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The Less Adoptable Pets Need You

Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week 2012

September 17-23 is dedicated to all “less adoptable” pets on petfinder.com

A survey made by PetFinder shows that these pets stay in a shelter nearly four times longer than all other pets, before they find a forever home. Sometimes more than two years!

What makes them unwelcome?

Color – because of color superstitious or other beliefs, people don’t like the color Black. If you visited the shelter on any day, you may see that the numbers of Black dogs and cats is incomparable to other colors. From my experience Black cats are cute, funny, loving, purring and playing just like any other White or Orange cat. Oh, and Black dogs, well they are loving and loyal and sweet and clever like any Brown dog. Believe me, I know and i miss my Black FIGARO so much.

Age – older and senior pets have very hard time finding a home. According to PetFinder older and senior pets are 24%
I fostered a senior cat 12 years young.  After a short time we decided that we are keeping him. He is the most adorable and loving cat. He plays like he is less than One year, he is very relaxed and he is just a sweet furball. In addition for loving and enjoying my cats i feel so good for having the opportunity to give a senior pet a chance to have a loving home.

I adopted both my dogs from the shelter. Libby was 2 years old and Tong 6 years. Libby was on a death list. Tong – they didn’t even check his health. He was so depressed lying in the corner of the cage. In addition there was a list of bad qualities his owner listed as a reason for leaving him in the shelter which NONE is true.

Behavioral needs – pet with hard history – 16%

Breed prejudice – like Pit Bull Terriers – 14%

Fearful or shy pets – most of that pets came from an abusive home or a puppy mill – 13%

Medical needs – blind, deaf, FIV positive – 12%

Pets that need to be the only pet at home – 12%

To learn more about pit bulls, older pets and pets with health issues and to find a “less adoptable” pet to adopt please go the the PetFinder site here

Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week 2012

National Dog Day – Make A Different This Year

August 26 is the national dog day this year.  Most pet owners do not need a reminder in order to give Fido attention and love. In case you need some ideas:

Give him a new treat or his favorite one.

Take him to the dog park for longer play time

Why not trying a new interactive dog toy.  Those toys are beneficial in many ways, and are great for spending fun time together.

Rub his tummy and show him your love.

Invite another dog parent for a plat day in your backyard.

Take him for a long walk in the park or trail.

While you are showing your love to your pooch, remember that there are numerous dogs and cats in the shelter that crave for love and a forever home. Animals that may not be lucky as your pet. Animals that all they want is to give love to someone who cares for them.

Dog In A Shelter
Dog In A Shelter

You can donate to your favorite shelter, you can volunteer, you can adopt another one.  Or, you can just spread the word  and tell the people who are looking to have a new pet, that by adopting from a shelter and not from a breeder or store, they’ll have a forever loyal, loving and grateful friend that they saved from an ugly destiny.

 

 

 

 

 

Stop The Killing Of Calderon dolphins In Denmark – Your Voice Needed

Please keep list going around the world…. forward and add your name to the bottom of the list before you send it on!


Sign and send on, this is serious.

Denmark is involved in a shameful practice.

The sea is stained in red and currently it’s not because of the climate effects of nature.

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It’s because of the cruelty that the human beings (civilised human) kill hundreds of the famous and intelligent Calderon dolphins.

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This happens every year in Feroe Island in Denmark .  In this slaughter the main participants are young teens.

WHY?

A celebration,  to show that they are adults and mature!

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In this big celebration, nothing is missing for the fun. Everyone is participating in one way or the other, killing or looking at the cruelty “supporting like a spectator”

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Is it necessary to mention that the dolphin calderon, like all the other species of dolphins, it’s near extinction and they get near men to play and interact.  In a way of PURE friendship
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They don’t die instantly; they are cut 1, 2 or 3 times with thick hooks. And at that time the dolphins produce a grim cry like that of a new born child.

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But he suffers and there’s no compassion while this magnificent creature slowly dies in its own blood
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Its enough!

We will send this mail until this email arrives in any association defending the animals, we won’t only read. That would make us accomplices, viewers.

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Take care of the world, it is your home!

Assine contra essa crueldade:
Sign Against this cruelty:

