ANIMAL CONNECTION

Archive for the ‘Adoption’ Category

We need an emergency foster home with a separate air quarantine or no birds in the home but with bird experience ASAP in the Sarasota area. We have two sulfur crested cockatoos who’s mom is in ICU and she is being evicted! If you know anyone that can help please contact me ASAP! Contact info can be found at www.fwcas.org

Lynda Lewis
President FWCAS

Share the story of your pet’s adoption along with photo and you could win a trip for two to New York City to attend a taping of The Martha Stewart Show, a year’s supply of Purina ONE pet food, and the chance to choose which One Hope Network shelter receives a $10,000 donation from Purina ONE.  Click on this link

There are so many wonderful people in this world who care so much about animals and do what is right for them.  It is so inspiring to see some of the people I have met over the years and how they put their own lives on the back burner to better the lives of animals.  I recently asked a couple of shelter owners how they manage to save so many animals and pay for all of their needs (shelter, food, medical, advertising, etc)?  They told me they get small donations from individuals and sometimes companies but most of the time they sell things.  One shelter goes to garage sales and salvation army stores to buy things really cheap then sells them on Ebay.  They said it’s a lot of work but it can bring them enough money to keep their doors open and animals taken care of for basic needs.

It’s people like that who seem to really live life.  They love what they do and seem to be as grateful for their lives as the animals they save.

If you have a story about a person that fits into this category, please post a comment about them just under this blog “comments” so that other people can read your post.

How About a Dog Whose Cowardly Owner Leaves Him on the Side of the Road?

>>Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org), America’s largest independent evaluator of charities, has ranked the Humane Society of Sarasota County (www.hssc.org) as the highest-rated animal welfare agency in Florida and among the highest in the nation. Charity Navigator found HSSC’s score to exceed the national average, ranking 11th out of 247 animal rights, welfare and service organizations. Charity Navigator has determined that more than 84 percent of HSSC’s budgeted funds go directly to programs and services.