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SQSPCA Needs Volunteers To Help Socialize Kittens COOPERSTOWN – It’s a tough job, but someone has to help these kittens learn to cuddle. “We currently have 28 feral or unsocialized kittens on-site, with more arriving daily,” said Stacie Haynes, Executive Director. “Our new ‘Feral to Friendly’ program is designed to give volunteers the opportunity to meet and help socialize these kittens, and also to lighten the load for staff as the shelter enters its busiest season.”…
Touched By Disabled Cat, Intern Returns, Brings ‘Ocean’ Home He Takes Little Wheelchair With Him By DARLA YOUNGS • Susquehanna Animal Shelter HARTWICK SEMINARY – On Sunday, May 24, Lucia Lopez made the 384-mile round trip from Maspeth, Queens, to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter here to adopt Ocean, a two-year-old male cat unable to stand or walk since birth due to a neurological disorder. Ocean had been at the animal shelter, located at 4841 State Route 28, since February. His…
Puppies On Parade! SPCA Brings Smiles, Dogs To Chestnut Park…
SPCA Rescues Worcester Dog After Life-Threatening Infection COOPERSTOWN – Cabela, a new mom with seven puppies at home, was so sick she couldn’t eat and wouldn’t nurse her pups. Her owner, Donna Robinson, Worcester, reached out to Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna SPCA, for assistance, after Cabela was rushed to Heritage Veterinary Clinic for emergency spay surgery. SQSPCA staff picked up mom and puppies and, at Heritage, Cabela was diagnosed with pyometra, a life-threatening infection in the uterus.…
Work Starts Tomorrow On New Animal Shelter…
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…
SQSPCA Awarded $266K At Annual ‘Save-A-Life’ Campaign SEE FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA & THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
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…
