Letter: Lake Tahoe Humane Society needs our help

Our local Humane Society needs our help.

Day in and day out our local Humane Society answers the needs of people who have lost their cat or dog or those who have been forced to move to a place where their pets are not allowed. They host spay and neutering clinics to help with over population and other pet inoculation issues. This past Christmas I saw them giving out pet food to those who were too poor to feed their pets.

Recently the Humane Society themselves became the ones needing the help. A loss of money due to an embezzlement situation has left them in a bad financial situation.

The South Tahoe Chamber already had a golf tournament scheduled for this August with the Humane Society selected as our designated charity. While we hope that people will sign up to golf or become sponsors the need is much more immediate. They need us all to help them now. Members of our Board including our Executive Director Tamera Wallace, our Treasurer Julie Wright and myself have met with members of the the Humane Society Board. We are convinced that they have corrected any issues that may have allowed indiscretions. Our Chamber stands solidly in support of the Humane Society. We urge our Chamber members and any members of the community to donate what you are able to help them become restored. Please help them out with donations of cash, pet food or even with change for the puppy banks you see at local stores. The national Humane society does not give funds to the local chapters. It is up to us to support our own.

The pets and strays in our community need our help.

Duane Wallace