弗吉尼亚州Lynchburg动物保护协会获40,000美元创新拨款：扩充新生小猫寄养照护
美国弗吉尼亚州 Lynchburg 的 Lynchburg Humane Society（LHS）10月27日宣布，获得全国性非营利组织 Orphan Kitten Club（OKC）一笔40,000美元的创新拨款，用于扩充新生小猫的寄养照护能力。OKC 的使命是革新幼猫照护、加强收容机构中新生小猫的保护。
LHS 是一家非营利动物福利机构，运营位于 Lynchburg 的 Edythe Elizabeth Stauffer Center for Pets 以及位于 Evington 的绝育诊所。据该机构介绍，这笔拨款将为其寄养小猫与寄养家庭项目提供人员支持，并用于寄养 starter kits（入门物资包）以及 LHS 小猫育婴室的数据与沟通工具；拨款将增加该机构的新生小猫寄养数量，并帮助维持其94%的救活率。
LHS 运营总监 Amber Cabell 表示：「每一只走进我们大门的小猫都值得活下去的机会，但最年幼、最脆弱的小猫需要大量的时间、关注与专业照护。全天候照顾这些小生命是一项巨大的投入，我们的寄养家庭对实现这一切至关重要。这笔来自 Orphan Kitten Club 的40,000美元拨款将让我们扩充寄养团队、为寄养家庭提供更多资源，并帮助更多急需帮助的小猫。我们非常感激这项合作以及它将挽救的生命。」
Lynchburg Humane Society in Virginia awarded $40,000 Orphan Kitten Club innovation grant for neonatal kitten fostering
The Lynchburg Humane Society (LHS) in Lynchburg, Virginia, announced on October 27 that it has been awarded a $40,000 innovation grant from Orphan Kitten Club (OKC), a national nonprofit organization with a mission to innovate pediatric care and advance protections for neonatal kittens in shelters.
LHS is a nonprofit animal welfare organization that owns and operates the Edythe Elizabeth Stauffer Center for Pets in Lynchburg and the Spay and Neuter Clinic in Evington. The funds will provide staff support to its foster kitten and foster family programs, foster starter kits, and data and communication tools for the LHS Kitten Nursery. The grant will increase the number of neonate fosters for LHS and help maintain its 94% save rate.
"Every kitten that comes through our doors deserves a chance at life, but the youngest and most fragile kittens require an extraordinary amount of time, attention, and specialized care. Caring for these tiny kittens around the clock is a tremendous commitment, and our foster families are essential to making that possible. This $40,000 grant from Orphan Kitten Club will allow us to expand our foster team, provide more resources to our foster families, and reach even more kittens who desperately need our help. We are incredibly grateful for this partnership and the lives it will help us save," said Amber Cabell, Director of Operations at the Lynchburg Humane Society.
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图片来源：新生小猫接受滴管喂奶（资料图）。CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A neonatal kitten being fed with a dropper (file photo). CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
