It feels like every day I’m reading about another shelter being forced to close its doors or cut drastically back due to budget cuts.
The Humane Society Naples is now facing this issue and need our support to stop it from happening.
The Humane Society Naples urges public to save DAS adoption program
Media Contact: Stephen Wright, PR Coordinator, 643-1880 x 19
The Board of Directors of The Humane Society Naples has passed a resolution calling on the public to save Collier County’s Domestic Animal Services’ adoption program from proposed budget cuts.
Domesic Animal Services is the Collier County agency that handles violations of pet laws and ordinances, pet licenses, animal cruelty cases, and the prevention of animal diseases that spread to humans. It also has to accept surrendered pets, livestock and exotic animals. For many years, Domestic Animal Services had operated an adoption program for the stray and homeless pets in its care.
“We want everybody to let commissioners know how important this program is and that it must be saved,” said Michael Simonik, Executive Director of The Humane Society Naples.
Founded in 1960, The Humane Society Naples is a private, local no-kill charity that provides shelter and adoption services for the area’s local pets. It is not a government agency, nor is it a branch of any national organization.
Last year The Humane Society Naples adopted out more than 1,500 pets.
I recently posted an article, The Eleventh Hour, to try and help raise funds for the Rocky Mountain Animal Defense. They were going to be attending an upcoming dog auction and money raised would be used to buy dogs that faced almost certain death. The auction has since taken place and thanks to some generous donors they had enough funds to buy 56 beautiful dogs.
Sharon L. Peters wrote a special article for USA Today. It’s a very moving piece on what happens at the auction, you may want to get out the tissues.
Some 250 or so dogs and puppies were, before the sale, living in a brick warehouse-like structure (which I drove to in order to make sure that others’ descriptions were accurate) a stone’s throw from the interstate. The building, essentially windowless except for in the front, where customers view puppies, is surrounded by asphalt and commercial buildings with no place for dogs to be outside. Adult dogs are kept behind doors posted with “Employees only” warnings.
In early May, PBK decided to sell many of the dogs in advance of relocating, according to the seller statement filed with the auction company.
When Last Chance and the Rocky Mountain Animal Defense heard the dogs would be sent to auction, they offered to pick them up and find them homes, says Last Chance’s Julie Sarff. “The dogs are perpetually pregnant or nursing; they live their lives in cages,” Sarff says. “We wanted something better for them.”
This is a story we keep hearing over and over again, lack of funds causing shelters around the country to close down. The Humane Society of Northeast Florida is now facing this predicament. Their closing will mean the last no-kill shelter in the area would be gone.
What a horrible tragedy this would be, so many more animals face certain death if this happens. If we all come together and donate even a few dollars we can help keep their doors open.
The nonprofit agency cut hours from five full-time employees last month, causing them to quit. It’s expecting to layoff seven of its remaining 14 employees within 60 days. And unless the shelter sees an immediate surge in donations or adoptions, a permanent close may be imminent, said Kristi Adams, shelter co-supervisor.
“We’re trying to stay open as long as we can to adopt out these animals,” she said. “Right now we’re just grabbing an extra month, and grabbing an extra month, and hopefully a big donation will come in soon.”
If donations to the humane society continue are the current pace, they’re projected to be down $250,000 from the $430,000 yearly budget, Adams said.
There’s a fun event coming up for dog lovers in the San Jose, CA area. The annual Paws in the Park event is less than two weeks away, mark those calendars.
Saturday, May 30th – 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Santana Row, Park in front of Maggiano’s (Get Location)
Bring your pet and join us for a fun filled afternoon and cupcake fundraiser with proceeds benefiting Furry Friends Rescue!
Featuring…
* Kara’s Cupcake Fundraiser for FFR – Profits from Kara’s SWEET VANILLA cupcakes go to FFR
* Doggie fashion show
* Raffle prizes
* Dog contests – $5 entry fee
o Cutest Diva Contest
o Coolest Dude Contest
o Best Trick Contest
* Information about Furry Friends Rescue
* Adoption showcase
Riley’s mom Stacie works and volunteers at the Beatrice Humane Society in Beatrice, NE. On Monday someone broke into the shelter and stole money and a kitten. A $100 reward is being offered for the kitten’s safe return.
Sometime between 7:30 p.m. and midnight on Monday, unknown suspects broke into the back door of the Beatrice Humane Society animal shelter, taking an undisclosed amount of cash and a kitten, Beatrice Police Captain Gerald Lamkin said. The kitten is described as a male, black and white tuxedo, white paws and a white mustache.
It was wearing an orange paper collar.
Beatrice Humane Society officials are offering a $100 reward for the safe return of the kitten, Beatrice Humane Society executive director Gina Grone said.
Since this is Friday I’d like to keep the news upbeat, there’s enough sad stuff out there. When I read the following article I knew it would be the perfect way to end the week.
An odd couple from Virginia is inseparable. Even when the law came to pick up one of them, the other one decided to go too.
