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			<title>Chained to a doghouse on the capital steps to help chained dogs</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:11:49 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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&lt;p&gt;Thayne has pledged to spend Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. for the foreseeable future chained to a doghouse in front of the Capitol, fasting for those dogs who go without food and water on a daily basis, and advocating for the legislature to finally pass a bill giving these dogs some relief.&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thayne has pledged to spend Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. for the foreseeable future chained to a doghouse in front of the Capitol, fasting for those dogs who go without food and water on a daily basis, and advocating for the legislature to finally pass a bill giving these dogs some relief.</p>

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<p>On twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/tamirathayne">http://twitter.com/tamirathayne</a></p>

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			<title>PA residents help chained dogs!</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:13:18 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;From Dogs Deserve Better newsletter:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Remember Gypsy Camp Hollow Rd. in Tyrone, PA, where Thayne was charged with Trespassing for helping Chained Dogs?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The property owners are collecting dogs again. The CPHS Humane Officer, instead of taking Thayne's evidence of abuse (no house or anyone living on property, a dog with a protruding uterus, a dog with a huge tumor on his face, and all full of worms) and charging the real criminals, he had her charged with trespassing, warned the abusers he was coming back in two days, let them take dogs out, and refused to allow any other org to pull the dogs from the humane society that were given up. As a result, the abusers felt they were in the right, put up a wooden privacy fence, and have started collecting and chaining dogs on the property again. Above is a picture taken with a zoom lens of what appears to be a pit mix chained at the property. We believe they already have at least 3 dogs chained on the property. This behavior by our law enforcement, who is tasked with protecting the animals, must stop! If you live in Pennsylvania, please join our coalition to limit chaining and pass the newly releases SB1435 at UnchainPADogs.com. Also, now's the time to contact your local Senator and insist that he/she support the bill!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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<p>Remember Gypsy Camp Hollow Rd. in Tyrone, PA, where Thayne was charged with Trespassing for helping Chained Dogs?</p>

