Animal Rescue Alerts 02-10-2006
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Friday February 10, 2006
Roicy deadline Monday Feb 13
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:26:27 -0600 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> Roicy/Lafayette, LA pics are up... deadline Monday, Feb 13 at 5 with pts Tues for those not held over. Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
I will finish the site tomorrow, but I have the pics up. Thanks to all who have donated these beds....I just love this picture. Special thanks to Val Chauvin, our new volunteer. Taking the pictures is very difficult, and she did a great job her first time. It is very hard to do by yourself when all they want is to climb in your lap, jump on your or kiss you in the face. She had a very tough time with the white GSD, but he is a beauty. Choco mom Lab and her pups were all owner surrendered as was Rusty. I believe Rusty would be called a fox red Lab but I did not see him. He knows commands.
Debbie
http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=LA40&preview=1
http://www.kuranda.com/main/index.asp
Financial Support is Needed For Resident-Run ARNO
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:40:35 -0800 From: Kate Danaher <katedanaher @animalearthhuman .org> Subject: APPEAL FOR ARNO'S FUTURE Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM JANE GARRISON - PLEASE READ ENTIRE LETTER
February 10, 2006
Dear Animal Rescue New Orleans Friend:
You may know that I (along with David Meyer and Pia Salk) started Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) on October 1, 2005 as Lamar Dixon was closing. We could not imagine ending the rescue operation when we were still finding so many animals alive in homes and on the streets. So despite arrest threats, we (along with amazing volunteers) continued rescuing animals. The following are some of the incredible victories we saw:
- From October 1 to the end of the year we rescued over 2,000 animals. These were forgotten victims who would have died if ARNO had not stuck around to help. These are animals like Bubbles (photos attached) who was trapped in a bathroom for 7 weeks. When we rescued Bubbles she was too weak to even lift her head or stand. Today, Bubbles is a beautiful, healthy dog!
- ARNO worked through the list of houses where we knew animals were trapped--until we cleared the entire list of over 5,000 houses.
- We worked tirelessly to keep pets, who escaped from homes when doors and windows blew open, alive on the streets. Because most of the city was unpopulated (and still is) we set up feeding stations all over the New Orleans area. To date we have 2800 active feeding stations over 650 sq. miles.
- In January we teamed up with Best Friends to make an even greater impact. Best Friends created Celebration Station to handle sheltering, adoptions and export of animals. ARNO was responsible for trapping and rescuing.
- In January alone, we trapped 300 dogs, over 200 puppies and 610 cats!
- We¹ve helped reunite hundreds of animals with their families, thanks to our amazing reunion team (9 cats reunited with their people in just the past 2 weeks)!
Needless to say, ARNO has made monumental strides in New Orleans over the past few months.
Sadly, there is a still lot of work to be done. Thousands of animals are still on the streets in search of our feeding stations. Dogs and cats are breeding faster than we can trap them. Some cruel people have retuned to New Orleans and shot or poisoned animals. Now we face a new problem: The boarding up of buildings where animals have found shelter. Plus: The bulldozing of buildings and trailer parks where animals live. Clearly, ARNO is still needed in the New Orleans area.
IMAGINE... What might happen if ARNO stopped helping New Orleans Animals? How many more kittens and puppies would be born? How many animals would starve to death without refilled food/water stations? How many would die locked inside boarded-up homes? How many would perish if bulldozers demolish trailer parks before we can trap them? WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
EXCITING NEWS: On February 1, 2006, we held a meeting in New Orleans to find residents to lead ARNO (since no current leaders live in New Orleans). Nearly 200 people showed up! Despite losing homes, vehicles and jobs, they came committed to helping animals. These people are heroes!
On FEBRUARY 15, 2006 Animal Rescue New Orleans will shift to a locally run organization with new resident leadership. While overwhelming tasks lay before them, they plan to continue a food/water program for animals on the streets, rescue dogs/cats, and TNR (trap-neuther-return) feral cat colonies to curb the overpopulation crisis.
