Thursday, August 27, 2009

Reader's Digest Pet Hero Of The Year

Photo: Mary Lane / Reader's Digest
Before he became a hero, ChiChi had been living with cruel owners who thought it entertaining to beat, kick, and throw the little dog out of a moving car. Mary and Rick Lane's niece Heather saved the pup and soon moved in with her aunt and uncle in Greensboro, North Carolina, while attending a nearby college. Aunt Mary wasn't looking to bring a dog into her home, but when ChiChi came into the picture, something all too common happened. "I fell head over heels in love with him," Mary told Paw Nation. "He's so smart and expressive," she said. "His ears perk up and do one of about 50 different things. He has so many ways of telling me what he wants to do, exactly how he wants to do it, and when he wants to do it." She fell so hard for the guy that when Heather eventually moved out, her niece graciously allowed ChiChi to stay with the Lanes.And now, Mary and Rick have even more reason to love little ChiChi: he is a literal life saver.Last October, Mary, Rick, and ChiChi were enjoying a day at Indian Beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Lanes set up a blanket and umbrella for their dog, tying his leash to the beach chair they brought for him because, "He doesn't like to lie on the sand," explains Mary. The three sat in a row on their beach chairs, the Lanes reading and ChiChi dozing. It was late morning when the Lanes heard a little boy in the water shouting, "Help! Help!" Alarmed, the Lanes looked up, but the boy was only joking. The boy played this frightening trick several more times, and each time, the Lanes looked up worriedly. But ChiChi didn't stir. As the day turned to dusk, the beach emptied. Deeply engrossed in their books, they didn't notice two women in the water.Suddenly, ChiChi leapt out of his chair and started barking furiously. "He was whirling in circles, dragging the chair behind him and making a sound we'd never heard before," Mary recalls to Paw Nation. "It was very sharp, loud, and fast. He seemed panicked and was almost twirling on his leash." Startled, Mary looked up. "A hundred yards down the beach, in the surf, I could see two women," she says. "They were struggling. One was on her back with her head in the surf and the other woman was trying to support her head." Rick and Mary took off running down the beach. "We're coming! Hold on," they screamed."When we got there, the one woman was about ten feet in the surf on her back," Mary says. "There had been such a terrific storm that weekend and the night before that the waves were really loud. There was a three-foot wall of sand then the beach sloped down." The women appeared to be in their nineties. Mary grabbed the frail-looking woman who was desperately trying to keep her friend's head above water and helped her to shore. Rick went to the woman struggling on her back and dragged her up. She was disoriented and said she had fallen in the water when she lost her balance bending over to roll up her pants."Thank you for rescuing us," the woman gasped, explaining that she had just had knee surgery and would not have been able to right herself and crawl up the sloping wall of sand to shore. "It wasn't us, it was the dog," Mary replied. "He's the one who told us you were in trouble." Had ChiChi not alerted them, the women would likely have washed out to sea. "There was a riptide," Mary says. "And as far as you could see in either direction, there wasn't one human being on the whole beach." Mary cannot explain how ChiChi knew something was wrong -- remember, the pup didn't look up earlier in the day when the little boy cried wolf -- but he sounded an alarm when the two elderly women, who hadn't made a sound, were struggling in the surf. "I think ChiChi has some sort of sense that we don't have. It's the only answer," says Mary. "In all the pet stories I've ever read, the animals were always saving someone they know, like their family or friend. ChiChi wasn't. He was saving strangers. I didn't know I had a dog who could do such a thing."ChiChi meanwhile, had jumped back onto his beach chair and fallen asleep during the dramatic rescue. When the elderly women tried to pet him, he growled.
"He's a funny little dog," says Mary, laughing. "He'll save your life, but you can't pet him."

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Black is Beautiful




I AM FACING ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I HAVE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THE 3 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS...I AM ABOUT TO LOSE NOT 1, BUT 2 OF THE SWEETEST, HEALTHY BOYS EVER...
THEY ARE OUT OF TIME...THEY WERE LEFT BEHIND BY A FAMILY AND THEY WAITED FOREVER FOR THAT FAMILY TO COME BACK, BUT THEY NEVER DID...I HAD THEM BROUGHT HERE, TO JAIL, AND I MADE THE PROMISE TO KEEP THEM SAFE...NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE I AM GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THAT PROMISE AND IT IS BREAKING MY HEART...
THEY ARE SO SWEET AND FRIENDLY...ANGUS IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND A LITTLE TIMID. HE WILL LAY DAWN AND SHOW HIS BELLY TO YOU, UNTIL HE KNOWS YOU ARE HIS FRIEND...
SHADOW IS ABOUT 5 MONTHS OLD...HE IS A TYPICAL PUPPY, FULL OF LIFE, LOVE AND HAS NO FEARS WHAT SO EVER...HE LOVES EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE...
ALL MY KENNELS ARE FULL...IF I CAN NOT FIND A PLACE FOR THESE TWO PRECIOUS THROWAWAYS, ON MONDAY MORNING, THEY WILL GET A LEAD AROUND THEIR NECKS AND BE TAKEN TO A VET...THEY WILL GET THAT AWFUL SHOT, AND THEY WILL DIE...ALL BECAUSE SOME DUMB IDIOTS DID NOT CARE ENOUGH TO TAKE THEM WHEN THEY MOVED...
I HAVE BEEN SO TORE UP BY THIS...PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ROOM, ANYPLACE THEY CAN STAY, EVEN JUST ONE OF THEM, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME KNOW...
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALWAYS CARING...
TERRY LYNN 580-330-1459
SAVING LIVES...ONE AT A TIME...
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http://network.bestfriends.org/groups/burns_flat_focus_on_rescuing_animals_in_rural_oklahoma/default.aspx
http://www.myspace.com/terry_lynn_fiisher

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Journey to Safety




Journey to Safety
By Cathy Scott, Best Friends’ staff writer
Pup My Ride collaborative rescue effort saves more than 150 puppy mill dogs from certain death
When two puppy mill dogs Beatrice and Beauty arrived together at Best Friends’ temporary care center on a Midwestern farm, the pair hung out in their new kennel as if they were long-lost cousins, sleeping and resting against each other. But Beatrice, who had pyometra and a hernia—common afflictions in overbred females—was rushed to a local veterinary hospital for emergency surgery.

