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Ground Dog Day in Buffalo

It is the “4th Annual Ground Dog Day Open House” from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M on Saturday, January 30 2010 at the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter .

The celebration will be held at the shelter, 380 N. Oak Street, Buffalo, NY, United States. Details about the shelter can be found on Petfinder.

Doing a Punxsutawney Phil, will be LoveJoy Lulu,  a female Chihuahua and former resident of the Buffalo Animal Shelter.

If you are in the area why not join in – you’ll be able to find out if winter will stick around for another six weeks. You’ll also be able to meet the  shelter volunteers and have the opportunity to meet adorably adoptable dogs and cats.

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The Country Cat Shelter

Carly was rehomed

The Country Cat Shelter (CCS) is a charity in the Beccles area of Suffolk which operates with fosterers rather than having a central sanctuary. They have on average 60/70 cats and kittens that need re-homing with around 200 being found new homes each year.

All cats/kittens are either vaccinated prior to re-homing or a discounted vaccination is arranged and some assistance is given to cat owners in need, either financial or in food.

For £5.00 you can subscribe to the charity Newsletter and for as little as £10.00 you can sponsor a cat. Sponsors are needed particularly for cats who would be difficult to rehome, like Simba who was a feral kitten, perfectly happy with other cats and his brothers and sister at his foster home, but he won’t come near people.

The success stories are heart-warming, poor baby Whiskas who had to have a leg amputated but is now living happily in a safe and secure environment, so many cats now safe in foster homes and many more with their new forever families.

The Country Cat Shelter Objectives:

• The provision of a sanctuary for the care and protection of cats and kittens. Also the placing of unwanted cats and kittens with new owners.
• The assistance of people who are in necessitous circumstances in the care of their pets including neutering, spaying and including visits to the vets by grants towards the charges.
• The giving of advice and information in the care of cats and kittens.
• The welfare of the cats and or kittens remains our primary consideration at all times.
• No cat or kittens are ever put to sleep unless to ease suffering and only then on the advice of a vet.

http://www.countrycats.org.uk/

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Focus on Animal Charities and Rehoming

John at Beirut

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated ~ Ghandi

I keep hearing about charities from around the world being inundated with more animals than they can really deal with, they are getting desperate to find new homes for them.

There are soaring numbers of cats being left at charitable establishments. In the UK the RSPCA blames this partly on the rise in people failing to get their cats neutered, leading to a growing number of unwanted kittens.
 
But there have also been increasing numbers of older abandoned animals; often the recession is being cited as the reason by people giving up their pets. And while there may be extenuating circumstances; I know that I would have to be at my wit’s end if I had to give up my cats, they are family.
 
There are hundreds of charities around the world advertising animals that need adopting. If you are not in a position to adopt any yourself, please consider giving time or money to your local animal charities – times are hard.
 
Here are just a small selection of websites with cats and other animals seeking adoption:

USA
The ASPCA http://www.aspca.org/aspca-nyc/adoptable-cats/
Petfinder http://www.petfinder.com/

Canada
Adopt an Animal http://www.adoptananimal.ca

UK
RSPCA Rehoming www.rspca.org.uk/rehoming
Cat Chat http://www.catchat.org/
Get Set Pet http://getsetpet.co.uk/blog/homeless-pet-adoption/cat-rescue-by-breed/

Malta
Gozo SPCA http://www.spca-gozo.org/spca/spcadecgallery/index.htm

Australia
Australian Animal Protection Society http://www.aaps.org.au/
Pet Rescue http://www.petrescue.com.au

India
Visakha Society for Protection and Care of Animals http://www.vspca.org/

Beirut
Animals @ Beirut.com http://animals.beirut.com/Adoption.php

If any animal charities want to be featured or have a forthcoming charity event please let me know using the CONTACT form.

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Happy Landings Charity Event

The Happy Landings Animal Rescue Centre in Somerset UK is holding a charity event on Sunday, September 13, 2009.

Happy Landings

There will be a PET PHOTO competition

• Class 1 – Prettiest markings
• Class 2 – Most appealing face
• Class 3 – Funniest photo
• Class 4 – Most contented life
• Class 5 – Best action shot

The main event will be the FUN DOG SHOW

• CLASS 1: Waggiest tail
• CLASS 2: Best rescue dog or bitch
• CLASS 3: Prettiest bitch
• CLASS 4: Most handsome dog
• CLASS 5: Best veteran dog or bitch (10 years plus)
• CLASS 6: Dog most like its owner
• CLASS 7: Most oddly matched dog & owner
• CLASS 8: Junior handler – entrants aged 7 to 13 years
• CLASS 9: Best condition dog or bitch
• CLASS 10: Posiest pair – fancy dress or best show-offs!
• CLASS 11: Most impressive party trick
• CLASS 12: Quickest lamp post christening!
• CLASS 13: Best in Show

Proceeds of the event will go towards providing care and shelter and veterinary attention for stray, abandoned, neglected, ill-treated, suffering or unwanted horses, ponies, goats, pigs, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals of all kinds which come into the custody of the charity and endeavouring to find suitable homes for such animals wherever practical.

Location: Happy Landings, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 11am to 4pm

http://www.happy-landings.org.uk

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The Dog Who Thinks He’s A Cat

Chippy Jack Russell

Chippy the Jack Russell is treated as an honorary cat after spending his entire life around cats; but now the Cats Protection League in Stroud, Gloucestershire in the UK is seeking a home for him.

Chippy was taken into the charity at the same time as several cats were brought in from the same household.

Liz Dart, who is fostering Chippy, said: “At first we were told he was 19, blind and deaf but that wasn’t the case. We couldn’t leave Chippy behind because he had lived with cats all his life. I suppose, having always lived among them he just doesn’t know any different. He never learned how to be a dog

“He goes to bed with Annie, one of the other cats, as they are very close and ideally we would home them together. She’s very protective of him. He didn’t really bark and still uses a litter tray now. He has chewed up a toy mouse – whether he was responding to cat nip on it, I don’t know. He eats dog food now – goodness knows what he ate before.”

It is now thought that Chippy is around 14 years old. Although he doesn’t mind children Miss Dart thinks a quieter home would be better suited for this old, gentle dog.

If you’re in the Gloucestershire area and you want a dog that gets on with cats, Chippy could be the dog for you. And if you could make room for his best friend Annie you could make an old dog very happy.

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