Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement recently received a $50,000 grant from Best Friends Animal Society to help the agency start a community outreach program. The program will allow Animal Welfare and their partners to provide additional resources from free supplies to veterinary care.
“Gwinnett County Animal Welfare is thrilled about receiving the grant funding from Best Friends Animal Society,” said Alan Davis, manager of Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement. “This last year has been a notoriously difficult one for our shelter due to the increase in intake. We believe this increase is attributed to the population growth of Gwinnett County; with more people comes more pets.”
Approximately 2,000 homeless pets are killed in US shelters daily. Georgia is one of the top five states killing shelter animals with approximately 42,000 cats and dogs dying every year due to lack of space.
“Gwinnett County consistently has the highest save rate in the state and has been working through the state coalition to share their success with other shelters looking to save more animals,” said Carrie Ducote, for Best Friends Animal Society. “This grant will allow Gwinnett County to implement another best practice for animal shelters which will save even more animals.”
