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October 2005 ArchivesFor years, we've all been told by our veterinarians to vaccinate our pets and our children. In recent years, though, there's been a backlash against the standard medical establishment protocols of what shots to give, and whether they're even necessary. If you're looking for another view on pet vaccinations, head to this site, Critter Advocacy, from veterinarian Dr. Bob Rogers, who founded the the Critter Fixer Pet Hospital in Spring. ...More than two months after Katrina, displaced pets are still being rescued and brought to safety. Best Friends is still on the scene in Tylertown, Mississippi... and the volunteers there go through 350 pounds of food a day, and 350 gallons of water. Here's a report from our CBS correspondent Stacey Case. From the Associated Press: NEW YORK - Anna Nicole Smith's dogs are boycotting pet food maker Iams. Smith's protesting pooches are refusing dog food from Iams in a new advertisement for PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "Marilyn, Sugar Pie and Puppy are boycotting Iams until it stops testing on animals in labs," the poster reads beneath a picture of Smith, a former Playboy model, and her three dogs. PETA claims an undercover investigation in 2002 and 2003 revealed "deplorable" conditions in Iams' contract laboratory. The group said at least 27 dogs wer... I don't know where these originally came from, but they're hysterical.. The hard luck cat is unlucky no more. A good hearted reader saw this blog post and adopted Snow. Thank you! ...I've also posted this in my events calendar, but I wanted to give it some extra publicity. I recommended people who are looking for a purebred dog check with their local rescue groups (I have a big list here)before heading out to the breeders. Rescued purebreds (and sure, some not so pure!) certainly need another chance, and they're often a lot less expensive that what breeders charge. If you've ever wanted to know about the benefits of rescue - whether it's in a breed rescue or general an...
The Astros have gone to the dogs! Even the four legged friends are getting in to the "Killer Bs" spirit! Ever heard of Premarin? It is a hormone replacement therapy medication, that has been the subject of great controversy. The US Humane Society has its take here. The ASPCA has this file on its website with its take on Premarin. The ASPCA supports organizations that help provide homes for the mares used in the manufacture of Premarin, but the upcoming wint... Evacuated, then sick.. his owner found.. and lost again.. This cat needs another home. Here's Colleen Hodges from Harris County Animal Control.
Shortly after the winds from Hurricane Katrina settled down, Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue volunteers pulled into the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana and started to work with the staff of the Louisiana Veterinarian Medical Association (LVMA) and the Veterinarian School of Louisiana State University to help organize the equine rescue efforts. After receiving our official status as part of the State of Louisiana Search and Rescue Team, the organization arranged for teams of volunteers to arrive in scheduled cycles of four days each and started the delivery of donated supplies to the Center...  It's posted here at Pasado Safe Haven. Warning!! Bring out the tissues.. ...I received this today from the US Humane Society .... URGENT ALERT: SAVE THE SLAUGHTER BAN!
But that work is in danger of being undone! We fear that the horse slaughter ban is going to be stripped during final passage of the Agriculture Appropriations bill. We cannot allow this outrageous action -- which would violate the overw... is a new group I've been emailed about.. Looks like a grassroots organization in New Orleans that refuses to give up looking for animals left behind in the storm. Check out DRAR's website here and its MSN group board here, where you'll find a message board wtih updates of the operation and a report from two volunteers who say they were >> Continue reading: Disaster Response Animal Rescue.. This was forwarded to me, and authored by Jane Garrison, who is trying to piece together a last ditch effort to find any pets left stranded in New Orleans...
We rescued Bingo tonight, a dog trapped in a bathroom of a house. In a desperate attempt to get a drink of water, Bingo crawled into a bathtub but then was too weak to get himself out. Bingo could not even lift his head or stand.. but he is alive. Sadly, there are others like Bingo w... ASTROS WIN! ... In case you didn't see this on channel 11 .. here is another reason you should let professional trappers handle wildlife emergencies with dangerous animals.. ...