Best Friends’ volunteer caregivers, in the meantime, took Beauty under their wing, spending time with her in Beatrice’s absence. Beauty is missing most of her lower jaw, but because she’s able to eat and drink with no signs of discomfort, she’ll move on to foster care and then into a forever home.

Beatrice and Beauty are poster-dog examples of the throw-aways—the ones brokers and breeders can’t sell, the ones scheduled to die. “They’re the ‘scraps’ they can’t sell at auction that get killed afterward,” says rescuer Lisa, who requested that her last name not be used. “No one wants to buy them.”

More than 150 mostly overbred dogs, along with the left-over “scraps” of miscellaneous puppies and adults, are now on the first leg of their journey to new lives as companion animals, all because of Best Friends’ partnership program with rescuers to pull canines large and small, young and old, from puppy mills where they were about to be euthanized.

Dogs like Beatrice and Beauty suffer as breeding dogs, all so they can produce puppies who are eventually sold online and from pet stores. Consumers are led to believe that pet-store puppies come from nice environments, but this rarely—if ever— is the case, says Kelli Ohrtman, a specialist for Best Friends’ Puppies Aren’t Products campaign, which, through its Pup My Ride program, is rescuing puppy-mill canines on a continuing basis as part of Best Friends’ No More Homeless Pets mission.

Dogs like Beatrice, because of her looks and partially missing jaw, aren’t necessarily the type people are drawn to. But that doesn’t matter at Best Friends. “Even if the breeder didn’t feel that Beauty was perfect, we do,” Ohrtman says.

Another prime example of those rejected by breeders—recently saved from certain death through Pup My Ride— are a litter of 9-week-old cocker spaniel/poodle mix puppies.

“The breeder said they didn’t have enough curly hair and not enough poodle in them,” Lisa says. “The broker sent them back because they look too much like full cockers.” One of those breeders had 1,000 dogs on her property the day of the rescue and “needed to get rid of some dogs,” Lisa notes.

Other discards from breeders included two large papillons. “They were breeding them big,” Lisa explains. “They got rid of them because they can’t sell extra-large puppies.” They too were saved during the latest Pup My Ride project.

Two-year-old Uncle Sam, a boxer, came in with a USDA tag on a too-tight metal chain starting to embed around his neck as well as a deformed jaw. “The collar fit him a few pounds ago,” said Pat Whitacre, a dog trainer at Best Friends, as he cut the chain from the dog’s neck.

As for Beatrice, once in a touch-and-go situation, is improving and was cleared for adoption. It was volunteer and Best Friends' member Liz Northcott of Missouri who drove Beatrice to the hospital. “It was an emergency because she had a very bad infection,” Northcott says. Now on the mend, Beatrice is traveling with the others to New York to humane rescue groups, where they’ll be adopted out.

And Beauty, with her deteriorated jaw and rotten teeth—an affliction that’s caused by drinking from water bottles common in commercial facilities—is typical of problems arising as a result of living out their lives as breeding dogs. Other physical ailments include splayed feet and damaged foot pads from living day in and day out on wire-bottomed cages, badly matted and filthy coats, congenital defects such as heart murmurs, extra teeth and dry eye.

Another common problem usually requiring surgeries is hernias. A cocker spaniel named Fancy has a hernia the size of a baseball. Despite the obvious discomfort for the dog, the breeder told the rescuer, “It didn’t bother her the last two litters she had.”

“Of the puppy mill dogs we’ve rescued, a large percentage of them have multiples of these conditions,” Ohrtman says. “The pet stores don’t want them, the breeders don’t want them and the brokers don’t want them.” But Best Friends and their partners, through the latest Pup My Ride project, did.

Besides volunteers on the ground, the rescue project was in large part made possible by Best Friends members Alan and Liz Northcott and the use of their farm, bedrooms for the team, and a 40-by-60-foot steel-frame building that was transformed into the temporary care and housing center for the animals.


“It’s a lot of work, but it’s extremely rewarding,” Ohrtman says, “and we couldn’t have done it without the help and support of the volunteers and everyone who’s part of the program. Every minute of it is worthwhile for the chance to save just one dog’s life, let alone 150.”

Participating Rescue Groups Pup My Ride demonstrates that when caring people work together, we get closer to creating a world with No More Homeless Pets. Along with Best Friends, each of the following groups participated in the Pup My Ride rescue. Please contact them directly to donate supplies, money and your time, or to learn more about dogs available for adoption.


? Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons
? Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter
? Noah’s Ark
? North Shore Animal League
? Sumter Disaster Animal Response Team, Inc.

View Video of the Rescue
Meet Beatrice, Beauty and other dogs that are part of the Pup My Ride rescue. Please click video image below.


For More Information
Pup My Ride is a Best Friends program to get dogs out of shelters and puppy mills and into areas where they are most likely to find their forever homes. We deliver the pups to local partners with highly successful adoption programs capable of finding homes for many dogs at a time.

To learn more about Pup My Ride, please click here.
Read about the previous Pup My Ride rescue in which more than 200 dogs were saved.
Visit Best Friends’ Puppies Aren’t Products campaign to learn more about puppy mills.
How You Can Help
Adopt don’t shop. Many purebred dogs are available for adoption. Search by breed at Petfinder.com for your next family member.
Help rescue more dogs from puppy mills by donating to Puppies Aren’t Products campaign to fund future Pup My Ride programs.

