by Janet Alderson | Jan 4, 2017 | 2016, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
The numbers are in! In 2016, the Gateway Pet Guardians’ Spay/Neuter Program sterilized a total of 277 animals and helped 129 families. This number includes 150 community cats, 23 pet cats, and 104 dogs. In addition to the spay/neuter surgeries, the program vaccinated...
by Janet Alderson | Nov 29, 2016 | 2016, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
It’s been about a month since our Jones Park Vaccination Clinic, but East St. Louis and Washington Park residents are still receiving services for their pets. At the clinic, over 30 residents signed up for spay/neuter surgeries for their pets. Over the past few weeks,...
by Janet Alderson | Oct 24, 2016 | 2016, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
Our vaccination clinics play an important role in our community program. We were able to host two clinics this year, vaccinating over 200 community pets in our service area and signing up over 60 pets for spay/neuter surgeries. On Saturday, October 22, we were set up...
by Janet Alderson | Aug 9, 2016 | 2016, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
Check out some of these happy stories from our Community Outreach Program! All of the community pets below were spayed/neutered, given vaccines, and microchipped through our Spay/Neuter Program. We are so happy they are home with their families and living the good...
by Janet Alderson | Jul 18, 2016 | 2016, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
Over the past year, Gateway Pet Guardians has taken a new approach to controlling the homeless cat population in the Metro East. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) specifically targets stray and feral cats—cats that otherwise could not be adopted out into a family home. In TNR,...
by Janet Alderson | Jul 8, 2016 | 2016, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
This month has been big for the Gateway Pet Guardians Community Outreach Program. Our friends at Complete Truck & RV Repair donated a large conversion van to be used for our spay/neuter efforts, and we named the vehicle “Unit Puppy 1.” Thursday, July 7 was Unit...
