1. 10
Acres Of Land Available For Sanctuary
SOURCE: Jane
Garrison, jane@janegarrison.com
3/8/07, from jane@janegarrison.com — HWe bought almost 10 acres of
land in Lucerne Valley, which is very close to Victorville, CA (about an
hour outside of LA). The land is currently vacant with no buildings or fences.
We are offering use of this land to an animal group looking to set up a
sanctuary. If you are interested please email me at Jane@JaneGarrison.com
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2. 40 Puppy Adoption
Transport In The Works For April 2
SOURCE: Katrina
Lifeline Programs, katrinalifelineprograms@CompanionAnimalNetworkTV.org
3/6/07, from Garo Alexanian, katrinalifelineprograms@CompanionAnimalNetworkTV.org — All
of the previous 36 puppies we brought up on Dec 27 have been adopted into
the lowest per capita euthanasia rate region in the country, New York City.
So we're returning for another load on April 2, 2007. The transportation
costs are pre-paid by Katrina Lifeline’s major national partner shelter,
North Shore Animal League... All you need is to get a rabies shot for the
puppy if has 2 or more adult teeth (approximately 12 weeks old) and a State
of Louisiana health certificate for travel. Puppies up to 15 weeks are
sought. Every rescue group, animal shelter, animal control agency, and
even individuals in the state of Louisiana are eligible to participate
except Lafayette Parish’s Roicy Duhon Animal Control agency.
Medical protocols require litters NOT be intermingled with other litters
in order to prevent cross-contamination of parvo, distemper or upper respiratory
diseases. We’ll need pictures of puppies to be entered into the attached
Word form as well as the other information requested. That’s all
there is to getting southern pups a new life in and around the Big Apple!
AND DO NOT FORGET THAT WE HAVE A FREE HEARTWORM TREATMENT AND RABIES SHOT
AND TRAVEL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR SOUTERN LOUISIANA ALSO.
Thank you all for the wonderful work you are doing. We hope to continue
to support the state of Louisiana, its humane organizations and its animals
through these difficult times.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Garo Alexanian, Coordinator: katrinalifelineprograms@CompanionAnimalNetworkTV.org
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3. Missing
Since The Storm: Do You Have A Lead?
SOURCE: Remote
Reunion Campaign, http://rrhudy.myweb.uga.edu/bfrr/index.html
In each Gulf Coast Newsletter, Kinship
Circle features Katrina’s
lost:
• Some MISSING since the storm, possibly with unknown individuals
or groups
• Some who were confirmed rescues, now LOST IN THE SYSTEM
• And some FOUND waiting in foster for a familiar face, voice,
touch...
ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS & INDIVIDUALS:
Look at these animals. Their humans have been searching for them since
the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. If you have ANY leads,
contact volunteers listed on Remote Reunion Campaign’s
website or in this alert. Check Remote Reunion’s website regularly
to view other lost/missing pets.
• REMOTE REUNION CAMPAIGN CONTACT: Valerie Sharma, psharma@austin.rr.com
• Add pets to FOUND section, CONTACT: Halle Amick, amick@med.unc.edu
• VIEW DOGS missing, lost in system: http://rrhudy.myweb.uga.edu/bfrr/dogs.html
• VIEW CATS missing, lost in system: http://rrhudy.myweb.uga.edu/bfrr/cats.html
• VIEW FOUND PETS:http://rrhudy.myweb.uga.edu/bfrr/found.html
PETFINDER LOST LINKS: http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=4267 http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=28647
CONTACT FOR JACK: Meryl, 203-531-4504 or Merrey1@optonline.net
PETFINDER LOST LINKS: http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=60816
CONTACT FOR SCRAPPY: Halle Amick, 919-451-9571 or amick@med.unc.edu
PETFINDER FOUND LINKS: http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=48811 http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=4222
PETFINDER LOST LINKS: http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=59755
CONTACT FOR HART: Eileen Shellman, 920-499-7475 or rogershell@scglobal.net
PETFINDER FOUND LINKS:
http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=57340
http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=4278
PETFINDER LOST LINKS:
http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/rescue/reportDetail.cgi?id=30109
CONTACT FOR MAGNOLIA: Eileen Shellman, 920-499-7475 or rogershell@scglobal.net
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4.