1.- Ana kARINA Rivas  (m) Mexico DF
2..- Carlos Enrique Bulle-Goyri. DF
3.- Alejandra Nabarro ( Mexico Cuernavaca )
4.- Esteban criz mejia. Mexico DF
5.-ANDREA GONZALEZ ALVAREZ ( MEXICO )
6.-González Alvarez Victor Rodrigo
7.-Ines Garcia Perez (México)
8.-Stella Morales (México)
9.-lgarcia (México)
10.-Leticia Cuéllar (México)
11.-Salma Urbina Aguilar (Quintana Roo, México)
12.-DIANA LUCELLY POOT PUC (quintana roo, mexico )
13.-Josue Acero Gonzalez ( Quintana Roo , Mexico )
14.-Micaela Medina ( Argentina )
15.-sofia bidondo( Argentina )
16.- Ma. Marta Soruco ( Argentina )
17.- Cyntia Mariela Roitman ( Argentina )
18.-Aldana Martínez ( Argentina )
19.- Adriana Salomon ( Argentina )
20.-fernando valussi( argentina )
21.-MARIANELA SANCHEZ( ARGENTINA )
22.- Leyes Alberto Fabian ( Argentina ).-
23.- Augusto Patricio Mateos ( Argentina – Chaco )
24.- Maria Alejandra Bury ( Argentina – Chaco )
25.- Claudio Alexis Agnesio ( Argentina – Chaco )
26.- Cesar Abel Falcon(Argentina-Chaco)
27-MARIANA GOMEZ MARTINEZ
28-SILVIA CLAUDIA GIMENEZ
29-NELIDA BEATRIZ MARTINEZ
30-MARIA ESTHER URSU
31- NATHIA JUDKEVICH ( Argentina )
32-MARINA JUDKEVICH  ( Argentina )
33-MARIANA JUDKEVICH (Aregentina)
34- Bogado Espinoza, Lorena Abi ( Argentina )
35- Ortiz, Natalia Muriel ( Argentina )
36- Marcelo Rodrigues de Rezende (Sorocaba-Brasil)
37- Thais Chenchi Santana (Sorocaba-Brasil)
38- Lilian Yoshie Kato ( Sorocaba – Brasil)
39 – DIOGO CRISTO ( Sorocaba – Pindorama – Gaya )
40 - DANILO GOMES ( Sorocaba – Cidade de Mentiras)
41- Tiago Holtz Guerreiro (Sorocaba- Brasil)
42 – Laura Nunes Garcia Vieira ( Sorocaba – Brasil)
43 – Anderson Schmitt Junkes (Jandira – Brasil)
44 – Eronides Santos Filho (Jandira – Brasil)
45 – Suzana Lopes Ribeiro ( Jandira – Brasil )
46 – Paulo Henrique Ferreira (Cotia/SP Brasil)
47 – André Luiz da Fonseca Roberto ( Carapicuiba/ Brasil )
48 – Jean Paulo Camargo Costa (CARAPICUIBA/ BRASIL)
49 – Rodrigo de Jesus Ferreira (Jandira – Brasil)
50- Bárbara Tabain Seslija de Sá (Jandira – SP – Brasil)
51 – Ana paula Morina Ferreira (Barueri – SP – Brasil)
52-Bárbara Louise (São Paulo-SP-Brasil)
53-Diego Lima (Carapicuíba-SP-Brasil)
54 – Wanda leila de Oliveira marra ( Osasco – SP –Brasil )
55 – Joilva Duarte (Osasco-Brasil)
56 – Patricia M. Dias ( São Paulo – Brasil)
57- Eduardo M. Dias ( São Paulo – Brasil)
58 – Wagner R. Franco (São Paulo – Brasil)
59- Ruth Cristina Serafim (São Paulo – Brasil)
60- Thiago Silva (São Paulo – Brasil)
61 – Cristiano S. de Moraes (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)
62 – Kelly Lopes Dias (São Paulo – Brasil)
63 – Fábio Ferreira / São Paulo – Brasil
64- Fábio Araujo / São paulo – Brasil
65- Marcia Stevaux/ São Paulo – Brasil
66 – Débora Gisele Ferraz – Brasil
67- Andrea Alexandre de Carvalho
68 – Adilson dos Santos Pinto (Cruzeiro SP)
69 – Francisco ReZende (Lorena-SP)
70- Mislane Souza Prates( São Paulo-Brasil)
71 – Janderson Dutra (Rio de Janeiro-RJ – Brasil)
72 – CECÍLIA SANTOS (SÃO PAULO) – BRASIL
73- KÁTIA I. SANTOS ( SÃO PAULO ) – BRASIL
74- Maria L Lima – (Rolândia – Brasil)
75 – Marilise G.Z. Solle (Rolândia-Brasil)
76- Luis Fernando Silva de Almeida (Rolândia Pr- Brasil)
77- Adriana Amaral de Souza (Rolândia Pr – Brasil)
78 – Carlos Alberto Ferreira do Amaral (Rolãndia PR – Brasil)
79 – Lilian Carla de Souza Gonzalez ( Londrina – Pr. – Brasil)
80 – Ailton Valdivino da Silva – (Uberlândia – MG – Brasil)
81 – Heliza Piosiadlo (Uberlândia – MG – Brasil
82 – Patrícia Cordeiro ( Joaçaba-SC-Brasil)
83 – Danielle Argenton (Herval D’ Oeste – SC – Brasil)
84 – Valdirene Soares ( Joaçaba – SC – BRASIL )
85 – Luiz Sérgio Belló – Joaçaba SC Brasil
86- Eduardo Wieser  -SC- Brasil
87- Julio Pancera  ( Navegantes , SC – Brasil)
88- Fredi Goede ( Pomerode , SC Brasil)
89 – Mario L.Fanton
90 – Valério Littig ( Curitiba – Brasil )
100-cassia cavalheiro
101 – Paulo Terumitsu Ishii [ Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil]
102- Caroline Niro ( Curitiba – Paraná – Brasil
