The cost of pet care is going up and some families simply can't afford it. One pet clinic is making a difference.
The cost of pet care is going up and some families simply can’t afford much outside of maintaining their furry friends.Marti Casey is on the board of directors for the clinic. She said the space opened its doors almost 40 years ago when Dr. Charles Doney saw an unhoused person with a pet by Pike Place Market. But, Doney passed away soon after the clinic opened its doors.
“And then I called Marty, and I’m like, ‘Hey, you guys want to come in and have a free clinic?'” Radheshwar said. “And we worked it out and that was my graceful exit from downtown.”“So I had been volunteering with Doney Coe for like 10 years when they were at the Union Gospel Mission,” Radheshwar said, “So I was familiar with their work, right? And then I opened my practice in downtown Seattle because there were no other practices down there. And I saw that it was going to be a neighborhood.
That’s when Radheshwar called up Doney Coe and said she was donating everything. The cost of everything was somewhere around $150,000. “So now we are able to operate a full-service veterinary clinic for those qualified families, which is any family that is making 200% or less of the federal poverty limit,” she said.‘Doesn’t enhance public safety’: Bill allows speed cameras to ticket responding police
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