Oasis Animal Sanctuary Inc

THE OASIS MISSION IS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ABUSED, NEGLECTED OR HOMELESS COMPANION ANIMALS, HORSES, AND OTHER PETS.

STERILIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM IS RUN TO HUMANELY REDUCE UNWANTED ANIMAL POPULATIONS THROUGH SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES. 336 ANIMALS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM IN 2021, MOST OF WHICH WERE STERILIZED BEFORE YEAR END. FROM THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2002 UNTIL 12/31/21, 7,493 ANIMALS WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, EFFECTIVELY AND HUMANELY PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS OR UNWANTED ANIMALS. FEE REVENUE FOR THIS PROGRAM IN 2021 TOTALED $10,425; GRANT FUNDING TOTALED $11,125 AND CONTRIBUTIONS WERE $45. ADDITIONALLY, $10,000 OF A GENERAL STOCK DONATION WAS ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM. EXPENSES TOTALED $26,563 WHICH REPRESENTS $823 IN REFUNDED CO-PAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, $179 FOR FORMS PRINTING, AND THE BALANCE WAS PAID TO OUR PARTICIPATING VET HOSPITALS PERFORMING THE ACTUAL SURGERIES. THE CLOSURE OF SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE FEES CHARGED BY THE HOSPITALS, REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS AND CLINICS TO 5. THE BOARD WAS, AT YEAR END, TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH 2 OTHER FACILITIES TO JOIN THE PROGRAM.

ANIMAL CARE & ADOPTION/FOSTER/RELOCATE PROGRAMS: THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE MAIN ENDEAVORS OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND MOST OF THE MONEY USED FOR THEM COMES IN THROUGH THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. THE COMBINED PROGRAM IS RUN AT THE FACILITY, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL SOME FOSTER HOMES IN USE. IN 2021, $31,624 WAS SPECIFICALLY DONATED VIA INDIVIDUALS FOR ANIMAL CARE. 54 ANIMALS WERE SURRENDERED TO OASIS IN 2021, INCLUDING A 15 YEAR OLD HORSE AND HIS 12 YEAR OLD PONY COMPANION, 42 CATS AND KITTENS, 2 ROOSTERS, 3 CHICKENS, 4 DUCKS AND A GUINEA PIG. ADDITIONALLY, OASIS WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADOPTIONS OF 3 DOGS FROM TWO OTHER SHELTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS ASSISTED IN 2021 TO 57. BECAUSE OASIS IS A SANCTUARY, IT OFTEN TAKES IN ANIMALS THAT OTHER SHELTERS DO NOT ACCEPT, OR WOULD SIMPLY EUTHANIZE BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE OR THE TIME AND EXPENSE NEEDED TO HEAL THEM. OASIS PROVIDES A "KINDNESS FIRST" PHILOSOPHY, WHEREBY EUTHANASIA IS PERFORMED ONLY AFTER OTHER OPTIONS BECOME EITHER FINANCIALLY OR PHYSICALLY PROHIBITIVE. IN ALL, OASIS HAS CARED FOR 724 ANIMALS - MANY OF THEM VIA FOSTER HOMES, BECAUSE OASIS HAD NO FACILITY OF ITS OWN UNTIL MAY 29, 2015. AT THE END OF 2021, 43 WERE STILL WITH US, 18 OF WHICH ARE "PERMANENT RESIDENTS" AS THEY HAVE BEEN TOO TRAUMATIZED OR ARE TOO DISABLED TO BE ADOPTED OUT. OASIS HAS TAKEN IN MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING DOGS, CATS, HORSES (FROM DRAFTS TO PONIES), DONKEYS, DUCKS, GUINEA PIGS, SNAKES, HAMSTERS, TURTLES, A TURKEY, FERRETS, ROOSTERS, CHICKENS, AND GOATS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HEALTHY NUTRITION, EXCELLENT VET CARE, AND SOCIALIZATION WITH OTHERS OF THEIR SPECIES AS WELL AS WITH HUMANS. WE PROVIDE A NON-CAGED ENVIRONMENT FOR AS MANY ANIMALS AS WE CAN TO REDUCE STRESS AND ILLNESS; AND (AGAIN) OASIS DOES NOT EUTHANIZE ANY ANIMAL FOR ANY REASON EXCEPT END-OF-LIFE SUFFERING FOR WHICH THERE IS NO OTHER RELIEF.