As part of the digital useful resource middle, the Hays County Pet Assets Information (accessible in English and Spanish), offers a listing of group assets, medical help, habits assets, rehoming assist and extra. Hays County group members may use the Pet Assist Contact type for help from a P.A.S.S. case supervisor.
Within the first 2 months, the devoted Hays County program has helped nearly 150 households!
Missed the stay Q&A? You possibly can watch right here!
Lucy Fernandez, P.A.S.S. Program Supervisor, just lately answered your questions concerning the Hays County digital useful resource middle through Fb stay. There have been a whole lot of nice questions requested; greater than we had time to deal with. However by no means concern, Lucy has answered all of your questions right here!
So, what’s Hays County P.A.S.S.? P.A.S.S. stands for Constructive Options to Shelter Give up and has been one in every of Austin Pets Alive’s key lifesaving applications since 2010. This program has supplied assist for pet house owners all through all the state of Texas. With APA’s Hays County Pet Useful resource Middle settlement, we’re extra deliberately selling and integrating native assist to achieve the residents of Hays County. It’s about constructing a extra bolstered and strategic group to assist individuals, assist pets.
How can I volunteer or get entangled with Hays County P.A.S.S.? Be part of the Hays County Pressing Pet Assist Fb group and APA PASS Fb group. Study and share the assets from the Pet Assets Information.
Who do I contact for extra data? [email protected] or [email protected]
Are you working with the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter (SMRAS)? Completely! With the municipal shelter’s collaboration, we’re capable of assess and assist the gaps in service for when members of the group need assistance. Not solely does that hold pets out of the shelter, but additionally frees up the shelter’s restricted assets to raised look after and discover houses for the pets of their custody.
Is APA aiding with meals donations? We certain are! Since Austin Pets Alive has fairly the social media and public following, we’re generally supplied beneficiant donations from companions. From these choices, we help particular person households with pantry requests together with distribution to our hardworking mates at Pet Forestall A Litter-PALS, the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter, and small rescues within the Hays County area.
Are you able to ship pet meals to individuals? Sadly, no. Austin Pets Alive’s primary mission is to concentrate on rescuing, treating, rehabilitating, putting, and adopting out pets most susceptible to euthanasia from under-resourced shelter companions. With solely 2 full time workers on the P.A.S.S. group, it’d be unrealistic to ship to particular person households in Central Texas, whereas managing the 800-1,000 circumstances and significant wants. We depend on companions like PALS and SMRAS to distribute to households in want in their very own neck of the woods.
Are you able to arrange a collaboration with Emancipet and Austin Humane Society for getting group cats TNR (Entice-Neuter-Return)? TNR programming is primarily funded by way of municipal shelter taxpayer {dollars}. That covers volunteer coordination, veterinarians to offer prime quality/excessive quantity spay/neutering, microchipping, vaccines, and many others. Study extra about SMRAS and PALS TNR assist programming.
Can Hays County use the group cats at Emancipet and Austin Humane Society AHS? Since Austin Animal Middle (the Travis County municipal shelter) funds the TNR programming between Austin Humane Society and Emancipet, the group cats utilizing these providers should be trapped from inside Travis County. Different TNR assist applications inside Central Texas might be seen right here.
What are you doing to organize for kitten and pet season? Spaying and neutering (PREVENTION) is all the time the important thing! After all, if the infants are already there, PREPARATION IS KEY! No kitten/pet season survives with out assist from members of the group who’re ready! The San Marcos shelter has a chart and ideas for how you can deal with what to do with discovered kittens: https://sanmarcostx.gov/3416/Kitten-Season
What challenges and desires for volunteers are offered most frequently? Study and share the information from the useful resource information to your neighbors, mates, and household! Be part of the Fb communities or your native Subsequent Door group to share the information. Sadly, one of many largest challenges is the unfold of misinformation and judgment. If we might be as affected person and compassionate with our neighbors as we’re with pets, I’d in all probability be out of a job!
Do you intend to construct out volunteer alternatives for supply on account of restricted transportation in rural Hays for marginalized communities, as a necessity for PRC? That will be wonderful! As beautiful as Dripping Springs and Wimberley are, I’ve gotten misplaced a number of instances that I’ve gone out to help purchasers and their pets. Maybe an space ambassador coaching volunteer alternative in these areas would assist. Thankfully, we now have relationships with Wimberley Adoption Group – WAG and PAWS so that might be an excellent begin.
There is a want for preventative meds for flea, tick, heartworm, and I might like to assist construct company sponsorship relationships with Petco or different corporations. That will be unbelievable since we all know flea/ticks/HW are such nasty conditions that run rampant in Texas. Most preventatives do require a prescription and mis-dosing may very well be life-threatening to pets, so getting a veterinarian group to assist that might be required.
Is there help supplied with fence restore? SMRAS doesn’t have fence restore assist funding for Hays County residents. Since there’s native zoning concerns for every city inside Hays County, tools/provide prices, and many others, every want would fluctuate. If there’s a want request, I’d advocate getting an estimate and particulars posted to your NextDoor group and native Fb group teams. #ittakesavillage is the muse of serving to individuals assist pets.
Is P.A.S.S., APA, or SMRAS accredited for group service hours? Volunteering for SMRAS to satisfy court docket order group service hours is accessible. Courtroom ordered group service hours will not be accessible for Austin Pets Alive or P.A.S.S. (which is a program of Austin Pets Alive). It’s licensed for college or different group group service hours.