A.R.K. (Animal Rescue After Katrina) Effort
SOURCE: Brenda
Shoss, Kinship Circle, info@kinshipcircle.org • Kathy Sweeney, kathybsweeney@yahoo.com Ramona Billot, ramonabillot@yahoo.com • Traci Kestler, tbkestler@cox.net
Kinship Circle, 2/17/07, Upper 9th Ward
Katrina-Affected Animals Still Need You
During Kinship Circle’s February 16-23 trip to New Orleans, we observed
cats and dogs left to scavenge in sparsely populated areas. Even in
semi-repopulated areas, many residents are so financially strapped
(and living in FEMA trailers alongside destroyed homes) they can no
longer care for their own pets — let alone street animals. Everyone
we spoke to along our route heard and saw many animals at night.
We’d
like to see donations stream in for resident volunteers. These individuals,
Katrina evacuees themselves, have been devoted to animal recovery since
returning to their damaged homes nearly two years ago.
These NOLA residents
conduct and incur costs for trap/neuter/release (TNR), medical care,
adopt/transport, rescue, and food/water programs:
• Traci Kestler, ARNO & independents
• Kathy Sweeney, Lakeview, New Orleans
• Ramona Billot, Plaquemines Parish/Belle Chasse
CHECKS OR PETCO/PETSMART
GIFT CARDS / Mail directly to Traci, Kathy or Ramona. Addresses below.
ARRANGE SHIPMENT OF FOOD/SUPPLIES / Contact Traci, Kathy or Ramona
directly.
Traci Kestler / ARNO & independents’
P.O. Box 55284; Metairie, LA 70055-5284
ONLINE: http://www.ARFL.petfinder.com
Kathy Sweeney / Lakeview
1105 Taft Park; Metairie, LA 70001
504-343-3683, kathybsweeney@yahoo.com
Ramona Billot / Plaquemines Parish
102 A Omega; Belle Chase, LA 70037
504-606-3116, ramonabillot@yahoo.com
OR, you may send checks (no gift
cards) via Kinship Circle, a nonprofit org. We’ll distribute
funds monthly. Please send donations earmarked for A.R.K.:
- ONLINE
DONATIONS:
www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/
IF DONATING ONLINE AT KINSHIP CIRCLE WEBSITE:
Please also send an email to kinshipcircle@brick.net confirming your
donation is specifically for A.R.K.
- BY MAIL:
Send check made out to Kinship Circle to:
Kinship Circle
7380 Kingsbury Blvd.; Saint Louis, MO 63130
memo: Animal Rescue After Katrina (A.R.K)
Kinship Circle, nonprofit,
registered in the state of Missouri
Charter number: N00071626 * Certification number: 7789294
[Federal] Employee Identification Number (EIN): 20-5869532
A few of the animals seen in the Upper 9th Ward, during Kinship Circle’s
recent trip to New Orleans.
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5.
Save A Life: Animals In High-Kill Hammond, LA Shelter
SOURCE:
Forwarded
by Jeanette Althans, JAlthans@chnola.org
The animal shelter in Hammond receives about 1400 animals
a month and only adopts out about 50 each month. Some animals are put
to sleep the same day they arrive. Please contact the shelter as soon
as possible if you can adopt or foster to SAVE A LIFE. Please forward
to anyone able to help. If there is an interest, possibly the animal can
be pulled before it is too late. Many more dogs and cats in jeopardy...
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control
15487 Club Deluxe Rd. • Hammond, LA 70403
ph: 985-543-0215 • email: jnasimmons@aol.com, whitk227@cox.net, Egweiner@aol.com
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6.
Make Room For More At ARNO Shelter
SOURCE: www.animalrescueneworleans.com
Foster/Adopt For Animal Rescue New Orleans — ARNO has an ongoing
need for foster homes to provide animals a safe and loving environment
until transport, reunion and adoption arrangements can be made. Help us
continue saving animals from the streets of New Orleans and surrounding
parishes. Your support enables ARNO to trap/rescue more animals from animal
control facilities and kill shelters. The surrounding parishes have experienced
a drastic increase in Katrina owner surrenders, as many people cannot
find new places to live that allow pets.
