15% of all owned cats are NOT altered. Do not let your cats roam without spaying and neutering them.
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WV Legislators send letter to our Senators to end greyhound racing!
Huge THANKS to the West Virginia Legislators who signed the letter: Sen. Mike Azinger, R-Wood Del. Jarred Cannon, R-Putnam Sen. Anne Charnock, R-Kanawha Sen. Vince Deeds, R-Greenbrier Senate Majority Leader Patrick Martin, R-LewisDel. Jonathan Pinson, R-Mason Deputy House Speaker Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell (Rohrbach was the lead sponsor for HB 2552, our spay neuter funding bill for WVSNP)Sen. Chris Rose, R-Monongalia Go to link below to read the letter. State Lawmakers Support End Of Greyhound Racing In Letter To Senators –…
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The Veterinary Care Accessibility Project
A quantifiable project using data to view access and affordability of veterinary care across America. It is a remarkable interactive tool so find WV and drill down to your county and find the information categorized in three areas. Counties are viewed by Veterinarian Accessibility Score, Veterinary Employees per 1,000 households and Percentage of annual household…
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Study shows dog racing has no economic value to WV!
Greyhound Racing in West Virginia | GREY2K USA Worldwide Download and read the full study below……this must end. All of America has ended it but for the last two tracks in WV! Executive Summary Excerpt from above report. Please read the report. This must end!This study examines the economic and fiscal effects of greyhound racing…
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2026 WVSNP Grant Year is on!
Our last year of full funding for the WVSNP Grant is exemplified by the check that FOHO WV passed to WVDA It has been a long journey to obtain a statewide spay neuter program in WV. We had requested $900,000 in 2017 but we were only funded by half for the first 5 years. Then…
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Documentary explores Georgia pet overpopulation / Let’s take a lesson from them……
This is an excellent documentary from 2024 on pet-overpopulation by the GA School of Law under the UGA Law Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills. The cost of controlling this problem often escapes us in WV due to our lack of state oversight. WV estimated about $10 million in WV in 2014. In this documentary, GA…
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West Virginia Governor declares May as ‘No Kill’ Shelter month. FOHO knows the most direct path to that is spay neuter!
https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia/west-virginia-governor-wants-to-make-the-mountain-state-a-no-kill-state-declares-may-as-no-kill-shelter-month Above is the Governor’s article. See below for a discussion of No-Kill. Exploring No-Kill – there are a couple different views here https://bestfriends.org/stories/julie-castle-blog/no-kill-shelters-are-now-norm This article is by Best Friends, committed to making all shelters “No Kill’ After the Gov. made May ‘No Kill’ day in WV we felt deeper scrutiny was warranted. https://www.animalhumanesociety.org/news/what-does-it-mean-be-no-kill…