Fortunate Pet Rescue was hoping to lift $50,000 at fundraiser

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — Fortunate Pet Rescue held its twelfth annual fundraiser on Saturday. The group used to be hoping to lift $50,000.

“The fundraiser is particularly for spaying, neutering, deworming, any type of vaccinations to get the canine ready for adoption,” Match Coordinator Lindsay Williams stated.

Williams stated that the budget would even be used to coach canine.

Williams stated that elevating cash for spaying and neutering is paramount, to stay down canine and cat populations up to imaginable.

“There’s simply an overpopulation of canine and cats, particularly in northwest Florida,” Williams stated. It’s all the time been that method and we’re simply right here to roughly make the canine transition into a brand new house more straightforward.”

Masses of neighborhood participants attended the development. It value $10 to stroll in, and devour a spaghetti lunch. Attendees may additionally purchase truffles, input raffles for prizes, or purchase paintings and t-shirts. 

“Being a neighborhood tournament, it means that you can know that there’s nonetheless love locally,” Panama Town Seaside Resident Cassandra Postell-Faustin stated. “No longer just for every different however for our small children. For the animals locally.”