Posted by Taxidog on Saturday, December 18, 2010,
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Critter care
December 6, the Association of Shelter Veterinarians released “Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters,” a document that the organization calls "the first comprehensive report of its kind."
Among the contributors to this two-year project are Doctors Kate Hurley and Sandra Newbury of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Hurley directs the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Newbury works for the program as the national shelter medicine extension veterinarian, and she is ...
Posted by Taxi dog on Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
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Events
For Paws Hospice set to introduce its Mobile Animal Shelter M*A*S*H Unit at Mutt Strut Event benefiting The Humane Society, March 20th on Honeymoon Island, near Tampa Bay, FL.
The M*A*S*H concept is familiar to most Americans as the Korean War Mobile Army Surgical Hospital popularized by the long running television series by the same name.
"Although we won't be doing surgery," says Nancy Weikle President of For Paws Hospice, "we will be offering First Aid, and comfort to animals at pet events t...
Posted by Taxi dog on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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Human-animal bond
Homelessness hurts more than just people and families, it hurts their pets and it hurts society. Homelessness is the obscenity of our time and our shame if we do nothing.
Because most shelters today do not allow pets many homeless elect to remain homeless rather than abandon their companions.
One estimate puts the number of homeless in America at 3.5 million; no one knows how many pets live with their owners on the street but in 2007 nearly 40% of all U.S. households owned at least on...
Posted by Taxi dog on Monday, October 19, 2009,
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Taxi dog tales
A friend of Taxi Amy Shever at 2nd Chance 4 Pets http://2ndchance4pets.org/ sent us her birthday wish for help in finding a home together for these two very special friends Romeo and Juliet. Happy B-day Amy
Posted by Metro k on Thursday, October 1, 2009,
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Child animal bond
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Nationally it is estimated that 1 in 4 women will experience domestic partner abuse in her lifetime.
This is an appalling statistic particularly when you factor in the collateral damage inflicted on children who often are witness to the abuse and worse wind up on the receiving end more often than not. An abuser is as likely to extend his behavior to include his children even household pets in an escalating cycle of violence and abuse all desig...
Posted by Taxi dog on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
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Events
BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 15 / Cesar Millan, star of the Emmy-nominated TV series Dog Whisperer, launched his first National Spokesdog Competition today, an online photo search for the next dog star. Anyone can enter their dog in the competition by visiting NationalSpokesDog.org and uploading their most memorable dog photo and describing why their dog should win. The Spokesdog will star with Cesar in the Millan Foundation's 2010 Public Service Announcement campaign, promoting spaying and neute...
The American Humane Association's new PAWS™ program links the dual problems of violence against women and children with animal abuse and violence. PAWS is the first national initiative to promote on-site housing of pets at women’s shelters and to acknowledge the human-animal bond,...
