FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 22, 2014
Seattle Humane Society completed a record-setting year with 6,937 lives saved! Pet adoptions also hit a record high in 2013, with 6,403 dogs, cats and critters placed into loving homes and 128 pets returned to their owner.
“We save lives and help complete families, but we don’t do it alone,” Seattle Humane CEO David Loewe said. “Our 1,900 volunteers donated 210,000 hours to help pets in need in 2013. Our community stands beside us every step of the way and we couldn’t do it without them.”
Additional highlights from 2013 include:
• Nearly 5,647 pets at the shelter received foster care in the homes of nearly 600 volunteer foster parents. They tended to underage puppies and kittens who required round-the-clock bottle feedings; senior pets who needed a break from shelter life; and pets recovering from surgery.
• Nearly 8,000 surgical procedures were performed at Seattle Humane Society’s veterinary clinic, including 2,309 pets spayed and neutered through our programs for low-income families in our community. This program is critical to Seattle Humane Society’s leadership efforts to reduce pet homelessness and suffering.
The Seattle Humane Society is setting goals to help even more pets in need and to save more lives in 2014, Loewe said.
“The animals are counting on us, the community depends on us, and we will be there for them,” he said.
