In Crisis, Shelter Holds County Rabies Clinics HARTWICK SEMINARY – Due to social-distancing strictures, the county Health Department cancelled its regular rabies clinics this past week. Susquehanna Animal Shelter Executive Director Stacie Haynes stepped up: She proposed that the SQSPCA fill the gap, and the DOH agreed.…
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SQSPCA Animal Shelter Prepares For Challenges If Owners Must Abandon Pets, Pet Food, Kennel Space Ready By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna SPCA, doesn’t want anyone’s pet to go hungry during the COVID-19 crisis. “We have a very well-stocked pet food pantry,” she said. “People can call or email us (info@sqspca.org) and tell us what they need, and we will leave it out front with a note for them to pick up.” Delivery…
Former Mayor, SQSPCA Director Named As Oneonta Trailblazers ONEONTA – Former Mayor Kim Muller and Susquehanna SPCA executive director Stacie Haynes were announced as the winners of the 2020 Trailblazer Awards, Mayor Gary Herzig announced this evening. The annual awards, given in honor of Women’s History Month (March), the Woman Trailblazer Award recognizes a woman in the Oneonta area who has enhanced the visibility and importance of women through her employment, volunteering and community engagement.…
OUR Stacie Haynes Among Top 10 U.S. Animal Defenders Animal Legal Defense Fund Singles Out Local Director For List Of Best HARTWICK SEMINARY – Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna Animal Shelter executive director, has been named one of America’s Top 10 Animal Defenders by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, based in San Francisco for serving on “the front lines of enforcing animal protection laws.” These animal protection heroes will be honored this week, National Justice for Animals Week. Here’s is the citation:…
Dog Fighting Suspected 19 DOGS SAVED FROM ‘TORTURE’ IN FRANKLIN By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SIDNEY – Erin Insinga, shelter director, Delaware Valley Humane Society, described the scene of a rescue in Franklin as “like something out of a horror film.” “I have never seen animals in such conditions of pain, torture and neglect,” she said through tears. “These dogs were stacked like pieces of furniture in a dark room.” Cages were soaked with vomit, urine and feces.…
$3.3M Raised To $5m+ Goal Shelter Raises $236K, Benefactor Adds $30K By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Stacie Haynes couldn’t believe the size of the check Staffworks founder Anita Vitullo handed her. “I just about fell out of my chair,” the Susquehanna SPCA executive director said. “Last year we got $95,000 and I was nervous that we wouldn’t beat that!” The Save-a-Life campaign offers shelters a matching donation of up to $10,000, and this year, Vitullo added some…
SQSPCA Awarded $266K At Annual ‘Save-A-Life’ Campaign SEE FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA & THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
Zoe Cancer-Free, Cornell Tests Find COOPERSTOWN – Zoe, the dog rescued from Exeter Center after she chewed off her own leg, has been declared cancer-free by veterinarians at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, executive director Stacie Haynes reported just moments ago. “According to the pathology report, the complete surgical excision is expected to be curative,” said Haynes. “They believed it was just a fatty mass, which is common in dogs her age. Zoe is cancer-free.”…