Community Corner
Animal Friends on Life-Saving Mission in Annual New Year's Eve Rescue
Staff and volunteers will visit shelters and animal control facilities in the Pittsburgh area today to rescue animals that are scheduled to be euthanized by year-end.
Animal Friends will continue a 15-year New Year's Eve tradition today, as staff members and volunteers travel around the area rescuing animals that otherwise would be euthanized by the end of the year.
The New Year's Eve Rescue involves transferring animals from animal control facilities and other shelters to the Animal Friends shelter in Ohio Township, where the animals will receive appropriate care.
Each rescued animal is vaccinated, bathed, groomed, evaluated medically and behaviorally, and spayed or neutered.
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Aside from being treated to a primping session, these animals are given another chance at life.
Today's New Year's Eve Rescue will have a Disney theme: Each rescued animal will receive a Disney-oriented name.
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For more information about Animal Friends or to inquire if any of these rescued animals may have a place in your home, visit its website or call 412-847-7000.