103-Alexandre Batista(Londres-Inlaterra)
104-udson bergues de almeida
105 – Inês Calazans, Alemanha
106 – Anabela Martins – Portugal
107 – Luisa Sequeira – Silves / PORTUGAL
108 – Alzira Rodrigues – Silves / Portugal
109 – Cremilde Ribeiro – A. de Pêra / Portugal
110 – Augusto Miguens – Elvas / Portugal
111 – Natália miguens – Elvas / Portugal
112 – Manuela Santos – Carcavelos / Portugal
113 – Carla Santos – Oeiras / Portugal
114 – Maria Carlos Barreto de Carvalho – Carcavelos / Portugal
115 – Eliete Mendes – Lisboa / Portugal
116 – Conceição Oliveira – Lisboa / Portugal
117 – Mariana Domingues – Portugal
118 – Joana Murtinha – Portugal
119 – Filipa Almeida – Portugal
120 – Iolanda Fontes – South Africa
121 – Kalen Viljoen – South Africa
122 – Wendy Golding – South Africa
123 – Inge Strugnell – Botswana
124 – Philippa Lee – Botswana
125 – Ilse Swart
126 – Miche de beer
127 – Celeste Smit
128 – Jeneane Fourie
129. Stefnie de Beer (SA) Human beings ? How can we call ourselves that !
130 Corné van Staden
131 Anna-Marié van Staden
132. Sheralee Scott ( South Africa )
133 Bev Hindmarch ( South Africa )
134. Ian Pardy (SA)
135.. Dominic Porter (SA)
136. Carl Bennett (SA)  Sick Bastards!!
137 Dieter Rossler South Africa uncivilised idiots
138.  Vigie Naidoo, Johannesburg South Africa (how far western man??)
139.  Rodney Reddy S.A. — lily-livered, sure they’l never dare try this with some tiger or bull sharks
140.  Mira Naidoo, Johannesburg South Africa (shameful specimens called humans)
141.  Rocco Steffannelli, Bari Italy (senseless killing)
142.  Christian Hoffer,  Mank   Austria (Neanderthals!)?
143. Sarah Caine (SA)
144.   Lorraine Caine (SA)
145.  Elaine Caine (Sa)
146.   Lorraine Isaac (SA)
147.  Ronnie Isaac(SA)
148.  Angelique Mason(SA)
149.  Alysha Isaac (SA)
150.  Mary Joe Emde (SA)
151.  Nalisha Gangadien SA)
152.  Charlene Gangadien (SA)
153.  Cordelia Soobramoney
154.  Nicholas Soobramoney
155.  Gabriela Pillay
156.  Sarah Pillay
157.  Jaeden Chetty
158.  Sam Chetty
159.  Dean Prinsloo
160.  Nicole Pillay
161.  Janine Geldenhys
162.  Noeleen Pillay
163.  Vigie Naidoo, Johannesburg South Africa (Nordic barbarism!! – Climate Change?- go figure?)
164.  Colette Boyd
165.  Tanya Scheffel
166. Rob Armstrong
167. Megan Adriaanzen – Jhb S.A. This is the most appallingly, disgusting thing I have ever seen!!!
168.. Gareth Adriaanzen
169. Aldorette Swanepoel
170. Steve Maree – Durban , South Africa
171.  Karen Robjant – and they are supposed to come from a civilised country – very sick people
172 Gerhard Janse van Rensburg – Durban South Africa
173 Keagen Janse van Rensburg – Durban South Africa
174 Trent Janse van Rensburg – Durban South Africa
175 Graham Robjant – Durban South Africa
176 Tamaryn Robjant – Durban South Africa
177 Beryl Robjant – Durban South Africa
178 Joan Austin – Durban South Africa
179 Simone Heijmans-Durban South Africa
180 REMON HEIJMANS-DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA
181 RENTIA HEIJMANS-DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA
182 RICKIE HEIJMANS – DURBAN SA
183 LEANIE HEIJMANS – DURBAN SA
184 JACKIE HEIJMANS – DURBAN SA
185 KEANU ROBERTSE – DURBAN SA
186 MALISSA ROBERTSE – DURBAN SA
187 BRIGITTA STEYN –DURBAN SA
188 MATTHEUS STEYN –DURBAN SA
189 MARCEL HEIJMANS-DURBAN SA
190 WOUTER HEIJMANS-DURBAN SA
191 EMIEL HEIJMANS-DURBAN SA
192 PASCALLE CLOETTE -DURBAN SA
193 EDWIN HEIJMANS-DURBAN SA
194 JESSICA HEIJMANS – DURBAN SA
195 LEN CLOETTE – DURBAN SA
196 GEOFFREY CLOETTE –SA
197 Janice Wittrup SA
198 Tempest Hindman (Aus)
199 Gary Hindman (Aus)
200 Eben van der Watt (UK)
201 Jeandre van der Watt (UK)
202 Armand van der Watt (UK)
203 Jetro Smith ( UK )
204 Morne du Preez ( UK )
205 Joey Wasiliew ( USA )
206 Willie Olivier, Cape Town (uncivilized barbarians)
207 Andre’ Groenewald, Durban (SA)
208 Chris Goldmann  Carvoeiro, Portugal
209 Gary Fonternel – Australia
210 Simon Lewis – Australia
211 Scott Wetherall – New Zealand
212 Jeremy Cusiel – Perth
213 Victoria Verity –Perth
