Jan 23, 2023

No Kill is all about innovation, and dealing collectively to avoid wasting lives. That is why we had been so excited to have two Mars Ambassadors be part of us at Austin Pets Alive! for 2 weeks, to assist us save puppies with canine parvovirus and distemper—illnesses which are usually deadly, and for which puppies are routinely euthanized at many animal shelters and clinics due to the false perception they can’t be handled and adopted.

APA! operates one of many nation’s solely Parvo Pet ICUs, the place round 1,000 puppies per 12 months are handled, and we run a specialised distemper remedy program. Many extra puppies could possibly be saved, nonetheless, with extra animal shelters adopting and utilizing the lifesaving protocols we have developed, and larger public consciousness of tips on how to stop and deal with parvo and distemper.

Mars Ambassadors Devon Arcuri, BluePearl’s Inventive Specialist, and Violet Matarico, Banfield Pet Hospital’s Follow Supervisor for the Woodbridge and Edison hospitals in New Jersey, got here to just do that.

The Mars Ambassador program dispatches Mars workers to different organizations and communities, the place they lend their experience and construct partnerships. Devon and Violet embedded with the APA! advertising and communications group, to develop crucial supplies and messaging.

Working alongside APA!’s workers, Devon and Violet produced internet pages and sources, together with FAQs, web site banners and pages, social media suggestions, printed handouts and posters, and extra.

It is two weeks’ of labor that can have a significant affect on animals’ lives. Extra puppies will get and keep properly, and get to stay as beloved members of households, because of Devon and Violet’s time with APA! as Mars Ambassadors.

We requested Devon and Violet what their time at APA! meant to them.

“Mars focuses on sustainability; the world we wish tomorrow begins with how we do enterprise right this moment,” Devon mentioned. “With this undertaking, Violet and I wished to make sure that our work might continue to grow after we left.”

“With improvement being considered one of my passions, the chance to supply perception and assist for APA!’s Pet Parvo ICU on a grand scale has been an expertise of a lifetime,” mentioned Violet. “These puppies and younger canine deserve a preventing likelihood, and APA! has paved the way in which.”

Thanks to Devon and Violet for sharing your data and your ardour to avoid wasting the lives of susceptible puppies!