Blue Heeler / Redtick Coonhound Mix puppies (left)
and Nunny (right) — some
of many sweeties who need homes at ARNO shelter. www.1-800-save-a-pet.com/shelter71665-pets.html
TO FOSTER/SHELTER ANIMALS IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA, CONTACT:
WEST BANK/BELLE CHASSE AREA:
TO VIEW ANIMALS IN NEED:
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7.
Fosters Needed - Cats Removed From Hoarder In Baton Rouge
SOURCE:
Pam Leavy, tundraleap@msn.com
Thanks to APAWS and Spay Baton Rouge, 65 cats and 7 dogs were removed
from a hoarding situation by 2/26/07.
HELP STILL NEEDED:
- Foster and/or forever homes for cats being boarded. If any of those targeted
as "barn cats" turn out to be friendly, these too
will enter the adoption program.
To volunteer for fostering or for adoptions, contact:
Dianne: 225-572-1156 or Emily: 225-335-4606
Although we appreciate every offer, we do not have the resources to transport
the animals to outside areas.
- If physical help is not possible, monetary donations are desperately
needed to help with boarding fees + veterinary expenses for vaccinations,
combo testing, spay/neuter (most were already spayed/neutered), ear
mite treatment and other minor medical issues. In addition, the cats
and dogs are covered with fleas (if you watched my video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxcchlDbACU you noticed the scratching) so flea treatment is needed for all animals.
For donations, please visit these websites:
www.apawspets.org • email: apawspets@yahoo.com
www.spaybatonrouge.org • email: spaybatonrouge@yahoo.com
CURRENT DILEMMA FOR CATS SAVED FROM HOARDER
3/14/07, From apawspets@yahoo.com — The
cats are starting to come back from their foster homes, you know the
story...we wanted to help as long as it was news but we expected to
get the perfect cat and expected him to be adopted in a day or two.
Denise has just relinquished ALL of the the dogs to us. We brought them
to a friend of hers, Pat, who was was to foster the dogs until she got
her life in order. Well, after her boss saw the news story about the
house in Plaquemine, where he thought she still lived, her main concern
is keeping her attorney license and state job, so now Denise and Pat
want us to get rid of the dogs immediately. Unfortunately, we don’t
have the money right now to vet the dogs and get them to adoption. The
shepherd has tested heartworm positive so I can assume the rest are
also.
Presently, we have 11 cats and 2 dogs at a boarding facility, 2 cats
at Animal Ark, one may need an eye removed and one has mouth issues. They
all have terrible ear mites and fleas and flea allergies. The barn cats
seem to be doing good but rumor has it some want to get inside; they don't
exactly seem to be barn cats, so they may be coming back into the program.
Since I think with my heart and not my head sometimes, we are rapidly
running out of money and the boarding of these poor guys is costing
us a Fortune... Any donations are desperately needed and greatly appreciated.
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8. Ramona Billot
Leads Plaquemines Cat Action Team
SOURCE: AlleyCatAction
WINTER 2007 Newsletter, Alley Cat Allies
CALLING PCAT — In Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, calls about feral
cats are now routed to the newly formed, all-volunteer Plaquemines Cat
Action Team (PCAT). With the goal of stopping the killing of feral cats,
PCAT is the first attempt in Plaquemines Parish to substitute humane solutions
for traditional animal control practices. PCAT's mission is to provide
humane education and TNR guidelines for the community and local government
so that feral and stray cat populations can be controlled and the quality
of their lives improved. Although local animal control and government
officials do not yet offer nonlethal services to their constituents, they
are supportive of ACA's efforts to build TNR services.
When Diane Blankenburg sought to form a feral cat group on ACA's behalf
in Plaquemines Parish, she was greeted with enthusiasm by the citizens.
