Montana CAN, Inc.
458 Warp Drive
Corvallis, MT 59828

info@mtcan.org

MTCAN Board of Directors

Mary Gehl - President
Mary@mtcan.org

Judy Paul - Vice President
Judy@mtcan.org

Jan Schmidt - Treasurer
Jan@mtcan.org

Carrie Storrow - Secretary
Carrie@mtcan.org

Montana Companion Animal Network, Inc is a member of the Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Montana Companion Animal Network (MTCAN) was founded January 25, 2008 for one purpose….to end the senseless loss of life of healthy, adoptable companion animals who through no fault of their own, find themselves homeless in shelters all around Montana.

The reason for this tragedy is national….overpopulation of companion animals.  In shelters locally, statewide and across our country, homeless, helpless, healthy animals lose their lives because there aren’t enough homes to go around and shelters only have so much room. 

Shelters take the brunt of this problem.  Each facility cares for the animals they receive the best they can; but with a shortage of resources, unfortunately, due to overcrowding, they must make life and death decisions every day. This is a community problem and it’s going to take a community to right the wrong.

The founders of MTCAN know the situation all too well.  All have been a part of a local shelter and know the many obstacles that are faced on a daily basis.  It’s out of this frustration that MTCAN’s mission was formed….to actively assist all the shelters and rescue groups in Montana to put an end to the senseless waste of life and set out to change our community’s way of dealing with the tragic problem.

Our “vision” will take a community to accomplish, but lives depend on us to bring about this change.  Through MTCAN’s many programs and services we hope to begin the process by…….

• Providing education and information to children and adults through our Community Education Outreach Program
• Promoting spay/neuter and tagging by networking with private and governmental organizations
• Facilitating reuniting lost & found animals with their rightful owners with a free web site service
• Offering alternatives to owners who feel they must give up their pet companions
• Assisting owners with various services such as financial, medical and home services, so they can keep their pets
• Preventing overcrowding in sheltering facilities by providing auxiliary services to animal shelters, animal rescues and private pet owners

Can the goal of putting an end to the senseless LOSS of life be done?
MonTana CAN says it CAN! 
We hope that you will join us to change our community and save the lives of companion animals throughout our great state!

Jan Schmidt (with Missy), Mary Gehl (holding Peanut), Judy Paul (with Scooter), Carrie Storrow (wrangling Ivy & Raven)