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As you probably already know, Cesar Millan’s Pit Bull Daddy died last Friday peacefully at home with his family. He was 16.
Daddy was well known as Cesar’s frequent sidekick on over 50 episodes of The Dog Whisperer.
In tribute to the memory of their beloved pup, Cesar and his family have started an emergency animal rescue fund in his name.
The DEAR Fund, Daddy’s Emergency Animal Rescue Fund, will provide assistance for dogs who are victims of abuse or violence, man-made disasters(hoarder and puppy mill rescues), and large-scale natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, and other natural catastrophes).
If you would like to contribute click here.
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I’m sure at this point we’ve all donated so much to help the people of Haiti. These horrible disasters always have a way of bringing out the best in American’s. It makes me proud to be one.
As is always the case with disasters like this, many animals are also suffering and in need of help and care. Haiti has an estimated 5 million head of livestock, a large stray dog population, native wildlife, and, of course, an untold number of companion animals.
If you’d like to make sure that we don’t forget their plight too, click this link and donate.
Thanks,
Kenn
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I know the Humane Society can be controversial sometimes but they also do lots of good stuff. Check out what they did in 2009 and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
– Kenn
By Joan Lowell Smith for NJ.com
The Humane Society of the United States deserves a sizable salute for several significant accomplishments for companion animals in 2009.
Here is a list of the organization’s praise-worthy accomplishments:
• Strides were made to end euthanasia of an average of three million healthy and treatable pets each year.
• HSUS, the Ad Council and Maddie’s Fund initiated Shelter Pet Project, a three-year public service ad campaign urging people to adopt dogs and cats from shelters.
• An ad blitz on the Gulf Coast offering low-cost spaying and neutering resulted in nearly 50,000 surgeries throughout eleven Louisiana and Mississippi counties.
• Spay Day 2009 saw 38,000 sterilizations throughout the U.S.
HSUS coordinated national and local welfare groups and law enforcement officials to rescue more than 10,000 animals in jeopardy, including 200 neglected mustangs in Nebraska and 84 starving horses in Tennessee. In addition, the HSUS Animal Care Centers cared for nearly 16,000 birds, mammals, reptiles and exotic animals needing help.
PUPPY MILL PROGRESS
As the public became more outraged at the puppy mill explosion across the country, many of the atrocious mills masking themselves as reliable breeders have been stifled significantly. Cruelty abounds in these mass-breeding farms where scores of pups are stacked in cages out in the elements. HSUS raided 16 operations last year, rescuing about 3,000 dogs.
Petland customers filed a major class action lawsuit with HSUS assistance, challenging the sale of puppy mill dogs to consumers in 40 states. More than 450 puppy-friendly pet stores pledged they would not sell mill puppies. Ten states also passed laws restricting puppy mill practices.
In Missouri, known as the most prolific puppy mill state with 3,000 mills, HSUS has launched ballot initiatives to crack down severely on mill operations. (Remember, reputable breeders deal directly with the consumer and do not need a middleman.)
STOP THE FIGHTS
HSUS cracked down on dog fighting in the aftermath of the Michael Vick scandal. Fifteen raids in eight states resulted in the rescue of 750 dogs. In a dramatic wide-scale one-day effort by federal officials, 407 dogs were rescued from dog fighting operations in various states. And now HSUS has launched a national animal-fighting tip line: (877) TIP-HSUS offering rewards for info leading to arrests and convictions for anyone involved in dog fighting or other forms of animal fighting. Fifty awards have already been given. HSUS applauded Vick for speaking to at-risk youths in urban communities so that kids can avoid what led to his previous involvement in dog fighting.
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By Terry Maxon for DallasNews.com
Did you know that there is a “massive overpopulation of Chihuahuas in California”? Virgin America tells us so.
We could blame Paris Hilton and other celebrities for making the dogs too popular. Maybe the movie “Legally Blonde.” Maybe not.
But hey, this is a serious matter. There was a lot of stories out last month that nippy, yappy Chihuahuas comprise 30 percent, 40 percent or more of the inhabitants at many California animal shelters. Chihuahuas reportedly make up half the dog population in Oakland’s shelters.
So what can you do if you’ve got a surplus of Chihuahuas? That’s right, you send them to the East Coast, and Virgin America is helping Wednesday by hauling a load of the little dogs from San Francisco east to New York to find them new homes.