Ramona Billot, a banker by day, immediately agreed to take on the leadership
of PCAT. Ramona's drive to save the lives of feral cats was ignited
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when she worked tirelessly for
months to be allowed access to the sealed-off Memorial Medical Center
where she believed her sister's four cats might still be living. The
miraculous rescue of her sister's cats further inspired Ramona to work
to save the feral cats of her community. With two spay/neuter clinics
for feral cats already under their belts, the volunteers of PCAT are beginning
to see results in their community; Ramona says that she is more hopeful
about the animals of Plaquemines Parish than she has been in some time.
In time, PCAT's success can help spur Parish government to provide the
humane solutions its citizens so clearly want.
ALLEY CAT ALLIES' GOAL IS TO MAKE TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) STANDARD practice
in every community throughout the country. With our state-of-the-art factsheets,
videos, and other materials, ACA provides caregivers and feral cat advocates
as well as animal control and shelter personnel with the tools they need
to save the lives of feral cats in their communities.
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9. 60 Million
Containers Of Wet Cat/Dog Food Recalled
SOURCE: Janice,
bluevegan@earthlink.net
Here are the codes: Plant Code 4197; Lots 6339 to 7073; Manufacture
Dates: 12/3/06 through 3/6/07
Here are the symptoms to watch for:
1) Lethargy, Loss of Appetite
2) Vomiting
3) Acute Renal Failure
MENU FOODS RECALL: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/
PRESS RELEASE: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Press_Recall_03162007.pdf
Recalled Dog Product Information / Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html
1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets: <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Americas%20Choice_Preferred%20Pet.htm>
2. Authority <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Authority.htm>
3. Award <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Award.htm>
4. Best Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Best%20Choice.htm>
5. Big Bet <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Big%20Bet.htm>
6. Big Red <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Big%20Red.htm>
7. Bloom <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Bloom.htm>
8. Bruiser <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Bruiser.htm>
9. Cadillac <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Cardillac.htm>
10. Companion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Companion.htm>
11. Demoulas Market Basket <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Demoulas%20Market%20Basket.htm>
12. Eukanuba <http://www.eukanuba.com>
13. Food Lion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Food%20Lion.htm>
14. Giant Companion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Giant%20Companion.htm>
15. Great Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Great%20Choice.htm>
16. Hannaford <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Hannaford.htm>
17. Hill Country Fare <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Hill%20Country%20Fare.htm>
18. Hy-Vee <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Hy-Vee.htm>
19. IAMS <http://www.iams.com>
20. Laura Lynn <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Laura%20Lynn.htm>
21. Loving Meals <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Loving%20Meals.htm>
22. Meijers Main Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Meijer's%20Main%20Choice.htm>
23. Mixables <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Mixables.htm>
24. Nutriplan <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Nutriplan.htm>
25. Nutro Max <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Nutro%20Max.htm>
26. Nutro Natural Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Nutro%20Natural%20Choice.htm>
27. Nutro <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Nutro.htm>
28. Ol'Roy Canada & Ol'Roy US <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Ol'Roy%20Canada.htm>
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Ol'Roy%20US.htm>
29. Paws <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Paws.htm>
30. Pet Essentials <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Pet%20Essentials.htm>
31. Pet Pride <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Pet%20Pride%20-%20Good%20n%20Meaty.htm>
32. Presidents Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Presidents%20Choice.htm>
33. Price Chopper <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Price%20Chopper.htm>
34. Priority <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Priority.htm>
35. Publix <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Publix.htm>
36. Roche Bros <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Roche%20Bros.htm>
37. Save-A-Lot <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Save_A_Lot.htm>
38. Schnucks <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Schnucks.htm>
39. Shep Dog <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Shep%20Dog.htm>
40. Springsfield Pride <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Springsfield%20Prize.htm>
41. Sprout <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Sprout.htm>
42. Stater Bros <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Stater%20Bros.htm>
43. Total Pet, My True Friend <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Total%20Pet.htm>
44. Western Family <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Western%20Family.htm>
45. White Rose <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/White%20Rose.htm>
46. Winn Dixie <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Winn%20Dixie.htm>
47. Your Pet <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Dog/Your%20Pet.htm>
Nutro also is recommending not feeding their wet dog food products:
http://www.nutroproducts.com/menufoods.asp
Recalled Cat Product Information / Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html
1.
