OUR MISSION

1- ... that no pet owner be forced to choose inadequate treatment or euthanasia for their animal because of inability to pay for emergency medical care.
2- ... that people who receive financial help for a veterinary emergency be given the opportunity to return their gift by becoming mentors, by volunteering for VEFM, or by supporting the VEFM fund financially.
3- ... that it is the responsibility of both the local pet-owning and veterinary communities to make emergency care available--that this is not a national responsibility but a grass-roots responsibility.
4-... that the vision of VEFM will extend to communities all across the United States, possibly even the world.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Another Heartbreaking Story

My husband was talking to a local police officer today at one of the local coffee shops. The officer told him that another officer had just been forced to take his dog to an emergency hospital, where he learned that the dog needed immediate emergency surgery. He was told that he needed to come up with a deposit of $1200 or the surgery could not be done. The only other option was euthanasia. The officer said that he could not get the money until Thursday, but they would not do the surgery without the deposit, so he was forced to put his dog to sleep. This kind of story makes me crazy with impatience to get VEFM ready enough to be a source of help for people like this! Please talk to everyone you know. Tell them to donate or to find donors or sponsors. We are chomping at the bit to be able to help!

TwitThis

Posted by Dr. Schroth at 10:03 PM

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This is truly a heartbreaking story. I feel sad for that dog. Right now, I am willing to help by fostering a dog from a rescue group called Save a Dog: http://apps.facebook.com/save-a-dog/

August 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
LucyS said...

What you do is truly wonderful. My "calling" is for already-owned (and -loved)dogs who also face death.

August 22, 2009 at 7:51 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Do You Need Assistance to Pay for Emergency Treatment?

--------------------------------------------------------------

~ ~ ~ ~ ~WE CANNOT HELP YET~ ~ ~ ~ ~

PLEASE HELP US, SO THAT WE CAN HELP OTHERS

-------------------------------------------------------------
UNTIL WE ARE SET UP TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP:

CATS ONLY:

http://www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/ --Calif. only; cats only;

http://www.catsincrisis.org/ --Cats only;

==============================================

DOGS ONLY:

http://www.labradorlifeline.org/ --Labs only

http://www.doberman911.org/index.html --Dobermans only

http://www.pbrc.net/fund/financial.html --Pit Bulls only
==============================================

DOGS OR CATS (OR OTHERS):

http://www.uan.org/index.cfm?navid=28http://www.pawssf.org/client_overview.html --Senior citizens only; San Francisco only;

http://www.help-a-pet.org/apply.htmlhttp://www.aahahelpingpets.org/http://www.petsamaritan.org/Medical/http://www.browndogfoundation.org/home --Tenn. only

http://www.myjakebrady.com/memorial_fund.shtmlhttp://www.saveuspets.org/about_saveuspets/info_pet_owners.html --N.J. only;

http://www.thepetfund.com/http://www.actorsandothers.com/emergencyhelp.html --Greater Los Angeles area only

http://www.ashleyfund.org/index.html --N. Carolina only

http://www.nysave.org/about.html --NYC only (5 boroughs)

http://www.bearenfoundation.org/funding.htm --Lane county, Oregon only

http://www.pgaa.com/animalhelp.html -- list of agencies that help injured animals

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~