Causes: Advocacy, Animals, Emergency Relief and Response
Why We Can’t Wait
Every day, pets arrive at El Paso Animal Services sick, injured, or abandoned. Some are hit by cars with fractures or head trauma, others come in with deep wounds, infections, or severe malnutrition. Many are fighting illnesses like parvo, panleukopenia, or distemper, while seniors struggle with untreated diabetes, glaucoma, or heart disease. They depend on us for lifesaving medical care and the chance to heal.
Healing Starts with You
Friends of EPAS is raising $50,000 through El Paso Giving Day to provide critical medical care for the thousands of pets who arrive at the shelter each year. Every gift helps cover diagnostics, treatment, surgeries, and spay/neuter services that give animals the chance to heal and find loving homes.
This campaign is also part of a larger vision: to fully equip the shelter’s medical lab, expand spay and neuter programs so more families can keep their pets healthy at home, and one day add a mobile medical unit that will bring lifesaving care directly into neighborhoods.
Beaux (formerly Axel): Beaux was once at risk of euthanasia. He made it through because staff gave him the best care possible, but animals like him need faster diagnostics and better pain management equipment that the shelter still doesn’t have.
Muffin: Muffin tore open her spay incision and required emergency surgery. She survived, but emergencies like hers show how critical it is to have proper surgical monitoring and supplies available on site.
Oregano: Oregano faced a deadly uterine infection. The surgery saved her life, but only after racing against time. More advanced surgical tools would allow cases like hers to be treated with greater safety and efficiency.
Crazy Frog: Crazy Frog endured glaucoma that left him in constant pain before both eyes were removed. With better diagnostic equipment, his condition could have been identified and addressed earlier.
Nala: Nala, a German Shepherd, lost a limb due to trauma. She is thriving now, but animals like her depend on specialized equipment the shelter still struggles to access when urgent orthopedic procedures are needed.
Chiquita: Chiquita came in fragile after cruelty, carrying multiple illnesses. She required extensive medical management, highlighting the need for additional lab equipment and supplies to treat complex cases.
The Emergency Momma Dog: A mother nearly died delivering five puppies. Emergency care kept them alive, but access to more advanced monitoring equipment would mean greater safety for future mothers in crisis.
Your gift — no matter the size — changes outcomes for pets in need
Every gift, whether $10 or $10,000, helps us reach our $50,000 goal and creates lasting change. Together, we can heal pets today, fully equip the shelter’s medical lab, expand spay and neuter programs, and grow toward a mobile medical unit that will bring lifesaving care directly to families.
Every dollar heals. Every gift gives hope. Join us in healing every paw today and building a healthier tomorrow for El Paso’s pets.
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