Here’s from Virgin America’s press release:
“The San Francisco Animal Care and Control couldn’t be more pleased to partner with our hometown airline -on the Chihuahua airlift today,” said director Rebecca Katz.
“We have a severe overpopulation of Chihuahuas here in California. Virgin America’s offer to fly the these little guys out to the East Coast will help us place them into loving homes that they couldn’t have found here in California,” Katz said.
“We’re pleased to help San Francisco Animal Care and Control fly these little guys out to the East Coast so they can be placed in adoptive homes,” said Ross Bonanno, Virgin America’s vice president of airports and guest services.
“As the only airline headquartered here in San Francisco, we take a great interest in our community – and many of our teammates and guests are dog lovers, so of course, we just had to do this,” Bonnano said.
According to Virgin America, the dogs and humans will get the red carpet treatment, “complete with champagne cocktail ‘Chi-mosas’ and cupcakes for flight guests and doggie treats and toys for the Chihuahuas.”
Little did I know about this crisis. But checking around, I find that there have been doglifts going on for some time.
A private donor has paid to ship 100 California Chihuahuas to the Denver Dumb Friends League in Colorado.
American Airlines worked with actress Katherine Heigl and and Kinder4Rescue in Studio City, Calif., to ship a bunch of Chihuahuas to New Hampshire. There have been other shipments.
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Oscar is a dog without equal. This year, he travelled across an incredible five continents, 29 countries and stopped off everywhere from the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal.
He was rescued from a South African kennel by Joanne Lefson, who is half-British, five years ago. In May the pair began an epic journey hoping to inspire millions to help save his fellow canines living as strays on the streets. After dodging crocodile-infested rivers, walking on the Great Wall of China and escaping Italian police, Oscar finally finished his tour last week.
The £250,000 six-month trip – which Joanne funded by selling her home – also took in an amazing 15,000 shelter dogs and more than 50 charity-run rescue centres. On their worldwide travels, Joanne and Oscar also handed out 15,000 dog leads to needy hounds donated by the parcel company UPS.
Click here to see more incredible photos of Oscar around the world.
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LOS ANGELES — For several years, Jude Stringfellow and her Lab-chow mix have toured the country with a simple message: Faith walks.
Born without front legs to a junkyard dog around Christmas 2002, Faith the puppy was rejected and abused by her mother. She was rescued by Rueben Stringfellow, now an Army E-4 specialist, who had been asked to bury other puppies in the litter.
“Can we fix her? Stringfellow, then 17, asked his mom. “No, but maybe we can help her,” she said.
So Rueben turned Faith over to his mother, English professor Jude Stringfellow. At first the family had to carry Faith to keep her off her chest and chin. But with peanut butter and practice, Faith learned to walk on her two hind legs.
Since that day on March 22, 2002, Faith has done the talk show circuit, gone on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and been named an honorary Army sergeant. Jude Stringfellow has become a motivational speaker, written two books about Faith and is working on a third, “Faith Walks.”
They get more than 200 letters and e-mails a day, run a Web site and make dozens of appearances every year, including stops at veterans’ hospitals across the country to cheer injured soldiers.
That mission is special for Stringfellow, whose son left Iraq in September and is stationed in Alaska. He is scheduled to get out of the Army and head home on Jan. 1.
For many, Faith brings a powerful message about overcoming adversity. “Faith has shown me that different is beautiful, that it is not the body you are in but the soul that you have,” Jill Salomon of Montreal, Canada, wrote on Faith’s Web site.
Stringfellow will never forget a woman from New York who happened to see Faith on a street corner. She was depressed and had lost both legs to diabetes.
“She was in her wheelchair and saw us. She was crying. She had seen Faith on television. She just held her and said she wished she had that kind of courage.”
Stringfellow said. “She told us: ‘I was on my way to pick up the gun.’ She handed the pawn ticket to a police officer and said she didn’t need it anymore.”
That sense of hope is especially important for Faith’s visits to Army bases. Last weekend she headed to Washington state, where she met with as many as 5,000 soldiers at McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis. Some of the soldiers were headed to war, some were coming back.
“She just walks around barking and laughing and excited to see them all,” Jude Stringfellow said. “There is a lot of crying, pointing and surprise. From those who have lost friends or limbs, there can be silence. Some will shake my hand and thank me, some will pat her on the head. There is a lot of quiet, heartfelt, really deep emotion.”
