Club for Homeless Pets

Homeless Pet Clubs give students, civic leaders and businesses owners a way to share their love of animals by promoting animal rescue, responsible pet ownership, adoption of shelter animals and animal welfare.Homeless Pet Clubs give students, civic leaders and businesses owners a way to share their love of animals by promoting animal rescue, responsible pet ownership, adoption of shelter animals and Animal welfare.

In the United States, three to four million dogs and cats are killed each year for lack of having a home. Homeless Pet Clubs is an adjunct organization of The Homeless Pets Foundation, created in 1998 by Dr. Michael Good to save homeless pets scheduled for euthanasia.

The Homeless Pet Foundation provides critical medical care, food, foster care and comfort to homeless animals and maintains a network of communication between volunteers, shelters, advocates and potential adoptees. Since late in 2002, the Homeless Pets Foundation and Homeless Pet Clubs have placed nearly 10,000 animals in loving homes.

Chase for cat poisoner after three pets in the one street fall ill

Animal welfare officers are hunting a cat poisoner after three pets in a Dundee street fell unwell. The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after the cats were believed to have been poisoned by anti-freeze. All three cats are from Mains Road in Dundee and one of the Pets animals was put down after displaying symptoms of poisoning. Scottish SPCA Inspector Robert Baldie said that the aid organization had also received reports of cats in the area going missing. He added: "We have received reports that three cats in the area have been fatalities of poisoning and that others have gone missing.

"Sadly, one cat had to be put to sleep and a post mortem has inveterate that it died from anti-freeze poisoning.”Two other cats have also shown symptoms consistent with poisoning. It is possible that the poisonings could be unintentional so we would ask motorists to ensure that anti-freeze is stored carefully to avoid leaks or spillages. "However, it may be that these poisonings have been deliberate, which is a real cause for concern. Poisoning causes an animal an extremely painful death so we would advise cat owners in the area to be vigilant and report anything suspicious. "Anyone found guilty of intentionally poisoning an animal can face a jail sentence, a fine of up to £20,000, or both.

Serving Animals in Japan

Animal rescue operations have begun in Japan. Animal welfare groups are undertaking rescue operations to find the lost animals and help injured Pets animals affected by the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami. Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support, or JEARS includes three Japanese animal welfare groups- Animal Friends Niigata, Japan Cat Network and HEART-Tokushima. These groups are coordinating to find and rescue animals pretentious in Japan tremors.

Animal regulation a failure

The intent of the animal control bylaw concerning cats, as I recall, was to control the perceived growth of the population of cats in Saskatoon. It has turned out to be an ineffective set of regulations that only swelled the number of abandoned animals. The bylaw encourages people to abandon their unlicensed pets when faced with the high fines and pound fees. Running a red light will cost you about as much in fines ( $250) as for having an unlicensed pet. The result is that the Saskatoon SPCA and other Animal rescue programs are overloaded with untaken animals.

A more reasonable solution to the cat population problem would be a subsidized spay and neuter program, and a public education program to encourage responsible pet ownership. Yes, there's an income tested spay and neuter program offered by the SPCA, but information about it is scant. A more effective program would not be as showy as the River Landing project, but some changes need to be made if the city is serious about Animal welfare. The licensing fees that are currently being collected are simply a tax on pet ownership and an added managerial burden on our civic employees.

Animal manage searches for cold dogs

This kind of cold is life-threatening to people and pets. Animal control officers with Albuquerque's Animal Welfare Department have been flooded with calls the past two days about dogs left outside. More than 100 tips have been called in to Animal Welfare since Monday. In a ride-along with animal control officers, News 13 saw some of those dogs left outside in the single digit temps. Albert Benavides has seen a lot in his five years as an animal manage officer, but this is some of the coldest weather he said he's ever seen.

“When I clocked in today at 1pm it was 4 degrees,” Benavides said. Which means it’s determining up to is one of his busiest days, investigating tips of Pets animals left outside in the cold? Officer Benavides said the cold weather can also leave dogs thirsty because of frozen water bowls. Benavides spends a lot of time trying to decipher the tips that come in. “If we can get some good solid addresses and descriptions of the animals, that makes it a little bit easier,” he said. If you see an animal left outside, you can call 311 to report it. Animal Control officers won't take a dog unless it's in instant danger, or unless no one's home.

