Oasis Animal Sanctuary Inc

THE OASIS MISSION IS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR HOMELESS COMPANION ANIMALS, HORSES, AND OTHER PETS.

THE STERILIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HUMANELY REDUCES UNWANTED ANIMAL POPULATIONS THROUGH SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES. IN 2023, 244 ANIMALS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, MOST OF WHOM WERE STERILIZED BEFORE YEAR END. FROM THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2002 UNTIL 12/31/23, 7,989 ANIMALS WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, EFFECTIVELY AND HUMANELY PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS OR UNWANTED ANIMALS. FEE REVENUE FOR THIS PROGRAM IN 2023 TOTALED $14,995; GRANT FUNDING TOTALED $8,000 AND CONTRIBUTIONS WERE $2,500. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM CAME THROUGH OUR THREE MONEY RAFFLES THAT WERE RUN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EXPENSES TOTALED $29,387 WHICH REPRESENTS $238 FOR FORMS PRINTING; THE BALANCE WAS PAID TO OUR PARTICIPATING VET HOSPITALS PERFORMING THE ACTUAL SURGERIES. THE CLOSURE OF SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE FEES CHARGED BY THE HOSPITALS, REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS AND CLINICS TO 4.

THE ANIMAL CARE AND A/F/R PROGRAMS ARE THE TWO MAIN ENDEAVORS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE INTIMATELY INTERTWINED AND CANNOT BE SPLIT FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING. MOST OF THE MONEY USED FOR THEM COMES IN THROUGH THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. THE COMBINED PROGRAM IS RUN AT THE FACILITY, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL SOME FOSTER HOMES IN USE. 38 ANIMALS WERE SURRENDERED TO OASIS IN 2023 - 36 CATS AND KITTENS, AND 2 DUCKS. ADDITIONALLY, OASIS WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADOPTIONS OF 1 GOAT, AND 4 DOGS EITHER FROM ANOTHER SHELTER OR FROM CURRENT CAREGIVERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS ASSISTED IN 2023 TO 43. BECAUSE OASIS IS A SANCTUARY, IT OFTEN TAKES IN ANIMALS THAT OTHER SHELTERS DO NOT ACCEPT, OR WOULD SIMPLY EUTHANIZE BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE OR THE TIME AND EXPENSE NEEDED TO HEAL THEM. OASIS PROVIDES A "KINDNESS FIRST" PHILOSOPHY, WHEREBY EUTHANASIA IS PERFORMED ONLY AFTER OTHER OPTIONS BECOME EITHER FINANCIALLY OR PHYSICALLY PROHIBITIVE. IN ALL, OASIS HAS CARED FOR 819 ANIMALS - MANY OF THEM VIA FOSTER HOMES, BECAUSE OASIS HAD NO FACILITY OF ITS OWN UNTIL MAY 29, 2015. AT THE END OF 2023, 42 WERE STILL WITH US, 16 OF WHICH ARE "PERMANENT RESIDENTS" AS THEY HAVE BEEN TOO TRAUMATIZED OR ARE TOO DISABLED TO BE ADOPTED OUT (OF THESE, 6 ARE EQUINES.) OASIS HAS TAKEN IN MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING DOGS, CATS, HORSES (FROM DRAFTS TO PONIES), DONKEYS, DUCKS, GUINEA PIGS, SNAKES, HAMSTERS, TURTLES, TURKEYS, FERRETS, ROOSTERS, CHICKENS, AND GOATS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HEALTHY NUTRITION, EXCELLENT VET CARE, AND SOCIALIZATION WITH OTHERS OF THEIR SPECIES AS WELL AS WITH HUMANS. WE PROVIDE A NON-CAGED ENVIRONMENT FOR AS MANY ANIMALS AS WE CAN TO REDUCE STRESS AND ILLNESS; AND (AGAIN) WE DO NOT EUTHANIZE ANY ANIMAL FOR ANY REASON EXCEPT END-OF-LIFE SUFFERING FOR WHICH WE CAN OFFER NO OTHER RELIEF. NOTE THAT OASIS CANNOT ACCEPT WILDLIFE IN ITS PROGRAMS AS NO ONE ON STAFF HAS A NJ STATE REHABILITATOR'S LICENSE.