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2016 Recipient of the Distinguished Hoosier Award from the State of Indiana Governor's Office The CanINE Express Transport Project humanely transports shelter dogs from south central Indiana, -- areas with pet overpopulation and high euthanasia rates due to kennel overcrowding -- to shelters in areas in our country where there is a need for well-socialized, healthy dogs. This interstate project, that began with its maiden voyage in December 2004 and currently has more than 30 partner shelters, has successfully transported 10,698 Indiana shelter dogs (and this year we have transported 147 shelter cats). A benefit that wasn’t visualized at the project’s beginning is that our partners have shared best sheltering practices including spay/neuter education, medical care, promoting adoptions, increasing volunteerism, and political activism to build and grow state legislation related to animal issues. Our project does not transport Indiana shelter dogs to private adopters; only to our receiving shelter partners in Cleveland, Chicago, and the Northeast. Since December, 2004, the number of Indiana shelter dogs transported to our New England Shelter and Rescue Partners: 8,602; to the Cleveland Animal Protective League and Geauga Humane Society's Rescue Village: 1,839, and to Chicagoland shelters/rescue groups: 288, for a total of 10,698 Indiana shelter dogs and 147 cats.
You can "virtually" ride the CanINE Express by clicking on this youtube link:
A big thank you to the wonderful team at Enterprise Car Rental for providing our vans each month! Kudos to volunteers at the Cleveland Animal Protective League whose volunteers help us walk the dogs along the route each month! Many thanks to Brandon Shoobridge, Gwen and Larry Blair for driving on so many transports; Faye Ure for driving and sewing dog beds for the crates! Thank you to the Humane Society of the United States, ASPCA, the PETCO Foundation, the Enterprise Rental Car Foundation, the Tony Stewart Foundation, and private donors for providing funding of this project. The CanINE Express gladly accepts donations to support the Project. The CanINE Express is an collaborative project of 15 sending shelters in Indiana and 15 receiving shelters in New England and Cleveland -- all are 501c3 non-profit organizations. Rescue Farm is the lead shelter in the CanINE Express Transport Project.
ITEMS NEEDED Visa or Mastercard gift cards for gasoline; intermediate or large plastic dog crates; kitchen and large trash bags; paper towels; non-toxic cleaner; cable ties to hold crates together; laundry detergent and fabric dryer sheets; bleach; DRIVERS ALWAYS NEEDED CanINE Express Transport Project 1628 Jacobs Lane Nashville, Indiana 47448
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