Puppy Mill Rescues


An Update from the Field ….
Dear Members and Friends,
We received this update from our colleagues who were in Missouri this past Saturday, picking up ‘throwaway’ dogs from puppy mills, dogs who would otherwise be sold at auction or killed. This is the second transport of our ongoing Pup My Ride program, in which we are getting dogs out of puppy mills and taking them to areas where they’ll be sure to find a home … their very first!
These kinds of miracles would not happen without your generous support.
We need your help to make sure the dogs we’re rescuing get to where they deserve to be! For every $50 we raise, one dog will be lifted out of the misery and will start a new chapter full of adventure and happiness. Your dollars go to help transport unwanted puppy mill dogs to shelters and rescue groups where they will be spayed or neutered, given medical care and placed in forever homes.This is just one way Best Friends is closing the book on puppy mills through our national Puppies Aren't Products campaign. With your help, we can save lives and realize our shared dream of No More Homeless Pets.
To find out up to the minute news on this current rescue, please visit our site.
Every dog deserves love, good care, and lots of fun. Give a special gift to save dogs living in puppy mills today!
From the field on Saturday…
“Wanted to send a quick update to let you know how things are going out here in MO.
The short version is, really well! The team is great--we've got about 15 staff and volunteers here. You should all be very proud of the people you have here in the field. They are all working hard and doing a great job, like a well-oiled machine.
We have about 40 dogs here now, and are getting 47 more from one woman (who has 1,000 dogs) and then there will be 12 more coming this evening. Three more stops tomorrow and we're on target for the 150 dogs and puppies expected from the beginning. Many of the dogs we have now are older and/or special needs. We're seeing the typical issues of bad teeth, bad skin, cloudy eyes… one little poodle has no lower jaw, and two dogs (a maltese and Cocker) have huge inguinal hernias. We have five puppies that were returned by the broker for various reasons-- three cockapoo puppies that apparently aren't "poo" enough (they look like purebred cocker spaniels) and two other “designer” breeds.
We're in a lull now as we wait for the 47 to arrive. I think it will be the last lull until we're on the drive!”
Remember, the very latest on these special dogs as well as a video of our latest rescue is on our website.
Thank you for all that you do to help vulnerable animals!
The staff and animals of Best Friends Animal Society
P.S. Please forward this email to your friends and family to help spread the word about this issue and the work of Best Friends. As more people understand the link between puppy mills and pet stores, more people are opting for adopting, diminishing business for puppy mills. Commercial breeders are handing over more dogs than we can transport at one time. That’s why we need your help so we can continue these transports on a regular basis!
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Best Friends Animal Society


5001 Angel Canyon Road,


Kanab, UT 84741

Monday, August 24, 2009

CAPS UPDATE....

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Joy HicksHicks Kennel/Happy Hollow43-B-04197862 Hwy 0Williamsville, MOCAPS Investigation: 10/19/07
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Approximately 80 dogs and puppies on the property at the time of the investigation.
Housing Type #1:The first building used to house dogs on the property was a large building with 5 fenced-in runs on one side. Each run was approximately 6 feet deep, 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide. The first cage housed two small white dogs and the second housed three. The third run housed one larger white dog, and the fourth and fifth cages each housed a Shiba Inu.
Each outdoor run was connected to the inside of the building via a small dog door at the rear. All of the cages contained excess fecal matter throughout the runs, forcing the dogs to walk, eat, and drink among their own excrement (3.11(a)-Cleaning of primary enclosures).
Housing Type #2:The second type of structure used to house dogs was a long stretch of 10 to 15 outdoor pens that ran along one edge of the property. These pens were each approximately 4 feet wide, 6 feet deep and 6 feet tall. Each pen was equipped with one small “igloo-style” doghouse for shelter from the elements despite the fact that multiple dogs were housed in each pen. One pen housed two adult Shiba Inus, but only one doghouse which was not sufficient for dogs of that size to share comfortably (3.4(b)-Shelter from the elements).
All the pens had cemented flooring which was streaked with urine and littered with excess fecal accumulation (3.11(a)-Cleaning of primary enclosures). Each pen contained either a plastic bucket or metal dish for drinking water. In many cases the plastic buckets were chewed severely, in one case so much so that it is likely unable to hold water. In almost every kennel the bowls were completely empty and the dogs had no access to any water (3.10-Watering). One food bowl was also provided in each of the pens although these were also empty in the majority of the cages (3.9-Food).
Housing Type #3:The third structure housing dogs on the property was a kennel with a row of elevated cages across the middle on the two long sides of the building. There were 6 to 8 cages on each side. Each cage seen from outside the building was approximately 2 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 2 feet tall. Most cages housed two dogs although some housed three. The flooring in these cages was made of wire and each cage had an outdoor portion that connected to an indoor portion via a small metal dog door at the rear.
Housing Type #4:This structure appeared to be the backside of the building containing runs described previously as “Housing Type #1” and consisted of 4 or 5 elevated cages made completely of wire on all sides, including the floor. The cages were approximately 2 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.
Housing Type #5:The fifth housing type at this kennel was another long stretch of outdoor pens that appeared to be the same type of structure as “Housing Type #2.” Investigators could not access these pens because they were in a fenced-off portion of the yard and lined the far side of the property. Dozens of dogs could be seen in the pens through the fencing.
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This is one of the breeders that the pet store at Mid Rivers Mall and Chesterfield Mall uses. Are you comfortable buying a dog from here???? This is St. Louis,Missouri we are talking about. Home of the Puppy Mills....welcome to my world!!!

CAPS UPDATE....

