Monday, June 15, 2009
The hazards of pug ownership
I have to be very careful whenever I'm at my desktop computer. Within minutes of sitting in the chair, I have a "chair stopper" in the form of Winston resting his head on the wheeled arms of the chair. This requires me to be very careful when I decide to move the chair and give him advance notice. This despite the fact that there are two very comfy pug-friendly areas for him to lay on nearby.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Alabama Shelter will close unless they can raise $5k to be matched by an anonymous donor
The message below came from a friend of mine who I know from one of my online pug groups. Please read through it and if you're of a mind to do so, donate. If you'd rather not, or you cannot, please at least keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks.
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"A dear friend of mine is faced with the closing of the shelter she runs. The shelter is in Anniston, AL, and is the Calhoun County Humane Society. On Friday, they are faced with their water being cut off. They have already lost gas service and are having to use cold water for cleaning purposes. On Friday, they will have to euthanize 90 animals and close their doors if help doesn't come quickly. My friend, Angie Persch the director, has already given up her job there so that the vet tech can remain and is doing her work on a volunteer basis now. One of the Birmingham television stations interviewed her last night at 5:00, and bless her, she was even wearing her Alabama Pug Rescue and Adoption, Inc. t-shirt. She could have been wearing the Rockin' "P" Boxer Rescue t-shirt for the Boxer rescue she does in Jacksonville, AL, but she chose to wear her Pug Rescue shirt. (She has a rescue Pug-mix she adopted from APRA in addition to umpteen Boxers she has and works very hard to place.) There are few people I'd put myself "out there" for in asking for monetary assistance, but Angie is one of the most ethical, kind, altruistic people I've known. She's devoted her life to saving animals. She has a anonymous donor willing to help her by matching funds up to $5000.00, but to receive any of this money, she has to raise the initial amounts. This shelter is literally on it's last leg, and the harm that will come to the animals they are not able to save is great. Angie has always tried to place as many animals as possible, not euthanizing unless it's a very last resort, and she's faced with a nightmare in the very near future unless people in this poor area can come up with money to support their shelter. Alabama, like so many places, is suffering the economic bite, and especially in rural areas. If you have $5.00 you can donate, it can become $10.00 with the matching funds. I'm sure you can Google the shelter to read more about it. Most Humane Societies are funded by donations not county funds. And from what I remember, this shelter is the only thing they have in that area to help these animals.
Thanks.
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"A dear friend of mine is faced with the closing of the shelter she runs. The shelter is in Anniston, AL, and is the Calhoun County Humane Society. On Friday, they are faced with their water being cut off. They have already lost gas service and are having to use cold water for cleaning purposes. On Friday, they will have to euthanize 90 animals and close their doors if help doesn't come quickly. My friend, Angie Persch the director, has already given up her job there so that the vet tech can remain and is doing her work on a volunteer basis now. One of the Birmingham television stations interviewed her last night at 5:00, and bless her, she was even wearing her Alabama Pug Rescue and Adoption, Inc. t-shirt. She could have been wearing the Rockin' "P" Boxer Rescue t-shirt for the Boxer rescue she does in Jacksonville, AL, but she chose to wear her Pug Rescue shirt. (She has a rescue Pug-mix she adopted from APRA in addition to umpteen Boxers she has and works very hard to place.) There are few people I'd put myself "out there" for in asking for monetary assistance, but Angie is one of the most ethical, kind, altruistic people I've known. She's devoted her life to saving animals. She has a anonymous donor willing to help her by matching funds up to $5000.00, but to receive any of this money, she has to raise the initial amounts. This shelter is literally on it's last leg, and the harm that will come to the animals they are not able to save is great. Angie has always tried to place as many animals as possible, not euthanizing unless it's a very last resort, and she's faced with a nightmare in the very near future unless people in this poor area can come up with money to support their shelter. Alabama, like so many places, is suffering the economic bite, and especially in rural areas. If you have $5.00 you can donate, it can become $10.00 with the matching funds. I'm sure you can Google the shelter to read more about it. Most Humane Societies are funded by donations not county funds. And from what I remember, this shelter is the only thing they have in that area to help these animals.
If you can help, even just a little, please Paypal a donation to: ashelter@bellsouth. net
Thank you for taking the time to read this...please feel free to forward this letter to anyone you feel can help by donating even a very small amount. Every dollar counts."
Hugs,
MC
Mary Carolyn Stewart
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