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A Message from Georgia Matlack – Founder

There are too many animals and not enough homes. Some that do have homes don’t have the best life possible. Pets give us unconditional joy, companionship, and even offer us physical and emotional health benefits. We owe them the same. Sixty-five percent of Oklahoma households own a pet. Many of us are great pet owners and our animals mean the world to us. Still, it is estimated that more than 6.3 million unwanted pets enter our animal shelters, and over 2 million of them are euthanized, each and every year. As an example, one un-spayed female cat and her offspring can lead to 370,000 kittens in one year.  This astonishing level of pet overpopulation is occurring mainly because we are allowing cats and dogs to reproduce with little chance of finding their forever homes. It is my goal to advocate for these animals and make a difference one paw at a time.

Unfortunately, I have known and loved a pet that who experienced irresponsible pet ownership. When I was nine years old, my family rescued the most wonderful dog, Goliath. Goliath’s previous owners attempted to turn him into a fighting dog. Because he was nothing but a sweetheart, their efforts failed, and they discarded him. It took him a long time to adjust, and after watching my shy, timid, previously abused animal flourish into my confident, cuddly best friend, I knew I had a passion for saving animals like Goliath. Then found a place in my heart for this platform. I started working with animals in 2016, I began to volunteer locally and even began to foster rescue puppies. In addition to fostering, I was also able to help with “pop-up” rescues to help with animals displaced with Oklahoma’s unprecedented weather disasters. I knew I had found my mission of helping animals in need not only in my community but throughout the entire state. My mission being creating responsible pet owners, through educating and connecting them to the most effective resources.

Interestingly, just as there are four points on a dog’s paw, there are four main points to addressing overpopulation and solving this crisis in our communities: PAWS

Prevent- Importance of Spay and Neutering pets

Adopt-Encourage adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue organization.

Ways to help-Volunteer and share information.

Service-Utilize the resources and services in a community.

Though there are existing non-profit groups and city services doing great work to help in each of these areas, it is often difficult to find the right resources and information, as their sites are separate, and information shared in so many varied ways. To help bring it together and allow existing resources to be properly utilized, I have created a website Paws2Think.org. Weather someone is looking for a new pet or trying to take care of an existing one Paws2Think will guide them with the click of a button. I hope to be a shining example to others on how to care for our four-legged friends. Let’s get our paws “movin’”!