than 90,000 spay-neuter surgeries to date. Please give a tax-deductible gift of any size to help us continue our important efforts and save animal lives!
Thank you for your support!
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This Month's Certificate Recipients
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Free surgery certificates issued to:
- Ruts Rescue, Pittsboro (Hendricks County)
- Every Dog Counts Rescue, Zionsville (Boone County)
- River Valley Humane Society, Elizabeth (Bartholomew County)
- Pals for Paws, Inc., Kokomo (Howard County)
- Helping Pawz, Fillmore (Putnam County)
- Kokomo Humane Society, Kokomo (Howard County)
- Brown County Humane Society, Nashville (Brown County)
- Animal Outreach of Shelby County, Shelbyville (Shelby County)
- Humane Society of Scott County, Scottsburg (Scott County)
- Pet Refuge, South Bend (St. Joseph County)
- Marion-Grant County Humane Society, Marion (Grant County)
- Bloomington Animal Shelter, Bloomington (Monroe County)
- Humane Society of Indianapolis, Animal Welfare Center (Marion County)
- Lucky's Legacy, Inc., Hobart (Lake County)
- Paw Pals of Clinton County, Frankfort (Clinton County)
- Ohio County Animal Shelter, Rising Sun (Ohio County)
- Hope Marie's Fund, Franklin (Johnson County)
- Emmy Corporation, DBA Gibson County Animal Services, Princeton (Gibson County)
Any 501c3 animal welfare organization or municipal shelter can apply to the SNSI's Pet Friendly Group Grant program annually.
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free surgery certificates for free-roaming cats were issued to:
- Pals for Paws, Inc., Kokomo (Howard County)
- Humane Society of Indianapolis, Animal Welfare Center (Marion County)
- Lucky's Legacy, Hobart (Lake County)
- Cherished Life, Westfield (Hamilton County)
If you're not already sporting a Pet Friendly license plate, make plans to get yours in 2016!
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 New Legislation Means More Spay-Neuter Surgeries
This life-saving law ensures that dogs and cats must be spayed and neutered before being adopted out of shelters or rescue groups. The next step is for Governor Pence to sign it into law!
SNSI thanks the bill's author Representative Mike Karickhoff and co-author Rep. Linda Lawson, along with Sen. Brandt Hershman for their leadership roles. SNSI also thanks the ASPCA, and the many animal lovers that contacted legislators to urge the bill's passage.
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March Madness to Raise Funds
SNSI is participating in Brackets for Good, an online, bracket-style fundraising tournament. The event helps increase exposure for groups like SNSI, but also allows us to compete for a chance to win $10,000! Each week our supporters can vote for SNSI, and each week the field will narrow through the final run-off between the top two Indy non-profits! Learn more and vote at www.bfg.org.
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All Hands On Deck for Hair Ball 2016
Ahoy Matey! The Hair Ball ship is about to sail.
Plan now to attend, and watch for our Treasure Map coming soon! Be there or walk the plank!
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Have A Heart Campaign Wraps Up
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Community Effort to Save Firehouse Pups
In January, a box of seven 5-week-old puppies were abandoned at the Indianapolis Station 22 Firehouse.
The firefighters took the pups, all suffering from colds, to Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, where they received medical attention, vaccinations, and deworming. Fortunately for those pups, Rescue Farm in Poland, Indiana, was able to locate a foster home and continue the medications.
 SPOT Clinic, a low-cost veterinary clinic in Terre Haute, vaccinated them and agreed to continue care as they grew. And, SNSI covered the cost to spay/neuter through the Pet Friendly License Plate fund to ensure no future unwanted dogs in the community.
These pups will be ready for adoption in a couple of weeks, and it all happened because so many pitched in to help! If you are interested in adopting a Firehouse Pup, please visit www.rescuefarm.org.
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SVPS Works to "Get Them Fixed"
Springs Valley Pet Services, Inc.
(SVPS), in French Lick (Orange County), has been in the trenches trapping community cats, helping to fix and rehome dogs, raising puppies, and even dabbling in the lost pet arena. Though SVPS just got up and running last September, they are already making a positive impact. SNSI connected with SVPS soon after to issue Pet Friendly Group Grant and Community Cat certificates, and provide SNAP certificates to low-income residents.
SVPS President Jennifer Hill and a few key volunteers are at the heart of SVPS.
"Many of the individuals here have a very hard time caring for their families, let alone a pet. We struggle with poverty and educating the public on the proper way to treat animals," said Hill.
Because of the incredible need, especially with free-roaming cats in the community, SNSI issued SVPS extra Community Cat Program certificates to help with their efforts. "We have more animals, especially cats, than we do adoptees or available rescues," Hill continued.
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