Friends of the Schuyler County Animal Shelter, Inc
Friends of the Schuyler County Animal Shelter is no longer managing the Schuyler County Animal Shelter. (Please see our story below). Dogs advertised here are dogs in our foster program. If you are interested in one of them you may email us at sford@stny.rr.com or call us at 607-562-8085. If you are trying to contact the Schuyler County animal shelter directly instead to adopt a different dog than those shown on our website or to surrender your dog, please call them directly at 607-535-9960.
"Saving
just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change
the world for that one dog."
Welcome!
The Friends of the
Schuyler County Animal Shelter, Inc (“FOSCAS”) is a not
for profit, 501(c)(3) corporation originally incorporated in December
2004 to improve the quality of life of the dogs housed in the Watkins
Glen, Schuyler County animal shelter.
We started by simply
supplying comfort items like good quality food, blankets, toys and snacks.
We then provided assistance in the development of a foster program in
order to help more dogs find forever homes. Our foster program utilized
a small number of volunteers who agree to take into their homes dogs
that have health problems, need additional socialization or simply were
overcrowding the shelter. As we grew in volunteers and donations we
also started funding vaccinations, spays and neuters, as well as the
more specialized veterinary care sometimes needed by the shelter residents.
In October 2006
we offered to take over management of the shelter from the Schuyler
County Sheriff’s department so we could have more influence over
the adoption and euthanasia decisions of the shelter. The Schuyler County
Legislature approved the transfer of management to us on Monday May
12, 2008 effective June 1, 2008 for a one year trial period. Despite the fact that we reduced the euthanasia rate to less than 1%, brought the shelter into compliance with New York State Ag & Markets law and raised the adoption standards at the shelter, our contract was terminated July 31, 2009. So while we are no longer managing the Schuyler Shelter we do have Schuyler dogs that are continuing in our foster programs and are the ones you see advertised here on petfinder.
While we re-organize we are no longer taking additional dogs into our foster program, so again if you need to re-home your dog or are currently seeking a lost dog, please contact the municipal Schuyler County Animal Shelter directly at 607-535-9960.
Please visit our
NEW
website for more information and a list of our adoptable foster
pets.