USDA Declares Kathy Bauck Unfit to Raise Dogs, Files Motion for Revocation of License
As a result of the CAPS undercover investigation into Kathy Bauck's practices as a large-scale dog broker, which resulted in her criminal conviction, the USDA has filed a motion for revocation of her license. CAPS has previously erroneously reported that her license had already been revoked. President of CAPS Deborah Howard appeared on ABC Boston Channel Five's special report on the case on August 20th; video of the interview can be found here. For more information on the Bauck case, visit www.caps-web.org.
Bay Area Pet Store Closed As A Result Of CAPS Protests
After weeks of private investigation and protests, the Bay Area "Puppy Love Boutique" store has been closed for financial reasons.
"All of our protesting, petitioning and leafleting have been effective. The customers stopped shopping and Puppy Love Boutique could no longer pay their rent. As of today, they are evicted and gone!"- Darlena King, CAPS Advisory Board
The Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) has been exposing the puppy mill industry's cruel treatment of animals for profit since 1992. Pet shops buy their puppies from brokers. These brokers get their animals from puppy mills. A puppy mill is a commercial breeding kennel that mass-produces dogs in usually cramped, crude, filthy conditions for resale. The constant confinement and a lack of adequate veterinary care and socialization often result in animals that are unhealthy and difficult to socialize.Two of the USDA licensed breeders selling to "Puppy Love Boutique" were Joyce Burkhart in Carrollton , Missouri and Marsha Cox in Chillicothe , Missouri . Reports and/or undercover footage of these facilities are on the CAPS website under Investigations.

"CAPS investigators uncovered shocking conditions at Burkhart's puppy mill, including the body of a dog that had starved to death." (photo at left)- Deborah Howard, CAPS Founder
CAPS has been actively working in Los Angeles to convert pet shops that sell puppy mill dogs into humane adoption centers that provide rescue and shelter animals. According to Howard, CAPS plans to undertake the same mission in the San Francisco Bay Area.
President of CAPS Deborah Howard's Interview with Susan Daffron, President of NAPRP
On July 16th, Deborah Howard, founder and president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) participated in a one-hour teleseminar interview (click to listen) with Susan Daffron of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals.Among the topics discussed were the difficulty of shutting down puppy mills and the role of the USDA in the regulation of puppy mills, as well as their complicity in keeping abusive mills open. Under the current law, there has to be proof of "abhorrent" conditions in these facilities before law enforcement can even get involved. Because enforcement from the USDA is so lax, and because local law enforcement will often shift responsibility to the USDA, it is only through the efforts of watchdog organizations like CAPS that abuses are even discovered.As Howard said of the USDA, "The USDA is the most frustrating agency. [. . .] It's a cultural mindset of failure. They don't want this problem. They have less funding than any other program - it's not a highly funded program. We don't have a contentious relationship with them at all; it's just that they're indifferent."Howard also discussed the activist origins of CAPS. "[After visiting an Dockor Pet Center (a chain of 300 stores) in late 1989 in which there were puppies with open wounds and cages filled with bloody diarrhea], I found out where the dogs came from and decided to take it on myself - I have a political activist background - to organize a protest against as many Docktor Pet Centers as I could. I got a grassroots list and we had a protest in 30 cities on the weekend before Christmas. They thought it was PETA. It was very effective. I went to '20/20,' who had been thinking about doing a story, and I knew a young man who was an activist and who worked for Docktor Pet because he wanted to help the animals. We set him up with a video camera, and he would go in early in the mornings. Every morning there would be dogs dead from parvo - it was horrible - there were bodies in the freezer. So this was all used on '20/20,' and then we started gathering pet shop complaints.
URL: http://www.caps-web.org/investigations/pdf/CAPS-USDA-Rule-Petition.PDFThe USDA has licensed Kathy Bauck from 1983. The July 2008 USDA inspection report for Bauck had no violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). They didn't inspect her again until March 4, 2009, just three weeks before her conviction. The inspector cited her for veterinary and cleaning violations. CAPS investiaged the USDA's failure to enforce the AWA since 1995 and has been lobbying members of Congress for oversight hearings regarding USDA's lax enforcement of the AWA. CAPS returned to Capitol Hill the week of June 7 to meet with USDA officials and congressional aides, using the Bauck case as evidence of the USDA's dereliction of duty. CAPS' pro bono lobbyists are submitting a petition for rulemaking requesting that AWA regulations be amended to require the automatic revocation of a USDA license upon the conviction in a court of law of a licensee, such as Bauck, for animal cruelty.
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CAPS is working with TV news stations in two major California cities on in-depth investigative pieces about the pet shop and puppy mill industry. Animal advocates in Minnesota , Ohio and Oklahoma have requested new undercover evidence from CAPS to help their legislative efforts. Please help us by continuing to fund these efforts and others like them.
About CAPS
Founded by President Deborah Howard in 1992, Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy mills. CAPS actively addresses the abuse and suffering of pet shop and puppy mill dogs through investigations, education, media relations, legislative involvement, puppy mill dog rescues, consumer assistance and pet industry employee relations.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

The TenSPOT Fix

Mark Your Calendars for September 12th and 13th, 2009
$10 Spay or Neuter for Cats and Dogs
WHO: Operation SPOT (Stop Pet Overpopulation Today)
In collaboration with 18 local veterinary clinics
WHAT: "The TenSPOT Fix"
$10 Spay or Neuter for healthy cats and dogs
WHERE: Call the following clinics directly for an appointment:
Bates Creek Veterinary Clinic-573-438-3666
Bellson Animal Hospital-618-281-5100
Dorothy Brinker, DVM-636-239-3927
Cuba Veterinary Clinic-573-885-7775
Dacus Veterinary Hospital-636-937-9502
Franklin County Animal Med. Center-636-390-9280
Hampton Animal Hospital-314-647-8818
Herman Veterinary Clinic-573-486-2515
Hillside Animal Hospital-314-645-2141
Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital-618-344-7949
Jefferson Animal Hospital-314-772-4438
Lawson Animal Hospital-573-438-2077
New Haven Veterinary Clinic-573-237-7387
Olsen Veterinary Clinic-618-656-5868
Pet Station,PC-866-583-2858
St. Clair Pet Hospital-636-629-2323
St. Louis Pet Clinic-314-773-6400
Webster Groves Animal Hospital-314-9968-4310

WHY:
To provide low cost dog and cat spay/neuter for pet owners who could otherwise not afford it.
Go to www.opspot.org for details or call 314-995-8678

Friday, August 21, 2009

Volunteer Opportunity in St. Louis, Missouri This Weekend

If anyone is free this Saturday and can help DCAWS with their adoption event from 11-5 please come to the Petsmart on Eager off the 170. Ask for Charlotte, she is the shelter manager. The usual volunteers have other commitments this weekend and we are very short handed. This is a wonderful group who travels 2.5 hours one way to be there 3 or more times a month. If you have any questions, please email charlotte at topaz3@embarqmail.com, or call her at 573-308-6365.

