By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
A local animal rescue has received a $10,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri
M'Shoogy's animal rescue is one of several agencies to receive money through the Mary Margaret Hodgin Fund, aimed at providing money to services that aid cats and dogs.
Community Foundation President Mary Hinde says M'Shoogy's works in animal welfare and says they also help law enforcement across five counties with injured or abandoned animals
"It's not unusual for someone to drop an animal on the highway, or an animal to get out into the road and be hit, and so when a dog or cat has that happen to them their normally taken to M'Shoogy's at any time of the day or night to be recuperated and operated on, whatever needs to be done to them, and then they can be adopted out after that," Hinde tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.
Hinde says M'Shoogy's provides services to rehabilitate injured and abandoned animals for adoption, but also provides what they call Angel Vet
"When animals come in, they are able to rehabilitate them and operate on them," Hinde explains. "Also, individuals can use that service for their pets, so if they have a pet that needs help or needs its inoculations, they can take their pet there at any time and pay a minimal amount for those services there."
Hinde says M'Shoogy's will use the money to make quality of life improvements around the rescue
"To have larger pens so that their animals have a better quality of life and have more space to run in when they're outside and so that they can do a little bit of socializing," Hinde says. "So, these new pens are going to be a great asset"
M'Shoogy's isn’t the only agency receiving money. The Community Foundation is also giving money to the Friends of the Animal Shelter in St. Joseph as well as the God’s Furry Angels Pet Rescue through the Mary Margaret Hodgin Fund.
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