Category Archives: Anti-Cruelty Campaigns
Hungry Dog Jumps from Building
Whoa! did you feel that wind?
How hungry and desperate would a dog have to be to decide their only alternative was to jump from a third story window? Was the dog seeking help or was she really trying to end her pain and misery?
It really doesn’t make any difference at this point what the dog was seeking, because what she found was help and a lot of it. A police officer was just pulling over a car for a traffic stop when he looked up and saw the dog jump. Due to the officer being there, aide was dispatched and received quickly.
From our friends at Care2;
Miracle broke her hip and hind leg in the fall, but the officer was there to immediately help her.
Miracle’s amazing leap led Animal Control officers inside the apartment where they found a small malnourished puppy hanging onto life. The puppy, now named Gracie, was too weak to stand.
No food was found in the filthy apartment, but the dogs had managed to survive on a “water source” they found.
Animal Control Officer Emanuel Maciel described the apartment. “It was flea infested – feces all over the floor. It was devastating to see the conditions these animals were living.”
Miracle is certainly an appropriate name for this dog. I wonder though if she saw the police officer and realized now was her chance. Many animals do recognize the flashing lights, the sirens and the uniforms as representing help. City animals re particularly good at recognizing police, paramedics, etc. because they have been exposed to them before.
This incident was written about on Care2 in October, so it had to have happened in the Fall. Fluffy Feet called the Vet’s office today to see how Miracle and Gracie progressed and perhaps find out if they were adopted.
Of course the office wants to check us out before releasing the info for us to put on the site. If they call us back we will be sure to update you. In the meantime lets all think good thoughts for Miracle the dog and Gracie the puppy. They definitely deserve a better home than what they had before.
Cat Survives Gas Chamber Twice
I'm not supposed to scratch or bite my boo-boo, but it really, really ITCHES!
Sometimes I feel sorry for myself. Just now I was sad for me because my family is down with a terrible flu. We have been sick since my birthday which was New Years Day.
To make a long story short, I thought I deserved to feel sorry for myself……that is, until I read about a plucky little cat who refused to die when people tried to execute her in a gas chamber.
From MSNBC;
Officials at West Valley City’s animal shelter in Utah say the cat named Andrea hadn’t been adopted for 30 days when shelter officials tried to put her to death in October. She survived, so they gassed her again.
Shelter officials detected no vital signs and presumed she was dead after the second try, so they put her in a plastic bag in a cooler. But when they checked the bag, they saw she had vomited on herself and had hypothermia but was alive.
The shelter then decided to stop trying to kill her.
“It was just one of those things where they thought this cat obviously really wants to live,” West Valley City spokesman Aaron Crim told the Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/ylvSDw ). “Let’s give it a chance to find a permanent home.”
The newspaper reports the cat has since been adopted and shelter officials are investigating why the gassing failed.
I absolutely hate the idea that animals must go through so much just to prove they have a right to live. In my opinion, this cat should not have been put in the gas chamber the first time, let alone the second go round. We simply must get to the place where no-kill shelters the rule rather than the exception in this country.
I know sometimes an animal is too sick or too hurt to save and I understand that. What I can’t understand is murdering cats, dogs and other animals just because we humans decide there are too many of them or some politician gets a bug up their big butt and decides to thin out the pet population.
Wouldn’t the money spent on murdering these innocent animals be better spent on an intelligent spay/neuter campaign and laws? If we significantly reduce the number of “unwanted” puppies, kittens and other pets, it will be a whole lot easier to find forever homes for the ones that are here. Then maybe we can junk the gas chamber thing altogether and have only no kill shelters for the few animals that get lost or have other bad luck which puts them on the street.
I am smart enough to know that most people won’t be listening to what I have to say about this subject. That doesn’t mean I am going to shut up about it. It is the right thing to do and until my last breath I will be speaking out in favor of no kill animal shelters and rescues. I will speak for those who do not speak human.
Pet Adoption Christmas Window
I'll be ready to take home before you know it. Will you take me?
The Department Store Macy’s is famous for their Christmas window decorations. I’m sure many of us have delighted at the wonder of the beautiful Christmas scenes.
This year as they have for the past six years the SPCA and the Macy’s store in San Francisco have come together to fill their Christmas windows with pets who are up for adoption. Together the partnership has found homes for over 2,000 animals and raised over $320,000.00.
Imagine being a child going up to the Christmas display window, pressing your face tight to the glass so you will be sure to see it all and then a puppy or kitten scampers over to gaze at you through the glass. What a wonderful surprise!
From our friends at Care2;
As the production supervisor for Macy’s Visual Windows puts it in the video below: “It’s really one of the nicest things that we do.”
The Care2 link has a video you can watch too.
This is such a great idea. I wish more retailers would do this and not only at the holidays. I really think a lot of great pets could find forever homes if they were just out there to be seen by animal lovers as they go about errands and do their shopping.
