OUR PROGRAMS
PET I.D. TAG PROGRAM
2,900 PETS HELPED SINCE DAY ONE
Safe Pet Project offers ID Tags for the pets in our community with low cost. For only $2.00 you can choose from a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. This service is offered at our Thrift Store. We can make an ID Tag for your pet in less than 5 minutes while you shop.
It's another way to keep your pets always safe.
TNR PROGRAM
236 FERAL CATS HELPED SINCE DAY ONE
By partnering with Genesis Animal Care, Safe Pet Project helps to control the overwhelming population of feral cats in our community by trapping, spaying/neutering and returning the cats to the area that they were trapped. The cats also get a rabies vaccine, a check up and dewormed so that they can remain healthy in their environment.
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
490 PETS HELPED SINCE DAY ONE
Safe Pet Project partners with Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital to serve residents of Union and Towns Counties in Georgia, providing needs-based temporary services to clients to provide veterinary care to their pets. We require spay/neuter surgery on all pets provided assistance if the pet is not spayed/neutered.
FREE MICROCHIPPING PROGRAM
2,067 PETS HELPED SINCE DAY ONE
One of our main priorities at Safe Pet Project is getting our mountain pets microchipped so if they become lost they can be reunited with their owner quickly and safely. A microchip is a tiny rice-sized, glass-enclosed microchip that’s embedded under your pet’s skin. When it’s scanned with a microchip scanner, it reveals a unique number that’s displayed on the scanner’s screen. That magic number can then be entered into a pet recovery service’s database, bringing up the pet owner’s contact information that’s on file.
Safe Pet Project offers free microchipping to our community quarterly in partnership with Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital who administrate the microchip.
THE FOSTER PROGRAM
Safe Pet Project is able to rescue cats & dogs through the use of fosterers. These pets come to us from the people who find them abandoned or lost, or in need of medical care when the owner's no longer want them or unable to provide this medical care for them. In most cases, the finder will foster them or we put a call out to our known fosterers and through social media to find a suitable temporary home. We then vet these animals and begin the journey of finding them their permanent, forever homes. Our fosterers are provided everything needed to house these pets, from food to treats, beds to crates and medical care which includes spaying/neutering, microchipping, vaccines and other types of treatments from parasites to heart worm, surgical procedures to repair broken bones and other necessary treatments. Our fosterers provide the loving homes, and transportation to the vet visits or adoption events. We rely 100% on fosterers for this program
THE CHEWY TRUCK
1,985 PETS HELPED SINCE DAY ONE
At times providing for our pets can be a difficult financial challenge. Safe Pet Project volunteers have been hard at work addressing that for local animals and their families. In June, Safe Pet Project submitted a grant application to Chewy.com asking for a donation of food and supplies for our local mountain animals. By the beginning of July that application had been approved and Safe Pet Project learned that they would receive a tractor-trailer load, 24 pallets of pet food and supplies from Chewy.com and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) through their “Pets for Life Program”. To support keeping pets and families together, the food and supplies were to be distributed for FREE to individual pet owners in the community.
Then in December of 2022, Safe Pet Project received another tractor-trailer load of hard goods from Chewy.com. We received dog crates, dog gates, cat box litters, pet ramps, pet beds, cat towers, bird cages and a lot more pet items. Once again, our dedicated volunteers worked hard and distributed those items to our community for FREE.
One of Safe Pet Project’s goals is to support pet-owners in our community and help keep pets in their family homes and out of shelters. This food and hard goods giveaway is one way of helping during these challenging times.
THE LEGACY PROGRAM
Have you wondered what will happen to your pet(s) when you are no longer able to care for them? Do you already have a plan? Have you discussed your wishes with those who will be responsible for your pet? Maybe your family or friends who you want to trust your beloved pet(s) with are unable to take on a pet. Safe Pet Project’s Legacy Program will provide long term, permanent care for your pet(s) when you are no longer here to care for them. It is a primary goal of Safe Pet Project is to partner with our community. By partnering to work together we can help more of our mountain animals. We hope you will consider becoming a volunteer in this amazing program.
Your love for animals can also live on through our Legacy Program. By leaving a legacy gift to us, you will ensure the well-being of your pet. That means your pet will receive love, care, and a great life after you have gone. Legacy Giving is a heartfelt way to support Safe Pet Project.
