The city of Jackson issued the following statement.
Residents are welcome to attend a free pet resource clinic this Saturday courtesy of the Best Friends Animal Society. The clinic will provide Jackson residents with vaccines, microchips and supplies for their beloved pets.
The clinic will offer the following services:
- Rabies, distemper/parvovirus and FVRCP vaccines
- Deworming medication
- Microchips
- Spay/neuter vouchers
The clinic will include the opportunity to ask questions about what more can be done to help Jackson residents and their pets, as well as share some of the challenges surrounding pets in the city of Jackson.
Best Friends is a pioneer in the movement to reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from an estimated 17 million per year to around 355,000 in 2021. The nonprofit runs lifesaving programs across and country and is partnering with organizations in the Jackson community and Mississippi in the hopes of paving the way for additional long-term relationships.
WHAT: Pet Resource Center
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, January 7
WHERE: City of Jackson Police Firearm Range, 1005 E. McDowell Rd.
Jackson, Miss.
If anyone would like to learn more about this opportunity or the nonprofit’s ongoing work to help Jackson residents and companion animal issues, please contact Best Friend’s Senior Strategist for the East Region, Lisa Barrett at 678-877-9986 or lisabarrett@bestfriends.org.
7 comments:
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I no longer send crews to Jackson because tools were stolen so often and a truck was carjacked a few years ago while my men were repairing a home...but based on the horrible way the low income citizens treat their pets, I doubt they will be interested.
Heartbreaking to see morbidly obese lazy renters that don't work with dogs that are staving and chained in muddy yards. But still so happy to be petted.
Revolting on so many levels.
I misread- thought it said pot resource.
At the COJ police firearm range? Hum…Let me think…
at 11:49 --> Let's not limit this to Jackson/Hinds County to fit some sort of rhetoric. Volunteer in animal rescue and you'll find the same deplorable circumstances in Rankin and Madison counties: chained dogs left unprotected in muddy areas. Of note, the Rankin County Board of Supervisors is the board who forced a shelter to relocate to Jackson, not the other way around.
8:48, valid and fair point (from 11:49)
I was speaking from my own personal experience that absolutely scarred me years ago in Jxn but you are correct that it is not Jxn alone.
I am sure Canton is a nightmare in Madison county.
FREE vaccinations? Dayum. Have you priced them lately at local clinics?
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