<p>The property owners are collecting dogs again. The CPHS Humane Officer, instead of taking Thayne's evidence of abuse (no house or anyone living on property, a dog with a protruding uterus, a dog with a huge tumor on his face, and all full of worms) and charging the real criminals, he had her charged with trespassing, warned the abusers he was coming back in two days, let them take dogs out, and refused to allow any other org to pull the dogs from the humane society that were given up. As a result, the abusers felt they were in the right, put up a wooden privacy fence, and have started collecting and chaining dogs on the property again. Above is a picture taken with a zoom lens of what appears to be a pit mix chained at the property. We believe they already have at least 3 dogs chained on the property. This behavior by our law enforcement, who is tasked with protecting the animals, must stop! If you live in Pennsylvania, please join our coalition to limit chaining and pass the newly releases SB1435 at UnchainPADogs.com. Also, now's the time to contact your local Senator and insist that he/she support the bill!</p><div class="item_footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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			<title>Top 10 Summer Safety Tips for Pets</title>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=125&quot;&gt;http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=125&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;by Dr. Jean Hofve, DVM&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most of us are out and about much more in the summer, including many of our pets! But summer comes with its own set of potential problems. Common sense and preventive measures can prevent illness and injuries for our pets. Here are our Top 10 tips for a safe and happy summer:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1. Prevent Parasites. Fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other parasites are a year-round problem where warm weather is the norm, but in summer they&amp;#8217;re practically everywhere. Not only are these pests a nuisance to your dog or cat, but they can carry tapeworms, heartworms, and diseases such as Lyme, Bartonella (often called cat-scratch disease, although dogs actually carry more species of this nasty bacteria than cats), West Nile Virus, leptospirosis, and even bubonic plague. Keeping your pet parasite-free requires a broad approach and vigilance on your part, with a little help from effective preventives. (See our comprehensive article on fleas here. Many natural products are available; talk to your vet about what's needed for your area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2. Stay Cool! Pets can succumb to heatstroke, so be sure that whenever your pet is outdoors, he always has a shelter from the sun, and plenty of fresh water. Add ice cubes or blocks to the water to keep it cool longer. If it&amp;#8217;s extremely hot and humid in your area, consider a cooling vest for your dog. Don&amp;#8217;t jog or bike with your dog in hot mid-day temperatures; stick to morning and evening. This is especially important for short-nosed (brachycephalic) dogs (Pekes, Pugs, Bulldogs, etc.) or those with double-thick coats or long hair (huskies, shepherds, collies, some terriers and retrievers).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3. Leave Rover at Home. You&amp;#8217;ve heard it before, but we&amp;#8217;ll say it again: never leave your dog in a car if the weather is warm, and certainly not if it&amp;#8217;s hot! Cracking the windows makes no difference in the temperature gain. It doesn&amp;#8217;t take high temperatures for it to be dangerous. A car parked in the shade can reach dangerous temperatures on a hot day; and if it&amp;#8217;s in the sun, the temperature can rapidly rise up to 160&amp;#176;F. Experiments showed that even at a mild 72&amp;#176;F, the inside of a car reached 116&amp;#176;F in an hour, plenty hot to kill a dog. One dog died after being locked in a parked car on a sunny, 67&amp;#176;F day, even though the car windows were cracked. If you&amp;#8217;re out running errands, the safest place for your dog is at home.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dogs can&amp;#8217;t sweat&amp;#8212;they control their body temperature by panting. If the air in the car is near or above the dog&amp;#8217;s body temperature (about 100&amp;#176;F), the dog will be unable to cool itself, and its body temperature can quickly rise to fatal levels (over 107&amp;#176;F). Heatstroke symptoms in dogs include: heavy panting, salivation, disorientation, agitation, rapid heart beat, lethargy, vomiting, seizures, coma and death.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you see a dog left alone in a car under dangerous conditions, note the car's location, color, model, make, and license plate number, and contact local humane authorities or police, who usually have authority to break in to save the animal. If you can make a good guess as to which store the driver might be in, ask the store manager to page them. If the animal shows symptoms of heatstroke, immediately take these steps to lower its body temperature in a controlled manner:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;* Move the animal into the shade or an air-conditioned area. * Apply ice packs or cold towels to the head, neck, and chest; or immerse her in cool (but not cold) water. * Allow small amounts of cool water or let the dog lick some ice cubes. * Get to a veterinarian as soon as possible. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read the rest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=125&amp;amp;Keywords=safety&amp;amp;click=73798&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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<p>Most of us are out and about much more in the summer, including many of our pets! But summer comes with its own set of potential problems. Common sense and preventive measures can prevent illness and injuries for our pets. Here are our Top 10 tips for a safe and happy summer:</p>

<p>1. Prevent Parasites. Fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and other parasites are a year-round problem where warm weather is the norm, but in summer they&#8217;re practically everywhere. Not only are these pests a nuisance to your dog or cat, but they can carry tapeworms, heartworms, and diseases such as Lyme, Bartonella (often called cat-scratch disease, although dogs actually carry more species of this nasty bacteria than cats), West Nile Virus, leptospirosis, and even bubonic plague. Keeping your pet parasite-free requires a broad approach and vigilance on your part, with a little help from effective preventives. (See our comprehensive article on fleas here. Many natural products are available; talk to your vet about what's needed for your area.</p>

<p>2. Stay Cool! Pets can succumb to heatstroke, so be sure that whenever your pet is outdoors, he always has a shelter from the sun, and plenty of fresh water. Add ice cubes or blocks to the water to keep it cool longer. If it&#8217;s extremely hot and humid in your area, consider a cooling vest for your dog. Don&#8217;t jog or bike with your dog in hot mid-day temperatures; stick to morning and evening. This is especially important for short-nosed (brachycephalic) dogs (Pekes, Pugs, Bulldogs, etc.) or those with double-thick coats or long hair (huskies, shepherds, collies, some terriers and retrievers).</p>

