Fighting Today for a Better Tomorrow

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Every Paw Deserves a Fighting Chance

Pet overpopulation has severe social, ethical, and financial implications and is particularly tragic because it’s preventable. For every human born, 15 dogs and 45 cats are born. Without spay and neuter, there will never be enough humans to care for them all. Spay/neuter is a safe and effective means to avoid unwanted litters, reduce certain health risks for cats and dogs, and minimize the overpopulation of pets in our community. By addressing this crisis, we will not only reduce the stray population in our community, reduce shelter animal intake and euthanasia, but we will also help more pets become happier and healthier. But we need your help!

Step Into Their Corner

This year, Friends of EPAS is raising $50,000 through El Paso Giving Day to provide critical medical care for not only the thousands of pets who arrive at the shelter each year, but also thousands more in our community with spay and neuter programs. Every gift helps cover diagnostics, treatment, surgeries, and spay/neuter services that give animals the chance to heal and find loving homes, or stay with the families that love them.

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 save the most vulnerable lives that come into the shelter.

This year, our first $2,000 in donations will also be matched thanks to matching funds provided by Andrea Dorsey Kirs!

Meet the Luchadores: Four Fighters, Four Comebacks, One Community:

• Clifford - The Comeback King: Clifford fell from a cliff and was rescued by EPAS Animal Protection Officers. He had an extensive healing journey and with care from the EPAS medical team, he made a full recovery and is now looking for a forever home.

• Daisy - The Prevention Champion: Daisy was one of 150 pets that attended our July 2026 Spay-A-Thon. While spaying and neutering is often a routine and preventative procedure, for Daisy, it saved her life. When the veterinary team began her surgery, they came to find that she had a pyometra, which is a serious and life-threatening infection of the uterus. Luckily, Daisy’s surgery happened just in time. Thanks to her spay procedure, Daisy now gets to continue to live a long, happy, healthy life with her family.

• El Nino - The Comeback Kid: El Niño arrived injured and struggled with behavior while he was hurting. Now that he’s healed and feeling better, he’s ready for his happily ever after.

• Eury - The Little Warrior: Eury arrived as a tiny, injured kitten. An EPAS staff member fostered her and helped nurse her back to health alongside the EPAS medical team who treated her injuries and saved her damaged eye. She will be unable to see, but she recovered, found her forever home, and was adopted by the very staff member who fostered her.

Be Part of the Healing — Today and Tomorrow

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 help save the most vulnerable lives that enter the shelter.

Every dollar heals. Every gift gives hope. Join us in healing every paw today and building a healthier tomorrow for El Paso’s pets.