by Janet Alderson | May 29, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, East Side Pet Crisis Fund, Spay/Neuter, Ways to Donate, Ways to get involved
Six-week-old Chanel walked up to her mama one day and she noticed a wound on her back. Luckily, we were in the neighborhood, and her mom asked us for help. We got Chanel into the vet, and discovered she had gotten into some sort of a chemical, causing the wounds. It...
by Janet Alderson | May 16, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
On Saturday, May 12, Gateway Pet Guardians hosted a Community Pet Day in Village of Cahokia Park where 110 pets received free rabies and distemper/parvo vaccinations. In years past, we have hosted our clinics at Jones Park and Lincoln Park in East St. Louis, IL. But...
by Janet Alderson | May 1, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
This evening, we received a call from a community member about a stray dog in her neighborhood. She found a beautiful brown poodle with matted fur. We drove over to her place to scan the dog for a microchip, with hopes that he might be owned. Sure enough, he was...
by Janet Alderson | Apr 19, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
It takes the help of many organizations working together to make the Gateway Pet Guardians Spay/Neuter Program program work. Thanks to our partners, we have been able to fix over 1,100 pets since our program began in 2012! We’d like to take a moment to thank each...
by Janet Alderson | Apr 12, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
We have some exciting news! Our friends at Best Friends awarded a $5,000 grant to Gateway Pet Guardians to be used to fund a targeted spay/neuter initiative in Cahokia, IL (zip code 62206). In 2017, 34% of total pets surrendered by their owners (including cats, dogs,...
by Janet Alderson | Apr 2, 2018 | 2018, Community outreach, East St. Louis, Spay/Neuter, Ways to get involved
In July 2015, we recognized an issue in the Metro East that needed to be addressed. After years of hard work providing free spay/neuter resources for pet dogs and cats, we started seeing a large increase in the homeless cat population in the area. Community cat...
