Landsrath Fund donations for two area animal shelters announced

Two of the region’s animal shelters dealing with both wild and domestic animals received donations from the Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue Fund, located in Loudoun County, this week.

The Landsrath Fund, first set up 18 years ago and recently retooled upon the death of Ms. Landsrath last year, has distributed more than a million dollars for animal welfare. The most recent distribution of $46,000 among 20 Virginia animal rescue groups and shelters included $2,000 for Clarke County’s Blue Ridge Wildlife Center at Boyce, and $1,000 toward a planned low-cost spay and neuter clinic at the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter in Front Royal.

Potential beneficiaries of Landsrath Foundation donations – Royal Examiner File Photo & Courtesy Photo BRWC

According to Humane Society of Warren County Executive Director Meghan Bowers, the Wagner Shelter Spay and Neuter Clinic plan will move into high gear as the calendar year turns on January 1, 2021. Bowers recently appeared before the Front Royal Town Council to describe the reasoning and costs of the projected spay/neuter operation. She promised an appearance before the county supervisors on the same fundraising mission on behalf of the community’s pets and pet owners soon.

The Landsrath contribution to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center was earmarked for surgical equipment.