Thursday, August 20, 2009


He was tied out and abandoned (in 98 degree weather with no food or water)

His death date has already been set, and he is just basically waiting for it to come
I don't know what to say other than, please HELP! Barney is scheduled to be euthanized tomorrow, Friday, 8/21. Pls help by fostering, rescuing, or cross-posting (not to Craig’s List). Barney is AWESOME, and deserves as loving home as he is a loving dog. He has so much to give and has not had a chance. Please read his story below.
He is in a situation, no pet wants to be. Sadly for him... he has a few strikes already against him. He is big. 50-60 lbs
He is Black. (but has cute white markings)
He is in a HIGH kill Animal control
The animal control is VERY full.
He was tied out and abandoned... no owner is missing him :-(
His death date has already been set, and he is just basically waiting for it to come.
Barney is in a situation, no pet wants to be. Sadly for him... he has a few strikes already against him.
He is big. 50-60 lbs
He is Black. (but has cute white markings)
He is in a HIGH kill Animal control
The animal control is VERY full.
This being said, Barney still deserves to live. He is a special boy, who in 5 minutes captured they heart of an animal control officer who sees dogs every single day, abused, abandoned, neglected, and hopeless ones. Officer Tiffany Phillips rescued Barney from a short chain, in 98*degree weather. No Shade, No Water, No Life. Officer Phillips rescued Barney from that situation, and knowing his chances of ever walking out of this animal control alive were slim to none, she gave him a hug, took his picture and put him in his kennel.
Barney's euthanasia date should have been tomorrow AM, but he has gotten a 3 day extension. PLEASE make it worth it!!! If a rescue does not step up, he WILL be on the Friday kill list, and a dog who loves people will never know love back. Barney is a VERY well manner boy, with a gentle, calm disposition. He loves everyone, and walked into the Animal Control with his tail wagging and loving every pet on the head and treat Officer Phillips had to offer.
Please don't let this happy dog who walked in the front door with his tail wagging, go out the back door as dead weight in a body bag.
Officer Phillips Comments:
Please save me, I was impounded by Ofc. Phillips because my owner had me chained up in the heat with no shelter. When my owner found out I had been impounded , he decided to leave me here ; (...Now I hope that I make it out alive... I am a big boy, but very sweet and gentle and did not deserve to be tied up like I was . Please help me find a better life with someone who will let me be a member of the family. I am available now but it is urgent that I get out because they are very crowded....All animals adopted from Clayton Co Animal Control must be spayed or neutered within 30 days of adoption. A low cost spay/neuter certificate will be issued to adopting families at the time of adoption. Rescues please have copy of Dept. of Aug. license and permission form if you are sending someone other than the license holder, also picture I.D. All animals posted are at risk to be euthanized at any time due to overcrowding under severe circumstances. All animals are considered urgent after their available date has passed. Please call or come in....Thank you.....
CONTACT OFFICER TIFFANY PHILLIPS
Barney #095097
Clayton Co. Police Dept. Animal Control Unit

Jonesboro, Georgia

770-477-3684
May God bless you & keep you.A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal...Prov 12:10 (NIV)^._.^Jari Green 478-992-8346478-993-6352 (cell)SaveAPet,IncBecause everyone needs a home.478-994-3882saveapetinc.comdollygoodpuppy.orgheavenlyheart.org (a wonderful way to remember & share! & a portion goes to the dogs![of SAP])(p.s. Inside of me is a skinny girl trying to get out BUT I think I can shut her up with ice cream!)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Two more sites to check out....

http://www.iamscruelty.com/

Here is a website that lists every company that DOES test on animals as well as those who do NOT. http://search.caringconsumer.com/

Turn Me On

Good Morning
Last night I received a phone call from another rescue in Laclede County, MO. She has been struggling and got behind in the Electric Bill. Her power has now been shut off and the animals are in trouble. We are trying to raise enough to get her all caught up through August. Please cross post this to anyone who you think may be able to help us help her, you can donate securely through our website using PayPal at www.hallhaven.org. They have no running water because of no electricity to run the well house and it is very warm here. I will see to it that every penny donated will go to Laclede Electric to pay this bill. We are also trying other alternatives to help her out, she is very deserving and works very hard so any help I know she will appreciate! Thank You.

Maybe this will help if you have anyone that could help, here is the Nnme on the bill and account number maybe you could get them to just pay directly to the account......

Laura J S.
Account # 946802,
total cost is $409.87
Laclede Electric Coop (417)532-3164 or 1-800-299-3164,

We really need this by 2pm today or no electricity until Monday and it's hot here!Sherri's Kitty Rehab/Critter Cradle animal Sanctuary, Inc Sherri Hall 1702 Vinyard Road Marshfield, MO 65706 (417) 859-2481 www.hallhaven.org PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS, HELP REDUCE THE PET POPULATION

PilotsnPaws

Help us transport 5000 rescue animals, largely from kill shelters, to safety!If you are a rescue group or a shelter, we know you have animals that need homes!
If you are a pilot with a plane, or have access to a plane, won't you please join us the week of September 12-20, 2009 and help us get these animals to safe havens across the country?
It"s simple
1.Go to�www.pilotsnpaws. org�and click on �Join.� Next go to the Pilots N Paws 5000 logo link on the homepage
2.That information page will guide you through the process to post for animal transport for this event
3.Rescuers and shelters work towards finding placement with other rescuers, shelters, adoptive homes
4.Pilots- please check the animal transport requests and see if there is a flight you can volunteer for
5.Schedule your flights and save a life!!
FLIGHT EXPENSES ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE! *
5000 animals rescued in one week may sound like an impossible dream but with your help we can make it happen! This is your chance to make a difference. For more information emailpilotsnpaws@ gmail.com�
(note: varying weather conditions may expand this time frame)
* Consult your tax advisor for details

Check out these sites....

