Organizations Filed Purposes:
To rescue animals from kill shelters and other urgent situations.
Veterinary Services: FUR provides all veterinary services necessary to ensure the dog or cat is healthy when they are adopted. We pay for spay/neuter, vaccinations, and microchips. We also pay 100% of the heartworm treatment costs for heartworm positive dogs, and we pay for numerous specialty surgeries and procedures for sick and injured animals. We also rescue senior dogs with special challenges. Veterinary expenses are our single biggest epense, but this investment allows us to save lives of urgent dogs or cats who otherwise wouldnt have a chance.
Urgent Transport Program: During hurricanes and natural disasters, a flood of stray dogs and cats come into shelters. Overcrowded shelters have no choice but to kill animals who were already there to make room for incoming strays. FUR coordinated a multi-rescue relief effort during Hurricanes Harvey and IRMA in 2017, and they continued the program into 2018 during Hurricanes Florence and Michael. Many big shelters get help from large national organizations, but small rural shelters are often overlooked and forgotten. FUR coordinates the logistics, arranges vet care as needed, and manages the transport for smaller shelters. FUR also conducts non-emergency transports to partners in shelters where there is greater demand and lower supply, thus relocating animals to shelters and rescues where they can be safely adopted.
Adoption Program: FUR screens adopters, including a written appication and home check for prospective adopters. We also start every adoption with a one week sleepover, so the potential adopter knows everything there is to know about the animal before making the decision to finalize the adoption. The adoption fees we charge include: spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, heartworm treatment (if applicable) and any specialty veterinary care required. We also hold regular adoption events. Adoption fees are one of our primary sources of income to help offset our veterinary and foster expenses.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Mary Merrill | Director | 40 | $0 |
| Susan Jones | Director | 40 | $0 |
| Mike Merrill | Executive Director | 100 | $0 |
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