Faith never fails to bring a smile to a soldier’s face, said Patrick Mcghee, general manager at Fort Lewis.
“To see the children interact with Faith is simply priceless,” he said.
But Faith’s most emotional reunion — with Ruben Stringfellow, who rescued her 7 years ago this Christmas — will have to wait for January. He’s already gotten Faith a birthday present: a peanut butter cookie with her name on it.
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By Tyler Treadway For TCPALM.com
PORT ST. LUCIE — Holly’s tale is now wagging internationally.
The year-old pit bull mix that was dragged nearly 2 miles behind a pickup truck Monday morning has a Facebook group page with 325 members thanks to Ginger Sprinkle, a Charlotte, N.C., woman who read about the dog’s plight.
Sprinkle saw a copy of a newspaper story about Holly on Monday, and by 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sprinkle and two friends — identified only by their Facebook names “Willy Wonka” and “Athena Bane” — had set up Holly’s page. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, the page had 325 members worldwide, thanks to Sprinkle’s friends overseas.
“We want to make sure the world knows about Holly and the cases like her,” Sprinkle said Wednesday afternoon.
In November, Sprinkle set up a Facebook page for a dog that had been dragged behind a truck in Knoxville, Tenn. Known as “Little Brown Dog.” Sprinkle said that pooch’s Facebook page has thousands of members and has raised about $13,500 for its treatment.
David Robertson, operations manager for the Humane Society of St. Lucie County, said Wednesday afternoon he had heard about the dog’s Facebook page, but had neither seen it nor spoken to the people who set it up.
Robertson said the Holly Holiday Fund, set up to help defray expenses for the dog’s treatment, totalled about $2,000 in donations as of late Wednesday afternoon. He couldn’t say how much of that could be linked to the Facebook page.
“With the proliferation of Facebook,” Sprinkle said, “when we start groups there for abused animals, it is with three goals in mind: bringing justice to the crime; getting the word out fast and worldwide with Facebook’s instant reach to anywhere; and, of course, to keep people updated on the healing progress of the dog involved in the atrocity at the hands of human behavior.”
Napoleon Zarah Davis, 31, of Port St. Lucie, Holly’s owner, was arrested on a charge of felony animal cruelty.
According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department report, Davis had tied the dog in the back of his pickup truck with a 15-foot leash. The dog jumped out of the truck near Paar Drive and Darien Street and was dragged to the 3200 block of Rosser Boulevard, about 1.9 miles, before a man caught up to Davis and got him to stop the truck, according to police.
Davis later told police he didn’t know the dog had jumped out of the truck bed.
The dog was taken to the Animal Hospital of West Port St. Lucie with severe road rash, particularly on her feet. On Tuesday, Dr. Leonard Fox, a veterinarian, had amputated the dog’s two hind inner toes.
Fox, whose staff named the dog Holly because of the holiday season, said the dog will need extended treatment for road rash burns, but he expects her to fully recover in about six weeks.
HELPING HOLLY
To contribute to the Holly Holiday Fund, call the humane society at (772) 461-0687.
Click Here to visit the Justice For Holly Facebook Fan Page.
Operation Baghdad Pups helps transport dogs that our soldiers have fallen in love in Iraq, back with them to the USA. Many speak about how their dog was the one thing that helped them deal with their stressful life as a soldier in Iraq.
Let’s help them bring that unconditional love back with them. Please donate if you can. It’s a great way to celebrate the Holiday Season.
– Kenn
Petey and Penny were born in 2007 on a base outside Baghdad, Iraq, and quickly bonded with a marine nmaed Dave. Petey and Penny were always together and happy every day. They grew protective of the marines and barked at anyone they didn’t know. The months rolled into years as Petey and Penny protected and played with marines as teams rotated in and out.
Until October 16, 2009 when Petey and Penny slipped off the compound and were shot – no one knows why. Even though Penny was hit with a bullet in the lower portion of her face and was losing blood quickly, she found a way to crawl a mile back to base where medics were able to save her. Petey died from 3 gunshot wounds and Penny still searches for him today.
Dave asked Operation Baghdad Pups to rescue Penny and bring her to his family home in Tucson. He says, “Penny is one tough cookie. It’s a miracle she is alive. She’s done her job very well for years and doesn’t deserve to be left behind.”
Your tax-deductible donation will help us ensure Penny’s rescue in 2010.
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