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Responsible Pet Owners Alliance's
Adult & Children's Education Program
In Pet Care and Bite Prevention
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- Build character, responsibility, self reliance and self esteem in children through
teaching responsible pet care.
- Prevent cruelty to animals.
- Reduce statistics on animals accepted by shelters and animal control facilities
- Reduce number of people bitten by animals.
- Promote interaction with animals as an educational experience for children.
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- Place educational materials on responsible pet care, control and bite prevention in all Bexar County elementary school libraries and public libraries
for teachers to access.
- Conduct presentations on Responsible Pet Care & Bite Prevention in elementary schools, Head Start Programs, 4-H, Girl and Boy Scout programs, summer
programs of the San Antonio Public Libraries and Parks & Recreation Department, etc.
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- Conduct Information/Education Booths at community events and area pet shows to distribute brochures on topics addressing all animal problems, promoting spay/neuter of pets, pet rabies and other vaccination schedules, publicizing local animal ordinances and free/low cost neutering clinics.
- Administer a Neighborhoods Program, providing educational materials to help solve their animal problems.
A packet is available upon request.
- Operate a 24 hour telephone helpline for pet owners offering information and assistance with any animal related problem, which includes a Lost & Found Registry.
- Provide a First Offender's Responsible Pet Ownership Course (6 hour class), an effective sentencing alternative for animal
ordinance violators in lieu of a portion of fines to assist low income families who can't afford $300 to $400 (including court citations) to retrieve animals from Animal Control
Facilities.
- Return more lost pets to their owners via microchip clinics, the Responsible Pet Ownership Course, our Lost & Found
Registry and pet id card clinics, etc.
- Encourage pet owners to take their pets for veterinary check-ups and vaccinations annually. Promote the importance of rabies
vaccinations. Assist with low cost rabies and microchip clinics.
- Provide counseling and assistance for pet owners who are considering pet surrenders to shelters or animal controls for any
reason (terminally ill and AIDS patients; animal behavior problems, moving, divorces, family members' allergies, in transition to assisted living facilities/nursing homes or for any
other reason.
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