Tombstone Small Animal Shelter

Dear Supporters,

November 30th  is National  Day of Giving or #GIVINGTUESDAY .  One of the biggest challenges  at Tombstone Small Animal Shelter continues to be veterinary care.  We want all of  those that adopt one of our pets to have the healthiest, happiest pet to take home.   But in order to accomplish this we need funds.  That’s where you, the donor comes in.  Now is a great time to help! You can create fundraisers on your facebook page  for the shelter, you can share our story with friends, or you can donate  on the shelter’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TombstoneSmallAnimalShelter, or here on our website. Just click the “donate now button”   Or send a check directly to the shelter and indicate for #GivingTuesday,  at Tombstone Small Animal Shelter, PO Box 1085, Tombstone, AZ 85638. TSAS is  501c3 tax-deductible non-profit.  So far this year we have brought in 69 dogs and 4 pups (age 0-5mo), 31 cats and 28 kittens (0-5mo). Thirty -one of the dogs were from kill-shelters and are now  in or are  headed to good homes. Thank you for all your continued support. It’s believers like you  that allow us to  continue what we do! We currently have a 2021 Platinum  Seal of Transparency on https://www.guidestar.org/, and you can also see all our statistics on https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/.

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Thank you to the Ryan Miele Endowment for Animal Welfare and the Arizona Community Foundation for the $10,00 grant. These funds will be used for Veterinary care of the animals in our care. Making sure they are as healthy as possible before being adopted to forever homes. All pets are spay/neutered if needed, micro chipped, given current sets of vaccinations and any other medical care deemed necessary. It also will be used for a stipend to be paid for Custodial help at the shelter. Having one person continuously in charge of the pets in our care helps with the continuing consistency of care. We rely on volunteers to help our main custodian which works two shifts a day 6 days a week along with volunteers on Sunday. Ryan Miele Endowment for Animal Welfare and the Arizona Community Foundation have been wonderful supporters of the shelter and because of their continuing belief in us we are able to continue with our programs in a safe and beautiful environment.

TSAS has had a very busy year so far with many exciting renovations and updates.  Thank you to Mr. Shed of Huachuca City for the beautiful new rodent proof storage shed.  Echo Strada Construction of Tombstone for the finishing and electrical work.  All made possible by a local donor who asked us for a project he could fund.  This made it possible to remove the mouse infested trailer in front of the shelter. We also were able to have  guillotine doors installed in the remaining dog kennels.  Thanks to other donors we also replaced all the dog flaps in the kennels.  These two improvements will help the heating and cooling in the main shelter.  But that isn’t all we got to do with the large donation.  The kitten room also got a large new play tree and play shelving  on the wall which is still being tweaked. We are working on some upgrades to the cat room as well.  Our new policy is to let the kittens/cats out of their kennels all day and only contained at night.  This allows for better socialization/ mental and physical stimulation. We will have the gate from play yard #4 moved for better access.  We are so thankful for this donation  and to the construction companies and our team of volunteers that worked diligently installing, painting and hauling to get this new project completed.

Thank you for your generous donations during the AZ GIVES Day April 6th. We raised over $1600. These funds will definitely be put to good use. Your belief in us is so appreciated and the pets in our care deserve the best we can give them while they are with us.