I just sent your poster to all vet offices we work with to print and hang up
on their bulletin board If everyone else printed out the flyer and mailed,
emailed and took to their local clinics I bet you would get some new fosters
_____
From: sue4turkey@aol.com [mailto:sue4turkey@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:09 PM
To: adoptkings@gmail.com; ptuvell@gmail.com; michelleheran@gmail.com;
MickaCoo@mickaboo.org; bone@parasceva.com; labeckley@sbcglobal.net;
bjpdsp@comcast.net; ginafarr@farrvisions.com; donnarose09@gmail.com;
mnavarrete@peninsulahumanesociety.org; jackie.oppedisano@gmail.com;
kkalumuck@exploratorium.edu; capnjanes@gmail.com; margiegear@yahoo.com;
ava_haven@comcast.net; smartintheelf@yahoo.com; janellewhite@sfwar.org;
sness1000@yahoo.com
Cc: info@harvesthomesanctuary.org; Karen@harvesthomeanimal.org
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] What Should We Do?
Doesn't Best Friends save pigeons too. You posted one of their stories
recently.
Peace,
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Young
To: Priya Tuvell ; Michelle Heran
; MickaCoo ; Annye Bone
; Lee Ann Beckley ; Bernard
Pugh ; Gina Farr ; Donna
Shadowens ; Mariela Navarrete
; Jackie Oppedisano
; Karen Kalumuck ;
Jane Shaffer ; Margie Gear ;
Heather Bechtel ; Stacy Martin
; Janelle ; Sherri Ness
Cc: info ; Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary
Sent: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 3:55 pm
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] What Should We Do?
Thank you all very much for your responses.
We have made several attempts to persuade the Farm Sanctuaries to help the
king pigeons- bred and raised and sold as meat! If you ask me, every farm
sanctuary should at least have one aviary of king pigeons to help tell the
story of these exploited and overlooked birds. To date, only the very
wonderful Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary has said yes (back in Feb 2011) and
they have helped MickaCoo save 14 king pigeons (you can read the story here-
Harvest Home! http://www.rescuereport.org/2011/02/harvest-home.html ).
(I've cc'd Christine and Karen of Harvest Home in case they'd like to
comment.)
To date, my conversations with other Farm Sanctuaries have failed (because
they are too stretched already or didn't think of pigeons as farmed animals)
but we don't want to giv up.
Please be so kind as to reach out to any and all farm sanctuaries on behalf
of the king pigeons. Ask them if they provide sanctuary for rescued squab
and warmly thank them if they do (and find out if they have space for more).
If they don't ask them why not? Tell them you're a MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove
Rescue volunteer and that you'd like their help to save some king pigeons
(bred, raised and sold as meat- squab!). Me & MickaCoo will gladly help them
in every way and, as you know, it is not hard to create and care for an
aviary of king pigeons. If they each created one little aviary and housed
6-12 kings, it would make a HUGE difference. They get LOTS of volunteers and
visitors and the humane education opportunities are significant.
I've attached an article (Squab: Another Cruel Delicacy, written by Harvest
Home) and here's a link to our Say No to Squab Pledge
<http://www.thepetitionsite.com/908/812/754/pledge-to-stop-eating-baby-pigeo
ns-say-no-to-squab/> (with nearly 1200 signatures to date) and a couple of
pictures of rescued kings.
And here are two articles which are more than welcome to share-
Gentle Kings Need Help to Escape Cruel Fate
<http://www.rescuereport.org/2011/05/gentle-kings-need-help-to-escape-cruel.
html>
How to Create an Aviary for Rescued King Pigeons
<http://www.rescuereport.org/2011/01/how-to-create-aviary-for-rescued-king.h
tml>
You're also encouraged to share my contact info (and get theirs for me).
Elizabeth Young, founder & executive director MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue
www.PigeonRescue.org
AdoptKings@gmail.com
(415) 420-7204
There is NOTHING that I would like more than to spend this upcoming holiday
season doing than helping farm sanctuaries get on board for this overdue
cause that is central to their mission.
Please do call them! Let us know what happens.
Thank you!
Elizabeth
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Priya Tuvell wrote:
What about harvest home sanctuary? I think they are inStockton. I think they
do rabbits and chickens, but maybe they could help?
On Thursday, November 29, 2012, Michelle Heran wrote:
I second Farm Sanctuary, as well as potentially The Gentle Barn, and Animal
Place. Those are three that I've heard of in California that are all about
rescue for farmed animals. And since Kings meet that criteria I would hope
they'd include them.
I've been keeping an eye out for businesses/places that would be good
candidates around here (wineries, public farm/gardens, etc), but it's tough
because so many of them either want to breed (and sell) or don't have the
staff to do the egg switching. But my eyes are always open, and I'm eager to
tell curious people about how great and easy these beautiful birds can be!
-Michelle
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Marsha Bassett
wrote:
I could take 2 of them Marsha
From: mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org [mailto:mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Young
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:48 PM
To: MickaCoo@mickaboo.org; Jane Shaffer; Annye Bone; Lee Ann Beckley; Gina
Farr; Jackie Oppedisano; Janelle; Michelle Heran; Margie Gear; Mariela
Navarrete; Sherri Ness; Donna Shadowens; Bernard Pugh; Heather Bechtel;
Karen Kalumuck; Stacy Martin
Subject: [MickaCoo] What Should We Do?
Hello-
I'm writing to ask you what we should do.
MickaCoo's foster system is dangerously overfull. We have used up all the
slack in our system and everybody is full up (some of us are a little too
full). And we are losing the foster home for 7 of our birds and will need to
fit them in before the end of December. We currently have about 120 foster
birds and a sustainable capacity of only about 95.
One of the keys to our success has been that we do not overcrowd birds.
Overcrowding leads to stress which leads to conflict which leads to injury
and illness...
Also- we have no financial margin for error. We are basically staying just
ahead of the red from month to month.
But, as you know, the lost and abandoned birds never get the "we're too
full" memo. They just keep coming.
Right now there are two young king pigeons and two doves (from two different
shelters) that are in need of rescue.
I'm reaching out to try and find alternative rescues for them but I wanted
to alert you as well.
If you know of someone that might be interested in helping MickaCoo help
these birds- either by becoming a new foster volunteer, by adopting or by
donating, please reach out to them.
And please- share your thoughts on what we should do. It is so much simpler,
in the abstract, to say "we're too full" than it is to say no to birds that
need us.
I send you my thanks for all of your support and hard work! MickaCoo
couldn't do any of this without you.
Elizabeth
P.S. We hope to see you at the Mickaboo & 'Coo holiday party in Livermore
this Saturday night from 5 to 9. (Details and RSVP here
<http://confluence.mickaboo.org/display/MBPublic/Mickaboo+Holiday+Party+2012
)
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