214 Karen Stockin – New Zealand
215 Monika Merriman- NZ
216..Linda Jennings Sydney , Australia
217. Margaret Burgess , New South Wales , Australia
218 Merrill Duffy Australia
219. Margaret Ward – Australia
220   Sandy Jones, NSW Aust
221   Jacqui Bright N.S.W. AUST
222 Penelope Chambers, Qld, Australia
223 Kim Grant, Sydney , Australia
224 Pua Soliola, Sydney, Australia
225 R’Chee Saipele, Auckland, New Zealand
226 Kim Watts, Auckland, NZ
227 Jenny Korff
228 John Baker, Auckland, New Zealand
229 Paul Baker Auckland New Zealand
230 Jocelyn Dutton Auckland New Zealand
231 Michael Dutton Auckland New Zealand
232 Susan Mann Auckland New Zealand
232 Brian Mann Auckland New Zealand
233 Philip Harris Auckland
234 Eden Moss, Auckland , New Zealand
235 John Moss Auckland New Zealand
236 Pat Moss Auckland New Zealand
237  Mel Orange, Wellington, New Zealand
238 John HOLLAND, South Australia
239 Pauline Macdonald South Australia
240 Helen M   south Australia
241 Deidre Coulthard Sth Australia (gee some humans can be sick-bastards alright…..you wonder what planet they come from??…..WE ARE DOOMED!!)
242. Veronica Coulthard , South Australia (sick alright, poor dolphins)
243. Rachel Salmon, South Australia , Australia (how can anyone be called a human to do such senseless acts to such beautiful creatures!!)
244… David Salmon , South Australia , Australia
245. Deb Frank , South Australia , Australia …….absolutely disgraceful!
246. Kathrine Kosmina , South Australia , Australia …words fail me!!!
247. Leanne Mudge , South Australia , Australia
248. Sandra Martin
249. Linda Raison , South Australia , Australia
250 Peter Dorsett, South Australia
251. Helli Meinecke, South Australia
252. Clair Marslen , South Australia
253. Frank Aarts, Australia
254. Deanna Dorward, Australia
255. Thea Aarts, Australia
256 HELEN GREEN AUSTRALIA
257 Jenny Leeds AUSTRALIA – SHAME!!!
258 Myriam Webster, Australia – Unbelievable humans can be part of this!
259 Grace Camilleri ( Malta )
260 Margaret Grech Malta
262 merle johnson UK
263 Vivienne Fielding Refalo
264 Dolores de Battista…… There MUST be something we can do to stop this (maybe get rid of those guys in the same way they kill those innocent dolphins)
265 Sandro deBattista   Toronto
266 Tamara deBattista  Toronto
267 George Peterson
268 Helene Gagne, Toronto
269 Kate Pattison Toronto – apparently the Chief Medical Officer of this island declared the meat to be too contaminated for human consumption in 2007 and they still continue with this practice – barbaric!
270-Pierre O Maisonneuve,St-Catharines,On.Canada
271 Janice M Carlyle, Sauchie, Alloa, Scotland
272 Jayne Edge, Biggar, Scotland
273  Joy Gifford, Cardiff, South Wales
274Rachel Evans Portsmouth , UK
275. Branden S Washington USA
276. Jamie Evans , UK
277. Sue Evans, Ross-on-Wye , UK
278 Medina Brock, Powysc
279 Ann Fraser UK
280 Antonia Rooney Cheshire UK
281 Jessica Drake Essex UK
282 Colleen Hillyer UK
283 Michelle Gleeson UK
284 Ian McInnes – Berkshire UK
285 Deborah & Justin Taylor – Christchurch Dorset UK – I cannot beleive this sort of thing is allowed
286 Beulah Hillen Ireland
287 Clare fox Ireland
288 Michael Barnes Norfolk UK
289 Stuart Clark  Norfolk UK
290 Beth Gowing Norfolk UK
291 Laura Western UK
292 Tamsin Warnes UK …This should be made illegal!! Sick People.
293 Sherry Bristo UK
294 Cynthia Hewett UK
295 Julia – Corfu , GREECE
296 Bridget – Caister, Norfolk , UK
297  Jane – Caister, Norfolk , Uk
298 Helen  Howson – London UK
299 Moya Pateman, Clacton on Sea.
300 Jon Felstead, Canvey UK
301 John Paul, Adelaide , Australia
302 Sabrina Paul, Adelaide ,  Australia
 303 Maria Welfare  UK
304 peter trelease uk
305 beryl trelease uk
306… Alan Smith UK
307. Jean Smith England .
308 Ann Helsby England
309 Chris Ambrose, Somerset UK
310 Mary & James Atherton Somersey, UK
311 Maurice & Sylvia Baigent , Somerset UK
312 Ken & Marian Myhill West Berks
313\Doug & Pam Smith Somerset England
314 Vic Birch Uxbridge UK
315 kat & ted birch valencia spain

