How did this nonprofit come about?
A group of like-minded individuals and neighbors recognized the growing number of homeless dogs and cats dumped in streets, parks, highways, the Everglades...
Yet in talking about it with friends, family and strangers, we soon realized there is little to zero awareness by the general public that homeless pets is a record high in South Florida and across the United States. At the same time, there are many misconceptions about how to save these animals. Many people erroneously think that the Humane Society or Animal Control will come out to rescue these pets. Not at all. In Miami, for example, the Humane Society, is a private non-profit and only accepts a very limited number of pets, never strays.
Miami Dade Animal Services, a county run operation, must accept all unwanted pets, most of which are euthanized due to lack of space, but mostly due to lack of community awareness. With an average of 100 dogs and cats dropped off EVERY DAY, there are not enough people adopting these pets.
While there are several, small non-profit rescue organizations, they are mostly in the trenches rescuing these innocent creatures, many with injuries which leads to high veterinary costs. The process of rescuing, medical care, nurturing, and finding homes is time-consuming and costly. Some may never get adopted.
We came to the greater realization of a critical void. There is absolutely no regular or comprehensive education or PSA campaign to educate the public of the problem on how they can help to reverse this trend.
Therefore one of our primary goals is education and preventative management through a combination of PSA campaigns on television, leaflets in the mail, articles in the newspaper, highway billboards and so much more. This will require funding but we will persist in getting much of the medium donated.
If you have strong connections to newspaper and TV station program directors or reporters, someone who owns billboards, a printing company, or anyone willing to donate media airtime or space or a graphic artist, please contact us at pawsitivelyhumane@yahoo.com.
Please visit our DONATE tab for other needs to help this effort. Pawsitively Humane, Inc is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Your donation is tax deductible.
Thank you for taking the time learn about Pawsitively Humane, Inc.
Christine Michaels, President
Sabrina Vega, Vice President
Deborah Barnes, Secretary
Elizabeth Andrade, Treasurer
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