Furry Friends: Driving support for shelter pets

“Wag’N” Donates pet masks

Carol Monaco, with Marketwise Insights, Inc., recently nominated Greater Brighton Fire to receive pet oxygen masks through a company called Wag’N. Brighton Fire was selected and Wag’N has donated pet O2 masks through a program called “O2 Fur Life” that provides the necessary equipment for pet rescue breathing. Greater Brighton Fire is one of only 14 fire departments in the State who have received pet O2 masks through this program. Five kits were donated through the program, which provides for one set of three masks for each of our five fire stations. Each kit contains three masks of different sizes for various size pets. The kits have been placed on the fire engines and crews have been trained in using the masks. Thank you to Carol and Wag’N for the generous donation.

A bill signed into law in July will allow Coloradans to show support for pets in shelters through their license plates. The new Adopt A Shelter Pet license plate will be available to pet lovers in January of 2011. It will help raise awareness about the 170,000 cats and dogs that were taken into Colorado animal shelters last year.

Adopt a Shelter Pet licenseSpecialty license plates cost drivers their annual license plate renewal fee plus $50, with $30 from each Adopt-A-Shelter plate going to the Colorado Pet Overpopulation fund. Money raised by license plate sales will provide grants for spay/neuter surgeries and medical care for cats and dogs in shelters throughout Colorado, with an emphasis on underserved areas of the state. Check out the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund to find out how to purchase a plate.

If you love pets, but already have a specialty plate, consider giving to the Colorado Pet Overpopulation fund via a donation online or using the check off on your state tax form.

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Driving support for shelter pets