This is a sad and heartbreaking story and your help is needed. Please take a moment to read the petition below, then sign it. Help to get the word out by sending it to everyone you know. Imagine if this were you and you were told you had to get rid your your beloved canine companion.
Petition Text;
George has lived with his loving companion for nearly 5 years at Town Village Retirement Community. He has given smiles and warmth to all that have crossed his path. Residents in the community know him by name and look forward to seeing his sweet face and being able to pet or walk him. Just recently a complaint was made to management about his size. Without hesitation management has given George 2 weeks notice that he must leave his loving companion of 10 years. Please sign this petition in favor of George and his elderly companion so that they might stay together and continue to bring not only companionship & love to one another but to many others who have come to know and love him in the community.
Sign the PETITION!!
The latest recall is by Hartz Mountain Corporation for Hartz Chicken Basted Chews. due to potential salmonella contamination.
Here’s the details;
The Hartz Mountain Corporation has voluntarily recalled a specific lot of its Hartz chicken-basted rawhide chips for dogs due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot are potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The company announced the recall Friday, saying the two-pound plastic bags of chips with lot code JC23282, UPC number 3270096463 were distributed to a national retail customer it did not identify.
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I have to admit that I am getting really tired of writing about these scum! Preying on the soft hearts of people who care and love dogs and taking advantage of them. They fill their wallets and run leaving a trail of broken hearts and sick puppies or no puppies at all. Get the full story at For the Love of the Dog’s main site… and you’ll know what to do!
This horror story is taken directly from the petition, please help get justice for the poor dog, sign the petition. Help to get the word out!
This insert was in the Daily Voice Newspaper telling of a Pit Bull named Tammy who was burnt to death by her owners!
The owners wanted to punish her for jumping over the wall into their neighbors garden, so they fetched her and put her in her kennel and doused it with petrol and set it alight!!
Tammy was only found a few days later by Animal Welfare workers who wept when they saw her. Tammy had sustained such severe burns to her legs, belly and face, she was also blinded by the fire. The SPCA had to euthanize Tammy because she was just in too much pain.
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An alert from Patti Stinson of today (9/13/08) is below;
This is long, but it is very useful and may result in saving lives of many rescued animals. Please read on.
A Forever Home Rescue Foundation, a rescue organization headquartered in Fairfax County with a superb record of re-homing animals and a significant network of foster homes, sent out a press release this week which notes that its foster homes have been cited for zoning violations in both Fairfax and Arlington counties.
In Patti’s alert, under her heading of “What you should do NOW”, she mentions that press release. For various reasons, that press release cannot be attached; instead, it appears at the very end of this.
If you are a resident of Fairfax or Arlington counties, make immediate and numerous contacts to those listed below.
If you reside in a Virginia jurisdiction other than Arlington or Fairfax, after sending emails in support of Arlington and Fairfax, turn to your own. Address the County Administrator (or City Manager) for your area in addition to contacting your own State Delegate and State Senator. (If you are not sure who that is, send us an email that includes your exact street residence address - not a PO box - and zip code, and we will try to help.) Indicate there are cases in Arlington and Fairfax counties attempting to outlaw foster homes for dogs and cats by classifying those homes as commercial when they are no such thing. Warn that this is something which will not be tolerated in Arlington and Fairfax, and will not tolerate it in your own county/city.
Thank you for helping.
Lillian Clancy and Don Marro
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from Patti Stinson:
This is one of the most important emails I have written in 15 years of animal rescue.
Please bear with me. This email will be a bit long. You all know that I only use the word “Urgent” in extreme circumstances. This is urgent. It is crucial that you read this email carefully, understand it fully, and respond appropriately. This issue impacts whether you will be able to keep your rescue open.
Right now, this issue has a potential to impact ALL rescue groups and shelters in Fairfax County and Arlington County, VA. Should we lose the battle, it could impact not only every rescue and shelter in VA (and possibly nationwide at some point), but it could also impact other charitable organizations such as the Girl Scouts. It could shut all of them down, or seriously (and negatively) impact their operations.