316 Rog & Sue Ryder Valencia Spain

317 Lyn & Mike Austen Kent England

318 Kerry Penfold, Southampton , UK
319 Alison Jordan, Kent , UK

320. Beverley Blay , Kent , UK

321. Pam Blay, Kent, UK

322. Kim Lathaen, North Wales, UK

323. David Lathaen, North Wales UK

324. Robin Ludlow, Carmarthen, UK

325. Sue Main, North Wales, UK

326. Laura Piperno, Italia

327. fritz maierhofer, vienna, austria

328. Margit Hart, Vienna, Austria

329. gert m.mayr-keber, vienna, austria

330. wolfgang herrmann,Vienna,austria

331. Marlies Kinzel, Vienna, Austria

334 Franz Morgenbesser, Vienna Austria

335 Manfred Bodner

336 Sion Crockford

337 Christina van Ederen Ibiza management Ibiza Spain

338. Denise Smith, Ibiza, Spain

339 Linda Barrett Liverpool. UK

340 Pat Marchant Southport England

341 Sharon Riley Scarisbrick England

342 Clare Boswell Leicester England

343 Anita Van der Maat Dayboro Australia

344 Linda lewis Armstrong Creek, QLD Australia

345 Scott & Gillian Banford Whangamata, New Zealand

346 Catherine Seaman. Glasgow, Scotland.

347 Sandra Grant Scotland


348 vikki Buchanan loch lomond  scotland

349 nancy bissland alexandria scotland

350 Laura & Julian Rybarczyk, Garelochhead, Scotland

351 Campbell morgan Alexandria ,Scotland

352 Dennis Splaine Alexandria, Scotland.
353 Vivienne Angus Alexandria, Scotland.

354 John Gibb, Dumbarton, Scotland.
355 Ronnie Britton , Alexandria Scotland . made me feel sick.

356 Dave Wilson, Clydebank, Scotland.
357 Helen Young, Paisley, Scotland

358 Nicola Kennedy, Paisley, Scotland

359 Stuart Kennedy,Paisley,Scotland

360 Winifred Kennedy, Johnstone, Scotland

361 James Kennedy,  Johnstone,  Scotland

362 Robert Hutchison, Elderslie, Scotland. Humans will never be happy until we’ve wiped out all species except ourselves!
363 christina mccloy bridge of weir, renfrewshire, scotland -shame on the human race letting this happen

364 Keren Fazer, Liverpool. England.
365 Sue Flanagan, Warrington, England.

366 Roni Noble, Warrington, England.
367 Yen Yee Wong, Warrington, England
368 Steve Dunn, Chester, Cheshire – Ashamed to be human! #
369 John Price, Cheshire, England – Absolutely disgusted!!!
370 mick sutton England
371 Adele Hawley, West Yorkshire, England – I cant believe this goes on. I am upset and disgusted

372- Julie Stocks, North Yorkshire, England- this is horrendous. Shame on you Danes

373- TESSA WINKLEY, NEW ZEALAND- IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MAN!!!!!! YOU MAKE ME SICK.
374-Warwick Green, New Zealand/Australia
375-Richard Ebbett, New Zealand.
376 – Antony Sproull – NZ

377 – Jake Johnston – NZ
378–Bev Johnston-NZ

379 - Jeanette Edlin – Norwood, NZ
380 – Christine Booth, Burnham, NZ

381 Carolyn Boud NZ
382 Kay Johnstone California , USA
383 Chris Martin, London , England

384 John Banks London England

385 j blair, Victoria , canada

386 D. Matthews, B.C. Canada

387. R Legros, London , England

388. Henry Jaglom, Los Angeles , CA

389. Rupert Frazer, London , UK

390 Nicola Hill UK

391 Caroline Edwards, Switzerland

392 Sally Bantock, Switzerland

393 Penny Webster Benoni SA

340 Hannetje King Seven Oaks Kent UK

341 Lee-Anne King Perth Australia SOOOOO SAD

342 Warren King Perth Australia

343 Hellen McMaster

344 Gordon McMaster

345 Nancy Becker Ireland

346 Elza Germishuys

347 Ernst Germishuys

348 Karen Oosthuizen

349 Charles Oosthuizen

350 Chris Fourie

351 Mariska Fourie

352. Lizé-Mari vd Grijp – JHB – SA

353 SHABNUM HANIFF – JHB – SA

354 FAHRANA HOOSEN – JHB- SA

355 Beverley Jardim – JHB SA

356 Shaun Lynch – Adelaide Australia

357 Lynne Lynch – Adelaide Australia

358 Sasha-Lee – Adelaide Australia

359 Brandon Lynch – Adelaide Australia

360 Joanne Murphy South Africa

361 Brendan Murphy South Africa
362 Megan Murphy South Africa
363 Aiodhan Murphy South Africa

364. Cynthia Masego Kokome (Soweto SA)

365 Tumelo Tsotetsi(Soweto SA)

366  ELIZE MARTIGNONE KRUGERSDORP(SOUTH AFRICA)

367 NICK KANTER KRUGERSDORP(SOUTH AFRICA)

368 Dione Noortman

369 Antoinette Dyer

370 Vanona Holder SA – I am horrified!!!!!

371 Brent McCall-Peat ( South Africa )

372 Mike Powell

373 Les Powell

374 Irene Saillie

375 cynthia siko

376 Michelle Morgan

377 Tarryn Morgan

378 Kade Morgan

379 Ridge Morgan

380 Phyllis Murray

381 Brian Murray

382 Stan Morgan..

383 Yolandi Grove (SA)

384 Thys Grove (SA)

385 Megan Grove (SA)

386 Hailey Grove (SA)

387 DAWN LAWRENCE (SA) – & THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A CULTURED, CIVILISED SOCIETY??? SICKO”Sv

