- Are you new to Hot Springs Village?
- Not familiar with the HSV Animal Welfare League?
- Want to learn how animals come into their care?
- How they prepare the dogs, cats, kittens, and puppies for adoption?
- Meet some of their adoptable cats and dogs?
- Enjoy a tour of their facility?
If so, you are invited to their Open House on Sunday, May 5th from noon until 2:30, rain or shine.
Here are the details:
- As parking is limited at the Adoption Center at 195 Cloaca Lane, we ask that you meet at the Balboa Pavilion anytime between noon and 2:30 pm.
- You will be shuttled to the AWL (compliments of SCAT) and take a brief tour led by the AWL volunteers.
- After the tour, you will be returned to the Pavilion, where hot dogs and cake (compliments of Clampit’s & Brookshire’s) will be served to the first 200 guests
- For more information, please contact the AWL Mon-Sat from 12-3 at 501.915.9337.
About the AWL:
The HSVAWL is an all-volunteer, no-kill 501 (c)(3) nonprofit group that partners with the POA. Their mission is to place all rescued and surrendered adoptable pets into loving homes and to prevent the overpopulation of unwanted animals. Since their spay/neuter program started in 2007, the AWL has provided more than 9,200 cats and dogs with reduced or no-cost sterilization programs for low-income area families. To prepare pets for adoption, they fund comprehensive veterinary care, including treatments, vaccinations, medications, and preventive care.
The HSV Animal Welfare League was started in 1991 by a group of eight volunteer HSV residents who raised funds to help the POA Animal Control. Today, the AWL is staffed entirely by more than 200 volunteers who help with all aspects of their life-saving work, including foster parents, animal care workers, dog walkers, spay-neuter clinics, computer support, recycling, education, and fundraising, to name a few.
The AWL typically places more than 300 dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens in loving homes every year. In 2023, 447 animals came into their care. They conducted 244 cat adoptions and 169 dog adoptions. To learn more, visit their website. www.hsvawl.org and follow them on Facebook! www.facebook.com/HSVAWL/
By Laura Allworth, HSVAWL Board of Directors
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