milestone IV, august 2012: adoption guarantee!
from august 2012 forward:
We will continue to guarantee the adoption of all healthy dogs and dogs whose condition can be rehabilitated or successfully managed.
We will continue to guarantee the adoption of all healthy cats and cats whose condition can be rehabilitated or successfully managed.
In 2012 Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society will become the first animal welfare organization in New England to have achieved the goal of Adoption Guarantee for such a large geographic region—all of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties—and for such a large urban area (Springfield and surrounding communities).