Miranda Lambert’s nonprofit awards grants for animal services in East Texas

TYLER, Texas ( KETK ) – Lindale native Miranda Lambert’s pet focused nonprofit, MuttNation, awarded over $130,000 toward spay and neuter programs throughout Texas, including several in East Texas.

According to a release, the grants were awarded as a part of their “It Takes Balls” program to prevent pet overpopulation.

The East Texas institutions receiving grants from MuttNation are the following:

• Animal Protection League – Longview
• Athens Animal Rescue Shelter
• Cedar Creek Lake Friends of the Animals – Gun Barrel City
• Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center
• City of Lufkin
• Friends of Jefferson Animals
• Hope For Pets Rescue
• Humane Society of Harrison County
• Lone Star Transport Dogs
• Wendy’s Misfits Inc. – Lufkin

According to their website, MuttNation is a nonprofit started by the Lindale native country singer and her mother Bev, the nonprofit has “raised over $9 million since inception with a mission to promote the adoption of shelter pets, advance spay & neuter; and educate the public about the benefits of these actions.”

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