Support for struggling pet owners
“A lack of resource does not mean a lack of love”
CASL was born from the lived experience of one animal welfare professional.
From surrendering pets because they required unreachable medical care- to not being able to afford impound fees when their pets wandered- community members who already struggle to function in a system that leaves them behind are also losing their best friends (and often only solace) due to a lack of resource.
These same issues put a massive strain on the resources of our local animal shelters and our animal control agencies. It benefits the pet owners, the pets AND our finite community resources to keep families together!
Supporting those in our community who get left behind
Supportive community programming takes many shapes! CASL needs support from people like you to provide; training and behavior resources, emergency financial assistance, on-going veterinary care, food, safe walking tools and clothing- just to name a few things!
Community involvement
Starting a positive conversation about change requires patience, understanding and openness. With your support CASL can continue the grass roots work it takes to bring the community the services they want to see.
How does helping struggling pet owners help shelters?
You may be asking yourself this question- I mean, shouldn’t animals go to the shelter to find new owners who can provide for them? Isn’t that the right thing to do? This is a complex issue mused over by shelters all across the country.
Animal shelters are always balancing capacity for care with community need. When an animal comes into the shelter who has an owner, it denies a kennel to a pet who is without a family. Every day that animal stays, that kennel could be providing safety and an opportunity for another who needs it more.
Shelters are also scary places for pets to be - and this fear often causes them to act differently then they normally would- being an owned pet makes it even MORE difficult to adjust to kennel life. This often leads to animals who, despite coming to the shelter to find a “better” owner end up not being adoptable and potentially euthanized. The human-animal bond is ancient and does not care for our societal norms and opinions- family is family.
Ownerless pets number in the hundreds of thousands all across our country- and our local shelters are best suited to get adoptable animals to adoptive families!
“Keeping animals with their family overlaps with social justice issues in America. ”
— Kayla Beal, Founder of The Companion Animal Support League
Contact
We would love to hear from you! Visit us on Facebook or submit a Contact Us Form!
Email
caslvancouver@gmail.com
Phone
(360) 360- 2080 ext 101