With TEAM’s financial support, the county shelter works with members of the Sacramento veterinary community and individuals to help shelter animals who are ill, injured and victims of crisis. Animals who have been traumatized by disaster incidents such as flood and fire, who have been confiscated by law enforcement as evidence for pending investigation, who are being held at the shelter because their families are in domestic crisis, and who are victims of abuse and neglect are all beneficiaries of TEAM’s financial help and support.

Because the veterinary care and housing of these animals can be long-term and expensive, TEAM’s Special Medical Needs Program is an invaluable shelter resource. It enables animals in physical need and emotional distress to receive the care they need, with the ultimate goal of making them well and adoptable.

The community’s support of TEAM and the SMNP makes specialized medical care that might otherwise not be possible available to shelter animals.