The resident-run ARNO is committed to building a future for New Orleans animals better than the past that preceded the hurricanes.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Local ARNO coordinators already have to deal with personal stress in the aftermath of the storms. Let¹s make running ARNO as easy as possible for them! Please show your support be becoming an OFFICIAL MEMBER OF ARNO.
My goal is to alleviate financial pressure for many months so local leaders can focus on helping animals in need. Will you please send a donation to show the new locally run ARNO that we support them? Just imagine losing everything--your animals (in many cases), your home, your car and your job and then rescuing homeless animals while rebuilding your own life. It is a daunting task. PLEASE help them help the animals.
Send a donation to:
- Animal Rescue New Orleans
- 1219 Coliseum Street
- New Orleans, LA 70130
Thank you so much for all of your support.
For the animals,
- Jane Garrison, Co-Founder, Animal Rescue New Orleans
- JaneGarrison @comcast .net
PS Please be sure to watch ARNO's progress at http://www.AnimalRescueNewOrleans.com/
Look for an UPDATE with local ARNO leaders¹ contact information and volunteer instructions.
Kaplan, LA: Small Dogs and Puppies in need of rescue NOW
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:01:25 -0600 From: <grambo7 @bellsouth .net> Available/Small Dogs and Puppies in need of rescue NOW/south Louisiana Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouisianaDogCatRescu/
PLEASE CROSS POST WIDELY!!!
There are many small dog and puppies in Vermilion Parish Rabies Control, Kaplan, LA that are on limited time and need a rescue. Please take a look at my picture trail album linked below and see if you can help any of these dogs. Please remember that Vermilion has a $40 "reclaim" fee.
I can probably assist with transport to the VA, PA, NJ, NY and New England area. WILL NOT TRANSPORT TO MA....SORRY!
Rocky Gates
- grambo7 @bellsouth .net
Chi.P.P.
- Chihuahua and Pound Pup's Rescue
- http://www.ChiPPrescue.petfinder.com/
- http://www.picturetrail.com/grambo/
- http://www.adoptachi.com/
Solutions for Roicy
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:47:09 -0600 From: "Lynn Szymurski" <richlynn @cox .net> Subject: Solutions for Roicy Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
Hi Debbie, and all,
You and Missy are doing wonderful things for Roicy, under the circumstances. I wish I could help out, I've just got too many animals on my desk right now, with too many leads that I'm trying to follow. And I'm preparing to fight an unlawful rescue person that refuses to return a dog to its rightful owner in N.O. East, despite the fact that we can prove parentage by a DNA profile. But I have been running some ideas for some help for Roicy through my brain. I know your strays and your owner turn-ins have increased dramatically since both Hurricanes. Am I correct? It only goes to reason, because of the devastation of South Central LA below you, and all the small towns down there. and you are the first major city above them.
Has anyone thought of checking to see how many shelters have actually closed within 50-100 miles of Roicy since Rita, especially, and then checked it against the increase in animals that you have coming in each day against, say, last year? I know it would be a huge undertaking, maybe someone knows of a way to put together a case for you, but YOU NEED HELP in Roicy NOW, and not just day to day with the promise of a larger facility in a year. Your problem is happening now. And while I know a lot of groups around the country are helping pull your animals, it's still not enough. I know how I feel when I look at the faces in your kennels, and they deserve better, all of them do. And you and Missy have probably already faced enough stress within the first two months, and are still having to deal with it now, and you both keep doing it because you do love these pets. Strays or not.
The reason I'm bringing it up is because of your location, and because there are funds out there that were donated to the larger Humane Societies that your shelter is entitled to. The HSUS pulled in $19 million in response to Katrina, when they expected about $1.5 million. There are grants, donors, etc. that should be helping you out now, not in a year. The problem with the numbers could be gone within a year, or it might become larger with another storm. There were donations made for the Katrina/Rita pets, dogs, cats, strays, etc. and they're not all being used towards helping "all" shelters, including Roicy, and some of it is going out of the country for aid to their animals involved in other disasters.