389 Alison Fullerj

390 Chris Morris

391 GaryWeber(SA)

392 John McGill Johannesburg RSA

393 Ansie Nell RSA

394 Anecea Nell RSA

395 Andrenett Nell RSA

396 Thea De Bruin RSA

397 Joan Augustyn RSA

398 H Augustyn RSA

399 Fran Culverwell RSA

400 Sybelle Swanepoel RSA

401. Karen Shaw, Australia

402 Rose Pantzoglou Australia

403 Sissi Stasios Australia Horrific!!!!!!

404 Richard Studham Australia

405 Barbara Hildebrand Australia

406. Chloe Ellison Australia

407. Leah Bisiani – Australia

408. Rhonda Krause Australia

409 .Kimberley Clemens Australia

410 Bill Clemens Gold Coast Australia they are supposed to come from a civilised country – very sick people

Michael Zwar   Australia …… unbelievable

Suzanne Parkhurst…..Australia

411 Sandy Howard….Australia

412 Francesca Muir …. Australia

413 Belinda Klein….. Australia

414  Nicole White  …Australia

415  Grahame White.. Australia

416  Jenny Wellings

417  Peter Wellings

418 Debbie Bethell Australia

419 Michael Bethell Australia

420  Alan Poulter       Australia

421  Shirley Poulter    Australia
422 Matt Poulter        Australia

423 Ken Adams  Northern Ireland (this is disjusting)

424 Dave Cockshott Northern Ireland ( Why?)

425 L Waring, Northern Ireland

426 B McConnell, Northern Ireland

427. Joshua Mouchly, Israel

428. Jean Mouchly, Israel

429. Sara Tzur, Israel

430. Shraga Tzur, Israel

431 Leon Charney  Israel

432 Lola Katz  Israel

433 Len Israelstam  ISRAEL

434 Ronah Lewis   Israel

435 I. Zunder     Israel

436  C. Bordelay   Israel

437  R. Bordelay   Israel

438   Judy  Marks,  Israel,  Are they civilized??

439   Ari  Marks,   Israel

440   Shari Kalman, Israel

441    Benny Kalman, Israel

442   Kerri  Yarden,  Israel

443 Rose  Yodaiken.    Shame on you Denmark!

444 Avram Yodaiken   The Vikings are still killing the innocent.

445 Marlene Josephson Israel

446 Judy Ford Israel

447 Yehudit Carmon  Israel

448 Josephine brand Israel

449  Al. Bieler  Israel

450 Michael Shwartzman Israel

451 SHLOMO MAN ISRAEL

452 Sami Chen, Israel

453 Yoni Chen, Israel

454 sarda orly

Pet Adoption – Beware!! Or, Another Reason To Adopt Pet From A Shelter

How you can save dog/cat live?   I’m sure you already read it all before, but i just saw a survey results and a letter from the ASPCA regarding pet adoption that may influence your decision when you’ll think about adopting your next pet.

The question asked was – Where did you acquire your dog?

894 dog owners answered

20% animal shelter – 358 dogs

21.4% rescue group – 383 dogs

35.4% breeder – 634 dogs

1.8% pet store – 33 dogs.

(You can find the complete results on dogtalkproject.com and take new surveys.)

The 634 dogs adopted from breeders -  are death sentence for 634 dogs that lived in shelters. Most Americans underestimate the numbers of pets that are euthanized every year.

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Petsmart Charities conducted a study that found 76% of Americans acquire their pets in places other than shelters. One of the reasons  that people do not adopt is because they are unaware of the adoption process or of the unwanted pet problem, or because they  are looking for purebreds.

To demonstrate some facts

Approximately 8-12 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year and approximately 5-9 million are euthanized (60% of dogs and 70% of cats) resource – petfinder.com

In the city of Houston alone, it has been estimated that BARC  has to put to sleep 1,500-2,000 each month.

Four million cats and dogs—about one every eight seconds—are put down in U.S. shelters each year.

Beware of online adoption (from the ASPCA)

As more and more Americans turn to the Web to find the pet of their dreams, scams have skyrocketed as criminals seek to take advantage of unsuspecting pet parents. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, hundreds of complaints are filed each year by victims who were conned when attempting to buy a dog online.

One potential pet parent, Diane, was hoping to add a Yorkshire Terrier puppy to her family when she spotted a classified ad in her local paper. “It was over my morning coffee that I saw the perfect ad for a Yorkie named Nancy,” says Diane, who lives near Cleveland, OH.  She sent an email to the address listed, and immediately received a response—Diane could have the puppy if she promised her a loving home and sent $500 to cover the shipping fees.

“I corresponded for an entire week with this man who claimed to be a missionary,” Diane explains. Diane sent the requested payment via Western Union, but once she sent the code for the money transfer, she never heard from the “pastor” again.

The ASPCA recommends never buying a dog you haven’t met in person and always check references. Also, keep in mind that adoption is still the best option, even if you have your heart set on a purebred dog. There are thousands of dogs waiting for good homes at local animal shelters, including purebreds!

Dog in a shelter waiting to be adopted
Dog in a shelter waiting to be adopted

For $50 to $350 you’ll have a  sweet, lovable pup or kitty, and forever grateful. Your pet be  spay/neutered, current on all vaccinations, and sometimes already microchipped.  Good place to start looking is on petfinder.com , look for shelters in your area or rescue for specific breeds.

Save life – adopt from a shelter.

Source- ASPCA, dogtalkproject.com, petfinder.com, MendocinoAnimalCare

Europe passes a ban on seal products

From the Humane Society of USA:

The European Union has slammed shut the door on trade in the products of the commercial seal slaughter.

The Canadian government used every trick in the book to try to derail the ban: massive lobbying, misinformation, and even threats of trade reprisals. But the EU stood its ground and honored its citizens’ opposition to this trade in cruelty. By doing so, the EU has saved millions of seals from a horrible fate.

Every year, the ProtectSeals team has endured hazardous conditions to document the seal hunt. We are committed to showing the world that the Canadian government is lying when it claims that the hunt is humane.

On our trips to the ice, the ProtectSeals team has brought key opinion shapers such as Paul McCartney and Swedish Member of the European Parliament Carl Schlyter. After their trips, neither has wavered in speaking out against the hunt. Shortly after his trip to the ice, Schlyter drafted the first version of today’s EU ban. Our hunt footage was directly responsible for convincing the rest of the EU to agree to the ban. It gives me enormous satisfaction to know that we haven’t just documented the hunt, we have made history.

What Does It Mean?

This is the beginning of the end for the Canadian seal hunt. The Canadian government estimates that losing this primary market will cost Canada’s sealing industry $6.6 million (CAD) each year. The hunt brought in less than $7 million last year. It’s not hard to do the math.

