Animal Outreach Project, Inc

01/23/2025

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As we look for the right words to say… sometimes there are none, but we still try. 💔

First thing this morning, a good samaritan rushed in a stray cat this morning that was found FROZEN solid to a fold-up chair outside. It was -1 degrees.

Although we are not a full service hospital nor an emergency clinic, our amazing team jumped into action and did everything in their power to bring him back to life. He was non-responsive but still had a heartbeat. His body temperature was so low it wouldn’t even read on the thermometer. They somehow managed to place an IV catheter, in a nearly non-exist vein, and began administering warm fluids while they worked to slowly warm the rest of his body up.

As he eventually started to thaw and become slightly aware of his surroundings, it was evident that this poor cat was in so much pain. His body was shutting down and his organs were failing. It’s possible even neurological issues were setting in due to his extreme case of hypothermia.

Despite hours of attempting life-saving measures, the heartbreaking reality is that it still wasn’t enough to save him. The damage of the cruel, bitter cold had already taken its toll. We will save you the rest of the horrific details, but it became clear that the kindest thing we could was to end his suffering by offering humane euthanasia.

Although it was not the outcome we had hoped for, we will not let this cat’s story go unheard. His life mattered. His death will not be in vain.

Let this be a lesson to all.

Stray/feral community cats may be resourceful and resilient creatures by nature, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need our help. Offer a plate of food. Fresh water. Build a make-shift shelter filled with straw (not hay or blankets). Open up your garage, barn, or storage shed for a few nights so they can escape the cold. You could literally be saving their life.

And last but not least, please, bring your own pets inside! Friends don’t let furry friends freeze to death and if you see something, DO something.

Run free, sweet kitty. We know it’s warm and sunny across the rainbow bridge. ❤️🐾☀️🌈

01/07/2025

Attention, AOP followers!

On November 1, 2024, AOP temporarily closed due to lack of funding! We have been able to assist with low-cost spay and neuter through a yearly grant. Once this runs out for the year due to lack of funding, we are unable to assist anyone else. Services such as food, straw, and emergencies are never covered by these grants and have ended several years ago do to lack of support. We rely solely on donations from the public! Unfortunately at AOP we receive very little public support! As we go into this new year, please be patient with us as we wait for our grant to become available Once it is available, we will start running specials for spay and neuter assistance as always. Please reach out to your local animal controls or rescue groups, they often have food, straw or emergency funds for those in need.

01/01/2025

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!
Yes that’s right, it’s our anniversary!! AOP has been serving the community for ten years!! Hundreds of animals and families in need have been helped through our group and we are so excited to continue our mission to assist with low cost spay and neuter options to those in need!

11/23/2024

‼️WHY NEUTER YOUR MALES?‼️

Oftentimes we hear owners saying that there is no need to neuter their male pets since he would not have a litter of pups/kittens.

However, neutering is not just to prevent unwanted litters, it's also a disease prevention method!

Intact males are at an increased risk of:

- wounds due to mating fights

- Transmissible Veneral Tumors(a virus spread during mating)

- prostate tumors and abscesses

- testicular cancer

- pe**le cancers.

All of the above are painful for the pet and expensive to treat as such prevention is the key! So how are they prevented? Simple. By having your male neutered!

Contact your veterinarian today to find out when is the right time to neuter your male pet!

The image below shows an intact 5 years old with an advanced stage of transmissible Veneral Tumor!

11/06/2024

FREE!! Free neuter’s tomorrow at Snip!

Follow the link for info!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ErcyMcK9C/?mibextid=WC7FNe

✴Surprise Special! FREE cat neuters (rabies vaccines included with surgery)!✴

Sponsored by Aaron’s Hope For Paws, tomorrow 11/7/24 ONLY.

Please read the entire post before scheduling and please share to help us get more kitties neutered!

11/7/24 Only!

To request an appointment please go to snipwv.org and click "Make an Appointment" in the menu. Under "Visit Type" please select Neuter to schedule a male cat, and Spay to schedule a female cat (this special is only for male cats). You will be able to choose an appointment time, but you will have the 7:30AM to 8:15AM window to drop your cat off! You MUST select 11/7/24 as the appointment date to participate in this special. If there are no appointments listed for those days, they have all been filled, appointments made on different dates are not eligible for the special.

This special is made possible by a grant, due to restrictions with this funding you must be a WV resident to participate in this pricing. Unfortunately we also are not able to apply this special to our volume clients on these dates (501c3's, shelters, voucher programs).

11/04/2024

Important INFO

10/21/2024

September

10/19/2024

We are a donation based organinzation started in 2015. We strive to assist the local communities with spay and neuter to help decrease the unwanted pet population and the numbers euthanized in shelters. We have assisted in 12 counties and over 3000 pets.

We appreciate all those who have donated and kept us going thus far and we will see you again when we can be of assistance

paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1492760

09/22/2024

August invoice

09/12/2024

*****CLOSED******
SEPTEMBER SPAY SPECIAL!!

Application and proof of government assistance required!
Cat spays $30
Dog spays $40

Message us to book your appointment today!

09/01/2024

Send a message to learn more

08/15/2024

I want to bring this to everyone attention. We are a nonprofit group of volunteers that around our personal lives, kids, medical issues and more we are working hard to help people in need.

When you fill out an application we review it. You submit payment often times without following the detailed directions making it very difficult to make application with payment which takes more time. We then call the vets office, which usually takes multiple attemps as they are very busy. Then we stop what we are doing to send you ALL the information you need to make your appointment go smoothly.

When you don't show up for your appointment you are taking resources away from us AND the vets office. You are consuming an appointment spot that someone else would have LOVED to have.

From here on out. IF you No call No Show, or do NOT give 3 business days notice we will NO LONGER assist you.

We ran a special and a very discounted rate and had 63 appointments and 10 of you didn't bother to cancel so we could fill them.

We are here to Help but we will not continue to take away from the Audubon Animal Clinic when they are working so hard with us to help the reduce the pet population.

08/01/2024

Wow! Great news for the community!!! So glad that ALL pets adopted will be spayed/neutered prior to going to their new homes!! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/7yY8W3gzahSbxi3v/?mibextid=WC7FNe

07/23/2024

YARD SALE for a great cause!! If you are out and about stop by and help save lives!

07/23/2024

We could all use a little more walking! And you know I read somewhere that 15 minutes to freely sniff around is as stimulating as a 40 minute walk to a dog?!