I did a little research early this morning when I couldn't sleep, and happened upon a page that led me to some grants that might be helpful to you now. Temporary buildings could be erected, more kennels put up, and they would transfer over to your new site next year. I guess I'm asking if anyone has offered to delve into these grants, donations, whatever, and looked into it specifically for Roicy? Because if not, it needs to be done. Make the National humane societies live up to their responsibilities in aiding shelters in need, right now you seem to meet a lot of the requirements. Let the list know if you've received any aid, the beds are great, and the animals love them, but only for a few days? I know there are a few possibilities out there for you, and if another non-profit group could address this for Roicy, would you please step up now, when it's needed the most?
- Siberianly,
- Lynn Szymurski
- Richlynn Siberians
- New Orleans, LA
- http://www.richlynn.com/
- lynn @richlynn .com
- richlynn @cox .net
Declaration of the No Kill Movement in the US
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:26:18 -0600 From: "Denise Wilson" <Shun911sgirl @hotmail .com> Subject: Declaration of the No Kill Movement in the US. Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouisianaDogCatRescu/
Declaration of the No Kill Movement in the United States Cross posting
This year, some five million dogs and cats will be killed in shelters. The vast majority can and should be placed into loving homes or should never enter shelters in the first place. But there is hope.
No Kill sheltering models, based on innovative, non-lethal programs and services, have already saved the lives of tens of thousands of animals. But instead of embracing No Kill, many shelters-and their national agency allies-cling to their failed models of the past, models that result in the killing of millions of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters every year.
No Kill is a revolution. And behind every revolution is a declaration-a statement of grievances, and a listing of rights and principles that underscore our great hope for the future. We assert that a No Kill nation is within our reach-that the killing can and should be brought to an end. Join us in endorsing The Declaration of the No Kill Movement in the United States.
It is open to every individual, every group, and every agency that wants to bring about an end to the killing by implementing the programs and services that will establish a No Kill nation. Programs like ensuring public access to affordable spay/neuter services, allowing rescue groups to save animals on death row, and communitywide Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for feral cats. These are not radical concepts, but in the current sheltering world, one can be ostracized for daring to proclaim the simple truths that population control killing is not an act of kindness and that feral cats have a right to live.
Join us in speaking for those who can't. In the length of time it will take you to read the Declaration, nearly one hundred dogs and cats will be needlessly killed.
I. Preamble
One hundred and fifty years ago, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and other humane organizations were founded to establish standards for humane treatment of animals, to promote their rights, and to protect them from harm. This marked the formal beginning of the humane movement in the United States.
The scope and influence of these early humane organizations were testament to the public's concern for animals. It did not take long for them to set their sights on the abuse of homeless animals and cruel methods of killing by public pounds. It was common practice at the time for city and town dogcatchers to beat, drown, or shoot homeless animals.
Many humane agencies responded by entering into animal control contracts with towns and cities to ensure that the killing was done more humanely. But in taking on municipal animal control duties, these agencies abandoned their lifesaving and life-enhancing platforms when those beliefs conflicted with their contractual responsibilities. In the current era, where laws require killing by even more "humane" methods, these contradictions have become starker.
Increasingly, the practices of both humane societies and municipal animal control agencies are out of step with public sentiment. Today, most Americans hold the humane treatment of animals as a personal value, which is reflected in our laws, cultural practices, the proliferation of organizations founded for animal protection, increased per capita spending on animal care, and great advancements in veterinary medicine. But the agencies that the public expects to protect animals are instead killing more than five million animals annually.
Lifesaving alternatives to the mass killing of animals in shelters have existed for decades. These lifesaving methods are based on innovative, humane, nonlethal programs and services that have proven that the killing can be brought to an end. Too many of these agencies, however, remain mired in the kill philosophies of the past, unwilling to or hampered from exploring and adopting methods that save lives. This is a breach of their public trust, a gross deviation from their responsibility to protect animals, and a point of view that we, as caring people and a humane community, can no longer accept or tolerate.