Just the promise of an EU ban was enough to drive the prices for seal fur down to $15 (CAD) per skin — a decline of 86 percent since 2006. As a result, many sealers stayed home. Out of this year’s quota of 280,000 harp seals, fewer than 60,000 have been killed so far.

Now that the EU has banned its trade in seal products, countless more seals will live their lives in peace from this year forward.

What’s Next?

Canadian seal hunt supporters won’t give up just yet. With government subsidies still in hand, the sealing industry will be chasing down new markets. The ProtectSeals campaign is working to convince all targeted nations to follow the EU’s example.

We’re keeping the pressure on the Canadian fishing industry and government with the global boycott of Canadian seafood products. Since the boycott began, the Canadian fishing industry has suffered a $750 million (CAD) drop in the value of snow crab exports alone to the United States.

Canadian Senator Mac Harb has introduced his nation’s first bill to end the hunt. The ProtectSeals campaign is striving to convince other members of Canada’s Parliament to support the bill.

Yes, there is still much to do — and if you’d like to help, please visit humanesociety.org/protectseals to learn how. But for the moment, please join me in celebrating this historic victory. Thank you for fighting alongside me to make this day possible. The seals could not ask for stronger allies.




Seal Hunt Will Begin In a Matter Of Days – Take Action Now!!

Email from Humane Society of the United States

The seal hunt will begin again in a matter of days.

When you look out over the miraculous baby seal nursery on the ice floes of Eastern Canada, it’s hard to believe that 275,000 harp seal pups may be killed there in a matter of days. You can’t imagine the horror until you witness it firsthand.

It may come as a shock that Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt still happens every year at this time — so many people I’ve talked to think that the hunt ended years ago.

That’s what the Canadian fishing industry wants you to believe, and we won’t let it get away with it. You can save millions of baby seals’ lives and help end the hunt once and for all — sign the pledge to boycott Canadian seafood.

Why boycott Canadian seafood? A small group of fishermen in Eastern Canada kill seal pups for their fur during the off-season and sell the pelts — mostly to European markets — for a tiny fraction of their income.

The fishing industry won’t stop the killing just because it’s the humane thing to do, so give it a choice: End the slaughter, or go under.

Our goal is to have one million individuals participating in the boycott — there are already more than 630,000 people who have pledged to forgo Canadian seafood, and if everyone who sees this email tells 5 friends, we’ll meet our goal overnight and send the fishing industry a message it can’t ignore.

Watch our latest video from the seal nursery. We’ve reached a critical tipping point in the effort to end the slaughter: Next month, the European Union will consider banning its trade in seal products, shutting the doors on one of the largest markets for seal fur.

Lawmakers are responding. We just need you and everyone who reads this email to take this simple pledge on behalf of seals. Let’s seal the deal to end the hunt — take a moment to sign your name, and then tell your friends and family about the plight of baby seals.

Two things will end the slaughter: Shutting down markets for seal fur and hitting the Canadian seafood industry where it hurts most, the bottom line. We’re closer than ever to reaching these goals, and your commitment to ending the hunt will make victory possible at last.

Thank you in advance for being part of this massive grassroots mobilization to save seals.

Sincerely,
Rebecca Aldworth
Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. The Canadian government has responded to mounting international pressure with toothless regulations that do nothing to make the hunt more “humane.” We won’t be fooled by a government PR campaign. Demand that Canada end the commercial seal hunt forever — nothing less.

 

How Could You?

How Could You?
By Jim Willis, 2001

When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend.

Whenever I was “bad,” you’d shake your finger at me and ask “How could you?” — but then you’d relent and roll me over for a belly rub.

My housebreaking took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed and listening to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect.

We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream (I only got the cone because “ice cream is bad for dogs” you said), and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.

Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. I waited for you patiently, comforted you through heartbreaks and disappointments, never chided you about bad decisions, and romped with glee at your homecomings, and when you fell in love.

She, now your wife, is not a “dog person” — still I welcomed her into our home, tried to show her affection, and obeyed her. I was happy because you were happy.

Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them, and I spent most of my time banished to another room, or to a dog crate. Oh, how I wanted to love them, but I became a prisoner of love.”

As they began to grow, I became their friend. They clung to my fur and pulled themselves up on wobbly legs, poked fingers in my eyes, investigated my ears, and gave me kisses on my nose. I loved everything about them and their touch — because your touch was now so infrequent — and I would’ve defended them with my life if need be. I would sneak into their beds and listen to their worries and secret dreams, and together we waited for the sound of your car in the driveway.

There had been a time, when others asked you if you had a dog, that you produced a photo of me from your wallet and told them stories about me. These past few years, you just answered “yes” and changed the subject. I had gone from being “your dog” to “just a dog,” and you resented every expenditure on my behalf.

Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You’ve made the right decision for your “family,” but there was a time when I was your only family.

I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the animal shelter. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said “I know you will find a good home for her.” They shrugged and gave you a pained look. They understand the realities facing a middle-aged dog, even one with “papers.”

You had to pry your son’s fingers loose from my collar as he screamed, “No, Daddy! Please don’t let them take my dog!” And I worried for him, and what lessons you had just taught him about friendship and loyalty, about love and responsibility, and about respect for all life.

You gave me a good-bye pat on the head, avoided my eyes, and politely refused to take my collar and leash with you. You had a deadline to meet and now I have one, too. After you left, the two nice ladies said you probably knew about your upcoming move months ago and made no attempt to find me another good home. They shook their heads and asked “How could you?”

