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Beaver Island Animal Fund

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Summary

The Beaver Island Animal Fund was announced in April 2011 as a community effort to help residents with pet spay/neuter costs and emergency veterinary care, and to address homeless pets and feral cats. A June follow-up repeated those aims and claimed that donations went directly to pet care without overhead. A July founder report claimed that more than 50 spay/neuter procedures and additional medical assistance had been funded since 2007, and listed local donation-box locations. These remain founder-reported figures rather than audited records.

Evidence limits

This entry is based on a founder’s forum announcement. It does not establish a legal entity, financial condition, total assistance provided, or continuing operation.

Sources

See the sources block above.

The dated record

6 dated events · 2009–2015These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. The founder reported more than 50 spay/neuter procedures and additional help with medicines, specialty foods, surgeries, and laboratory tests since the fund's stated 2007 founding. He also listed donation-box locations. These are founder-reported service and financial claims, not audited records; later replies document donor logistics rather than independent verification.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003814
  2. A follow-up founder announcement repeats the fund's purposes and claims that all donations went directly to pet health care and assistance with no overhead. Those financial claims are retained as the founder's statement, not independently verified accounting.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003571
  3. The founder described the fund’s purposes as reducing homeless pets and feral cats through spay/neuter assistance, helping with emergency veterinary costs, and raising awareness. The post named founders and donation channels, but the archive does not hold incorporation, financial, grant, or service records.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003348

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Animal Fund”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/beaver-island-animal-fund/, accessed [date], citing Adam E. Wirth, "The Beaver Island Animal Fund," Beaver Island Forum, July 27–August 10, 2011. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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