Donations & Support

Yes, we need your generous donations & support! If you would like to participate in the effort to end the needless suffering of innocent animals there are many ways you have help!

Donate
If you'd like to make a much-needed donation:

Use our new online Donation Form to make a one time or monthly donation today!

... or visit our Contact Us page if you prefer to mail a donation.

Volunteer
If you'd like to help us with our urgent volunteer needs, please visit our Volunteer Opportunities page for more information.

Support
Another extremely effective way to help the animals is to donate to our spay and neuter clinics. If you would like to provide any of the items listed on this page, please visit our secure online Donation Form or our Contact Us page for mailing address information. When making a monetary donation you may include a note with a request as to which item(s) you would like your funds to provide.

Autoclave #Z-OCR-R Rebuild, 9 inches by 18 inches Pelton Crane Supplier: Alfa Medical 59 Madison Ave Hempstead, NY 11550 eMail@sterilizers.com USA 1-800-801-9934 Canada 1-800-247-6493 Fax 516-489-9364 International 516-489-3855 Cost: Approx $1995.00 plus tax Z-OCR-R Pelton Crane OCR rebuild Sterilizer 9 Dia x 18 deep	An Autoclave is used to sterilize the surgical equipment for the spay and neuter clinics. This piece of equipment is essential for our spay and neuter clinics!
Oster Dog/Cat Clippers Model: Turbo A5 Price: Around $115 and up Check Froogle for current prices and availability... The clippers are used to shave the pets before surgery.
Shop-Vac 5 & 12 gal. blow and vac, shop vacuum Approximant Price: 5 gal - $28.88 12 gal - $69.88 Together - Only 98.76! Check Walmart or Froogle for current prices and availability...

Surgery:

1. # 4-7 - Sx tables or exam tables anything that will work for Surgeries (we currently have 4 lent to us but this will not last much longer.....desperate need)
2. #4 -7 - Mayo Stands to place the instruments next to each Sx table
3. As many surgical packs as possible....we have about 8 complete Spay packs but are missing some instruments and some are not in very good working conditions......most importantly the instruments are autoclaved once and once they are used once during our surgeries then they become non-sterile and we are forced to perform "cold sterile" Sx technique.......as many complete spay pack as you could possible help with would be BEAUTIFUL!!

Spay pack includes the following instruments (Red items are needed most)

1. 1 Spay / snook hook
2. 1 OLSEN HEGAR N.H. 5.5"
3. 1 MAYO SCISSOR 6.75" STR.
4. 1 ADSON BROWN FORCEP
5. 1 #3 blade HANDLE
6. 6 BACKHAUS TOWEL FORCEPS 3.5"
7. 2 HALSTEAD MOSQUITO CVD. 5.0"
8. 2 HALSTEAD MOSQUITO STR. 5.0"
9. 2 KELLY HEMOSTAT CVD. 5.5"
10. 2 KELLY HEMOSTAT STR. 5.5"
11. 2 ALLIS FORCEP 6.0" 4X5 TEETH

1. A couple of instruments like suture removal, bandage scissors, staple remover, carmalts and Rochester for the large fat female dogs that tend to bleed the most and the little Kellys are not strong enough for Plain hemostats to remove ticks and fox tails from ears, paws, etc
2. #4 - 6 Stainless steel trays any size or shape
3. Bouffant hats for male and female
4. Sterile and surgical gloves the sizes most needed #6.5, 7, 7.5 we have some of the larger sizes
5. Surgical masks for volunteers and vets
6. Surgical sterile field drapes. It can be already cut to size or the roll and we can cut them to size
7. Autocale envelopes several sizes mostly medium
8. Autocale tape
9. Strerilometers
10. O.R. blue or green hand towels
11. Gowns - mostly medium but any size both cloth or disposable
12. Scrub uniforms especially tops any size
13. Scrub Chlorehexidine or betadien scrub brushes for Sx

Suture:

1. Stainless steel cassette for rare occasions
2. Chromic Gut cassettess/ reels # 1and # 2 (several if possible)
3. Tissue Glue
4. PDS cutting needle (some tapered) #3-0, 2-0 and 0.
5. Vicryl and Nylon same sizes and also cutting and some tapered
6. Chromic Gut individual packets cutting #3-0, 2-0 and 0
7. Staple guns for fosters or injured animals with wounds that have a home in TJ