They are as attentive to us here in the shelter as their busy schedules allow. They feed us, of course, but I lost my appetite days ago.

At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you that you had changed your mind — that this was all a bad dream… or I hoped it would at least be someone who cared, anyone who might save me.

When I realized I could not compete with the frolicking for attention of happy puppies, oblivious to their own fate, I retreated to a far corner and waited. I heard her footsteps as she came for me at the end of the day, and I padded along the aisle after her to a separate room. A blissfully quiet room.

She placed me on the table and rubbed my ears, and told me not to worry. My heart pounded in anticipation of what was to come, but there was also a sense of relief. The prisoner of love had run out of days.

As is my nature, I was more concerned about her. The burden which she bears weighs heavily on her, and I know that, the same way I knew your every mood.

She gently placed a tourniquet around my foreleg as a tear ran down her cheek. I licked her hand in the same way I used to comfort you so many years ago.

She expertly slid the hypodermic needle into my vein. As I felt the sting and the cool liquid coursing through my body, I lay down sleepily, looked into her kind eyes and murmured “How could you?”

Perhaps because she understood my dogspeak, she said “I’m so sorry.” She hugged me, and hurriedly explained it was her job to make sure I went to a better place, where I wouldn’t be ignored or abused or abandoned, or have to fend for myself –a place of love and light so very different from this earthly place.

And with my last bit of energy, I tried to convey to her with a thump of my tail that my “How could you?” was not directed at her. It was directed at you, My Beloved Master, I was thinking of you. I will think of you and wait for you forever. May everyone in your life continue to show you so much loyalty.

A Note from the Author:
If “How Could You?” brought tears to your eyes as you read it, as it did to mine as I wrote it, it is because it is the composite story of the millions of formerly “owned” pets who die each year in American and Canadian animal shelters. Anyone is welcome to distribute the essay for a noncommercial purpose, as long as it is properly attributed with the copyright notice. Please use it to help educate, on your websites, in newsletters, on animal shelter and vet office bulletin boards. Tell the public that the decision to add a pet to the family is an important one for life, that animals deserve our love and sensible care, that finding another appropriate home for your animal is your responsibility and any local humane society or animal welfare league can offer you good advice, and that all life is precious. Please do your part to stop the killing, and encourage all spay and neuter campaigns in order to prevent unwanted animals.

~Jim Willis

California Made History for Animals

Twenty million farm animals will soon be free from the cruelest factory farm abuses — and they have you to thank.

Yesterday, Californians voted YES! on Prop 2 — securing the single most important piece of legislation for farm animals in U.S. history. Proposition 2 will mandate a higher standard for the treatment of animals raised for food, a measure that is sure to lead to similar reforms nationwide.

You made this victory happen. Whether you donated to keep our TV ads on the air, spent your nights phone banking for Prop 2, hit the pavement with leaflets, or engaged your friends and family in California — you helped show millions of California voters what Prop 2 would mean for animals and people.

How animals are treated is so important to all of us — and even more important to the animals suffering every day in factory farms. Together, we fought for the humane treatment of animals, and we won. We have changed the lives of so many animals, and we have made history.

7 days left to help 20 million animals

The email i got today from the human society -Prop2 stop animal cruelty in California

 

Dear Tammy,

We are down to the wire — and the next seven days will make the difference. As you know, if California voters pass Prop 2 next Tuesday, it will be the greatest victory for farm animals in U.S. history. We can’t afford to relent in this fight, and millions of suffering animals can’t afford it, either.

This is it — the fate of 20 million farm animals rests on what we do together in the next seven days.

If California voters pass Prop 2 next Tuesday, it will be the greatest victory for farm animals in U.S. history.

But we haven’t won yet.

Now is no time to slow down. The Big Agribusiness interests bankrolling the campaign against Prop 2 are spending millions of dollars in this final week, trying to confuse and frighten California voters. They’ll stop at nothing to keep lining their pockets at animals’ expense — so we’ve got to pull out all the stops to ensure that they don’t succeed.

Now is our last chance — we have just 7 days to help end the cruelest treatment of animals living in factory farms.

Your unwavering support has been the backbone of this campaign. But we desperately need your help one last time to increase our volunteer forces on the ground, our phone banking operation, and our TV advertising as we go head-to-head with the factory farm heavyweights.
We can’t afford to relent in this fight, and millions of suffering animals can’t afford it, either. They deserve the freedom to simply stand up, lie down, turn around, and stretch their limbs — which is exactly what Prop 2 would give them.

Seventy percent of our opposition’s funding has come from out-of-state egg-producing factory farms. They’re spending millions in this final week to confuse voters. They’re afraid because they know that a win in California could lead to nationwide reforms in how animals are raised for food.
Please make one last donation today to help us cross the finish line and make history next Tuesday.

Thank you so much for giving your all on behalf of animals at this pivotal moment.

Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. If you want evidence that Prop 2 is making waves nationwide, you need only see this feature story in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.

Help Feed Neglected Animal – it is Only a Click Away.

A friend told me about this wonderful site and the great job they are doing for abandoned and neglected animals.
I am sure you’ll be surprised how little you need to do, to make some pooch or kitty get their food. Not need to mention the feeling that only one click can feed six poor animals.
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals.
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on “feed an animal in need” for free. This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.
 Here’s the web site! Click on this link, and when the site opens, click on the purple box that says Feed an Animal for free. That’s it! Pass it along to people you know. And don’t forget to go there and click. The address is http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com