Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach, Inc.

05/16/2026

We will be in Cordova June 19-21

For appointment requests: https://www.akrvo.org/clinic/cordova/

05/16/2026

We will be in Yakutat June 17-18.

For appointment requests: https://www.akrvo.org/clinic/yakutat/

05/16/2026

We are heading to Nome!

For appointments, please contact PAWS of Nome or online at:
https://www.akrvo.org/clinic/nome/

05/11/2026

More information on the pending bill that would provide financial support to improve access to veterinary services throughout rural Alaska.

More access to veterinarian care, which is scarce in rural communities, would boost both human health and safety as well as animal welfare, bill supporters say.

05/03/2026

This weekend we had an amazing clinic in Dillingham! Final numbers aren’t in yet, so we’ll update later.
We’d like to thank GO GO Pet Meds, Resolve Aviation, BluePearl Cares, Petco Love, The Endowment for Alaska Pets and the John and Carol Teeter Animal Care Fund (Field of Interest Funds housed at the Alaska Community Foundation), Rasmuson Foundation, The City of Dillingham, Togiak Wildlife Refuge, Dillingham Animal Care and Control, the welcoming residents, and our extraordinary volunteer team!

05/03/2026

Please share and submit comments before May 7 on this bill that would provide financial support for spay and neuter programs throughout the state of Alaska.

House Finance Committee is scheduled to hear HB 258 – Statewide Spay & Neuter Program - next Thursday, May 7 beginning at 9:00AM.

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB0258

Hello Everyone,

If you’re seeing this post, then you have likely helped get this Bill to where it is today and I am greatly appreciative of that contribution and effort.

Because you understand the impacts that overpopulations of stray/unwanted/feral animals have on our communities throughout Alaska, I call on you to once again to write-in, call-in, and share this urgent request to everyone you know that would take the time to at least send a quick email or short phone call. IT DOES MATTER

Please direct emails to the three co-chairs (Schrage, Foster & Josephson), with cc to the other eight members of the House Finance Committee if that makes it easier for you.

*If you or anyone you know, actually have a personal relationship with anyone of the members listed below, give them a call to urge them to support HB-258*

Anchorage [email protected] 907.465.4931 Co-Chair
Nome [email protected] 907.465.3789 Co-Chair
Anchorage [email protected] 907.465.4939 Co-Chair

Bethel area [email protected] 907.465.4942 Majority member
Anchorage [email protected] 907.465.3875 Majority member
Juneau [email protected] 907.465.4766 Majority member

Ketchikan [email protected] 907.465.3824 Minority member
Fairbanks [email protected] 907.465.3004 Minority member
Fairbanks [email protected] 907.465.4457 Minority member
Eagle River [email protected] 907.465.2995 Minority member
Wasilla [email protected] 907.465.4833 Minority Member

Very respectfully with much appreciation,

Nick LaJiness
Assembly Seat E
Ph.907-590-1317
Fax907-459-1224
[email protected]
Fairbanks North Star Borough
907 Terminal Street
P.O. Box 71267
Fairbanks, AK 99707-1267

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB0258

04/23/2026

We are grateful to all of the organizations and individuals working tirelessly to improve the quality of life for pets and their people in rural Alaska.
A very worthy effort to support if you are so inclined. Every little bit helps make a difference!

**UPDATED** info at the end of post-

It weighs heavy on our hearts for every request we cannot fulfill when efforts are exhausted and resources run dry. Always innovating, we are pleased to announce our very first DIGITAL DONATION DRIVE to benefit our friends at the newly established Animal Control Department in Point Hope, AK! Officer Masuk has very little to start with, jumping into responding to calls and getting the department up and running. She has reached out to us for guidance/contributions for the cause!

Their public service contributes to the health and safety of not only their community, but all communities in rural Alaska that have faced generations of overpopulation issues and issues caused by lack of veterinary access and local/state law enforcement.

Our Outreach Team took the Point Hope Wishlist from Officer Masuk and put together a list of items with estimated prices and links you can follow for descriptions and even direct ordering. If you’d like to source your own items, by all means – use our list as a guide for what they need! We are doing our own donation round-up among the non-profit groups to address the requests of dog food and vaccines specifically.

Item #4 is the largest budget item they require, but we figure if the North Slope Borough can see how much of the necessary supplies are already covered by donations, maybe they can find the funds to get a few outdoor pens and indoor crates until proper accommodation can be acquired. We have over 3,000 rescue/rehomes from the villages under our belt, and these items are the tried and true for dogs/puppies across the spectrum.

If not us, then who? The Good People will rally to the cause, because as difficult as it may be to start Animal Control in a village – we must start somewhere! With the proper support in the right areas, these programs are hugely successful as we have come to see through our service in the Bering Strait Region.

Like, comment, share, donate and/or volunteer – look at the difference a person can make! It matters to the animals.

For ease of getting the requests out there through social media posts – follow the link to a comprehensive list on our website!
www.pawsofnome.org/digital-donation-drive

TROUBLESHOOTING RESPONSE:

Alternative methods of donation -
Venmo and put in your note what the $$ is for. We’ll place the order and have it shipped to them directly!

If any shipping restrictions jam you up (we are working on getting a physical address, as P.O. Boxes are sometimes the issue) just send it to us at The Good Place and we’ll send it on - there are direct OME to PHO flights daily on a rural airline.

PAWS of Nome
1415 Center Creek Road - 1216
Nome, AK 99762

Thank you so much for your support and feedback - the responses have been encouraging and there’s a lot of supplies already heading their way!

04/22/2026

Updated the flyers. Feel free to inquire about prices in your select village please email [email protected] for more information. We will do our best to respond as soon as we are able.

04/16/2026

We appreciate all of the good work being done to improve the lives of pets in rural Alaska!

Together, we are making a difference!

4,000+ MILES— Purina dog food is traveling by truck, barge, plane, small aircraft, and snowmachine to reach remote Alaska communities—supporting dogs and the people who love them.

Thank you so much to Purina for generously donating the dog food, and to Greater Good Charities, Tote Maritime, Carlile Transportation, Northern Air Cargo, Alaska Air Transit, Aleutian Airways, Resolve Marine & Airline, Ryan Air, INC., Warbelow's Air Ventures, Everts Air, Inc. and Jeannine Faulkner for the support!!

We could not do this without all of you!! Together we really can make a difference!!

04/16/2026

This past weekend we had the opportunity to provide services to residents of Glennallen and neighboring communities.

We provided 33 spay and neuter surgeries as well as vaccinations, deworming, microchips, wellness exams, and 2 additional surgeries (mass removals).

Thanks to our supporters including Petco Love, The Endowment for Alaska Pets and the John and Carol Teeter Animal Care Fund (Field of Interest Funds housed at the Alaska Community Foundation), Rasmuson Foundation, Friends of the Valdez Animal Shelter, the Copper Valley Electric Association, and other generous donors.

We are grateful to the pet owners who entrust their animals to our care.

And of course, we could not provide these services without our amazing volunteer veterinary team!

04/09/2026

Our gratitude to everyone who donated food for PAWS of Nome to distribute within their region!