No More Homeless Pets
Weekly News

June 12, 2004
From super adoptions to revolutionary changes in animal control, each week we bring you news of successes large and small in the campaign to bring about a time when there will be No More Homeless Pets.

• Mobile spay/neuter in Washington, D.C.
• Spay/neuter clinic wins support in Charlotte, North Carolina

Adoption News

• Midnight Muttness finds homes for 156 in Tucson
• 4,000 attend adoption event in Virginia
• Ohio prisons gladly go to the dogs

Feral Cat News

• National Feral Cat Day action packs available
• Fixing feral cats and dogs on the Galapagos Islands

Fabulous Fundraisers

• 152-year-old dog promotes No More Homeless Pets
• Injured pup digs up cash in Pennsylvania

Community Campaigns

• Ithaca's "green" animal shelter opens
• Felony cruelty law passed in Tennessee

International News

• 1,000 stray dogs to be sterilized in India district each month
• Spay/neuter clinic in Rocky Point, Mexico

SPAY/NEUTER NEWS

Washington, D.C. - Capital Animal Care hosted its first spay/neuter clinic on their Capital Area Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic. The group aims to provide free and low-cost spay/neuter for pets of low-income residents in the D.C. metropolitan area.

Charlotte, North Carolina - The Charlotte City Council supported a proposal by the Humane Society of Charlotte to develop a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for the community. Find the article on the News 14 Charlotte website.

ADOPTION NEWS

Tucson, Arizona - Pima Animal Care Center's Midnight Muttness found new homes for 156 dogs and cats. Read the article in the Tucson Citizen.

Vienna, Virginia - In spite of clouds and rain, more than 4,000 people attended the GoodDogz.org Healthy Hound Dog Walk and Adoption event. More than 80 dogs and 13 rescue organizations were showcased.

New York, New York - A few lucky dogs awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of New York will be looking smart for their prospective new parents as a result of an ongoing training program. Tomy Maugeri Dog Salons will be conducting professional workshops for their staff while providing free grooming for homeless animals. Find the story at eMediaWire.com.

Ohio - The Tender Loving Care program pairs homeless dogs with inmates to help prepare the dogs for adoption. The program now operates in 30 of Ohio's 33 prisons. Prison officials report that the program has significantly reduced jailhouse violence. See the story in the Washington Post.

Tucson, Arizona - The Humane Society of Southern Arizona is offering an adoption special for adopting an adult cat or any pair of cats. Read the story on the Fox 11AZ website or the Arizona Daily Star.

Miami, Florida - The Humane Society of Greater Miami is trying to help more cats and kittens find good homes by allowing people to adopt a pair of kittens or cats for the usual adoption fee for one. Read the article in the Miami Herald.

Akron, Ohio - Friends of Pets found a home for two cats whose person, a U.S. Marine, was killed by a car bomb in Iraq. Now they're living in a home where adoption is a habit for both children and pets. Read the story in the Akron Beacon Journal.

FERAL CAT NEWS

Galapagos Islands - Volunteers from AzCATs went to the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, to help spay/neuter cats and dogs on one of the islands. Read more about the project on the Animal Balance website. Photos from the AzCATs Galapagos trip.

National Feral Cat Day is set for October 16 this year and the Action Pack - full of ideas for local events - is now available from Alley Cat Allies. For more information, visit their website or e-mail alleycat@alleycat.org.

FABULOUS FUNDRAISERS

Allentown, Pennsylvania - Scooby may be the size of a softball, but he's helped raise a pile of money. The seven-week-old pup with a broken leg inspired donations in excess of $20,000 to the Lehigh County Humane Society to pay for his veterinary care. The additional money will go into a fund called "Scooby Two" to help other injured animals. See the article in the Morning Call.

Jack, a stray dog rescued by Wells Fargo Special Agent John Q. Jackson back in 1852, has been memorialized as the representative for Wells Fargo Home Mortgages national program to help support Best Friends Animal Society's goal of No More Homeless Pets. The Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Sharing Advantage Program® will donate $300 for each home loan transaction originated and closed through Wells Fargo national representative Len Armer. For more information, call toll-free (866) 518-9346 or e-mail len.armer@wellsfargo.com.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin - Students at Madison Elementary School raised $900 for the Humane Society of Portage County through a penny challenge and aluminum can drive. Read the story in the Stevens Point Journal.

Rockland, Maine - As part of the Summer Solstice Festival, Amie Hutchison will be displaying her considerable hula-hooping skills as a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Knox County. Find the story in the Rockland Village Soup Community Online.

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS

Ithaca, New York - After three years of planning and more than $3 million in community donations, Tompkins County SPCA's environmentally sensitive Dorothy Park Pet Adoption Center is finally a reality. See the story on the News 10 Now.

Tennessee - The General Patton/Gizmo bill (named for abused animals) has passed, making animal cruelty a felony in the state of Tennessee. Read the story on the WMC-TV website.

Texas - The colorful Kinky Friedman of Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, who also writes offbeat country songs and pens mysteries, now wants to be governor of Texas. Kinky's slogan for the 2006 campaign: "How Hard Can It Be?" Friedman's platform includes outlawing cat declawing and making Texas a no-kill state. Listen to the news item on the National Public Radio website.

State College, Pennsylvania - This Fourth of July, Tammy Sneath Grimes, founder of Dogs Deserve Better, will chain herself to a doghouse for 33 hours to raise awareness of the plight of chained and penned dogs. It's part of the annual Chain Off event.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Ludhiana District, India - The district administration has decided to sterilize 1,000 stray dogs every month to control their population. Find the article in the Times of India.

Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Sonora, Mexico - Veterinarian Kit Hoffman from the Arizona Animal Welfare League in Phoenix and her assistant Debbie Dicko lent a hand at a spay/neuter clinic at The Rocky Point Animal Adoption Center.

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - The Caribbean Animal Welfare Conference drew 100 attendees from 12 islands who represented animal welfare groups, social service agencies, and police departments. See the article on the Pegasus Foundation website.