Adoptions will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Farmers and Crafts Market in downtown Las Cruces, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pet’s Barn, 1600 S. Valley Drive.
Adoption fees are $75 for dogs or puppies and $50 for cats or kittens, and includes the first set of vaccinations, spay or neuter and microchip.
At the Pet’s Barn event, microchipping for pets that already have homes will be available for $20, and city pet licenses will be available to neutered pets for $5 each. Licenses for unneutered pets are $25 each. Proof of spay or neuter is required before a $5 license will be issued. Pet owners also must bring current proof of rabies vaccination for each animal to be licensed.
For more information, call the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley at (575) 382-0018, or visit the Web site at www.ascmv.com. People who are hearing-impaired can call (575) 541-2182.
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Happy Spay Day everyone! While Hallmark hasn’t yet capitalized on this gem of a holiday, PETA certainly has with its scantily-clad, star-studded ad campaign. (See the slide show below.)
Today marks the 16th anniversary of Spay Day. The Humane Society of the United States’s annual campaign shines a spotlight on spaying or neutering as the most effective means of reducing the number of homeless pets and saving countless animal lives. The event aims to remind animal guardians everywhere that we have an important role to play in helping to curb the current pet-overpopulation crisis.
This year, up to 8 million unwanted cats and dogs will be surrendered to shelters or simply abandoned across the country, and roughly half of them will be euthanized. Just a single un-spayed dog can have two litters of puppies a year, and can be responsible for a whopping 67,000 dogs if all are allowed to breed unchecked. Each year on February 23 and throughout the month of February, The HSUS helps coordinate hundreds of spay-and-neuter events to increase awareness among pet lovers across the country.
Says Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS, “The death of millions of pets each year is a tragedy, but it’s one that can be solved. By spaying or neutering your pet, you can be an important part of the solution.”
Spay Day has been responsible for spaying and neutering over 1,457,200 animals since its inception in 1995. For San Francisco residents who wish to take action, San Francisco Animal Care & Control’s mobile surgical unit, aptly nicknamed the “Go Nuts” van, will be parked in front of SF/ACC’s offices (1200 15th Street at Harrison) all day performing free spay and neuter surgeries.
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More four-legged homeless will be off the streets and out of the city’s animal shelter, officials say.
In a project believed to be the first of its kind, Fort Worth will open a dog and cat adoption center in the Hulen PetSmart store at 4800 SW Loop 820, allowing adoptions seven days a week in a consumer-friendly environment.
PetSmart will donate 1,830 square feet of unused store space, pay for the renovation and donate $15 per adoption to the shelter program. Participants estimate that 1,300 animals will find homes annually through the center, amounting to nearly $20,000 for the program. The local nonprofit Fort Worth Adoption Partners is also participating.
About 2,000 dogs and cats are adopted from the city’s shelter each year, but 2,500 are euthanized, said Brandon Bennett, Fort Worth’s director of code compliance, who oversees animal shelter operations.
“It’s going to be top-notch, what they’re doing for us,” Bennett said. “It’s not the old, antiquated approach to trying to adopt out shelter animals.”
The adoption center will be able to handle more than 20 dogs and 24 cats at a time, with 10 kennels for dogs, three puppy pens, a cat adoption center, a play area for dogs awaiting adoption, a meet-and-greet area for prospective pet owners, and dog and cat isolation areas. The animals will be spayed or neutered at the shelter before being taken to the PetSmart center.
The facility, expected to open in April, will be run by Fort Worth’s Animal Care and Control staff during store operating hours, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Not only will the PetSmart center ease the burden on the city’s shelter, but it will also allow for more hires without affecting the city budget. Staff salaries will be paid from the project’s operating fund raised through private donations, and volunteers will help run the center, Bennett said. The City Council unanimously approved the contract for the program at Tuesday’s meeting.
PetSmart employees will be trained to act as liaisons to city staff and volunteers at the site.
“It’s for an incredibly good cause, and we’re going to save the lives of a lot of pets,” store manager Kristal Tackett said.
The idea came from Bill Boeker, the president and CEO of Fine Line Diversified Development, a real estate developer, who believed that the city needed a stand-alone animal adoption area in addition to the shelter at 4900 Martin St.
After hearing about local animal rescue groups trying to increase adoption rates, Boeker met with city officials and marshaled volunteers to form Fort Worth Adoption Partners. He contacted architect Michael Bennett, who created a design for a shelter. After that, Boeker arranged for a consultant, Animal Arts of Boulder, Colo., to conduct a needs analysis and Tom Buxton of the Buxton Co. to undertake a market study.
When it was determined that a stand-alone building would be too expensive, the group looked for a partner, leading to PetSmart, which had open space in the Hulen store from a former veterinary clinic.
“The benefit for us is that we know we’ll be working to save homeless pets in a community where, unfortunately, a couple thousand adoptable pets have to be euthanized every year because there just isn’t enough space to hold them all in the existing shelters,” said Kim Noetzel, the communications manager for PetSmart Charities.
“There are communities that achieve no-kill status,” said Boeker, who owns a 23-year-old cat, a Labrador retriever and a chocolate Lab rescued from a puppy mill. “That is certainly our goal.”