Logos of Animal Testing/Cruelty
http://aspcacommunity.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=658300%3APhoto%3A835240

Petition for Proctor & Gamble:
http://www.care2.com/news/member/338686546/1225294

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Get In Line...

A man was leaving a convenience store with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary man walking a dog on a leash. Behind him, a short distance back, were about 200 men walking single file. The man couldn't stand the curiosity. He respectfully approached the man walking the dog and said, 'I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this.
Who's funeral is it?
My wife's.
''What happened to her?'
The man replied, 'My dog attacked and killed her' He inquired further, 'But who is in the second hearse?' The man answered, 'My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my wife when the dog turned on her.' A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two men. 'Can I borrow the dog?' The man replied, 'Get in line.'


A Dog's Tail: Rollie a pointer mix....


Rollie was rescued by Andrea at Jazzin' Round Rescue in Lewisburg, TN. I don't know when. I don't know where he was before he was with Andrea. I know that since he has been with Andrea he has gained confidence, in part through good health: he doesn't have worms or other parasites gnawing away at him. His tummy is filled with good food. He has rescue buddies to play with and security and comfort and a warm bed at night.
All the things that Andrea does not have anymore. She has had more bad luck than one person should have in a lifetime. First, she lost her job. Then part of her house burned. She says: The fire melted everything in the kitchen (ie computer, printer, monitor, microwave, etc), burst out windows and the ceiling fan, bubbled the paint on the walls, and broke out the glass in the stove. Lots of heat and smoke damage. It killed my two personal dogs and several rescues. The rest of the house was, mainly, not effected other than smoke damage. No one can believe it - they thought it smacked of someone setting it and then putting it out. I saw no evidence of anything being sprayed to put out the fire and was just devastated to lose my two kids and the rescues! This house was built around 1935 - should have went up like a tinderbox - there is no rhyme or reason why the whole place did not burn but, that is what happened. I could still stay in it but have to use a cooler for milk, etc. I had a microwave donated to me so I can 'cook'.
After the fire, her property was foreclosed on. We have seen a lot of foreclosures. We have seen and helped many dozens of dogs who were left behind in locked rooms, tied up in back yards, dumped on a road, or some were brought to the shelter even if it was via the drop box at night.
The difference here is that the time of the fire, Andrea had 40 dogs in her rescue. Individuals who have suffered foreclosure don't usually have 40 dogs to care for. We can endure and suffer anything as long as our dogs are safe. So Andrea put it out on her website that the dogs had to be rehomed or into other rescues by the middle of May.
The months dragged on, with Andrea "camped" out in the parts of the house still habitable, caring for the dogs, hoping every day just one or two would find forever homes. She waited and hoped. We posted the dogs over and over and over. A few were moved. But not enough were moved. PLS
Rollie is one. There is not a thing wrong with this dog. He's in perfect shape. He is not a dog who needs lots of medical attention. He's UTD and he's neutered. He is a great, loving breed. He is young, a year and a half. Just achieving his emotional maturity. He is a wise soul in a young body. He has everything to offer. He likes to be busy but he will chill with you while you watch t.v. He will "talk" to get your attention! He is very well mannered!
Can you give Rollie what Andrea doesn't even have for herself right now? A home, regular meals, a place to sleep? And love him forever? You can't go wrong with Rollie. Take this wise soul into your loving arms. You will never regret it.
Contact Andrea now.
• Jazzin Around Rescue
• Lewisburg, TN
• 931-276-2550

Friday, August 14, 2009

If I Didn't Have A Dog or Cat .....

If I Didn't Have a Dog... Or Cat......I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety. My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated. All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture & cars would be free of hair. When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel. When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without
wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there. I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted, without taking into consideration how much space Several fur bodies would need to get comfortable. I would have money, & no guilt to go on a real vacation. I would not be on a first-name basis with numerous veterinarians, as I put their yet unborn grandkids through college. The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay, & leave him/her/it ALONE. My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers. My house would not look like a day care centre,
with toys everywhere.My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash. I would no longer have to spell the words B-A-L-L,, F-R-I-S-B-E-E, W-A-L-K,, T-R-E-A-T,, R-I-D-E,, GO I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside. I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much. I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading 'mud' season. I would not have to answer the question 'Why do you have so many animals?' from people who will never have the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someone as close to an angel as they will ever get. How EMPTY my life would be!!!

'Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened'

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Report unlicensed breeder to BarkAlert

Remember take the time to report any breeder you think is unlicensed so we can put an end to so much suffering commercial breeders cause to dogs!!! Just google Barkalert or go to the side of my blog for their address.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Injuries Come With Sports Unfortunately

Casualties will happen with any sport but I wasn't prepared for this one. My life was moving along fabulously when out of nowhere I'm playing my favorite sport and without any signs or warning I lose my entire claw nail and am bleeding like crazy. I'm so caught up in the game I didn't even notice it or the blood but "mom" did immediately and made me stand still and she ran cold water over the injury. At this point I had no clue I was even injured. I was still walking fine and without any pain until we got into the house and she decided to play nurse Florence Nightingale without the degree. She had Maggie hold me in one of her sumo grips and she applied neosporin, wrapped gauze around the injured nail and then taped it up. They laughed their heads off as I was whimpering like a baby but it hurt folks and I can't help it I don't have a high tolerance to pain.

