End animal suffering in KCMO urban core

Chain of Hope puts a lot of effort into keeping senior citizens and their pets together. It is vital to both the person and the pet. The companionship, the purpose, the enjoyment of a pet in a senior citizen’s later years does so much for the older individual. Their cherished pet is often the thing that keeps senior citizens going! They love their dogs and cats!

Oftentimes, as an animal ages, health issues can arise. Our senior citizens are often on a fixed income and can barely make it. When their pet becomes ill or injured, they have no money to take their beloved pet to the vet. They often have no transportation, too. That’s where Chain of Hope comes in!

Chain of Hope can pay for the vet visit of that animal, if the elderly person cannot pay. We also help with medications, food, kennels, beds, toys and all sorts of other supplies. We also often take the animal into the vet for the person if they are unable to drive. There should not be a reason that a senior citizen has to give up their pet as they age. Often, the person and the pet are aging together and that is a beautiful thing.

It’s hard to sit by, knowing your pet that you love so much is suffering or ill and you can’t do anything about it. What a sad, desperate feeling to have. Once that person makes the call to Chain of Hope, we can jump in and assist them in keeping their pet with them. Whether that means assistance with medical care or help with food and other supplies-we are there for them. We stay plugged in and check back in, just to make sure that everything is going ok.

When it does become time for their senior furry friend to be relieved of suffering, Chain of Hope transports and pays for humane euthanasia of their pet. That is very comforting to the senior citizen to have Chain of Hope involved and walking through everything with them.

Thank you for donating to us so that we can continue to keep beloved pets with their senior owners!

We are experiencing a relentless overpopulation of dogs and cats in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The only remedy for this problem is spaying and neutering. Many people have false information regarding spaying and neutering their animal. They often think it is better to let them have a litter. This is actually not true. According to the American Veterinary Association, there is no known benefit to delaying spaying until after a dog’s first heat cycle.

Actually, it’s the sooner the better to get them altered. It is far healthier for them, as they do not develop cancers related to hormones-uterine and mammary cancers in females and prostrate and testicular cancer in males. Spaying and neutering your animal greatly reduces your pet’s chance of developing cancer. It is this reduction in cancers that enables your spayed and neutered pet to live a long and healthy life! That’s why spayed and neutered pets overall live longer than unaltered pets.

There is just is nowhere for all of these puppies to go. The shelters and rescue groups are full. It is sad to know that it is 2025 and we are still euthanizing pets in shelters in the US and right here in Kansas City because there are not enough homes for them all. That’s why we cringe when we come across another litter. We have to intervene if we can. We try to get the puppies over to the shelter because we know they will for sure get their vaccinations, worming, spayed and neutered and found a home. We try and spay the momma dog for people for free and have her remain in the home with the family, but unable to breed again. That is the best scenario currently.

We have to keep trying. The alternative is not acceptable, which is just to let them breed all over the city and continue to over-run our shelters. Moms and puppies suffer greatly. Puppies are not vaccianted and break with parvo, a deadly virus. We will continue to find litters and advocate getting situations resolved for mom and babies. It’s one house at a time, one dog at a time.