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Mars Petcare US Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall
Today, Mars Petcare US announced a voluntary recall of products manufactured at its Everson, Pennsylvania facility. The pet food is being voluntarily recalled because of potential contamination with Salmonella serotype Schwarzengrund. This voluntary recall only affects the United States.
Salmonella can cause serious infections in dogs and cats, and, if there is cross contamination caused by handling of the pet food, in people as well, especially children, the aged, and people with compromised immune systems. Healthy people potentially infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. On rare occasions, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Animals can be carriers with no visible symptoms and can potentially infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
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This release is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission;
Worldwise Inc. Recalls Retractable Dog Leashes; Metal Clasp Can Break and Cause Facial and Body Injuries to Dog Owners
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced voluntary recalls of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Products: SlyDog™ Retractable Dog Leashes
Units: About 223,000
Importer: Worldwise Inc., of San Rafael, Calif.
Hazard: The metal clasp connecting the leash to a dog’s collar can bend or break while in use, causing the leash to recoil back unexpectedly. This poses a serious risk of injury to consumers.
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By now, we all know the horrors of puppy mills, the mass commercial breeding facilities where the only bottom line is the almighty buck and the welfare of the dogs is basically non-existent. With the rate of euthanasia in this country, do we really needs half a million puppies being pumped out into pet stores when millions and millions are killed in shelters.
Good, bad or indifferent, when it comes to commercial breeders the dogs are still just breeding machines and the Hunte Corporation is one of the largest involved in commercial breeding. Often acting as a broker, they also have their share of breeding facilities and although they try to come off as such a wonderful and caring company, they are really no different than so many out there.
This year they are sponsoring ‘Breeders Conference’ on the 26-27 of September in Joplin, Missouri. Many of the original sponsors of the event have withdrawn support because of Hunte’s ties to puppy mills. One of their sponsor is Pfizer Animal Health and they have not. Please sign the petition to request they they also withdraw their support.
You can read the body of the Petition below, then take a moment to sign. Help to get the word out, send this to friends and family. Time is short and we need to make ourselves heard! Be a voice for the voiceless!
Pfizer: Don’t Sponsor Animal Cruelty!
The Hunte Corporation is the largest broker in the US of “misery puppies” - those sad products of puppy mills that end up for sale in pet stores. They try to stay out of the dirtiest part of the work themselves, instead acting as middlemen, brokering sales of puppies from puppy mills to pet stores.
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Many of you may be familiar with the recent story out of Denver regarding BSL and Forrest the dog. If you’re not, please take a moment to read the background;
In reaction to BSL and specifically to the case of Forrest and his owner, Chris McGahey, ROVERlution has created a petition to Boycott Denver until the Breed Ban Ordinance is repealed. Please read the body of the petition below then sign the petition. We need every voice to shout out for this injustice!!
Spend No Dollars in Denver, Colorado
In honor of Forrest and all dogs in Denver facing breed extermination, We the undersigned make Denver this promise: We will keep our dollars out of Denver until the repeal of your breed ban ordinance [sec 8-55 Municipal Code].
As a misguided public safety measure, Denver’s breed ban mandates the confiscation and killing of any dog fitting the description of a “pit bull” or a mixed breed dog having the physical characteristics of a “pit bull.” Since May 2005, Denver has ordered and carried out the killing of more than 1,700 dogs merely because they were, or looked like, a “pit bull.”
Even friendly, non-aggressive family dogs, like Forrest, belonging to the McGahey family, do not escape Denver’s death warrant. When Denver Animal Control picked up Forrest, a lost dog from Adams County (borders Denver city limits) in July 2008, Chris McGahey was forced to hire an attorney to keep Denver from killing his dog. Forrest was incarcerated at the shelter for two months while Chris and his attorney Karen Breslin did everything possible to secure the release of Forrest. Pleading for Forrest’s return, Chris promised to move to Ft Collins (57 miles north of Denver), pay any fines, and never again visit the city of Denver.
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