Lisa is a 1 ½ year old, spayed, female, domestic shorthaired feline. Tops in the ‘purrs’ department! Lisa has an opulent coat, bright eyes that follow you everywhere and a gentle nature full of love. Litter box manners a plus!
Lisa is waiting patiently for YOU at Helen Woodward Animal Center!
Her adoption fee: just $75
All pets adopted from Helen Woodward Animal Center have been spayed or neutered, have up-to-date vaccinations and microchip identification.
Plus adopters get a certificate for a free night’s stay at the Center’s Club Pet Boarding!
For more info about Lisa and many other fine furry friends waiting for you:
Helen Woodward Animal Center [insert HWAC link here] 6461 El Apajo Road Rancho Santa Fe, CA Tel. (858) 756-4117, option #1
Starved, emaciated, and near death, heroic mama dog nursed ten pups, now needs your help
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris
Animal Beat received the following emails about a
severely emaciated mother dog named Dora via a rescue email network.
Can you help with donations or with finding a loving home for this
heroic mom?
EMAIL FROM SHELTER VOLUNTEER:
I've
never seen such a starved and emaciated dog as this poor, sweet mama.
Nothing but skin and bones. She's fought against all odds to help her
babies survive and she's barely alive herself.
Severely starved Dora valiantly nursing her ten pups in the shelter.
I saw her out for a potty break, struggling to walk, with the
kind officer who picked her up as a stray. The officer has been feeding
her special goodies himself three times a day, to try and help her, but
with so many pups, she's still a pathetic skeleton of a dog, and still
totally devoted to her puppies.
This noble dog has sacrificed
herself for her babies. Isn't there someone out there who can show her
that her courage and devotion has not been for naught?
Please,
can someone step up for her in her hour of need? She's so grateful for
the kindness shown to her at the shelter and is very, very sweet.
EMAIL FROM PRIVATE RESCUE GROUP VOLUNTEER:
HELP!!!
This poor sweet female gave birth to ten puppies. She was brought into
the Harbor Shelter in San Pedro, California, where they have found
foster homes for all of the pups, but no one to take this poor,
emaciated dog who gave her all for her pups.
She
is young and adoptable once she is recovered. She's also very sweet.
The shelter staff were all in love with her and were bringing her
chicken to help her.
UPDATE ON DORA: Yorkie
and Friends Rescue has taken Dora into their program and found her a
foster home, but they still need donations for the extra care Dora
requires to recover from starvation and malnutrition, and of course
Dora still needs a forever home.
For more info and/or to donate for Dora, contact:
Debbie Wagner, Yorkie and Friends Rescue yorkies6d@gmail.com
(Yorkies
and Friends Rescue is a member of the Rescue Alliance of Hairless &
Other Breeds, Inc., a national 501(c)3 non-profit animal rescue
organization.)
Katerina Lorenzatos Makris is the author of 17 novels for
publishers including Avon, E.P. Dutton, and Simon & Schuster, and
hundreds of articles for publications such as National Geographic
Traveler, San Francisco Chronicle, and Veggie Life. She wrote a
teleplay for CBS and short fiction for The Bark magazine. With coauthor
Shelley Frost, she wrote Your Adopted Dog (The Lyons Press).
Holding a B.A. in Environmental Science Studies and a lifelong interest
in animal issues, she spends a lot of her time battling a severe
addiction to dogs.
Beaten, abused dog goes up for adoption at Sonoma Humane Society
(Santa Rosa, CA) It’s been over two months since Rocky, a 1
½ year old Rottweiler mix, was found beaten, tied up to a fence,
with a broken jaw, fractured skull, knocked out teeth and other head
injuries off Wilson St. in Santa Rosa. Today, after months of medical
care and rehabilitation, Rocky is ready for a new home. Sonoma County Animal Care and Control cared
for Rocky at their shelter for the past two months. In-between he made
a stop here at the Sonoma Humane Society Veterinary Hospital to receive
a root canal. After a long healing process and recovery time, Amy
Cooper, Director of SCACC, asked the Sonoma Humane Society to give him
a try at their shelter on Hwy 12, where dogs reside in separate
habitats (or rooms). The answer was absolutely, yes.
For the past couple of weeks, Trainer Henry Sneed, of the Sonoma
Humane Society, has been working with Rocky at the Sonoma Humane
Society’s Adoption Center.
“This is a
nice dog who loves people, playing ball, hanging out and going for
walks. He also knows a few basic commands like sit, down and stay. But
he will need a special home where his new companions will continue the
training that’s already been started."
A suitable home for Rocky would be one with children over 10 years of
age, no other pets in the home and a stay at home guardian (or at least
someone who isn’t away from the home for extended periods of
time). It’s imperative that his new companion continues giving
Rocky exposure with daily walks and outings, meeting new people. But
dog introductions will take some time since Rocky can be reactive when
other dogs get too close. Thanks to Sonoma County Animal Care and
Control and the veterinary care Rocky received, he is free from any
chronic health problems. And despite his tormented abuse, he is
trusting of people.
If you or someone you know, would be a good candidate to adopt Rocky, please contact the Sonoma Humane Society
at (707) 542-0882 or visit the adoption center at 5345 Hwy 12 West,
open everyday from noon – 6pm. To view all of their adoptable
animals, visit them online at SonomaHumane.org.
The Sonoma Humane Society has cared for homeless, neglected and
abused companion animals for over 79 years. The Humane Society depends
on local community support and receives no government tax dollars or
funding from any national organization. The Humane Society is located
five miles west of Highway 101 at 5345 Highway 12 West in Santa Rosa,
just past the Llano Road intersection. For more information, call (707)
542-0882, or visit the Society’s web site at www.sonomahumane.org.
A lifelong dog and animal advocate, Shelley Frost wrote Your Adopted Dog: Everything You Need to Know about Rescuing and Caring for a Best Friend in Need (The Lyons Press, 2007) with coauthor Katerina Makris. Email Shelley: shelley@youradopteddog.com, and visit www.youradopteddog.com
