2017 · 2018-04-15 · Yulin Meat Festival in China • 68 dogs, cats, and small animals rescued...

2017IMPACT REPORT

SOUTHAMPTON FOUNDATIONanimal shelter

Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation | IMPACT REPORT 20172

OUR HISTORYThe Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) is a privately funded non-profit organization formed in 2010 to assume the operation of the municipal shelter, which was scheduled to close due to Southampton Township budget cuts. SASF serves the animals of the Hamptons as the preeminent community resource.

Pet overpopulation on Long Island is a major issue leading to the homelessness of innocent animals. As the only open admissions shelter in our community, we accept strays and surrenders without restriction and prepare them for adoption by providing housing, food, medical care, training, and enrichment. SASF helps animals in need, whether that means caring for strays found wandering the streets, rescuing neglected and abandoned animals, or saving dogs from overcrowded municipal shelters or displaced from natural disasters.

The shelter is a safe-haven for all animals, and for some, a last resort. To expand our reach, we operate a low-cost mobile veterinary spay and neuter clinic that travels to underserved areas of Suffolk County. Our community outreach initiatives include offering surrender prevention programs (Pet Food Pantry), humane education in local schools, and subsidized spay/neuter surgeries for feral community cats (Advo-Cats Program).

OUR MISSIONSouthampton Animal Shelter Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of homeless pets in our community and, in turn, placing them in permanent, caring homes. Our mission is to provide for the welfare of animals and to reduce the number of homeless pets. Our goal is to promote and nourish the bond between people and animals through adoption, education, and community outreach.

As an open intake shelter, SASF welcomes stray pets regardless of age, breed, or health and provide them with compassionate care, food, training and medical attention. No animal is left behind!

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Your Gift Makes a Real Difference

2017 FINANCIALS AT A GLANCE

Program Services$ 2,237,836

Contributions/Fundraising$1,864,237

Shelter Services$581,365

ReTail Thrift Shop Sales/Other Income

$154,730

Management & General Support

$283,187

Thrift Store$135,683

Fundraising &Development

$58,573

REVENUES$2,600,332

EXPENSES$2,715,279

Adoptions

$320,670

$832,558

$604,689

$317,054

$162,865

Medical Care

Daily Feeding and Care

Community Outreach Services and Programs

Training

0

170000

340000

510000

680000

850000

In 2017, donations raised were invested directly into our programs

In addition to revenues above, the Foundation received bequests of $1,516,542. Bequests are held in the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Endowment Fund

and the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Strategic Capital Fund.


SAVING LIVES EVERY DAYHelping those in need

Strays52%

RescuePets

16%

OwnerSurrenders

18%

1,451SHELTERINTAKE

Court Casesand Safe Keeps

6%

Deadon Arrival

4%

WildAnimals

4%

OPEN ADMISSIONSOur doors are always open to any animal in need. We do not discriminate. We function as the municipal shelter for our township, taking in strays and owner surrenders regardless of age, breed, and medical concerns.

• 232 dogs and cats rescued from overcrowded shelters in NYC, Long Island, Puerto Rico, Georgia, and Yulin Meat Festival in China

• 68 dogs, cats, and small animals rescued from 2017 hurricane efforts

RESCUE TEAMWhen animals are in need – whether in our own backyard or across the nation – our rescue team is there regardless of what mother nature has to dish out for them or for us.

Before

After

338strays

reunited with their families

52283 Other

3

Their lives were saved thanks to YOU!


2017 STATISTICS

867shelter pets fi nd

their forever homes

Our adoption center helped

Owner FinancialProblems

21%

Unknown

19%

Owner’s Medical

11%

OWNERSURRENDER

REASONS

Moving

21%

Owner Personal Problems

21%

Animal Behaviorial Issues

7%

ADOPTIONSOur adoption counselors and trainers work together and assist our adopters through a “match-making” process

FOREVER FRIENDS

96%adoption rate

Our programs give pets a second chance. Karma’s dreams of a forever family were made possible because of your support.

After

Before


ANIMAL CAREWe provide a nurturing environment to make our pets’ lives better while they wait for their forever homes

FEEDING

• Average dog population: 60• Cost to feed a dog per month: $50

• Average cat population: 140• Cost to feed a cat per month: $22

CATSDOGS

HOUSING• Dogs receive kuranda beds and comfortable bedding • Dog enrichment keeps our dogs mentally and

physically healthy• Dog enrichment includes stimulating activities such

as mind games, puzzles, and toys

• Comforts of home are created in our shelter environment

• Cats roam freely in our spacious “catios” while kittens congregate in our lobby or kitten rooms

• Cat enrichment includes socializing, interactive toys, and use of vertical space for exploration


Providing the best care for our pets

Every pet who enters our doors, whether as a stray, rescue, or owner surrender, is seen by our veterinarian and receives comprehensive care and love from our medical team. Each pet undergoes a thorough evaluation to determine if there are any health concerns or medical issues that require observation or treatment. Before becoming available for adoption, all our pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and brought up-to-date on vaccinations.

Because of the training and expertise of our medical staff, we are able to welcome many special needs pets to our shelter and provide all of the medical care necessary.

MEDICAL CARE

VASYANeeded surgery for a ruptured eye and found the care at SASF. This one-eyed boy healed beautifully and is now living in his forever home.

From Our Team to Your Home

Our pets are equipped for a lifetime of love and companionship

Rabies vaccine

$25

Intake exam, vaccines and deworming$100-$140

Behavioral assessment

$50

Microchip$35

Medical testing

$50-$250

Spay/neuter$50-$160

Adopting a shelter petPRICELESS

Follow-up vaccines and deworming$60-$100

JOSEFINA & PUPSDesperately needed help after Hurricane Maria. They received the care and support needed from our medical team.

