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Humane Society for
Hamilton County’s Survivor program
to
be sponsored by
Bright House Networks through 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, April 13, 2009) – A program that
provides life-saving medical treatment to severely injured
or ill dogs and cats in Hamilton County is now backed by a
new sponsor.
The Humane Society for Hamilton
County’s Survivor program is now sponsored by Bright
House Networks, one of central Indiana’s leading providers
of digital video, voice and high-speed Internet services.
Bright House Networks has agreed to financially support
the Survivor program through 2010 and help the agency
through some joint advertising ventures to raise awareness
about the program and its needs.
The Humane Society for Hamilton
County’s Survivor program treats dogs and cats of all
ages and sizes that have been hurt, abused, neglected and
abandoned and wind up at the facility in need of emergency
care. The agency provides needed treatment, starts them down
the path of recuperation and works to then get them adopted
into loving and caring homes.
“We are thrilled to have
Bright House Networks financially support our efforts to
provide critical medical care for animals that would
otherwise not survive their unfortunate circumstances,” said
Humane Society for Hamilton County Executive Director
Rebecca Stevens. “Each animal poses the same difficult
question to us. Do we use our limited funds to save their
life? It’s a difficult decision we face each and every
time.”
Last year, the Humane Society for Hamilton County, backed by
more than $45,000 from corporate sponsorships and individual
financial donations, provided life-saving emergency medical
care to more than 250 dogs and cats through the
Survivor program, including
treatment of an aggressive form of canine bacterial
pneumonia that swept through the shelter known as Canine
Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex. Already this year,
the shelter has treated more than 30 animals in need of
urgent care at a cost of nearly $10,000, including Henley, a
Shi-Tzu that arrived at the shelter with a broken back after
being hit by a car, and Helen, a beagle that arrived at the
shelter with two broken hips after she was struck by a car.
“Unfortunately, the number of abused, stray and unwanted
pets in Hamilton County is growing much faster than the
Humane Society for Hamilton County can keep up with and
that’s been a problem,” said Buz Nesbit, president of
Bright House Networks Indiana. “When we learned about
this opportunity, we knew immediately that we wanted to be
part of a solution.
Bright House Networks’ support of the
Survivor program will help the
Humane Society for Hamilton County give many animals that
come to them this year a second chance at life.”
The Humane Society for Hamilton County is located at 1721
Pleasant St., Suite B, in Noblesville and is open from
noon-5 p.m. Mondays, noon to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
and from noon-5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The facility is
closed on Wednesdays.
For more, call the Humane Society for Hamilton County at
(317) 773-4974 or visit the organization’s Web site at
www.hamiltonhumane.com.
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