Maddie's Projects in Alachua County, Florida
- Project Dates: July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2009
- Total Funding: $3,669,394
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Alachua Continuation PlanMaddie's® Projects conculded on June 30, 2009. The Pet Rescue Project will continue to track its progress and collect and report statistics to Maddie's Fund until July 2012.
Through June 2010, total deaths in Alachua County have gone down by 54% since the baseline year.
Alachua County is located in North Central Florida and is home to the University of Florida. The population is 241,364; Gainesville is the county seat.
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project is working with Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project in Alachua County to end the killing of healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats countywide within ten years.
Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project in Alachua County, FL is a coalition of animal control agencies and adoption guarantee organizations working together to increase adoptions.
The coalition's lead agency is the Alachua County Humane Society, working with Alachua County Animal Services, Gainesville Pet Rescue, Haile's Angels Pet Rescue, Helping Hands Pet Rescue and Puppy Hill Farm.
The Alachua County Veterinary Medical Association administered Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project to increase spay/neuter surgeries and reduce shelter intake. Eleven private practice veterinary hospitals and one non-profit clinic provided spay/neuter surgeries to low-income county residents.
Total Medicaid Spay/Neuter Surgeries: 1,737