<p>3. Leave Rover at Home. You&#8217;ve heard it before, but we&#8217;ll say it again: never leave your dog in a car if the weather is warm, and certainly not if it&#8217;s hot! Cracking the windows makes no difference in the temperature gain. It doesn&#8217;t take high temperatures for it to be dangerous. A car parked in the shade can reach dangerous temperatures on a hot day; and if it&#8217;s in the sun, the temperature can rapidly rise up to 160&#176;F. Experiments showed that even at a mild 72&#176;F, the inside of a car reached 116&#176;F in an hour, plenty hot to kill a dog. One dog died after being locked in a parked car on a sunny, 67&#176;F day, even though the car windows were cracked. If you&#8217;re out running errands, the safest place for your dog is at home.</p>

<p>Dogs can&#8217;t sweat&#8212;they control their body temperature by panting. If the air in the car is near or above the dog&#8217;s body temperature (about 100&#176;F), the dog will be unable to cool itself, and its body temperature can quickly rise to fatal levels (over 107&#176;F). Heatstroke symptoms in dogs include: heavy panting, salivation, disorientation, agitation, rapid heart beat, lethargy, vomiting, seizures, coma and death.</p>

<p>If you see a dog left alone in a car under dangerous conditions, note the car's location, color, model, make, and license plate number, and contact local humane authorities or police, who usually have authority to break in to save the animal. If you can make a good guess as to which store the driver might be in, ask the store manager to page them. If the animal shows symptoms of heatstroke, immediately take these steps to lower its body temperature in a controlled manner:</p>

<p>* Move the animal into the shade or an air-conditioned area. * Apply ice packs or cold towels to the head, neck, and chest; or immerse her in cool (but not cold) water. * Allow small amounts of cool water or let the dog lick some ice cubes. * Get to a veterinarian as soon as possible. </p>

<p>Read the rest <a href="http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=125&amp;Keywords=safety&amp;click=73798">Here</a></p><div class="item_footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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			<title>USA: Support the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act!</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:05:37 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA..&quot;&gt;http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA..&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the ASPCA Advocacy Alerts:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dear Animal Advocates,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;U.S. Representatives Diane Watson and Elton Gallegly have introduced the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (H.R. 4733), an ASPCA-supported bill that would require the federal government to purchase animal products only from entities that do not keep animals cruelly confined in gestation crates, veal crates or battery cages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Factory farms in this country commonly house animals in cruel confinement systems. Veal calves are chained in small crates without enough room to turn around; sows are confined in gestation crates only a few inches wider and longer than the sows themselves; and egg-laying hens are jammed into tiny &amp;#8220;battery&amp;#8221; cages with less space, per bird, than the size of a regular 8.5&amp;#8243;&amp;#215;11&amp;#8243; sheet of paper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether or not it intends to, the federal government supports these cruel practices by spending over $1 billion per year on meat and eggs from animals who are raised in overcrowded cages and cramped crates. (This food is distributed to our military, federal prisons, school lunch programs, and many other government programs and services.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since almost all major packers and distributors do business with the federal government, passage of the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act would have a significant impact. It would dramatically improve living conditions for countless farm animals across America, and would put an end to the federal government&amp;#8217;s economic support of this form of cruelty.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What You Can Do&lt;br /&gt;
Your U.S. representative needs to hear that this bill is important to you as a voter. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to email your representative and urge him or her to support the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA&quot;&gt;http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA&lt;/a&gt;..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking action for animals!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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<p>Dear Animal Advocates,</p>

<p>U.S. Representatives Diane Watson and Elton Gallegly have introduced the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (H.R. 4733), an ASPCA-supported bill that would require the federal government to purchase animal products only from entities that do not keep animals cruelly confined in gestation crates, veal crates or battery cages.</p>

<p>Factory farms in this country commonly house animals in cruel confinement systems. Veal calves are chained in small crates without enough room to turn around; sows are confined in gestation crates only a few inches wider and longer than the sows themselves; and egg-laying hens are jammed into tiny &#8220;battery&#8221; cages with less space, per bird, than the size of a regular 8.5&#8243;&#215;11&#8243; sheet of paper.</p>

<p>Whether or not it intends to, the federal government supports these cruel practices by spending over $1 billion per year on meat and eggs from animals who are raised in overcrowded cages and cramped crates. (This food is distributed to our military, federal prisons, school lunch programs, and many other government programs and services.)</p>