Americas Choice, Preferred Pets <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Americas%20Choice,Preferred%20Pet.htm>
2. Authority <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Authority.htm>
3. Best Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Best%20Choice.htm>
4. Companion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Companion.htm>
5. Compliments <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Compliments.htm>
6. Demoulas Market Basket <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Demoulas%20Market%20Basket.htm>
7. Eukanuba <http://www.eukanuba.com>
8. Fine Feline Cat <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Fine%20Feline%20Cat.htm>
9. Food Lion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Food%20Lion.htm>
10. Foodtown <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Foodtown.htm>
11. Giant Companion <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Giant%20Companion.htm>
12. Hannaford <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Hannaford.htm>
13. Hill Country Fare <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Hill%20Country%20Fare.htm>
14. Hy-Vee <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Hy-Vee.htm>
15. Iams <http://www.iams.com>
16. Laura Lynn <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Laura%20Lynn.htm>
17. Li'l Red <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Li'l%20Red.htm>
18. Loving Meals <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Loving%20Meals.htm>
19. Meijer's Main Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Meijer's%20Main%20Choice.htm>
20. Nutriplan <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Nutriplan.htm>
21. Nutro Max Gourmet Classics <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Nutro%20Max%20Gourmet%20Classics.htm>
22. Nutro Natural Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Nutro%20Natural%20Choice.htm>
23. Paws <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Paws.htm>
24. Pet Pride <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Pet%20Pride.htm>
25. Presidents Choice <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Presidents%20Choice.htm>
26. Price Chopper <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Price%20Chopper.htm>
27. Priority <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Priority.htm>
28. Save-A-Lot <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Save-A-Lot.htm>
29. Schnucks <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Schnucks.htm>
30. Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans <http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/Menu_Foods_en_US.htm>
31. Sophistacat <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Sophistacat.htm>
32. Special Kitty Canada <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Special%20Kitty%20Canada.htm>
33. Special Kitty US <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Special%20Kitty%20US.htm>
34. Springfield Prize <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Springfield%20Prize.htm>
35. Sprout <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Sprout.htm>
36. Total Pet, My True Friend <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Total%20Pet.htm>
37. Wegmans <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Wegmans.htm>
38. Western Family <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Western%20Fam.htm>
39. White Rose <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/White%20Rose.htm>
40. Winn Dixie <http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Cat/Winn%20Dixie.htm>
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10.
LSART Summit Conference
SOURCE:
Information compiled/forwarded by Pam Leavy, tundraleap@msn.com Amanda St John, amanda@muttshack.org • MuttShack Animal Rescue, www.muttshack.org
3/12/07, from Pam Leavy, tundraleap@msn.com — IMPORTANT: Register
with LSART to volunteer with animal evacuations in Louisiana, whether
you attend the training sessions or not.
LSART
Louisiana State Animal Response Team Summit Conference
8550 United Plaza Blvd, Suite 100, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
1-800-524-2996, 1-225-928-5862, LouisianaSART@Gmail.com
Even if you are unable to attend, please register with LSART. Contact
LouisianaSART@Gmail.com or 800-524-2996 for more information about volunteering
or joining.
MUTTSHACK
Transport Training for Animal Evacuations
-
INFO & REGISTRATION: http://muttshack.org/Baton%20Rouge%20Animal%20Transportation%20Training.htm
- LOCATION: Agriculture & Forestry Department,
225-922-1254 • 5825
Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge
- DATE/TIME: Wednesday, 12:00 noon
Jim Crosby's Aggressive
Dog Handling Class:
INFO & REGISTRATION:
www.muttshack.org/Jim_Crosby_Aggressive_Dog_Handling_Application.htm
LOCATION: LSU Vet School, Skip Bertman Dr., Baton Rouge
DATE/TIME: Saturday,
8:00 a.m.