We assert that a No Kill nation is within our reach-that the killing can and must be brought to an end. It is up to each of us working individually and together to implement sheltering models that have already saved tens of thousands of animals in progressive communities. If we work together-with certainty of purpose, assured of our own success, with the commitment that "what must be done, will be done"-the attainment of our goals will not be far off.
II. No Kill Resolution
Whereas, the right to live is every animal's most basic and fundamental right;
Whereas, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and other humane organizations were founded to establish standards for humane treatment of animals, to promote their rights, and to protect them from harm;
Whereas, traditional sheltering practices allow the mass killing of sheltered animals;
Whereas, every year shelters in the United States are killing millions of healthy and treatable animals who could be placed in homes, and are also killing millions of feral cats who do not belong in shelters;
Whereas, life always takes precedence over expediency;
Whereas, the No Kill movement in the United States has successfully implemented new and innovative programs that provide alternatives to mass killing;
Whereas, lifesaving change will come about only if No Kill programs are embraced and further developed;
Whereas, failure to implement No Kill programs constitutes a breach of the public's trust in the sheltering community;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that No Kill policies and procedures are the only legitimate foundation for animal sheltering; and,
It is incumbent upon all shelters and animal groups to embrace the philosophy of No Kill, to immediately begin implementing programs and services that will end the mass killing of sheltered animals, and to reject the failed kill-oriented practices of the past.
III. Statement of Rights
We acknowledge the following:
- Sheltered animals have a right to live;
- Feral cats have a right to their lives and their habitats;
- Animals, rescuers, and the public have a right to expect animal protection organizations and animal shelters to do everything in their power to promote, protect, and advocate for the lives of animals;
- Animal protection groups, rescue groups, and No Kill shelters have a right to take into their custody animals who would otherwise be killed by animal shelters;
- Taxpayers and community members have a right to have their government spend tax monies on programs and services whose purpose is to save and enhance the lives of all animals;
- Taxpayers and community members have a right to full and complete disclosure about how animal shelters operate.
IV. Guiding Principles
No Kill is achieved only by guaranteeing the following:
- Life to all healthy animals, and to all sick, injured, or vicious animals where medical or behavioral intervention would alter a poor or grave prognosis;
- The right of feral cats to live in their habitats.
These conditions can be achieved only through adherence to the following:
- Shelters and humane groups end the killing of healthy and treatable animals, including feral cats;
- Every animal in a shelter receives individual consideration, regardless of how many animals a shelter takes in, or whether such animals are healthy, underaged, elderly, sick, injured, traumatized, or feral;
- Shelters and humane organizations discontinue the use of language that misleads the public and glosses over the nature of their actions, such as "euthanasia," "unadoptable," "fractious," "putting them to sleep," and other euphemisms that downplay the gravity of ending life and make the task of killing easier;
- Shelters are open to the public during hours that permit working people to reclaim or adopt animals during nonworking hours;
- Shelters and other government agencies promote spay/neuter programs and mandate that animals be spayed or neutered before adoption;
- Public shelters work with humane animal adoption organizations to the fullest extent to promote the adoption of animals and to reduce the rate of killing;
- Shelters provide care and treatment for all animals in shelters to the extent necessary, including prompt veterinary care, adequate nutrition, shelter, exercise, and socialization;
- Shelters are held accountable for and make information publicly available about all the animals in their care.