I also don't mind the extra loving that comes my way either after they get done laughing at me for being such a drama queen as they loving refer to me. The minute the bandage goes on my foot I seem to have a hard time walking on it. Even though when they aren't looking I can walk perfectly fine. A guys got to do what a guys got to do for some sympathy loving. I truly missed my calling as I should of been an actor. I've got the cow eyed feel sorry for me look down!!!Every morning they change my bandages and then the loving begins..... some injuries are worth it!!!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

SENSELESS ANIMAL DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE NORM UNLESS *NEW* MANAGMENT IS PUT IN PLACE- and this time?
If you care? Let your voice be heard. You are the only voice for these animals.
On Sunday, July 26, 2009 many radio stations and newspapersreported the following misleading statement suppliedby the New York City Animal Care & Control.
"This year AC&C has not had to euthanizeany healthy animals because of space"
1010WINS NYCACC Web site
On Tuesday, July 28, a scant two days after this remarkable statement hit NYC airwaves, and it's major newspapers, four healthy, adoptable animals were indeed killed for space at the AC&C. And many, many more healthy, adoptable animals have gone down for space this year before them!
To justify the unjustifiable, the current management of NYCAC routinely and blatantly lies to the press and to the public. It is the nature of their work and it is how they hold on to their jobs. They will tell you euthanasia is down in NYC, when it is way up nationwide. They will tell you animal intake is down in NYC, when it is way up nationwide.
To tell the public such outrageous lies is to tell them that the kill shelter is a safe place to take your pet when you can no longer afford to feed it.
The Executive Director of AC&C is up for renewal in October.
Are we ready for another two years of countless resignations and firings of hard-working, caring AC&C professionals? How many of AC&C's finest veterinarians have we watched resign in the past 20 months? Or have we lost count? And how much experience do the new Doctors have as AC&C per diems have been slashed by cost saving measures that more then predate the current economic slump?
It is time for NYC to return the caliber of professionalism it needs to run the largest municipal kill shelter system east of the Rockies. Someone like Mary Martin, the hugely popular, former Executive Director of AC&C, who made huge inroads during her tenure here. Surely there is someone out there that the Department of Health can find that actually comes with shelter and animal experience?
Please take a moment to sign this petition to remove the current Board of Directors of NYCACC. NYC needs humane professionals we can trust to care for its homeless animals!
New Hope Members, Mayor's Alliance Members and Animal Lovers everywhere -- Call the new Commissioner of the Department of Health and Hygiene, Dr. Thomas A. Farley who now oversees the ACC. Tell him who you are and tell him why you are disgusted with the current state of affairs at this agency which WAS running full steam ahead toward No-Kill. Call his aides Stu Loeser/Dawn Walker (212) 788-2958 and Jessica Scaperotti (212) 788-5290 .
Email Mayor Bloomberg and tell him you vote!
Call Council Member Tony Avella who announced on April 17 that he has submitted a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request to Animal Care and Control of New York (NYC AC&C) as a result of the wrongful euthanization of a 13-year old collie named Angel at an NYCACC center. Tell him you eagerly await those results! Call Avella's District Office Phone 718-747-2137 now!
AND ABOVE ALL CROSS POST THIS MESSAGE!
NOTE FOR BELOW: Reason for New Hope is a euphanism for Reason for Euthanasia
Picture
Animal Description
Center
My name is HANK. My animal ID # is A819916. I am a male, brown and black am pit bull ter mix. 2 YR, 0 MO of age. SCAN NEGATIVE BRIGHT, ALERT, RESPONSIVE, HYDRATED PHYSICAL EXAM eent clear, mild dental staining, mild gingivitis h/l sounds wnl smi: bcs 5/9, amb x 4 hyper during exam but sits when asked FECAL FLOAT INCONCLUSIVE FECAL FLOAT NEGATIVE FOR PARASITES
Reason for New Hope: SPACE.*
This email was sent Jul 26 2009 5:00PM
A VOLUNTEER WROTE ABOUT THIS DOG: I met Hank on 7/14/09, the day he arrived as a stray at the shelter. When I passed by his cage, he had such a pleading look on his face, I had no other choice but to take him out for a walk. It's clear that Hank is sill tense about being at the shelter, as he seemed distracted and a little agitated on our walk. He did, however, appreciate the praise and affection I showered on him and looked at me with thankful eyes. He's got the endearing, one ear up, one ear down thing going on, and is truly a sweet-looking boy. Three days after he arrived, his owner showed up. But she didn't want to have Hank neutered. So, she abandoned him. With some time, Hank will adjust more to shelter life and his true colors will show through. He remainas a mild fellow. Hank is 2 years old and weighs 49lbs.
MILD by vets
never SAFERed!
advertised 7/24
Manhattan Center
My name is WONGSTER. My animal ID # is A821269. I am a male, black and white american staff mix. 1 YR, 6 MO of age. BAR; hematochezia; tenesmus A: Large bowel diarrhea/hematochezia P: metronidazole 250 mg: 1 1/2 tab BID x 5 days; panacur sid x 5 days; parvo test (unlikely positive) Exposed to sick ward, monitor for cough/nasal dc SCAN NEGATIVE BRIGHT, ALERT, RESPONSIVE, HYDRATED PHYSICAL EXAM Too tense and nervous Nosf
Reason for New Hope: SPACE.This email was sent Jul 26 2009 5:00PM
7/23: woman surrendered: landlord issues
loves men, dogs and cats
advertised, I guess
friendly by intake
moderate by vet staff
Manhattan Center
My name is XENA. My animal ID # is A820324. I am a spayed female, br brindle and white pit bull. 15 YR of age. Intake Date: 7/16/09 Reason for Surrender: OWNER SURRENDER/ LANDLORD ISSUES Pet Profile: Loves men, women, children and cats SHE IS A VERY SWEET DOG GOOD FOR A HOME THAT DOESNT HAVE A LOT GOING ON NO CONCERN by vet staff SAFER Test and Date Performed: 7/22/09 BEHAVIOR-MODERATE Stare:2.Pulls out three times, still body ears back,mouth closed Sensitivity:3.Pulls away from the touch ears back mouth closed Tag:3.Not fearful but unresponsive, pulls body weight back, does not approach when game ends Pinch:2.Quickly pulls out Pinch2:^ Food Aggression:1.Lifts head allows dish to be moved Toy aggression:1.No interest Rawhide aggression:^ Dog to dog:1.Approaches to investigate and turns away Volunteer Bios: N/A Advertised 7/23 Zip Code: 11385 Medical entry and behavior: BEHAVIOR AS PER MEDICAL-NO CONCERN scan neg barh amb x4 sociable and tolerance of handling umbilical hernia severe tarter and gingivitis, nuclear sclerosis over grown nails-trimmed possible heart murmur geriatric nsf QARH

Monday, August 3, 2009

Smiling Dogs Farm

This wonderful organization depends on many small monthly donors...