 This has already been sent to me by two people. It's a look back at the four legged victims of Katrina. ...I'm following up on the "Incredible Story of Max the Poodle." First, you have to read this post. Now, you have to click here to watch the video of this precious boy. He's going home today to be reunited with his owner! ...Pasado Safe Haven reports the reward is now up to $25,000. More information on that here. In addition, Pasado's volunteers are about to wrap up their rescue operations and head home. I can't say enough about this group. Those folks have been down there and determined to save as many pets as they can. ...Best Friends has been in Mississippi and Louisiana since Katrina.. Here's one of its latest reports of its rescue efforts.. ...Have you ever been playing/feeding/walking/cleaning up after your pet and thought, "Why hasn't someone come up with an invention to do (insert your own word here)." Maybe YOU have come up with a brilliant idea to make the pet poop pickup task easier or less smelly. Perhaps you had a brainstorm for the perfect toy to keep your dog occupied while you're gone so he doesn't chew up the house, or a product that your cat will actually use to sharpen its claws instead of your sofa? Time to put the idea to paper .. well, to the web. Petsafe.com is sponsoring a contest that ends November 30th, 2005, for the chanc... You've likely seen the comments about Gable Honor, the greyhound abandoned off I-10 near Sealy, who was later found dead. Citizens for Animal Protection sent me over its weblink about Texas animal cruelty laws: here it is. ... Right after Rita went through, I posted about a pair of Moody Gardens' Gentoo penguins, who didn't seem to care that a storm was out there and had laid an egg. Jerri Hamachek with Moody Gardens tells me they now have two Gentoo Penguin eggs, and more appear to be on the way. Three other pairs of Gentoos are exhibiting courtship behavior and the biologists saw  "Lisa, I am so very sad to tell you and your readers that my friend and I found Honor this afternoon after lo...  gets another chance Puppymillrescue.com has teamed up with Pasado Safe Haven to increase the reward to find the killer/killers of several dogs at a school in St. Bernard Parish. You can find the latest Pasado update on the shootings here. CNN ran a story about it here, and you can also access some of the terrible photos on this blogsite, >> Continue reading: $15,000 reward to find the dog killers in St. Bernard Parish
 The little green guy is 50 years old, and he kicked off a world tour celebrating his bi... Something very funky is going on with our email here at KHOU, and since a great deal of these posts come from you, I can't post anything until I can access my email again! Grrrrr. ...
Earlier today I posted about the HSUS pulling out of New Orleans and the Gonzales shelter it had run for the past six weeks with the Louisana SPCA. LA-SPCA lost its facility and is currently renovating a building in Algiers to continue operations. In the meantime, other volunteers are still doing their best to rescue animals that are still lost, and trying to help the other groups like Pasado Safe Haven,
From the Houston Chronicle: WACO - A man accused of sitting on his front porch drinking beer while his pit bull-terrier mix attacked a 9-year-old boy was indicted.
A McLennan County grand jury on Wednesday charged Jorge Grijaiva Cardona, 42, with injury to a child, a felony with a maximum penalty of two years in a state jail.
In May, Cardona's dog bit an elementary student in the right arm, right leg and rib area while the child rode a go-cart in front of his own house, according to reports. >> Continue reading: Dog owner who drank beer while boy was attacked to face charges  The HSUS is wrapping up its emergency rescues in Louisiana. Here is a video of its efforts.. ...Here's a tongue-twister: gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV for short). Actually, it's more of a tummy twister, and if it happens to your dog, it can happen fast and be deadly.  Just got this news release from the HSUS.. WASHINGTON and NEW YORK (October 12, 2005) The Humane Society of the United States, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), United Animal Nations (UAN) and Best Friends Animal Society are asking all animal shelters, breed rescue groups and others who are sheltering animal victims of Hurricane Katrina to voluntarily extend the hold period of those animals to allow for more family reunions to occur. Since Hu... I had someone forward me a very disturbing story about live dogs and cats being used as shark bait on La Reunion Island, a French speaking island of about 775,00 people, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. WARNING! There are disturbing pictures in some of these weblinks! It has been reported by British and Swedish newspapers, and now the RSPCA (The UK's SPCA) has a pet... I don't know about you, but I've just about HAD IT with the mosquitos. I've been getting attacked during the day by those blasted salt marsh mosquitos that were blown over here from Louisiana by Hurricane Rita. That got me to thinking about the heartworm issue for my dogs, Indy and Bailey. They had a couple of mosquitos hovering around their heads when I unclipped their leashes this evening. Thankfully, I have them on monthly heartworm preventative. Geez, the stuff is expensive, but it's a small price to pay considering the painful and often lethal alternative. To put it in a nutshell, heartw...    This year's conference of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association was originally supposed to be held in New Orleans. Instead, it's coming here, and SIRE (Houston's Therapeutic Riding Center), the local group who's hosting it, needs help.. PRONTO! This is a quick turn-around, because the conference is scheduled for November 8th through the 12th. SIRE was busy helping other therapeutic riding centers affected by the hurricanes on the gulf coast. Now, it needs yours! >> Continue reading: Saddle up, horse fans! We need your help!