V. No Kill Standards
The implementation of these lifesaving procedures, policies, and programs must be the immediate goal of every shelter, and animal control and animal welfare agency:
- Formal, active commitment by shelter directors, management, and staff to lifesaving programs and policies, and dedication to promptly ending mass killing of shelter animals;
- Immediate implementation of the following programs by all publicly funded or subsidized animal shelters:
- a.. High-volume, low- and no-cost spay/neuter services;
- b.. A foster care network for underaged, traumatized, sick, injured, or other animals needing refuge before any sheltered animal is killed, unless the prognosis for rehabilitation of that individual animal is poor or grave;
- c.. Comprehensive adoption programs that operate during weekend and evening hours and include offsite adoption venues;
- d.. Medical and behavioral rehabilitation programs;
- e.. Pet retention programs to solve medical, environmental, or behavioral problems and keep animals with their caring and responsible caregivers;
- f.. Trap-Neuter-Return or Release (TNR) programs;
- g.. Rescue group access to shelter animals;
- h.. Volunteer programs to socialize animals, promote adoptions, and help in the operations of the shelter;
- i.. Documentation before any animal is killed that all efforts to save the animal have been considered, including medical and behavioral rehabilitation, foster care, rescue groups, neuter and release, and adoption.
- An end to the policy of accepting trapped feral cats to be destroyed as unadoptable, and implementation of TNR as the accepted method of feral cat control by educating the public about TNR and offering TNR program services;
- An end to the use of temperament testing that results in killing animals who are not truly vicious (e.g., shy/timid cats and frightened dogs) but who can be placed in homes, or are feral cats who can be returned or released;
- Abolishment of trapping, lending traps to the public to capture animals, and support of trapping by shelters, governments, and pest control companies for the purposes of removing animals to be killed;
- An end to owner-requested killing of animals unless the shelter has made an independent determination that the animal is irremediably suffering or cannot be rehabilitated;
- The repeal of unenforceable and counter-productive animal control ordinances such as cat licensing and leash laws, pet limit laws, bans on feeding stray animals, and bans on specific breeds.
Over 5,000 groups and individuals have signed the Declaration to date.
To sign the Declaration and add your name to its growing list of signatories, click here
To download or print a copy of the Declaration, click here
To learn how to leverage the Declaration to create change in your community, click here
For a step-by-step guide to reforming animal control, click here
To sign up for Feral Power! alerts, click here
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ROICY PULLS 2/9
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:40:24 -0600 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> Subject: ROICY PULLS 2/9 Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
ARF
- http://www.arfla.org/
- Yellow Lab(thanks, Bert, for your donation)
- Old Pointer(thanks Nancy, for saving this old boy and Kim for your donation)
Cambridge Humane Society of Canada
- http://www.spca.cambridgeweb.net/aboutus.html
- The following were pulled by ARF in partnership with Cambridge Humane Society(they have pulled twice before and are an excellent group....you will see Roicy dogs under adoptions). They will be boarded till she comes down next week. I am not sure who is paying for what, so please email Tiffany at tiffisfunny@hotmail.com.
- Yellow Lab/Spitz mix
- Terrier mom and pup
- Black Lab mix Shorty
- Rattie
Chi PP
- http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/LA92.html
- Old Rattie T-boy (thanks guys for getting the old man out)
Louisiana Basset Rescue
- http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/LA56.html
- Rottie mix(thanks for making this great dog an honorary Basset)
Several adoptions including the Husky pup Special Boy, female Lab mix Slick Coat, Lab mix pup See Me. I am not sure if the cats got out or not(doubt it), but should be held over along with the 3 remaining Corgi/Ret mix pups(there were 9 in the beginning). THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED SAVE THESE WONDERFUL LIVES.
There is a new Lab who sounds like a fox red Lab from his description....very handsome and loving boy. His pic will be up tomorrow night.
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING A KURANDA BED
Houma, La. Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter 985-873-6709
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:39:51 -0000 From: "Angel" <wolfsjustice @yahoo .com> Subject: Houma, La. Animal Shelter 985-873-6709 Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouisianaDogCatRescu/ KatrinHelp: Animal_Rescue_Resources_LA#Houma
The Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter always has wonderful pets waiting for adoption or rescue. I would like to ask you to please keep this shelter in your thoughts when you are pulling or spreading the word to rescue. If you would like to see some pix I took yesterday of a few dogs they are posted at HSHTyahoo groups. Thank you for any help you may offer. This shelter does work with rescues.
Angel
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