Sx, ER, analgesic & Recovery Drugs:

1. Ketamine 100mg/ml
2. Xylazine 100mg/ml and 20mg/ml
3. Telazol 100mg/ml
4. Acepromazine 10mg/ml
5. Yohimbine
6. Medetomidine (Domitor)
7. Atipamezole (Antsedan)
8. Dopram
9. Atropine
10. Epinephrine
11. Glycopyrrolate
12. Valium (Diazapam) - super hard to get b/c controled just need one vial to keep in case seizure patient.......we have none and its pretty scary not to have this in our crash cart.
13. Glucose 50%
14. Torbugesicn (Butorphanol) 10mg/ml
15. Buprenorphine (Buprenex, Temgesic)
16. Oxymorphone (Numorphan)
17. Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
18. Rimadyl (carprofen) injectable 50mg/ml
19. Meloxicam (metacam)
20. Penicillin G injectable
21. Amoxicillin both oral of injectable either 250 or 100mg/ml
22. Vitamins any like Vit K (many hemorragic cases), B-12, Iron and B complex

Miscellaneous:

1. Endotracheal tubes WITH cuffs, cant use the cuffless. Sizes from 3 to 14 both curved and straight, prefer straight and sizes from 3.5 to 7.5mm
2. Laryngoscopes need 2, have none and large and small size blade
3. Otoscope have none and speculums
4. Ambu bag, the simpler the better since we have no anesthetic machines
5. Gauze both large and small always need lots
6. Cotton balls
7. Sterile lube and non sterile lube (for trache tubes and for wounds)
8. Crystalloid fluids like NaCl, LRS, Normasol, Isolyte any size bags sometimes the 250-500ml fluid bags are best so that we dont waste too much.
9. IV lines and extension sets with ports, please
10. Needles any size 25g,22g,20g,18g all 3/4inches
11. Needles 22g 1 1/2 in length
12. Syringes any size most used are 1ml (tuberculin) and 6ml but need all sizes for IV injections
13. Oral syringes to send home with oral dewormers or vitamins or analgesics or to feed neonatals. Any size.
14. IV catheters from 24g - 16g mostly use 22 and 20g all 1 inch

Following is a list of items we need replenished frequently.

Dog and cat beds Carrying kennels for dogs and cats! Dog and cat toys (safe toys) Dog toys - tennis balls Lg. garbage bags Collars and leashes - var. sizes! Syringes (monoject. no needles) 1 cc, 3 cc, 6 cc Insulin syringes with needles  Gauze pads - 3 x 3   Surgical masks - tie on 3M  Surgical gowns - lg. with towel (disposable)  Bouffant surgical caps 24" Vet-bond tissue adhesive   Suture wire cassette - 0, 2/0, 4/0  Cardboard cat carriers  Gaymar heat therapy pad  Hydrogen peroxide  Surgical gloves - 6 1/2  Rubbing alcohol   1, 3, and 6 cc syringes Surgical scrubs   Suture needles - #822-8, 12, 16, 18, 20 Sterile saline Autoclave tape   Suture - poly-dox 3/0 w/PF5-2 27" Surgical drape - Kendall 38.5" - 100 yds  Brooms, buckets, brushes, cleaning supplies

16% Dual Quat disinfectant BNP anti biotic Hydrogen Peroxide Deworming meds - Nemex, Droncit E- collars - var. sizes   Baralyme  Antibacterial soap  Back up autoclave Distilled water  Puralube opth. ointment  Chlorhexidrine 2% sol.  Needles - 25 gauge Instrument milk & lube  Liquid Albon, 5% Lactated ringers IV tubing Anti bacterial ointments ear drops for mites Gloves - surgical and latex Q-tips and cotton balls Advantage, Frontline, Revolution Injectable pain relief Kitten and puppy formula/Pet food  Stainless bowels, dishes, troughs  Betadine and Iodine Surgical gloves Otomax -for ear injections Ivomed - injectable (Ivermectin) Boric Acid Kitty litter  Towels and blankets