They need cash to dig a new well... the old one gave out a month or so ago... partly because of the drought, partly because a new electric plant was built about 3 miles down Hwy 60 and they dug very deep wells and use LOTS of water in their cooling process... the well digger has been able to sink our well head as low as he can get it, so that we can get by until we dig a new well... but our water pressure is very low, and with all the babies living here, good clean water in large capacity is a necessity!!

They also need regular monthly donors -- Smiling Dog Partners -- who can donate $10, $20, whatever they can afford each month... this is what they depend on for their operating expenses... their goal is 1000 Partners... they have almost 200 right now... so they still have a way to go... they spend about $16,000 every month -- $8000 for payroll to the guys who care for the dogs every day there (6 full time employees)... $6000 for dog food... $1800 for insurance... that is month in and month out... The director and many volunteers donate our time and do not take a nickel from Smiling Dog Farms funds... but they need to increase their monthly donations... to cover existing expenses, and to then be able to hire a full time director who can do the job the current director and others do for free... that is the only way to guarantee that Smiling Dog Farms will continue ... they are really working hard to get their monthly donations up to the level which will pay for a director so that Smiling Dog Farms will be self sustaining!

They desperately need more Adoption Partners... many of the dogs there could be adopted -- should be adopted... they work with Adoption Partners, rather than try to wear one more hat themselves... the fact is that they sometimes work 16 hour days as volunteers, and they just don't have time... and they don't have the expertise... their plan is to partner with those quality rescues who know how to interview prospective families and make the vet checks and do the follow up after placement... they have placed 11 dogs in the past 6 weeks, but if they have 10 more Adoption Partners, they could move many more dogs into good homes, and at the same time open up space here at their farm. They offer rock bottom boarding rates ($2.67 per day) to their Adoption Partners, who want to "park" a dog there where they will be safe until they are able to place him...

They currently have dogs from 34 states AND Puerto Rico!! They will always be a sanctuary for the dogs who cannot be placed, but they really want to help the adoptable ones get into homes before they are collecting social security!!
If you can help kindly call :
Jay H, executive director
smiling dog farms
a 501(c)3 corporation
Wharton, Texas
979-559-1062
www.smilingdogfarms.org
http://smilingdogfarms.blogspot.com
Please become a Smiling Dog Partner to Support Our Work
Your Monthly Tax-Deductible Gift Gives Hope to the Forgotten,Neglected & Rejected
Just click on http://smilingdogfarms.org/Donations_Page.html

A Man's Best Friend


NY Wake Up !!!

HOW DISGUSTING.
LOOK AT HOW MANY YOUNG DOGS WERE KILLED ON THIS PARTICULAR LIST !
This is only a partial list !
SENSELESS ANIMAL DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE NORM UNLESS *NEW* MANAGMENT IS PUT IN PLACE- and this time?
We want HUMANE MANAGEMENT !
If you care? Let your voice be heard. You are the only voice for these animals.
On Sunday, July 26, 2009 many radio stations and newspapersreported the following misleading statement suppliedby the New York City Animal Care & Control.
"This year AC&C has not had to euthanizeany healthy animals because of space"
1010WINS NYCACC Web site
On Tuesday, July 28, a scant two days after this remarkable statement hit NYC airwaves, and it's major newspapers, four healthy, adoptable animals were indeed killed for space at the AC&C. And many, many more healthy, adoptable animals have gone down for space this year before them!
To justify the unjustifiable, the current management of NYCAC routinely and blatantly lies to the press and to the public. It is the nature of their work and it is how they hold on to their jobs. They will tell you euthanasia is down in NYC, when it is way up nationwide. They will tell you animal intake is down in NYC, when it is way up nationwide.
To tell the public such outrageous lies is to tell them that the kill shelter is a safe place to take your pet when you can no longer afford to feed it.
The Executive Director of AC&C is up for renewal in October.
Are we ready for another two years of countless resignations and firings of hard-working, caring AC&C professionals? How many of AC&C's finest veterinarians have we watched resign in the past 20 months? Or have we lost count? And how much experience do the new Doctors have as AC&C per diems have been slashed by cost saving measures that more then predate the current economic slump?
It is time for NYC to return the caliber of professionalism it needs to run the largest municipal kill shelter system east of the Rockies. Someone like Mary Martin, the hugely popular, former Executive Director of AC&C, who made huge inroads during her tenure here. Surely there is someone out there that the Department of Health can find that actually comes with shelter and animal experience?
Please take a moment to sign this petition to remove the current Board of Directors of NYCACC. NYC needs humane professionals we can trust to care for its homeless animals!
New Hope Members, Mayor's Alliance Members and Animal Lovers everywhere -- Call the new Commissioner of the Department of Health and Hygiene, Dr. Thomas A. Farley who now oversees the ACC. Tell him who you are and tell him why you are disgusted with the current state of affairs at this agency which WAS running full steam ahead toward No-Kill. Call his aides Stu Loeser/Dawn Walker (212) 788-2958 and Jessica Scaperotti (212) 788-5290 .
Email Mayor Bloomberg and tell him you vote!
Call Council Member Tony Avella who announced on April 17 that he has submitted a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request to Animal Care and Control of New York (NYC AC&C) as a result of the wrongful euthanization of a 13-year old collie named Angel at an NYCACC center. Tell him you eagerly await those results! Call Avella's District Office Phone 718-747-2137 now!