29/07/2026
What a difference six months can make. 💙🐾
Behind every number in this graphic... is an animal who was frightened, hungry, injured, homeless, or simply waiting for a second chance. ❤️
While our shelter has been forced to operate under limited intake because of ongoing funding challenges, our commitment to helping animals has never wavered. 🏡💙 Whenever possible, we work one-on-one with pet owners to prevent animals from entering the shelter in the first place. By providing guidance, connecting families with free resources, food, medical care, and other support, we've helped keep pets where they belong... at home with the people who love them. 🐶🐱❤️
One accomplishment we're especially proud of this year happened largely behind the scenes. 🐱 Through our partnership with REAL Cruzan Cats, we've completed 110 Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) surgeries during the first half of 2026.
This work is one of the most effective ways to reduce pet overpopulation on St. Croix. 📉 Every cat safely trapped, sterilized, and returned helps prevent future litters, improves the health of community cats, and reduces the number of kittens who would otherwise need shelter care. 🤝
We're also incredibly grateful for the rescue partners who welcomed nearly 100 animals into their programs, giving them opportunities that simply aren't available on our island. ✈️🏡 Together with local adoptions and reunifications, these partnerships have changed hundreds of lives this year.
None of this happens without you. 🫶 Whether you've adopted, fostered, volunteered, donated, transported an animal, trapped a community cat, or simply shared one of our posts, you are part of every life represented in this report. 💙
Thank you for believing that every animal deserves a chance. Here's to an even stronger second half of 2026! 🐾