Pets Haven open again after search

A WOODEND Animal shelter has reopened after a Macedon Ranges Council and Department of Primary Industry search. Owner of pro-life shelter Pets Haven, Trish Burke said the closure had cost the shelter up to $15,000.The shelter’s permit is for 20 cats and eight dogs. Animal welfare and hygiene issues, connecting to the Domestic Animals Act 1994 Code of Practice had to be addressed before the shelter could reopen.

There would be a Woodend-based pet shop with three directors and a Pets Haven Rescue Group, where rescued animals were farmed out to look after carers.“There are about 80 of these rescue groups like this in the state,” she said. “The cats and dogs can still be permanently adopted and would be microchipped and desexed.“The shelter is barer but we have had enormous support from the community.” Mr Thornton said the council was satisfied to offer a temporary permit to reopen the shelter.

Big wags for this pet protection

One of the most loved stories in Paw Print Post this year was our shelter pet contest, where you, the readers, picked your favorites. Walter, an elderly black Labrador retriever, and Eva, an adorable cat, won that contest, which enabled many readers to tell stories about pets they'd rescued, and who in turn, many said, rescued them.

The group behind the rescues in this photo album is on a distant shore, but their commitment to helping animals is near and dear to all of us. I thought you'd enjoy looking at the photos and learning more about Battlesea Dogs & Cats Home. It is one of the oldest and best known animal welfare charities in England and in the world. It is 150 years old and has found homes for three million cats and dogs since its opening.

Security device up your animals this New Year

As the fireworks and celebrations are underway, Animals around South Australia will be terrified by the loud noises and lights. With some animal hearing around 10 times more sensitive than human, that loud bang from a firework that makes you jump, can send your pets into unmanageable panic. It's not just dogs either, as the RSPCA prepares for a 30 percent increase in housing of dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, horses and all kinds of domesticated animals.

With many revellers heading out to enjoy the celebrations, RSPCA SA chief inspector Simon Richards said it is value treating your animals like they are young children. If possible, organize a friend that is not caption out to baby sit your pet animals. If you do return home and find your animal is missing, Simon recommends calling councils, local vets, the RSPCA and Animal Welfare League. If travelling on the roads whilst fireworks displays are happening, or heading home after the events, also ensure you are aware that Animal charities may be fleeing or in a panicked state, and may flit out in front of vehicles

Stanhope discards Greens animal welfare reform

Under the proposal, Pet shops would be barred from putting Animal welfare in their windows and selling to children. Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says the Government is already reviewing the laws and plans to put forward its own changes next year. He says the Greens' proposal goes too far and may well lead to more people buying pets on the black market.

"There's very high degrees of rule and transparency in relation to sales through pet shops," he said. "The pet sales those are of greater concerns are those that are done irregularly, those that are done over the garden fence, those that are done at markets, those that are done over the Internet."It's those dogs that we believe are at greater risk of being ill-treated, of not being kept in circumstances they should be."

12th Canine Christmas is a platform for dogs

For the 12th year, dog lovers, their pets and animals in need of a permanent home celebrated at the annual Canine Christmas Festival. Highlights of the event Saturday at Bishop Animal Shelter in west Bradenton were a dog costume fashion show, procession of adoptable dogs, contests and a talent show.
 

There also were pet pictures with Santa, prize drawings, a silent sale, vendors and food. The admission fee was a donation of pet food, toys or treats to go animal welfare and save groups that help homeless cats and dogs.

Clint Eastwood reveals a menagerie of pets

Legendary actor Clint Eastwood has exposed his passion for Animal welfare and his menagerie of pets. Speaking to USA Today's Paw Print Post, the The Good, The Bad and The Ugly star explained that his studio offices play swarm to a number of different creatures, including a tame squirrel that likes to eat some nuts kept specially for him in one room.

"We have two tortoises, we have a pig, we have five chickens, we've got a guinea pig, a chinchilla and two rats," Eastwood said, admitting that there may be more that he has forgotten. And it seems like the slowest of all the animals may be one of those closest to Dirty Harry's heart - he waxed poetic about the personality of one of the tortoises, calling it a "character" and praising its "social side". His Million Dollar Baby co-star Hilary Swank is also known to be an animal lover, fronting pet food Iam's Home 4 the Holidays campaign last year.