You can also train online to volunteer with Muttshack for evacuation
transports and animal rescue:
http://muttshack.org/Animal_Rescue_Certification_and_Training.htm
PETSMART
PetSmart Charities Emergency Relief Session
-
INFO & REGISTRATON: (PetSmart application is too big of a file
to attach) If interested, CONTACT:
Program Administrator – 904-571-6135, LaurelLey@AnimalReliefResource.org
- LOCATION: Holiday Inn South, 9940 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge,
LA
- DATE/TIME: Wednesday, March 21, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30
Wednesday, March 21, 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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11. Left To
Die In New Orleans East
SOURCE: Forwarded
by Bettina R., brosmar@hotmail.com
Original from Southern Animal
Foundation (SAF), animallover@southernanimalfoundation.org
3/1/07, from animallover@southernanimalfoundation.org — This
situation is one of the main reasons why "just TNR" will not
work; at least not for those of us at SAF. This girl, who we named "Little
Miss Sunshine" was found in a semi-populated area in New Orleans
East. She's an adult, but weighs under 4 pounds. She's very sweet
and tame, but in horrible shape. There would be no way an animal like
this could be trapped, neutered, and released in this condition. Yet,
who is going to care for her? Does she deserve to be euthanized because
she was left to die?
She's not the only one like this out there, but we've been
saving them one at a time.
Little Miss Sunshine at Southern Animal Foundation in New Orleans
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12. Cockfighting:
Louisiana Now Stands Alone
SOURCE: Laura
Maloney, Chief Executive Officer, Louisiana SPCA, laura@la-spca.org
701 Thayer Street; New Orleans, LA 70114 • 504-368-5191
ext 200, www.la-spca.org/
Press Release / Louisiana Now
the Only State to Still Allow The Brutal Blood Sport of Cockfighting
NEW ORLEANS, LA - (3/12/07)
Today New Mexico became the most recent state to ban cockfighting
and with that passage Louisiana now carries the blemish of being
the only state in the country that still allows the activity. This
is true despite the fact that 82% of Louisiana residents favor
a legislative ban on an activity recognized by most as a cruel
and barbaric blood sport.
Earlier today, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation
that makes cockfighting a crime in his state, and cockfighting
opponents are now turning their focus solely on Louisiana which
has yet to outlaw the activity. The Louisiana SPCA (LA/SPCA), a
strident and longtime advocate to end cockfighting, feels that
the renewed attention on Louisiana will not be lost on state lawmakers,
and that the pendulum to end cockfighting is clearly swinging in
the favor of those who want to see an end to an activity that encourages
roosters to brutally fight one another to their death.
"The whole country is already focused on Louisiana due
to our massive rebuilding and recovery efforts, and no one wants
to see Louisiana blemished with the stigma of being the only
state that still allows such a brutal and inhumane practice," said
Laura Maloney of the LA/SPCA. "Cockfighting is an outdated
blood sport and with it comes the additional stain of illegal
gambling, violence and crime. We feel the tide has turned and
we're confident our legislature is aware of the cultural shift."
The LA/SPCA has worked tirelessly to lobby Louisiana lawmakers
during past legislative sessions. For the first time last year
an anti-cockfighting bill authored by Senator Arthur Lentini made
it as far as the legislature's Agricultural Senate Committee. Although
the bill was finally defeated in the full House, cockfighting opponents
saw it as a promising step in the right direction. The LA/SPCA
intends to bring its battle back to lawmakers with the opening
of the 2007 legislative session in April where a bill to outlaw
the practice is sure to be introduced.
In 2004, a poll conducted by Hill Research Consultants indicated
that 82% of the Louisiana residents favor a legislative ban against
cockfighting. Seventy-eight percent of New Orleanians feel strongly
that the legislature should outlaw the sport. Even 77% of citizens
in Lafayette, where the activity is often practiced, believe the
sport should be illegal.
Along with the horrific images of a brutal practice where roosters
are fitted with sharp razors intended to gouge and puncture one
another until one dies, the sport is also a concern to the LA/SPCA
and others because young children are often in the audience and
exposed to the activity. "Cockfighting is often billed as
a form of 'family entertainment' by its supporters and young children
who are often in the audience observing this barbaric sport are
desensitized to violence," added Maloney.
The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
is an organization devoted to improving the lives of animals and
eliminating the homelessness, neglect and abuse that signal animal
suffering. Chartered in 1888, our history has been paved with an
understanding that only through an improved human-animal ethic
can we better the lives of companion animals and that of our community.
Our programs and services are infused with the highest standards
of care and compassion.
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