<p>Since almost all major packers and distributors do business with the federal government, passage of the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act would have a significant impact. It would dramatically improve living conditions for countless farm animals across America, and would put an end to the federal government&#8217;s economic support of this form of cruelty.</p>

<p>What You Can Do<br />
Your U.S. representative needs to hear that this bill is important to you as a voter. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to email your representative and urge him or her to support the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act.<br />
<a href="http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA">http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=BsWIglw1W-_E3mx2t0-SIA</a>..</p>

<p>Thank you for taking action for animals!</p><div class="item_footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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			<title>TAFA 2010 in DC!</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:03:19 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;div class=&quot;image_block&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://banpuppymills.org/b2blog/media/BPM/tafa2010.PNG&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://banpuppymills.org/b2blog/media/BPM/tafa2010.PNG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;333&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#8217;re in D.C. this year. For real.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Registration is open for The Humane Society of the United States' Taking Action for Animals (TAFA) conference in downtown Washington, D.C.! Please join us July 23-26 for the premier conference of the animal advocacy movement.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's going to be a great conference, with the best and brightest experts and advocates participating this year. Read more about the conference, then take advantage of early registration rates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P.S. We will also be hosting our first TAFA Student Summit! For just $25, students grade 7 through college are invited to attend a very special day-long session. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/tafa/&quot;&gt;Click here to learn more.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;item_footer&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--
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<p>We&#8217;re in D.C. this year. For real.</p>

<p>Registration is open for The Humane Society of the United States' Taking Action for Animals (TAFA) conference in downtown Washington, D.C.! Please join us July 23-26 for the premier conference of the animal advocacy movement.</p>

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			<title>Sad Truth</title>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;A friend sent me a link to this posting on craigslist. I reposted it on Craiglist and within 24 hours it was flagged and removed. I don't really understand why people are opposed to this being out there. Please consider reposting this to your city on Craigslist, Facebook, Twitter etc&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My shelter dog, Sissy and I thank you :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; src=&quot;http://banpuppymills.org/b2blog/media/BPM/2010SissyCouch.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think our society needs a huge &quot;Wake-up&quot; call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, all of you people who have ever surrendered a pet to a shelter or humane society should be made to work in the &quot;back&quot; of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would stop flagging the ads on craigslist and help these animals find homes. That puppy you just bought will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. Just so you know there's a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it&amp;#8217;s dumped at? Purebred or not! About 25% of all of the dogs that are &quot;owner surrenders&quot; or &quot;strays&quot;, that come into a shelter are purebred dogs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The most common excuses: &quot;We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat).&quot; Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say &quot;The dog got bigger than we thought it would&quot;. How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? &quot;We don't have time for her&quot;. Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! &quot;She's tearing up our yard&quot;. How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me &quot;We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odds are your pet won't get adopted &amp;amp; how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the &quot;Bully&quot; breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because the shelter gets paid a fee to euthanize each animal and making money is better than spending money to take this animal to the vet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being &quot;put-down&quot;. First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to &quot;The Room&quot;, every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 shelter workers depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a shelter worker who we call a euthanasia tech (not a vet) find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the &quot;pink stuff&quot;. Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just &quot;go to sleep&quot;, sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. You see shelters are trying to make money to pay employee pay checks and don&amp;#8217;t forget the board of directors needs to be paid too, so we don&amp;#8217;t spend our funds to tranquilize the animal before injecting them with the lethal drug, we just put the burning lethal drug in the vein and let them suffer until dead. If it were not a &amp;#8220;making money issue&amp;#8221; and we had to have a licensed vet do this procedure, the animal would be sedated or tranquilized and then euthanized, but to do this procedure correctly would cost more money so we do not follow what is right for the animal, we just follow what is the fastest way we can make a dollar. Shelters do not have to have a vet perform their euthanasia&amp;#8217;s so even if it takes our employee 50 pokes with a needle and 3 hours to get the vein that is what we do. Making money is the issue here not loosing money.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? Or used for the schools to dissect and experiment on? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope that those of you who still have a beating heart and have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head, I deal with this everyday. I hate my job, I hate that it exists &amp;amp; I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and start educating the public. Do research, do your homework, and know exactly what you are getting into before getting a pet. These shelters and humane societies exist because people just do not care about animals anymore. Animals were not intended to be disposable but somehow that is what they are these days. Animal shelters are an easy way out when you get tired of your dog (or cat), and breeders are the ones blamed for this. Animal shelters and rescue organizations are making a hefty profit by keeping this misconception going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about taking their dog to a shelter, a humane society, or buying a dog. For those of you that care--- please repost this to at least one other craiglist in another city/state. Let's see if we can get this all around the US and have an impact.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend sent me a link to this posting on craigslist. I reposted it on Craiglist and within 24 hours it was flagged and removed. I don't really understand why people are opposed to this being out there. Please consider reposting this to your city on Craigslist, Facebook, Twitter etc</p>