TRAINING, BEHAVIOR & ENRICHMENTChanging the lives of shelter dogs

Every dog that arrives at SASF undergoes a thorough behavioral evaluationconducted by our training team. Dogs are assessed for sociability withpeople, cats and other dogs, trainability, body handling and resource guarding.Once a dog is evaluated, each dog’s training begins.

Our program is more extensive than what is provided by most animalshelters. We believe this level of training and support provides them witha better foundation for success outside the shelter and broadens theiradoptability for placement in a home.


OUR SHELTER DOGS• For a shelter environment, our dogs spend a

significant amount of time outside of their kennels. They can be found in playgroups, on walks, yard rotations, training, or socializing in our offices or front lobby on a daily basis.

• Trainers are on campus 7 days a week.

• Each dog receives an Individual Training Program (ITP) based on an evaluation of 13 major behavioral traits. Training starts with basic commands and manners, as well as proper leash-walking.

• Long-term resident dogs receive the opportunity to train for their Canine Good Citizen Certification.

OUR PUBLIC TRAINING PROGRAMS Providing community workshops, group classes, individual training and behavior modification to dogs and their owners. Classes vary from playgroups for socialization, to basic obedience and agility, to classes for Canine Good Citizen.


MARLEYFirst shelter dog in New York State to be accepted into K9s for Warriors, a program to help veterans.

BLANCAFound close to death in Puerto Rico, this sweet girl just celebrated her 2nd anniversary with her forever family.

KOBEAbandoned and left tied to a pole at 9 months old, he now has the life he always deserved - growing up with his loving brother and sister.

HAPPY TAILS

SIMBASaved from Yulin Meat Festival in China, he now celebrates life with his new canine sibling.

AUGUSTUSSaved from Animal Care and Control in New York City, this cutie was adopted into a forever home with three other Chihuahuas – all adopted from SASF!

Before

After

SCARLETTFound in horrible condition, this senior feline is now enjoying her retirement in the Hamptons.

After

Recovering

Before


OUTREACHPrograms and services for our community

OUR PUBLIC VETERINARY WELLNESS CLINICWellness Clinic Visits 2017

Spay/Neuter38%

Vaccinations54%

DentalCleanings

6%

Other2%

MOBILE CLINICOur low-cost mobile veterinary spay/neuter clinic is a state-of-the-art surgical suite on wheels. We travel to underserved areas to provide affordable surgeries, vaccinations, microchipping, and nail trims.

PET PANTRYProviding support for families in need

This year our affordable wellness clinic treated

over 2,190 pets

Through our community outreach program, we are able to offer food and supplies to pets whose owners are struggling. Pets who are living in low-income situations or with home-bound individuals can utilize our pet pantry. This program helps people in the community keep pets that they truly love and care about even during times of financial need.

• 150 pets received assistance from our Food Pantry program throughout the year

• This program assists families from the 7 villages and 18 hamlets in the Township of Southampton

You can count on us!

• Our mobile clinic performed 2,016 Spays/Neuters in 2017


ADVO-CATSThe leading resource for helping our community’s feral cat population

• An unaltered feral female cat can have up to three litters in one year!

• Our Trap Neuter & Release (TNR) program is the most humane and effective way to help stop the overpopulation of feral cats in our community.

• This is a free program offered to residents in the Township of Southampton and is run solely off of donations.

?Didyou

know …Cats can go into heat and get pregnant by

4 months old!

• Our TNR program operates with the help of volunteers to trap feral cats so they can be altered and then released.

• Over 1,100 spay/neuter surgeries performed on feral cats by our medical team this past year.

Advocates for Feral Cats

Trap Neuter and Release Program


ADVO-CATS

Our Advo-Cat program saves kittens who lost their mothers or are in dire situations. Our foster families then love, care for, and socialize the kittens, getting them ready for their forever homes. This year we found loving homes for over 200 kittens!

Working together with our community

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM“There is nothing stronger than a heart of a volunteer.”

317volunteers

In 2017 …

9,016hours

4.33full-time staff

+ =contributed


Our volunteers help us run adoptions events, socialize cats, walk dogs, and provide pet enrichment, transports, shelter housekeeping and maintenance,

administrative work, community outreach, and fostering.

Fostering provides animals with time away from the shelter, helps us reassess any behavioral and training needs before adoption, and provides insight for adopters to assist in a smooth transition.

FOSTERINGFoster failures are actually a success! A person or family falls in love with their temporary animal, can’t imagine life without them, and ends up adopting.

280pets went into foster homes

this year

105pets adopted

by their foster families


HUMANE EDUCATION“Humane Humans: It’s Cool to be Kind”Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation recently introduced an education program targeted to the 2nd and 5th grade levels within our community on humane treatment for animals. The original content, created by educators and shelter staff, align with lessons taught in the classroom and meet nationally recognized education objectives and curriculum. The program provides students with accurate information on the role SASF plays in their community and ways they can become animal advocates.

COMMUNITY FRIENDS Working togetherJoining with local organizations to provide comfort to people throughout our community. Our pets enjoy summers with our friends at the Southampton Fresh Air Home and visiting local senior citizen centers.

TRAINING INTERVENTION Providing support for our communityWe provide on-site and/or in-home training to the public to help support them and their pets. We are committed to helping people form happy and healthy relationships for successful pet ownership.


COMMUNITY

YOUR GENEROSITY MATTERSYOU CAN CHOOSE!

Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Endowment Fund

Ensure a Sustainable Future

Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Strategic Capital Fund

Fund High Impact Critical Projects

Current Programs & Services

Support the Life Saving Work We Do Every Day

102 Old Riverhead Rd West, Hampton Bays, NY 11946 Phone 631-728-PETS (7387) ext. 231

www.southamptonanimalshelter.com

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