Organizations Filed Purposes:
WE RESCUE ABANDONED,NEGLECTED, AND ABUSED DOGS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH VETERINARY CARE,FOOD AND A SAFE PLACE TO STAY WHILE THEY RECUPERATE. WHEN THEY ARE READY FOR ADOPTIONS WE PLACE THEM IN LOVING HOMES.
IN 2014 COMPLETED 692 ADOPTIONS ALL HOMES WERE THOROUGHLY SCREENED VIA ADOPTION APPLICATIONS AND HOME VISITS. ALL ADOPTIONS WERE COMPLETED WITH ADOPTION CONTRACTS CLEARLY STATING THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. ADOPTERS ARE ARMED WITH DESIGNATED VOLUNTEERS IN THE ORGANIZATION TO APPROACH WITH ANY CHALLENGES THAT ARISE. OUR WEBSITE HAS A DESIGNATED RESOURCE SECTION TO HELP WITH COMMON BEHAVIORAL AND MEDICAL ISSUES. IF SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES OCCUR, PAWS WILL ALWAYS TAKE BACK THE DOG TO ENSURE THAT OUR OVER-BURDENED SHELTER SYSTEM IS NOT FURTHER STRESSED BY ANIMALS THAT ARE PAWS ALUMNI OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS CLOSE TIES WITH SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINERS IN NEW ENGLAND WHO HAVE AIDED MANY OF OUR ADOPTIVE HOMES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES. PAWS NEW ENGLAND PRIDES ITSELF FOR MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES THAT BEGINS THE DAY OF THE ADOPTION AND LASTS THE LENGTH OF THE ADOPTIVE DOGS LIFE.
IN 2014, PAWS SAVED 826 DOGS FROM BEING EUTHANIZED. MOST OF THESE ANIMALS WERE SET TO BE DESTROYED IN HIGH KILL SHELTERS DUE TO LACK OF SPACE. THE MAJORITY OF THE DOGS WERE HIGHLY ADOPTABLE ANIMALS THAT SIMPLY NEEDED BASIC VETERINARY CARE AND A SAFE PLACE TO STAY WHILE THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED ITS MULTIPLE RESOURCES TO FIND AN ADOPTIVE HOME. APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE DOGS PULLED FROM HIGH-KILL SHELTERS WERE PART OF OUR SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM.
2013 SAW THE ADVENT OF THE OWEN FUND, A FUND SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO OFFSET THE STAGGERING MEDICAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESCUING DOGS VICTIMIZED BY TRAUMA WHO SUFFER FROM AN ARRAY OF MEDICAL ISSUES. THE OWEN FUND WAS CREATED TO HONOR THE INSPIRING SPIRIT AND BRAVERY OF A YOUNG PUP WHO BEAT THE ODDS. HE ARRIVED TO TIPTON COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AS JUST A PUPPY WITH ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF GENERALIZED MANGE THAT OUR RESCUE GROUP HAD EVER SEEN. ALL TOO OFTEN, A DOG LIKE OWEN WOULD HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED IN A OVERCROWDED SHELTER WITHOUT FANFARE. ANOTHER VICTIM ABUSE AND NEGLECT WHO ENDURED THE WORST OF HUMANITY AND THEN MET A TRAGIC AND UNTIMELY END BECAUSE NO ONE HAD THE TIME, ENERGY, OR RESOURCE TO TAKE IN SUCH A DAMAGED DOG. PAWS NEW ENGLAND HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THESE ARE THE DOGS THAT ARE THE FABRIC OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THOROUGHLY DESERVING OF EVERY LAST RESOURCE WE CAN SUMMON FOR THEM. OWENS STORY DEMONSTRATES THE PAWS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT. WHEN THEIR WAS NO SPACE FOR OWEN IN LOCAL TN FOSTER HOMES, OUR VOLUNTEER FLEW TO GET HIM AND DROVE HIM 900 MILES BACK TO AN OPEN FOSTER SPOT. TAKING ON SPECIAL NEEDS DOGS LIKE OWEN CAN REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VETERINARY, TRAINING, AND TRANSPORT COSTS. THE OWEN FUND WAS CREATED TO ENSURE THAT DOGS LIKE OWEN WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO LIVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIFE.
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 |
|---|
| Jenn Johanessen | DIR OF VETERINARY CARE | 35 | $0 |
| Debra Testa | CARETAKER | 35 | $0 |
| Rikki-Leigh Gaudet | DIR OF ACCOUNTING | 25 | $0 |
| Melissa Rodas | MEDIA RELATIONS | 15 | $0 |
| Becky Cloutier | CO-FOSTER COORDINATOR | 35 | $0 |
| Diane Gendron | MO LIASON | 15 | $0 |
| Joanne Hutchinson | COFOUNDER, DIR OF OPNS | 35 | $0 |
| Kelly Parker | COFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIREC | 35 | $0 |
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