We need to put pet adoption right out there so people don’t get so busy with other things they forget about it. Pet adoption should be the best way to acquire an animal as a pet.
When we showcase adoptable animals, invariably almost all of them find homes. Pet adoption just needs to be put right up in people’s faces so they do it. We need to make it popular and what all the in people do. That way, people will follow and do the right thing. Until we no longer murder so many cats, kittens,dogs and puppies we have to go on the offensive.
Dog Buried Alive is Rescued
All dogs deserve to be treated with kindness. There is no excuse for abuse and cruelty.
I have heard of and seen a lot of cruelty and abuse toward animals in my time here on Earth. But seldom have I seen a case of cruelty as bad as this one.
A hurt or disabled stray tan and white hound started hanging around a South African school. I suspect he was looking for food and just maybe a little comfort and companionship. No matter why he hung out there , was it reason enough to have the dog buried alive?
However, it seems the caretakers at the school took offense at the stray dog’s barking and vowed to bury him alive on the school playing field as punishment. They did just that and they left the dog buried alive to suffocate underground.
But an anonymous call saved his life and rescuers managed to dig the animal out just in time. I’m happy it isn’t every day they have to rush to dig out a dog buried alive.
From Daily Mail UK;
Animal welfare boss Christina Pretorius said the dog was saved by a local vet and his assistant who received an anonymous tip-off about its live burial at 8.30am yesterday.
She said: ‘They rushed to the school and apprehended two caretakers on the school field. The men initially claimed the dog was dead, but on further questioning admitted the animal was still alive when they buried it.
‘They said one of the school’s senior supervisors had told them to get rid of the dog as it was being a nuisance by hanging around the classrooms.’ The dog was discovered at the bottom of a pit which had been dug five foot deep.
It was rescued by officials and taken to a local veterinarian practice for an examination.
Experts said the animal was disabled, although it is believed that it could have been injured during a previous road traffic accident.
Follow the link to see pictures of the dog who has now been named Warrior. The name seems fitting to me. I cannot imagine what these men were thinking. Even though their supervisor supposedly told them to do this act of cruelty, they should have known it was wrong on its face and also against the law.
Whatever the reasoning, this is cruelty at its worst and these two men along with their supervisor deserve punishment. It was just luck that the dog was rescued in time to keep him alive.
At this point we can only hope for the adoption of Warrior into a loving forever home. We also hope he recovers from his injuries.
Thanks to the rescuers who worked to get Warrior out of his premature grave and special thanks to the anonymous person who called in the alert so he could be rescued.
Penguin Sweaters
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Yes, the title of this post is correct.
Little Blue Penguins need sweaters.
I am sure you are asking yourself ‘why in the world would a penguin need a sweater?’
I asked myself the same question when I first read about the penguin sweaters. The answer really is logical. I swear.
Early this month a Liberian cargo ship ran aground in New Zealand. That one ship created an oil spill that devastated the pristine beaches of the area. It has played havoc with the local plant, fish and wildlife population.
The wildlife includes the which is the smallest of the penguin family. Now these birds need penguin sweaters because they get oil in their feathers and try to clean it out which poisons the small birds.
From our friends at Care2;
About 350 tons of oil have washed ashore on the pristine beaches near Tauranga. Over 1300 sea birds have already died. As of this writing, some 1,400 tons of heavy fuel oil are still on the ship. Rough seas continue to hamper the salvage efforts.
Among the victims are New Zealand’s Little . When they come ashore covered with oil, they need sweaters immediately. When they try to clean their feathers, they ingest toxic oil. The knitted coverings keep them from preening until they can be cleaned.
So Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand, has put out a call to knit sweaters for the birds Australians call “fairy penguins.” The instructions are online, as well as the address for sending the penguin sweaters (called “jumpers” in the southern hemisphere). You can check out a photo of the winsome creatures in their sweaters here.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/knit-a-sweater-save-a-penguin.html#ixzz1cD2IXdrL
It looks like these ocean birds will have warm and cute sweaters to wear until they are released into their habitat. I wish all animals who are in need could get the same response from kind people all over the world.
But then, when I stop to think about it, animals really do get a lot of help. It just never seems to be enough, does it?
From Grist dot org;
UPDATE: Skeinz, the yarn shop that posted the patterns, said they have achieved critical mass of jumpers. We’re both happy and sad about this. But they do say that they’ll stockpile sweaters if you’ve got one ready to go — or you can stockpile them yourself, in case oily penguins show up in your hometown.
Wow. People really love penguins. I hate to say this but there will be a need for penguin sweaters again because oil spills are going to continue for the foreseeable future. But these little look so very cute in their sweaters, I find myself wishing the little birds could wear penguin sweaters for better reasons. You know, as always, its the Awwwh factor.