Local donors supplied about $72,000 for the center’s first year of operation, and an additional $150,000 is being sought for second-year expenses and to buy a vehicle to transport animals from the shelter to the store. That vehicle also could serve as a mobile adoption unit, gaining visibility from appearances at area festivals and other public functions.
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The Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center is now open until 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Hours on Saturdays and Sundays remain 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Riverside Humane Center Pet Adoption Center is located at 6165 Industrial Ave. in Riverside. For information on pets available for adoption, programs and services, and upcoming events, visit www.petsadoption.org or call 951-688-4340.
According organizers, the Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center is a non-profit public benefit charitable organization serving communities in Riverside County and beyond. They describe the center as the largest no-kill pet rescue organization in Riverside County.
Prior to adoption, officials report, each animal is either spayed or neutered, vaccinated, evaluated for behavior issues, and microchipped.
Each animal is also monitored for physical, emotional and mental health, and receives ongoing socialization.
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Breathing easy: Rescue workers in Northville and Northville
Township will have an extra option for helping pets survive emergencies
beginning today, when Invisible Fence Tri-County in Wixom donates four animal
rescue oxygen masks to the city and township fire departments.
Most oxygen masks are not
designed for pets.
“This is getting the right tool for the job,” said
township Fire Chief Richard Marinucci.
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Gloria Blankenship wasn’t surprised her teenage daughter Amanda wanted to donate her Christmas money to help buy beds for dogs at the Montgomery County Animal Control shelter.
“She’s giving to six different charities this year,” she said of her daughter.
Amanda and her mom were invited to help deliver the 40 dog cots bought with money raised by Mike and Renee Gee, owners of Village Groomer and Animal Inn.
“I was really excited when they asked me to come,” Amanda said. “I’m 17, so I’m at an age that I really don’t want the toys and things that I did when I was younger.”
The Northwest High student donated $100 for dog beds and plans to make smaller donations to causes like a girls school in Africa and buying school supplies for kids in Iraq.
“I hope she continues doing things like this,” said Gloria Blankenship, adding that last year Amanda bought gifts for a person whose name was placed on a Christmas tree at the Senior Citizens Center. “But animals are her thing.”
Amanda, Village Groomer employees and Animal Control officers carried in the beds from a truck loaned by Riverside Brake and Muffler to haul them.
As they placed them in kennels, some dogs took to them right away while others shied away.
Mike Gee said the beds arrived Tuesday and he, Renee and their employees formed an assembly line to put them together.
“I know what Santa’s elves feel like now,” he joked.
The Gees were impressed with Amanda’s donation, as well as support from the local community and from people as far away as Murfreesboro and Smyrna.
“It was such a wonderful thing she did,” said Renee Gee. “It was an unselfish thing to do for a young girl, who might rather buy clothes or shoes or something. … So many times with teens, it’s me, me, me. It’s nice to know that some really think about others.”
She gave Amanda a gift bag filled with dog treats and a photo album for her “new baby.” Amanda adopted a corgi three weeks ago while volunteering at Precious Friends animal rescue.
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Lovers of furry friends should adopt a dog or cat, it has been suggested.
Division manager for San Diego’s Moreno Valley Animal Services Steve Fries attempted to bust the myths surrounding creatures that have gone through a shelter.
He was quoted by the Press Entreprise as saying people should not believe these critters have been traumatised by whatever they have gone through prior to being adopted.
“Shelter pets are not damaged pets, quite the contrary,” he noted, adding: “New shelter pet owners report great success after adopting.”
Among advantages experienced by people is the knowledge they may have saved an animal’s life and getting a dog or cat that is already house-trained.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has warned against buying pets from a pet store.
It said these retailers will often source from puppy mills, which can have an unethical way of breeding dog
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Talk about custom grooming: Two dogs show off the words “LSU” and “Tigers” shaved into their hair ‘do before Louisiana State University’s last home game against the Florida Gators at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 10. Tomorrow, LSU faces Auburn at home.
Do you think clothing or grooming dogs with team colors or slogans is all in good fun or is it using pets like billboards?
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An Australian man who tried to save his dog from a kangaroo is hospitalized northeast of Melbourne after the animal turned on him.
Chris Rickard says he was walking the dog near a dam Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo. The dog chased the animal into the water but the roo then turned and pinned the pet underwater.
When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo attacked with its hind legs, tearing a deep gash into the man’s abdomen and across his face.
Rickard tells The Herald Sun newspaper that “it was a shock.” Rickard said he ended the attack by elbowing the kangaroo in the throat.
Kangaroos do not normally attack humans but will fight if they feel threatened.
Dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and then pin them under as a means of defense.
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Petie is the Jack Russell terrier and Muffet is the dust mop. They are both about 6 years old and as you can see they are pretty tight buds that really need to stay together.
Their pet mom is in hospice care. Her beloved pets are in foster care. The home that these two pooches knew is gone, and they’d need to find new one, please.
If you know of anyone who would like to take in a couple of sweeties who need some TLC, please contact lovemypets.com
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