Middleburg Humane Foundation

PROVIDE ALL ANIMALS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, SAFE AND SANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS, PROTECTION FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND ENVIRONMENTS FREE OF PAIN AND FEAR THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION AND, WHERE NECESSARY, INTERVENTION

ANIMAL RESCUE, CARE AND ADOPTIONS: IN 2022 MHF ADDED NEW BEHAVIORAL PROGRAMS TO OUR REGULAR SHELTER OPERATIONS TO HELP BUILD SOLID TRAINING FOUNDATIONS FOR ADOPTABLE PETS, INCREASING THE RATE OF SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS. WHILE THESE NEW PROGRAMS HAVE SHOWN GREAT SUCCESS AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR ANIMALS, THEY HAVE ALSO GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO MANY OTHER ANIMALS THAT WERE DESTINED FOR EUTHANASIA AT OTHER FACILITIES. WITH THIS COMMITMENT TO TAKE IN AND WORKING WITH ANIMALS WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IN 849 ANIMALS CONSISTING OF CATS, DOGS, EQUINES, LIVESTOCK, POCKET PETS, AND REPTILES. WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT OUT 574 ANIMALS INTO APPROVED HOMES. WE ALSO TRANSFERRED 107 ANIMALS TO OTHER APPROVED SHELTERS TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND WE HAVE OVER 100 ANIMALS IN APPROVED FOSTER HOMES LEARNING TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.

ALL OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED B MHF

CLINIC: OUR IN-HOUSE VETERINARY CLINIC CONTINUED TO INCREASE SERVICES OFFERED DURING 2022 WITH A COMBINATION OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEER VETERINARIANS, PAID VETERINARIANS, TECHNICIANS AND VETERINARY ASSISTANTS. THIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO HELP 1,018 ANIMALS, INCLUDING 610 SHELTER PETS AND 408 FERAL CATS. THE VETERINARIANS PERFORMED ROUTINE SERVICES SUCH AS PHYSICAL EXAMS, SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES AND VACCINATIONS, AS WELL AS MORE COMPLEX PROCEDURES LIKE AMPUTATIONS, EYE REPAIR, POLYP AND MASS REMOVALS.

COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM: MHF'S COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM DIRECTLY IMPACTED 825 CATS DURING 2022. WE PROVIDED TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN FOR 498 STRAY AND FERAL CATS FROM 81 SITES IN FAUQUIER AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. ALMOST 229 OF THE TNR CATS WERE FEMALE, WHICH EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,748 KITTENS NOT BEING ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION IN THE YEARS TO COME. THERE WERE 14 TNR CLINICS HELD DURING THE YEAR AND 100% OF THE SURGERIES TOOK PLACE IN THE SHELTER CLINIC. 67 ADULT CATS WERE ADOPTED OUT AS EITHER INDOOR OR WORKING BARN CATS. MHF'S KITTEN COLLEGE PROGRAM GREW OVER THE PRIOR YEAR WITH INCREASED TRAINED FOSTERS FOR NURSING MOTHERS AND THEIR KITTENS. STRAY OR FERAL KITTENS, WERE VETTED AT THE SHELTER, PLACED INTO TEMPORARY HOMES FOR SOCIALIZATION AND THEN ADOPTED OUT OR TRANSPORTED TO OTHER APPROVED RESCUE PARTNERS.