Iowa City opposite funding gap for new animal shelter

Iowa City wants other communities in the area to fragment in for a new Animal shelter the city hopes to build in the next few years. The city is in the planning stages of a new Animal care facility. The previous shelter flooded in 2008 and the provisional facility is several miles south of town, which planners say discourages people from Adopting pets.

Stray animals from surrounding communities come to the shelter here, but only Iowa City is accountable for building and maintaining the facility. City council members at Monday night’s work session said other municipalities should appropriate money for the new $4 million facility. Planners have already safe about $2 million for the facility. The Friends of the Animal Center Foundation — an independent nonprofit which supports the Iowa City shelter — is in the preliminary stages of a fundraising drive to close the funding gap. Organizers say they’re confident local donors will give money to the project.

Animal owners 'still pleased to buy dog supplies'

Despite the continuing hard economic conditions, Animal owners are still ostensibly content to buy special dog supplies and treats for their beloved pets. People are continuing to buy special dog supplies and other treats for their animals in order to keep their pets happy, recent research shows. A study by the American Pet Products Association (APPA) found that despite economic concerns, people are ongoing to spend more on their pets.

Speaking to Reuters, APPA president Bob Vetere said: Although the economy has been a major issue for many industries, the pet industry continues to see extraordinary growth." Time Newsfeed suggests there may be one key reason why people are still happy to spend on their pets, despite other monetary worries. It notes that pets animals can help to decrease stress and bring happiness to their owners, so regardless of hard external factors, people may be "more likely to care for their source of relief".

Hundreds of pups in bicoastal contributions dog walk

About 50 dogs in moorland have been signed up for a bicoastal puppy procession Saturday to raise awareness for pets abandoned when their owners' homes are foreclosed. The other pup crawl will take place in New York City. The parade began in 2009 as a way to help shelters contract with an increase in foreclosure pet’s animals at a time when donations and adoptions were down, said event co-founder Joseph Hassan.

Six rescues in New York, Florida and California were chosen to receive donations from the pup creep. Money is raised through registrations, corporate donations and the sale of lighted leashes, which will be used by some of the owners during the parade. In California, the beneficiary is Ace of Hearts in Los Angeles, which rescues animals from shelters the day they are listed to be euthanized then, finds homes for them. The West Coast Pup Crawl is sponsored by Helping out Pets Everyday of Upland, a city about 40 miles east of Los Angeles. In New York City, 500 canines and their pets owners will trot across the Brooklyn Bridge. Hassan said the New York event reached its capacity for its authorize.

Pigeons supposedly killed by man with crutches in San Francisco's

A man was arrested for Animal cruelty Wednesday after he supposedly murdered pigeons with his crutches in the Polk Gulch neighborhood, police said Thursday. Concerned citizens called cops saying the suspect was attempting to kill pigeons in the area of Polk and California streets around 2:45 p.m. When cops arrived, they not only spotted a suspect fitting the account – they also noticed he had pigeon feathers on his crutches, according to police at Northern Station.

Witnesses told cops “they had the right guy.” They sharp out the dead pigeons to the officers. The alleged pigeon killer told the cops that he had every right to kill the pigeons since they were “stealing his money,” police said. The man was arrested for crime cruelty to pet’s animals, police said. This wasn’t the only time defenseless birds were targeted in San Francisco. Last year, one of the two iconic swans that waded in the Palace of Fine Arts lagoon had its neck broken, and beer cans were found at the crime sight.

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Dumped pets on the raise

Tauranga SPCA is becoming a dumping ground for unwanted pets as firm economic times hit the pockets of Western Bay families. Operations manager Margaret Rawiri said cat owners regularly came in and said they did not want their adult cat anymore, particularly if it had just had kittens. "If people did not want their cat to have kittens then they should have had it de-sexed in the first place," she said. Yesterday 64 cats and kittens were being housed at the Animal shelter and 20-25 dogs, mainly puppies. There were between 20 and 30 kittens in SPCA foster homes around the region.

"People are really getting restless with us when we tell them we really don't have any spare cages and try to explain we are here for sick and injured animals, not for unwanted pets."For some people it seems their animals are dispensable items and when they don't want them anymore, because they are moving house or can't afford to care for them, they expect someone else to pick up the loose". The number of incoming pets animals this year had surpassed the number of adoptions, which had slowed down. On average between 700 and 800 dogs are impounded each year, but the retrieval rate by their owners remains stable at 80 per cent.

Ohio's exotic animal ban soon to terminate

A managerial order signed by former Gov. Ted Strickland banning the buying and selling of Exotic animals is set to expire as the new administration weighs continued regulation, the Dayton Daily News reports. The 90-day order Strickland signed banned new exotic pets, which include big cats, bears, primates, large snakes and other animals during Wednesday.

A spokesperson for Gov. John Kasich said the administration supports the animals' rule but “believes any new regulations should be developed in a transparent way with input from the public.” That assistance the ban is pushing its extension as a matter of safety. In the past 21 years, at least 29 people in the state have been injured and one killed in incidents connecting such pets animals, the paper reported.

Adoptable Pets from APA

The Pets animals pictured are ready to take up from the Animal Protective Association of Missouri. The adoption fee for dogs is $175. The fee includes spay/neuter surgery, microchip, worming, heartworm test and preventative, rabies vaccination, flea preventative and a two-week limited health guarantee. The APA offers a "Pick Your Price" program for dog adoptions. Adoptable Pets have up-to-date vaccinations, are spayed or neutered, micro chipped, tested for feline leukemia and come with a two-week limited health assurance.

Bieber arguments fans to adopt pets from animal shelters

Justin Bieber jumped at the chance to spearhead a new animal espousal campaign for People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals - because he bonded with his dad at a shelter for stray cats and dogs when he was a child. The Baby singer and his pet dog Bijoux starred in an ad for PETA's youth division in 2009, urging fans to adopt strays from Animal shelters over puppies from stores - and now he's back for a new crusade, recalling the joy he had with his first pet, Sam, who he took in from a shelter.

He tells the animal rights organization's Animal Times periodical, "We moved to a city where I didn't really know anybody, so... I wanted a friend around and Sam was... that friend. "My dad and I used to go and hang out (at the shelter)... just go and visit the different animals."And Bieber is hopeless for fans to visit their local shelter before making any decisions about becoming a dog or cat owner. He adds, "It's really important that people adopt. I really encourage going out to an animal shelter or a place where you can get a dog that has been deserted or doesn't have a home."

Animal-rescue operator found culpable of animal cruelty

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has established the operator of a Phoenix animal-rescue shelter guilty on nine counts of animal cruelty. Diane Habener was arrested in November 2009 after investigators found dozens of dogs and cats living in deplorable conditions at two Phoenix locations. Sheriff’s deputies found that the Animals were without food and water and were living in excrement.

 Many were imprisoned in kennels too small to even allow any real movement by the Pets animal. "It appears as though Ms. Habener got in way over her head by taking in too many animals," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said at the time of her arrest. "She did not provide the proper care needed to safely and caringly house these animals."Judge Janet Barton found Habener guilty on nine wrong counts of unkindness to animals and not guilty on seven others at a non-jury trial. Habener faces probable jail time, a fine and probation when she's sentenced April 15.