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Animals Gone Airborne

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Q: What are your shelter hours and where are you located?

A: We do not operate a permanent facility at this time. (Hopefully with your help we will have our land and facility soon!) All of our animals are living with wonderful foster families and are shown by appointment only. If you are interested in one of our wonderful animals please e-mail us and we would be happy to provide you with any additional information on that particular animal. You may also call us at (573) 445-1680 but our budget does not allow us to return many long distance calls. Please call only if you consider it an emergency situation. You must also remember that we are an all volunteer organization and all of our work takes place in the evenings and on weekends.

Q: We have a dog or cat that we can no longer keep and want to give it to your sanctuary. What do we do?

A: All of our animals are evaluated before bringing into the sanctuary. Because we utilize foster homes, many of which have young children, we cannot take any type of aggressive animal into our program. If you have an animal you need to relinquish please e-mail us with the details. Our foster space is limited and we are regulated by the State of Missouri and cannot accept more animals than we can adequately care for. We would be happy to counsel you regarding other options.

Q: What is the adoption donation?

A: The adoption donation is $175 for dogs and $50 for cats adopted through HTAS. This includes all shots, spay/neuter surgery, heartworm test for dogs/FeLuek test for cats, and de-worming. All animals are throughly checked by our veterinarian. This donation helps defray the monumental expenses we have with our animals. Usually training has begun also. Our foster families work on housebreaking if needed, sit, down and walking on a leash. (Our animals are so lucky to have such wonderful people taking care of them!)

Your adoption donation includes the following:

• All animals are spayed/neutered prior to adoption. Average cost $50-75.
• All animals will have updated shots. This includes rabies - $15; DHLPP - $15; Bordetella $15; FVRCP - $24; wormed $8.
• All dogs are tested for heartworms and placed on preventative - $15; cats are tested for FeLeuk - $22.
• All animals are microchipped - $32.
• DewClaws are removed on dogs if necessary - $45 per limb plus sedative.
• All animals receive a physical - $22

if you price out the above, the range would be $197 for dogs (not including dewclaw removal) and $198 for cats.

Our adoption donation of $175 for dogs and $50 for cats is very reasonable. The above range does not include food or emergency medical care which would increase the initial cost.

Q: What is your mission and vision statement?

A: HTAS provides quality care for animals staying with our walls. HTAS makes every effort to provide a safe, healthy, and stress-free environment for the animals currently in our care. Our mission is to:

• Instill humane principles into society via special educational programs.
• Educate the public regarding the overpopulation of animals.
• Aid in the prevention of abuse and cruelty to animals.
• Provide awareness campaigns regarding animal welfare.
• Rehabilitate injured and abused animals.
• Promote responsible pet ownership.
• Promote the placement of animals into loving, responsible and permanent homes.
• Collaborate and incorporate the youth and elderly of Columbia into our programs.

Q: I contacted you via e-mail or phone and have not heard back from you.

A: We receive numerous calls and e-mails daily. All of our volunteers have full-time jobs elsewhere and give unselfishly of their time to help the animals in our care. Each of your inquiries is important to us and we take your questions, comments and suggestions very seriously. Please give us as much information as you can when contacting us with a question. Our budget does not allow us to return many long distance phone calls so please use that option only in an emergency. E-mail is less expensive. Once we have a building we hope to have full-time volunteers staffing the phones and e-mails, so send in those tax-deductible donations!

Q: What is the Animals Gone Airborne Program?

A: Information about this program can be found here.

Q: How do I sponsor a buddy?

A: Information about this program can be found here.

Q: I'd like to be placed on your mailing list. How do I go about getting listed?

A: Just e-mail us your name and address stating you would like to be placed on the mailing list. You will then receive periodic updates on the sanctuary and information on all our wonderful animals.

Q: There are so many animal rescue groups. What makes your organization different?

A: Each group has a different approach toward the problem of abandoned and unwanted animals. Some just take purebreds, some have size restrictions, some only take cats and some only take the "easy to place animals." It is true that our sanctuary cannot take aggressive animals in for safety reasons. Our foster families have children and we cannot put them in any type of danger. Although we primarily take in dogs and cats, we have also taken in birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks and even an iguana. We take in animals that are injured, ill, abused and discarded and nurse them back to health with love, medical assistance and trust. That's what makes us so special and we hope that this devotion merits your financial support.

Q: If I donate to your sanctuary how will the money be spent?

A: We have no paid positions at HTAS so all the donations we receive directly benefit the animals in our care. Donations are used for:

• Veterinary expenses. Some animals require more care than others. All of our animals are spayed/neutered before placement, heartworm and Feleuk negative, all shots (including bordetella), wormed and provided antibiotics if necessary.
  
• $10 guarantees a lifesaving vaccination for a dog or cat;
• $25 guarantees comprehensive medical care for one dog or cat;
• $50 supplies medical care and food for one animal and
• $100 helps rescue, rehabilitate and find homes for a litter of puppies.
• Pet food and cat litter if needed.
• Assists in helping defray the costs of printing brochures, adoption contracts, flyers, etc.
• Although we do try and get local businesses to help sponsor our newspaper ads, there are times when we need to place an emergency ad and must pay for that ourselves. We place the animals picture in the paper with a description.
• All donations can be sent to our mailing address at 5900 South Rangeline Road, Columbia, MO 65201.