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CLICK HERE TO DONATE FOR NEW SHELTER ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Ups Goal To $5 Million By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It hasn’t been easy, but in the year since the Susquehanna SPCA launched its “Shelter Us” capital campaign to build a new animal shelter, more than $3.2 million has been donated towards the project. “We’ve had a lot of support, and we’re so grateful,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. “But it’s always challenging. We’re trying to…
Debate Renewed On Funding Animal Shelter By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – It all began with a helpful conversation, and erupted while the SQSPCA was doing what it does best: saving Zoe, who chewed off her leg to stop the pain of a tumor. The spark: one word, “unilateral.” The issue: Is Otsego County funding the shelter to minimum standards? Richard Sternberg, a Susquehanna SPCA supporter, Cooperstown village trustee, retired surgeon and MIT graduate, stopped by the…
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.”…
$5K Raised For Zoe As Biopsy Results Await By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At first glance, you wouldn’t know Zoe was a miracle. “When I went to visit; she was jumping and playing like any normal dog,” said Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director. “If you didn’t look at her leg, you wouldn’t think she was any different.” Just two weeks ago, the 9-year-old German shepherd was found chained outside of 605 County Highway 22, just…
Unilaterally, SSPCA Plans To Levy Fees On County, Towns Sternberg Speaks On Shelter’s Behalf At This Evening’s 2020 Budget Hearing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Richard Sternberg, saying he was acting on behalf of the Susquehanna SPCA, told what appeared to be a partly surprised county Board of Representatives this evening that the Shelter will begin unilaterally levying fees Jan. 1 on county entities and towns that require its services. “We will be initiating a billing…
‘A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE’ Zoe On The Mend After An 11-Pound Tumor Is Removed Dog Cared For At Butternuts Farm; Biopsy Will Determine What’s Next By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – “A Thanksgiving Miracle” arrived at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter a few minutes ago. That’s how Zoe, 9, the German shepherd who was found with a front leg chewed off in Exeter Center last week, was described by SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes as the two arrived…
Susquehanna SPCA Reports Zoe’s Surgery Successful COOPERSTOWN – Zoe, the dog rescued from Exeter with a missing leg, has safely come through a surgery to remove a benign mass and amputate what remained of her leg. “She keeps shocking everyone with how strong she can be,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna SPCA. “We cannot thank you all enough for the love and support you have shown this truly incredible dog.” Surgeons at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Animal…
Zoe Allegedly Chained Outside With No Food, Frozen Water Exeter Man Charged In Neglect, Abuse Of Dog EXETER – Four days after the Susquehanna SPCA rescued Zoe, a dog in such distress that she is believed to have chewed off her own leg, her owner was arrested and charged with abuse and failure to provide shelter. Carl K. Pritchard, Exeter, was charged with a misdemeanor of over-driving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance and a violation for…
$100K Goal, $129K Raised Susquehanna SPCA Exceeds Grant-Matching Challenge COOPERSTOWN – The Susquehanna SPCA fundraisers didn’t just meet the $100,000 challenge proposed by the C.J. Heilig Foundation. They exceeded it. On Sept. 16, the C.J. Heilig Foundation announced a dollar-for-dollar matching challenge grant of $100,000 to assist the SQSPCA in its Shelter Us capital campaign to help build a new animal shelter. By the Friday, Nov. 1 deadline, donations and pledges generated by the Heilig match had topped $129,000, exceeding…
