Organization: FETCH INC
Mission: TO EDUCATE VETERINARIANS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT CANCER AND GERIATRIC ISSUES IN PET DOGS AND CATS; TO PROVIDE PET ONCOLOGICAL CARE FOR NEEDY INDIVIDUALS; AND TO FIND HOME FOR ABANDONED DOGS THROUGH THE PIXIE'S PEN PALS PROGRAMS.
Activities: THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, PRINTED MATERIALS AND SEMINARS, WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT GERIATIC PET ISSUES AND EARLY DETECTION OF PET CANCER. IN THE SPRING AND FALL, WE HOST CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES FOR VETERINARIANS, WHICH ARE ALWAYS FILLED TO CAPACITY AND INCLUDE THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON PET HEALTH. THREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020.
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, INMATES AT VIRGINIA CORRECTIONAL CENTER (BUCKINGHAM, FLUVANNA, GOOCHLAND WOMENS CENTER AND LUNENBURG). TRAIN AND SOCIALIZE RESCUE DOGS WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM TWO PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINERS. THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY LOWERS THE RATE OF EUTHANASIA IN VIRGINIA'S CITIES, BUT ALSO PROVIDES LIFE SKILLS TO INMATES. 26 INMATES WERE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAMS AND 29 DOGS WERE TRAINED AND ADOPTED IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020.
THE COMPANIONS IN CRISIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AID TO FAMILIES UNABLE TO BEAR THE HIGH VETERINARY COSTS OF CANCER TREATMENTS FOR THEIR PETS. 35 GRANTS WERE MADE TO NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020.
NTEE category: Animal-Related
Secondary category: Food, Agriculture & Nutrition