PSA - FLED RESTRUCTURING - AUG 25, 2021

FLED has been looking into restructuring the operation of our organization.

Phone calls, messages, enquiries & helping dog owners has increased dramatically from up island along with other things put into the mix. We’ve now had to consider what’s in the best interest of the dogs & dog owners with regards to the expert services FLED provides.

We want to make sure we can focus & give it our all when a dog is missing or found. ROAM has made it clear to us that they want to handle lower southern Vancouver Island so any community that is south of the Malahat will then be on them to cover in its entirety.

FLED will utilize our experience & knowledge helping dogs & their owners north of the Malahat.

FLED will still post lost/found/wandering/deceased dogs south of the Malahat if reports are sent to us by owners/finders. FLED will still notify authorities & send alerts to our volunteers as we know from experience that the more eyes out there the better it is for the dogs & their owners.

We will still assist FLED volunteers with advice, posters etc. as required.

If requested directly, FLED will still physically assist any dog owners south of the Malahat with searching, postering, trapping etc. To be clear, this would mean FLED is lead on finding that owner’s dog.

We realize owners have & need a choice in who they want to help them find their lost dog. Now they will have it.

FLED will no longer utilize our Base Unit (5th wheel S&R unit) to set up searches or provide 24/7 trap watches south of the Malahat unless directly requested to do so by a dog owner. If we’re working with an owner up island, then an owner only choice will be ROAM.

We have always had experienced volunteers watch any trap that Gary has not been able to attend to. FLED traps are never left unattended once they are set.

We will always be available to our hard-working FLED volunteers with any guidance needed.

FLED has some of the most experienced & knowledgeable volunteers on the southern island.

FLED understands this may be a radical change moving forward, however, we are simply exhausted by the conflict between FLED & ROAM & feel this is what is in the best interest for us, FLED & most importantly, the dogs & their owners.