About Us

We are a group of animal welfare organizations and individuals working together towards the common goals of ending pet overpopulation through education, spay/neuter, adoption and ensuring the humane treatment of all animals in our region.

Mainly, our focus is to spay/neuter the companion pets of West Tennessee (spay/neuter assistance as well as the purchase of a vehicle for a region-wide spay/neuter program).

We are also here as a centralized community for emergency situations (tornados, most recently), animal cruelty case support, shelter education & support, and educating the community about spay/neuter, adoption & pet retention.

Our coalition is set up for doing adoptions. There are times when individual members of the coalition are not members of a rescue group so they are welcome to adopt animals they rescue on their own through the coalition as long as they follow our medical guidelines. However, we encourage folks to work with a rescue group if possible, since our focus is more towards prevention.

Board of Directors:

Kathy Sumpter, President
Annamaria McCoy, Vice-President
Susan Brown, Secretary/Treasurer
Linda Parker, Director
Carol Preuss, Director

Teams & Committees:

Emergency Team
     Working together in times of major emergencies (ie: tornados, etc.)

Executive

Finance

Fundraising
     On-Going Fundraisers
          Cash for Critters - ink cartridge/cell phone recycling
          Aluminum Recycle
          GoodSearch.com (enter WTAC as your charity)
          Online Shopping Affiliate Program (Amazon.com & iGive)
     Annual Triathlon Fundraiser for Regional Spay/Neuter Project
          Triathletes swim, bike & run for Spay/Neuter in the Annual Memphis in May Triathlon

Humane Education
     Public Awareness
     Children/Youth
     Pet Retention

Publicity/PR

Spay/Neuter West Tennessee
     Data Collection
     Lauri Fry Spay/Neuter Fund (local assistance)
     Region-wide S/N Project (program in planning stage)

Contact Us for more information or to volunteer on a team or committee

Membership:

Become a member and participate to further the coalition's mission.
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Membership fee is $25.00 per year for individuals and we ask that you participate in at least (2)events per year.

• For a limited time: New members will receive a free copy of the New Humane Movement: Saving One At A Time DVD. This inspiring film brings together leading animal welfare advocates in the United States for the first time in one film.

  Advocates include Dr. Brenda Griffin (Director, Maddie's Shelter Program, Auburn University), Michael Arms (Director, Helen Woodward Animal Center), Michael Mountain (President, Best Friends Animal Society), Robin Starr (CEO, Richmond SPCA), Jane Hoffman (President, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals; Celeste Crimi (Vice-President, POPPA, Inc.); Bonney Brown (Campaign Director, Alley Cat Allies);Francis Battista (Animal Care Director,Best Friends Animal Society; Richard Avanzino, (President, Maddie's Fund). Plus, the music by awardwinning Nashville Songwriters, Suzanne Ravgialla & Shantel Adams is great.

• Members receive monthly issues of The Animal World magazine.
  

• An individual membership equals one vote in coalition decisions. In addition to our online discussion groups, we have coalition member-only updates and discussions about coalition issues and votes on policy.

• We will add your organization's name, logo and Website link to our Members & Organizations Webpage to help promote your work for the animals.

• Participation is what a coalition is about. We ask members to participate in at least two (2) 'events' a year. That doesn't mean you must travel far or for long periods of time. There are various ways to be involved, such as multiple-group adoption fairs, fundraisers, tours of member facilities, conferences (on animal welfare, spay/neuter, etc.), training sessions, being a district coordinator, organizing events, distributing coalition information, databases, making phone calls, mailings, online work, etc. Got an idea? Let us know! We'll contact you to see what's best for you and how you'd like to help.

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Checks can be written to:
     West TN Animal Coalition
     P.O. Box 1003
     Huntingdon, TN   38344
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