Here we are, old year gone but not forgotten and the new year full of joys and challenges to come. With your help, Palmetto Animal League is setting out to save more lives than ever before. Being a 501c3 non-profit, we rely on the community’s support as we also support the community with life-saving programs and strategies, including the PAL Community Clinic. Each year we rescue hundreds of cats and dogs, many with costly needs. Helping them requires love, determination and the support of caring people like you.

Every year brings challenges and 2017 was no exception.

We saw dozens of pets with urgent medical needs, requiring around-the-clock care. The treatments were long, mostly successful, and expensive. Certain ailments, like ringworm and mange, take months of medicated baths, skin scrapes, and hair tests – time well spent to save lives! Then there were the broken legs, deformities, eye conditions, reconstructive surgeries and long term medical treatments for diabetes, kidney disease and heart problems. These require extensive tests, X-rays and often calling in a specialist.

Our devoted staff willingly takes on these proactive, lifesaving services for each animal’s sake. We refuse to end a pet’s life due to cost of treatment, which stands at the core of what we mean by “Lives Worth Saving” at Palmetto Animal League. None of this comes cheap (and we have more heart than cash) but this never stops us from doing everything in our power to save an animal’s life.

There have been thousands of lives saved in our 7 years serving the community and this year we renew our promise to save thousands more. As our life-saving programs expand, the need for them also grows, and our dedicated staff and animals need your help now more than ever!

PAL holds a few special fundraising events every year, including Bid for PAL and Putt for PAL, but it’s the day-to-day, month-to-month recurring contributions from individuals like you that allows us the vital resources we need to save an animal’s life at a moment’s notice.  

Our website www.PalmettoAnimalLeague.org explains many ways you can donate, from small to large, anyone can join the No Kill Movement. If you’re not able to donate monetarily, or you just want to do more, you can also help homeless pets through your gifts of time and love. Spending time petting cats and playing with dogs is an invaluable donation that our animals can use every day.

At PAL, we are ready to embrace the New Year and all the miracles it will bring. We look forward to welcoming back old friends and making new ones as, together, we set out to save more lives than ever in 2018.

By: J.A. Weiss

“Time spent in the company of cats is never wasted.”

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