Sep 05, 2023
Lately, Austin Pets Alive! has made the tough determination to offer a 30-day understand to finish our veterinary services and products contract with Laredo Animal Care Products and services (LACS).
Once we started our partnership with LACS previous this yr, on the request of the Laredo town council and group, it used to be with the whole-hearted purpose to assist meet the town’s targets of offering hospital therapy and practices that additional stored lives. Each vaccine given and illness avoided, clinical remedy administered, surgical procedure carried out, and animal transported to any other rescue spouse used to be accomplished not to handiest satisfy our contractual tasks however as an ethical legal responsibility to the pets being sheltered within the town. We heard from group member after group member how a lot it supposed to them that their town safe haven may turn out to be extra aligned with the phrase “safe haven” — offering true protection and care to pets which are misplaced, displaced or deserted.
We’re very happy with the paintings we did along most of the devoted LACS personnel individuals. The closing 8 months have resulted in greater than 1,000 spay/neuter surgical procedures (an approx 400% build up from the former Veterinary seller) and raised the tom cat are living consequence charge to a ancient prime of over 70%. Canines and cats that had been as soon as euthanized for having one thing so simple as a chilly had been handled and lots of have already been followed.
Sadly, we had been met with resistance from safe haven management. Over the last few months because the adjustments required changed into extra actual, and difficult, the targets of LACS shifted clear of a lifesaving focal point and again towards working at a decrease capability for care and lifesaving. This way signifies that hundreds of animals who must are living lengthy wholesome lives will proceed to die so as to meet a regressive objective. We can not in excellent judgment of right and wrong proceed operating underneath any such drastic diversion from the unique targets the town council laid out for us to practice.
It hurts our hearts to depart such a lot of pets and other folks at the back of however we consider that we don’t have any different selection. Our true hope is that Laredoans noticed that existence saving used to be conceivable and that they’re going to call for the adjustments important to be a humane town for cherished pets.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ellen Jefferson
President and CEO
Austin Pets Alive!