The cages at the Bristol, Virginia animal shelter are filled with dogs for the most part.
That is until about a week and a half ago when a dog and goat were picked up.
“I looked out my window and saw a goat and a dog walking down the street,” said Loretta Smith, who found the pair.
The animals found their way to Smith’s house in a Bristol neighborhood far from any goats.
“They stayed right together, and after the dog ate, the goat he laid down beside him then he got up and started eating the flowers then decided to walk over and dance on top of the car. It was so funny,” said Smith.
She said she has never seen the pair before and called animal control.
When animal control officers arrived on the scene, they only planned on taking the dog with them, but the goat had a different idea. That’s when officers realized the bond between this odd couple.
“She started to take the dog away, and I say ‘You’ll probably have to take the goat because he’s going to go with you,’ and he just trotted out through there and went to the truck,” said Smith.
“At that time, she decided to go ahead and transport both together. It was apparent they weren’t going to leave each other and that’s how they ended up here,” said Deena Bouton with the Bristol Animal Control.
The pair, now called “Thelma and Louise” are at the Bristol Virginia Animal Shelter where their bond is still going strong.
“If you take Louise out of the cage, Thelma, she had a fit,” said Bouton.
Officers hope to keep them together because the two are so attached to one another.
In January we posted a great video by Kenn Bell founder of The Dog Files, he travels around the New York tri-state area looking for stories from everyday people to shoot for the show. He covers a range of topics from Bark In The Park to The Wolf Files.
I wanted to give the company a shout out because we just found out they won a Webby, quite the honor.
For those who don’t know, The Webby Awards are the biggest award you can win for something on the web. In our case, it’s for Online Reality Video Series.
Here is what The Webby Awards say about being an Official Honoree: “As a result of the superior quantity and quality of sites entered, the 13th Annual Webby Awards recognized sites and teams that demonstrated a standard of excellence.”
“Of the nearly 10,000 entries submitted to the 13th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work. Congratulations to all of our Official Honoree selections!”
We want to send The Dog Files a big congrats and in honor of their nomination post one of their terrific videos for all to see. This is from their adoption series, Second Chance.
I wanted to let everyone know I will be attending the benefit and would really enjoy meeting some of the Atlantan Dogsters (the two-legged ones) out there. It would be great to be able to put a face to some of the readers out there.
AARF is holding 219: The Show on April 18th
The art auction will feature 219 works from various Atlanta-area artists. Each piece will represent one dog or cat that will have lost his or her life in a county shelter that day. The art will be sold in both silent and live auctions, with all proceeds going to AARF’s rescue, spay and neuter and education programs. The organization’s fundraising goal for the event is to generate enough to support the rescue every pet that would die in the course of one day in metro Atlanta.
Go to the original article to get all the details about the show and to find out how to get tickets. Come out to support a great cause and fun while you’re doing it. Hope to see you there!
They are hosting an art auction to raise awareness about Atlanta’s disproportionately large homeless pet euthanasia rate and to raise money to support its programs to spay and neuter and find homes for dogs and cats.
AARF is holding 219: The Show on April 18th
The art auction will feature 219 works from various Atlanta-area artists. Each piece will represent one dog or cat that will have lost his or her life in a county shelter that day. The art will be sold in both silent and live auctions, with all proceeds going to AARF’s rescue, spay and neuter and education programs. The organization’s fundraising goal for the event is to generate enough to support the rescue every pet that would die in the course of one day in metro Atlanta.
This is guaranteed to be an enjoyable evening for all. So get yourself a ticket, have some fun, and help raise money for a terrific cause. For anyone in or around the Atlanta area grab some of your dog loving friends and come on down. The tickets are $20 and you can buy them online in advance.
Tickets include a bottomless glass (wine, beer or other drinks), hors d’ouevres and one raffle ticket. We hope you will join us, as we come together to save Atlanta’s pets.
In the last few months I’ve been posting more and more stories about dogs being set loose by pet owners who can no longer care for them. This is never an acceptable solution, there are other alternatives.
Copper’s story reiterates why it is so important dogs are brought to a shelter rather than just set free.
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Copper would shake your hand, speak and even toss you a high-five. A note taped to the mixed-breed’s collar attests to his talents, but these deeds are not verifiable by eyewitness account.
Copper, you see, is dead.
The 30-pound male dog, estimated to be about 1 year old by Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement officials, was found March 18 lying on the shoulder of an asphalt road in Oshtemo Township. There was a hole in his skull, inflicted when a car hit him.
It was too late to heed the message someone had written on the tape wrapped around his collar: “Help me.”
Beneath the tape, in a plastic baggie, was a handwritten note describing Copper’s charming talents — he could sit, roll over, crawl, play dead and shake hands.
But someone let Copper go, abandoning him instead of dropping him off at one of several agencies around town that could have saved his life. The case has haunted KCASE Officer Mark Vanderberg since he was called to investigate. Read the rest of this entry »
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