• We serve seven cities with a combined population of approximately 500,000 people.

• We are an Open Door Shelter. As such, we accept and care for each animal that comes to us from our service area—an average of 40 a day. We never turn away an animal for any reason.

• We provide food, shelter and medical care to thousands of domestic and wild animals each year. In 2005, we took in nearly 11,000 animals from our service cities. Your support is vital in helping us provide these necessities.

• To help control pet over population, our shelter sterilizes all animals adopted from the shelter before they go to their new home.

• Because we believe that days are brighter and we are healthier when animals are around, our volunteers take pets to visit patients in hospitals, convalescent homes and special care facilities.

• Through our Humane Education Program, school children and other members of our community learn proper pet care and the appreciation and humane treatment of animals.