By RIEL MAJOR

THE Bahamas Humane Society is seeking the public's help in rescuing the lives of animals through adoption and donations.

Kim Aranha, president, said: "We need everything. We need pet food; obviously we need dog food, cat food, puppy chow, kitten food, can food for dogs and cats.

"We even need people to sponsor things like heartburn medication and flee and tick medication. There is a pill you can give a dog once a month and it stops them from having fleas and ticks. They are expensive so we need people to be prepared to come out and sponsor them or they can call the sponsor and find out what exactly it is we would like them to buy.

"We need desperately to get another big spay and neuter programme because we are being brought (a lot) puppies. We are very full and we need people to adopt rather than shop. People are still buying dogs when they can get beautiful dogs from us."

Mrs Aranha said persons interested in adopting an animal can either download the adoption form or come into the Bahamas Humane Society and pick one up.

"It is very important if you are adopting an animal you have a fenced in area to keep the animal because it is a against the law to have animals walking around the street.

She continued: "You bring in the filled in adoption form and we do a quick house check to make sure all the details are accurate and you can adopt. It takes about three days to be approved.

"We try to advise people to come in during the week and they can come back on the weekend with the family to choose their new family member."

Mrs Aranha said the organization is in the process of putting together a fundraiser called 'Party for the Animals'. The event is scheduled to take place on February 2, 2019 at the National Trust. There will be a live band, a performance from the Bahamian artist Stazzie, a DJ will be present, raffle prizes, food and drinks will be available for purchase.