Dear Editor, Vermont Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Society would like to thank all the people that volunteered at our annual July 4 festivities in Woodstock. Thanks to friends and volunteers who were able to pull it off for another […]
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Letter, Opinion
Celebrate July 4 with games at Woodstock Union High School and support the humane society
Dear Editor, On July 4, Woodstock will once again celebrate Independence Day outside at the Woodstock Union High School. This is truly one of the best celebrations in Windsor County, featuring live entertainment, a spectacular firework display, food, and a […]
Local News
Volunteers make rabies vaccination clinic possible
By Robin Alberti On Saturday, March 26, a group of volunteers helped host the annual “Drive Up & Poke! Rabies Clinic” at Woodstock Union Middle School/High School. This was the second clinic; the first had been held in Springfield the […]
Letter
Local volunteers sending help to hurricane victims
By Sue Skaskiw Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Society was able to fill a 34-foot RV owned by volunteer Barry Newton with cat, dog, horse, bird and rabbit food (32 banana boxes full!); Vari-kennels, (pet carriers enabling abandoned animals to […]
Letter
Pets in Houston need our help
Dear Editor, VT Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Society (VVSA) is in the process of organizing a truckload of animal supplies for delivery to the areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey. Donations of canned animal food with flip tops, bagged cat […]
Letter
Annual golf tournament to benefit the animals was a “hole in one” succuss
Dear Editor, On behalf of the Vermont Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Society (VVSA), we would like to thank the enormous amount of people that helped make our 4th Annual Golf Tournament & Silent Auction a Hole-in-One! There are so […]
Local News
Foundation formed to help fund Animal Cruelty Investigations
By Robin Alberti Killington resident Pam Aievoli gave a presentation this past Wednesday at the Summit Lodge for the Killington Rotary. Sue Skaskiw, Executive Director of Vermont Volunteer Services for Animals Humane Society (VVSA), captured the evening on video, and […]
Local News
Investigating animal cruelty
Investigating animal cruelty By Stephen Seitz BRIDGEWATER—The FBI has added cruelty to animals on its list of felonies, just as the Vermont Volunteers for Animal Services Humane Society (VVSA) has entered into a contract to investigate these crimes in Windsor […]
State News
FBI expands to include animal abuse
Two years ago the Vermont Volunteer Services for Animals (VVSA) humane society, based in Bridgewater, Vt., was asked by state police to conduct a statewide survey of reported acts of neglect and abuse towards animals, including the number of cases, […]