You could become a foster for E-Rescue. This is a group that started as an internet group, whose convictions grew so strong they turned into an hands on rescue group. E-Rescue takes animals from the smaller and lesser known shelters in town to foster and rehab them to ensure sucessful adoptions into forever homes. They have no permanent facility, and rely on a successful partnership with >> Continue reading: Did you offer to foster dogs for Katrina? Here's another way you can help...  Of course, as Sam highlighted in his comment posted below.. there are always the br... I'm adding this to the calendar.. but here's some background about this weekend's Blessing of the Pets Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 4:00 pm in the Cathedral Courtyard - Christ On the fifth day, God created every living creature. God saw that it was good, and God blessed them. They haven't managed to book Dr. Doolittle, but will have the Houston  Now, here's the long version. Be warned.. it's LONG! ... This was left in the comments section by Julie. Looks like there isn't much time left for some of the animals down at Galveston's shelter... To help, you can call the shelter at 409-948-2485, or make a PayPal donations on their web site at http://members.petfinder.org/~TX558/ Forwarding from volunteer at Galveston County Shelter in Texas City: Just in case you've received the email from a woman in Iraq, looking for her bulldog, Cledus - last seen in Beaumont.. I've just been updated that Cledus is alive and well at the clinic where he is boarded. They evacuated all the pets with them, and returned when they got power. Lynn has spoken to the clinic and she knows the status of Cledus. She is VERY happy and relieved. ...
From Alexandra Kelsey Leah Purcell of Spindletop Rescue will be coming back to Houston tomorrow with dogs she's rescued. The dogs have foster homes lined up, but they will be kenneled for a couple of days while we get the dogs onto their flights or in the car to the new foster homes. Auburn Kennels is only charging $5/dog/day for these rescuees, which is great. But Leah may have 25-30 dogs to board short-term. If you know anyone who would like to su... I've finally got this up and running: it's a new forum discussion board that will allow you to post information and pictures to report lost and found pets. If you are missing an animal.. if you've found an animal.. go to www.baileyindy.com/lostandfound to post your information! ...From Janice Blue of In Solidarity with Animals: Today, from Noon-7, our kind friends @ Central City Coop, 2115 Taft, will accept donations for the Rita-ravished Exotic Cat Refuge & Wildlife Orphanage in Kirbyville, in the piney woods of east Texas (see list below of requested items) Tomorrow morning, along with a 500 gallon skid tank donated by Apache Oil, everything collected today will be delivered by In Solidarity with Animals, directly to Monique Woodward and her two daughters, who are desperately trying to care for all the animals --- a lioness, 5 tigers, 2 Siberian cubs, 8 cougars, 4 jaguars... 
Got this from the Houston SPCA.. The Houston SPCA has been leading the animal rescue and relief efforts as a result of Hurricane Rita's landfall along theTexas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Beginning end of day Thursday, October 6, 2005, the Houston SPCA will be moving out of Ford Park. Efforts to reunite pets will continue at the Houston SPCA, where rescued animals are being housed.  Margaret Gondo, who volunteers over at BARC and has been very vocal in improving conditions there, has heard about at least three incidents of animals dying on the road during the long, long evacuations from the Houston area. She is trying to collect reports of pet deaths, with the thought they might one day be helpful in convincing authorities to consider the needs of pets when it comes to emergency plans. If you have information you'd like to share with Margaret, email her at gondo_42@yahoo.com. Please include the animal's age, pre-existing conditions (if any), and wha... I'd post Friends For Life's story myself, but the good people there already have a great blog site with photos and updates of what they've been doing to help Katrina and Rita pets. Most recently, they've been working in Kirbyville to help that exotic animal sanctuary keep its big cats alive... ...Lost a pet? Found a pet? www.lostandfoundpets-spring.com is a site that lists lost and found animals in the Spring, Woodlands, Humble and Kingwood areas.. In the meantime, I plan on getting a forum up soon that allows everyone to post lost and found pet listings. I'll let you know when that's upand running.. ...
Since the Lamar-Dixon shelter in Lousiana has to be closed, the Humane Society has asked Pasado Safe Haven to take in any more Katrina animals that are rescued. Check out Pasado's latest update here. ...This is extremely disturbing. Here's the video of the story... ...Just in case you can't get to your radio, I've found a website for archived versions of Go Vegan's weekly radio broadcast: It's aired live on KPFT 90.1 Houston or 89.5 Galvestion at 10AM every Monday. Here is the website of archived shows.. ...The US Humane Society has sent this letter to the Louisiana Attorney General requesting it continue following the case of the dogs shot in St. Bernard Parish... ...
The Texas Veterinary Medical Association issued a call for vet help to assist Rita victims. This is from the TVMA's forum: Veterinarians are needed now to assist with disaster relief efforts in the southeastern part of the state, in areas impacted by Hurricane Rita. The doctors who are currently working in these areas are desperately shorthanded. Anyone willing to travel to should contact the TVMA office. The effected counties are especially in need of large animal practitioners.
The shelter at Lamar-Dixon will close in mid-October. In the meantime, the HSUS will hand off rescue and rehab duties to the Louisiana SPCA. The LASPCA will move operations and set up a temporary shelter in Algiers, since its original facility, in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, was destroyed (photos here). The HSUS announcement is here. The news rele... I hate this story. I really do. My hope is that the person or persons who killed these dogs will be brought to justice. Find out more about Pasado Safe Haven's reward here. ... |
