July 2010 - Mickacoo - mickaboo.org

South Bay, CA FW: [Mickaboo Discuss] House/bird sit
by Elizabeth Y 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Just in case you are/know someone that can help... e -----Original Message----- From: regalarts(a)me.com Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:15 PM To: discuss(a)mickaboo.org Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] House/bird sit Hi All, Our house/bird sitter cancelled at the latest possible moment before our family vacation! We live in Los Altos Hills in a Lake Tahoe style house across from Hidden Villa on Moody Road in a secluded, wooded location with a pool and all amenities. 2 eclectus, 2 ringnecks, 2 conures, 1 australorp rooster, 1 pomeranian. If interested, please email me off- list. Thanks! Camille Regal Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ------- HOW TO -------------------- CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj

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OT? Fwd: Letter from a Shelter Manager
by Elizabeth Young 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

I think this is important enough to share with you. Probably I'm preaching to the choir but I think it's a good letter and perhaps something you want to share/post/Facebook it with others. I hope so. As you can imagine- it is sad. Thanks, Elizabeth ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: New York Bird Club <bestbirdclub(a)yahoo.com> Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:17 AM Subject: Letter from a Shelter Manager To: adoptkings(a)gmail.com To view the thread go to: http://forums.manhattanbirdclub.com/post?id=4798976<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5502089&act=4BOP…> Sara Warth Raven<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5502089&act=4BOP…>sent a message to the members of DEATHROW DOGS WORLDWIDE on Facebook. This could be about rabbits, guinea pigs, bird, horses, ferrets, rats… as well as cats and dogs. Subject: Letter from a Shelter Manager This was sent to me from a forum I belong to in the USA.... while it might not all be relevant in the UK I wanted to share it.... Hope that's okay... Please share it with anyone you know in the US especially.. .. Letter from a Shelter Manager I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know. That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are. If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment. Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right? I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head I deal with everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes. My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE! Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say "I saw this and it made me want to adopt". THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT. For those of you that care--- please repost this to at least one other list in another city/state. Let's see if we can get this all around the US and have an impact. This message was sent from New York Bird Club to adoptkings(a)gmail.com. It was sent from: New York Bird Club, P.O. Box 286231, New York, NY 10128. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing by <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> [image: iContact - Try It Free!] <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage your subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1044378127&l=6232&s=4BOP&m=…> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/core/message/forward?m=5502089&s=1044378127&c=4…> -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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I've updated The Rescue Report with some of the latest stories
by Elizabeth Young 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

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FW: [Mickaboo Discuss] Mickaboo July newsletter published!
by Elizabeth Y 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

-----Original Message----- From: Pamela Lee <pambudgie(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 8:15 AM To: discuss(a)mickaboo.org Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] Mickaboo July newsletter published! Our latest newsletter is now available online! Go to www.mickaboo.org and click on the July newsletter link in the upper left corner. MANY thanks to the crew of volunteers who flocked together to create thiss edition. In somewhat chronological order: - all the writers (see the bylines to find out who they are!) - Walt B, who did the integration of the articles and pix into the newsletter - Mal, for his help in pulling the newsletter into our web 'space' and answering cries for help with the calendar contest - Matt, for solving last year's problem of the not-so-public calendar contest, and setting up this year's voting mechanism - Chloe, for moral support and technical suggestions - and helping me learn the difference between conures and pionuses (pioni?) - the admins group, for piloting the calendar contest. Thanks to all! Enjoy, everyone! Sent from my Peek - Pam www.getpeek.com ------- HOW TO -------------------- CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj

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OT: Bird lovers website
by Elizabeth Young 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hello- I was sent a link to this cool site http://birdcinema.com/ and, since I enjoyed it, thought I'd do the same. e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] Found injured piegon
by Elizabeth Young 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hi, Jolene- Thank you for helping this poor bird. It sounds like she needs to see an avian vet. Is it a feral (wild) pigeon? If so, WildCare or Wildlife Rescue of Silicon Valley or Dr. Speer in Oakley or Montclair Vet Hospital in Oakland would be potential resources for getting it help. Also- I HIGHLY recommend Pigeon Talk webgroup ( www.pigeons.biz/forums) as a resource for locating a private rescuer who might have the bandwidth to help. (When you post there, please mention that MickaCoo referred you or they'll just refer you back to us.) Unfortunately, MickaCoo is completely overwhelmed right now and swamped with domestic pigeons and doves and on the verge of having to implement a moratorium against intakes until more adoptions and more volunteer assistance can be developed. I'm really sorry not to be able to offer better news. If others can help, unofficially, that would be wonderful. Elizabeth On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Jolene <total_bettie(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Found an injured pigeon, wings and legs seem fine. Very lethargic, won't > take water or any food. Very shaky, and keeps stumbling in circles. It > keeps expanding it's wings and nothing appears broken. Is this bird sick, > anyone have suggestions on how I can help it? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > ------- HOW TO -------------------- > CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: > https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ > VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ > HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: > http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj > -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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White Homing Pigeon Needs a Ride
by C Dickinson 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Hello! There is a Little Homing Pigeon that came from the SJACS shelter today who needs a ride from Tina in Campbell to Me in Pacifica. So if you are driving up this way anywhere in the SF peninsula area tomorrow and can give the Pij a ride, write back on my email chezd3(a)yahoo.com Thank you and Make it a fabulous day! ____________________________________________________________ Cheryl A Reiki Master - www.cheryldickinson.com A MickaCoo Volunteer - www.MickaCoo.org A King Pigeon Rescuer - http://cheryldickinson.com/kings.htm

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another article about the proposed ban to sell pets in SF
by Elizabeth Young 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Hello- Here's another article about the proposed ban to sell pets in SF http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0EP3RWdfFCYlFgva4Dl69M7W… Do folks want me to post these or is everybody tired of this topic? e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Incoming injured pigeon needs foster home
by Elizabeth Young 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

Hello- We've just been contacted by SJACS about an injured white pigeon that Leslie is picking up and rushing to the vet. Assuming it lives and is released from the vet, we're going to need foster care for it. So far, this is all we know- "they have an injured pigeon that needs to be pulled immediately". Please contact me at AdoptKings(a)gmail.com if you or someone you know can help. Thanks, e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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In todays' SF Chron, Letters to Editor in Support of Adoption
by Elizabeth Young 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

http://www.sfgate.com/columns/letterstoeditor/archive/ -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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