Animal Protection League

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Who We Are

We are a diverse group of individuals,who with the help of generous donations from our community,are dedicated to helping animals live better lives and educating the public on animal welfare issues. --- All of our animals are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested (dogs) combo tested (cats) and dewormed. ------- ADOPT A SHELTER ANIMAL...SAVE A LIFE....CHANGE A LIFE. Once again the Indiana Department of Correction, in particular the staff at Pendleton CIF, is stepping up to save animals that a segment of this society has inhumanely and dispassionately thrown away. On September 3, eight shelter dogs were put into Pendleton CIF. The name of the program is F+I+D=O which stands for Faith+Inmates+Dogs = Opportunity. The inmate handlers chose this name. Sixteen inmate handlers will socialize and obedience train these dogs for 2 months. Each dog will live in a cell with his two20handlers who will spoil and love the dog. At the end of that time the dogs the dogs will be available for adoption statewide to a loving, permanent home. These dogs are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, de-wormed, de-fleaed, and heartworm negative. They will be given heartworm preventative while in prison. The mandatory adoption fee is $150.00 but we will accept additional donations up to $300.00 per dog. The money will be put directly back into the program so we can continue to save more dogs. The requirements for these inmate handlers are the following: 1. They must be model prisoners. 2. They voluntarily come into the program agreeing to follow all of the rules and understanding that it is a 24/7 job. 3. None of the handlers have been convicted of crimes of a sexual nature, crimes against the elderly, animals, children or domestic violence. 4. They understand at the end of 2 months they must give up the dogs they loved for two months. F+I+D=O is a program that has become a community effort. It involves the city of Anderson/Animal Care and Control, the Animal Protection League, the Madison County Humane Society, Countryside Animal Rescue, and members of the community who are financially sponsoring the dogs. And I mustn’t forget the volunteers who are giving their time to make this program work. This is indeed the community working together looking for a solution to our overwhelming number of homeless and abused dogs. We are taking three dogs from the Madison County Humane Society, 2 dogs being fostered by the Animal Protection League which were originally from Animal Care and Control, 1 originally from Animal Care and Control fostered by Dr. Claudia Smith and 2 directly from Animal Care and Control. In return each organization except Animal Care and Control will take that nu mber of dogs from Animal Care and Control in exchange. So we are in essence, during this first round, are saving 13 dogs from either euthanasia or a life in a shelter. We can do so much more if we all work together toward the common goal of helping animals. The inmates can also benefit from this program. Each inmate at some point in their incarceration must decide how they are going to do their time. By becoming a dog handler with F+I+D=O they are choosing a positive path. It may very well be the first time that they have received unconditional love. They must learn to work as a team with other inmates, prison staff and community volunteers. And they must learn to resolve conflict in a non-violent way. The dogs will teach them compassion, responsibility, accountability, patience and tolerance. They may for the first time in their lives be putting another living creature’s welfare ahead of their own. This program is not about giving the inmates a pet to make their time easier. It is about saving these wonderful dogs that members of our society have deemed disposable. The inmates are essentially doing what our community has failed to do – care for these animals in a loving and compassionate manner. The essence of this program is to help the inmate handlers become something better than they were when they entered prison. And we want them better than when they went in – in Indiana alone over 16,000 inmates are released back into our communities every year. It is to our benefit that they receive rehabilitation while in prison which will hopefully help them not to re-commit crimes when they are released. The inmates are saving these wonderful dogs and the dogs in turn may very well be saving the inmates. Adopt a FIDO shelter dog....saving 2 lives at a time. contact Maleahstringer@aol.com
Animal Protection League
P.O.Box 2242

Anderson, IN 46018 maleahstringer@aol.com
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