<p>My shelter dog, Sissy and I thank you :)</p>

<p><img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" src="http://banpuppymills.org/b2blog/media/BPM/2010SissyCouch.jpg" alt="" title="" width="200" height="201" /> </p>

<p><em>I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, all of you people who have ever surrendered a pet to a shelter or humane society should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would stop flagging the ads on craigslist and help these animals find homes. That puppy you just bought will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. Just so you know there's a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it&#8217;s dumped at? Purebred or not! About 25% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into a shelter are purebred dogs.<br />
<br />
The most common excuses: "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog".<br />
<br />
Odds are your pet won't get adopted &amp; how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are.<br />
<br />
If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because the shelter gets paid a fee to euthanize each animal and making money is better than spending money to take this animal to the vet.<br />
<br />
Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 shelter workers depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a shelter worker who we call a euthanasia tech (not a vet) find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. You see shelters are trying to make money to pay employee pay checks and don&#8217;t forget the board of directors needs to be paid too, so we don&#8217;t spend our funds to tranquilize the animal before injecting them with the lethal drug, we just put the burning lethal drug in the vein and let them suffer until dead. If it were not a &#8220;making money issue&#8221; and we had to have a licensed vet do this procedure, the animal would be sedated or tranquilized and then euthanized, but to do this procedure correctly would cost more money so we do not follow what is right for the animal, we just follow what is the fastest way we can make a dollar. Shelters do not have to have a vet perform their euthanasia&#8217;s so even if it takes our employee 50 pokes with a needle and 3 hours to get the vein that is what we do. Making money is the issue here not loosing money.<br />
<br />
When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? Or used for the schools to dissect and experiment on? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right!<br />
<br />
I hope that those of you who still have a beating heart and have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head, I deal with this everyday. I hate my job, I hate that it exists &amp; I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and start educating the public. Do research, do your homework, and know exactly what you are getting into before getting a pet. These shelters and humane societies exist because people just do not care about animals anymore. Animals were not intended to be disposable but somehow that is what they are these days. Animal shelters are an easy way out when you get tired of your dog (or cat), and breeders are the ones blamed for this. Animal shelters and rescue organizations are making a hefty profit by keeping this misconception going.<br />
<br />
Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about taking their dog to a shelter, a humane society, or buying a dog. For those of you that care--- please repost this to at least one other craiglist in another city/state. Let's see if we can get this all around the US and have an impact.<br />
<br />
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			<title>Cynthia playing with a toy tractor</title>
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			<title>BARK Paws on Parade Festival</title>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 5, 2010 - 10am-3pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Melvin Price Memorial Park&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1500 Caseyville Avenue&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Swansea, IL  62226&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:barkemail@yahoogroups.com&quot;&gt;barkemail@yahoogroups.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pawfestival.com&quot;&gt;www.pawfestival.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Melvin Price Memorial Park</p>

<p>1500 Caseyville Avenue</p>

<p>Swansea, IL  62226</p>

<p>Email: <a href="http://banpuppymills.orgmailto:barkemail@yahoogroups.com">barkemail@yahoogroups.com</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.pawfestival.com">www.pawfestival.com</a></p>

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