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"A Cause for Paws"
About us
A Cause for Paws was started by a few concerned citizens about the number of strays in and around Logansport. These volunteers started to take in strays and provide them with veterinary care. They also looked for ways to raise money to provide them with this care and food, and also foster homes to keep them until they were able to find them homes.
Who is "A Cause for Paws?"
We are a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization. We have no shelter of our own, so we foster all of our animals in our own homes until we can find them loving forever homes. We rescue our animals from the streets of Logansport (and surrounding areas) and from local kill shelters. Our goal is to educate the public about the benefits of spaying and neutering, create awareness about the consequences of breeding as we continue to save the lives of animals. Animal overpopulation has reached crisis proportions and the only way to ensure that animals do not reproduce at random is to spay female pets and neuter male pets. Providing safe, fenced areas for dogs and keeping cats inside rather than allowing them to roam freely are also big concerns we have for the animals. Animals should always be identified with collars and name tags or microchips.
In addition to our adoption services, we also keep a list of people who want specific breeds or types of pets. Often a match can be made very quickly between available cats or dogs and adoptive families. We also provide a lost and found service and urge anyone in the local area who has lost or found an animal to contact us with a description of the animal.
As one might expect, our greatest expense is for veterinary services including the cost of our early spay and neuter program. Our sources of income include adoption fees, fundraisers, and generous donations from our local citizens and the communities we serve.
How can I help?
If you want to directly help save the lives of Logansport's homeless animals, you can help in many ways:
To adopt
Visit our Adoption Center on Saturday from 11AM to 5:00 PM inside the Logansport Mall. Please bring a photo ID. If your application is approved, you will be able to pick up your pet after a 2 hour waiting period. The adoption fee is $70.00 for dogs and $50.00 for cats, which helps us cover the cost of medical care and upkeep of our animals. If the pet you adopt is not spayed/neutered $25 will be refunded to you once you spay/neuter your new pet.
You can type in your information and print out an application by clicking
here.
To volunteer
Stop by our booth at The Logansport Mall anytime on Saturday between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM, call us at (574) 753-5575 and leave us a message or send us an e-mail for more information. We'll show you how fun and rewarding saving lives can be.
To provide a foster home to an animal
It takes special people who will open their hearts and homes to an animal in need of care while waiting for placement in a permanent home. We provide what is needed, you provide the love! Please refer to our fostering page by clicking here.
To donate
Our financial support comes from caring people like you. We want you to know that we take this responsibility very seriously and your donations will be used wisely. Send us a tax-deductible donation. Every penny of your donation goes directly towards the care of rescued animals looking for loving forever homes.
Please send a check to:
A Cause for Paws
PO BOX 1402
Logansport, IN 46947
Or drop off your donation on Saturdays at the Logansport Mall between 11am and 5pm.
Membership
We are always seeking new members who are in agreement with the mission we have set before us. We meet at the Logansport Mall at the Adoption Center every 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00pm. There is a $12 membership fee to be a member. Everyone is welcome to come to our meetings.
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"If a homeless cat could talk, it would probably say, 'Give me shelter, food, companionship and love, and I will be yours for life!" ~ Susan Easterly |
