Denver, CO July 29, 2018
“The Dumb Friends League received $100,000 from the Banfield Foundation as part of the Dumb Friends League’s Building a Better Way Home capital campaign to expand and renovate the most heavily used areas of its Quebec Street Shelter.”
The Dumb Friends League received a generous gift of $100,000 from the Banfield Foundation® as part of the Dumb Friends League’s Building a Better Way Home capital campaign to expand and renovate the most heavily used areas of its Quebec Street Shelter.
Banfield Foundation’s donation will help expand, renovate and improve the veterinary services suite at the shelter, which provides routine and extensive medical and surgical care to many of the 20,000 homeless pets the Dumb Friends League cares for each year. The renovation will significantly improve the League’s ability to meet the changing needs of pets coming into the shelter, directly impacting the lives of homeless animals.
“We are thankful to the Banfield Foundation for supporting veterinary care for all animals,” said Dr. Apryl Steele, president and CEO of the Dumb Friends League. “Each year we receive more and more pets requiring specialized care and this gift will help us meet the demand to provide that care by creating an improved facility to better meet the veterinary needs of homeless pets.”
The upgraded facility will help the Dumb Friends League provide the best possible care and treatment for animals with complex medical conditions, help homeless pets find homes more quickly and position the League to help animals from partner organizations with fewer resources or from communities with limited adoption opportunities or prospects.
“Banfield Foundation believes all pets deserve access to the veterinary care they need, regardless of their circumstances,” said Kim Van Syoc, executive director of the Banfield Foundation. “Our hope is that the Dumb Friends League will always be a place where even the most vulnerable of pets receives the care they need and deserve.”
For more information about the Dumb Friends League, visit ddfl.org .
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About the Banfield Foundation
At the core of the Banfield Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the belief that all pets deserve access to veterinary care. In support of this belief, the foundation funds programs that enable veterinary care, elevate the power of the human-animal bond, provide disaster relief for pets, and advance the science of veterinary medicine through fostering innovation and education. It also leverages the expertise and passion of Banfield Pet Hospital® associates to care for pets in need. At the Banfield Foundation, we are committed to making a better world for pets because they make a better world for us.
About the Dumb Friends League
For over 100 years, the Dumb Friends League has been working to end pet homelessness and animal suffering. As the largest community-based animal welfare organization in the region, the Dumb Friends League cares for more than 20,000 homeless pets and horses each year and provides a strong and steadfast voice for those who cannot speak for themselves. The organization has four facilities helping pets, equines and people in Colorado and is a national model in animal welfare—providing care to lost and abandoned pets, adopting pets, helping preserve the human-animal bond, rescuing sick, injured and abused pets and horses, investigating cases of animal cruelty and neglect, educating pet owners and the public and providing reduced cost and no cost spay/neuter services to community pets. For more information, visit ddfl.org or call 303-751-5772.
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