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Watts Dog Clinic: How One Day Can Make A World Of Difference.

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Watts Dog Clinic: How One Day Can Make A World Of Difference.

Our recent, completely free Watts Dog Clinic was a huge success. How do we measure success? There are the numbers: 40 dogs were spayed or neutered, and over 200 dogs were vaccinated, micro chipped, and licensed. But more than just the numbers, an amazing team of caring people gathered together for one reason – to provide services for an underserved community of Los Angeles. Watts does not have even a single animal hospital operating in its area.

There are many groups that united to make this day special. Thanks to our friends at the Watts Coffee House (on the corner of 103rd and Wilmington) we had a terrific location, right in the center of the community. One of the biggest challenges that many dog owners in Watts face is lack of transportation.

Having a variety of services in one location, and making it a great location, was an enormous benefit. The Coffee House also helped us get the word out, which led to a line of people down the block on 103rd Street. What a crowd!

First we must thank the Amanda Foundation and their amazing team of vets and vet techs who provided all of the veterinarian services. Then there’s the Department of Animal Services staff and volunteers who were on hand to provide information about the many services that Los Angeles City shelters offer as well as one-stop licensing. A SCVMA team of veterinarians also came out and volunteered their time by offering medical advice, a new initiative at our clinics.

Members from the ASPCA Safety Net and Spay Clinic Team volunteered and provided services to families with dogs who needed more than just basic vaccinations or sterilization. For example, we met a cocker spaniel who had a serious eye injury, and thanks to the ASPCA, this sweet dog was examined and treated at an animal hospital early this week. Our own shelter intervention counselor, Amanda, did an amazing job with her outreach efforts and wrote vouchers for animals needing extensive medical care, issues such as mange, ear infection, and even one senior dog with a terminal liver issue. Everybody was assisted, and there wasn’t a dog with a medical problem was who was turned away.

By coming together to work as one cohesive team, volunteers from Watts Project, Ghetto Rescue FFoundation, and Downtown Dog Rescue passed out hundreds of pounds of dog food and treats, fitted hundreds of dogs with new collars and leashes, and passed out other goodies such as toys, dog beds, and shampoos. We even had a pet ID tag engraving machine, which made over 100 free dog tags for the community’s dogs.

A big thanks also goes out to trainer Larry Hill from Puppy Imprinters who came out and signed people up for dog training classes, as well as to Aromatherapy Groomers for coming out […]

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ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY: WITNESS LA.COM & Celeste Freemon

RESCUING THE MIRACLE DOG PART 2

As posted on WitnessLA.com

June 17th, 2010 by Celeste Fremon

Milagro is the name that former public defender Elie Miller gave to the injured stray dog she was attempting to rescue. [PART 1 HERE] The dog is large-ish black and tan creature who is part German Shepherd, part Rottweiler, part who-knows-what?

When she first encountered Milagro at the end of December, 2009, he lived on a large vacant lot that is situated between the Homeboy Industries offices, where Elie now works, and Men’s Central Jail where she often goes to meet with clients. He caught Elie’s attention because he was so obviously sick and hurting. It turned out the source of the problem was the collar he was wearing that must have been strapped on him when he was puppy, before he was lost or abandoned. Now that he was an adult dog, the over-small collar remained on and had grown into his skin and was literally strangling him. It was also causing an open, infected wound that circled his neck.

Elie began coming to the lot twice a day— at first to feed the dog and then, once he began to trust her, to slip medication into his food.

Her unlikely partner in the rescue was BeeBee (BB), a dread-locked, 50-something homeless man who camped at the edge of the vacant lot and claimed he had long-ago served in the navy on a nuclear submarine.

Before Elie’s arrival, BeeBee never tried to touch Milagro. However, he shared his food with the dog, hoping at least to keep him alive.

Ideally, the animal needed to go to a vet, but Elie worried that any official agency would likely put the sick stray down.

As if to prove the point, shortly after Elie began visiting Milagro, a kindly woman postal inspector who worked nearby and often stopped to bring BeeBee food, had also taken an interest in the dog. Observing Milagro’s obvious distress she told BeeBee she thought the authorities should be called.

“He’s in such pain,” she said. “Maybe he should be euthanized.”

BeeBee shook his head when he told Elie about the exchange. “Don’t we all live our lives in some pain?” he said.

A few days later, Elie found at first one tiny metal cross, sans its chain, in the dirt where she fed Milagro. A couple of days after that, she found two more.

She chose to take the discoveries as a sign—or at the very least a friendly blessing.

“I decided that one was for me, one […]

ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY: WITNESS LA.COM & Celeste Freemon

RESCUING THE MIRACLE DOG PART 1

As posted on WitnessLA.com

June 15th, 2010 by Celeste Fremon

The dogs above are both creatures who need homes.

(For contact information, scroll to the end.)

But first, I need to tell you their collective story.

We’ll go back to the messy problems of the city and the county and the nation tomorrow.

For now, get comfortable. This may take a while.

MILAGRO

It all started during the very last days of December when my friend Elie-the-attorney noticed a very sick dog at a vacant lot near Men’s Central Jail.

FYI: Elie Miller is a former hot shot alternate public defender who quit her nice, secure county job to take a giant pay cut as the in-house lawyer for Homeboy Industries.

What you also need to know is that, in addition to being someone who feels called to defend clients that others would prefer to reject (like, say, homeboys and homegirls with criminal records), Elie is a hardcore rescuer of critters.

She happened on this particular dog– a black and tan shepherd and rottweiler mix—while she was walking from the Homeboy office on Bruno and Alameda to meet a client for a conference at Men’s Central Jail. In order to get there she took a shortcut through a humongous vacant lot littered by cracked cement slabs where factory buildings had once stood. Midway across the lot she spotted a male dog who was clearly in a state of high distress.

He was being nearly strangled by a leather collar that was strapped so tightly to his neck that it had cut a circle of sores into his skin that were […]

ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY: KNOCK OUT DOG FIGHTING .ORG

Dogs Speak Out Against Dog Fighting from For Pits Sake on Vimeo.

WHAT WE DO:

The Knock Out Dog Fighting program has been working to end violence in our communities and stop the torture of dogs used for dog fighting for over a decade. We continue to break new ground by reaching different audiences with the message that abuse, whether to a human or animal, is not a sign of strength, power or greatness. Kris Crawford says.

Our youth intervention program for schools, community centers and juvenile detentions facilities consist of one time assembly presentations or ongoing weekly classes and workshops. We have programs specifically geared to hot spots for gang activity that have an emphasis on behavior modification for At-Risk, High-Risk, Impacted and Intentional youth and adolescents.

One of the things that is unique about our program is we don’t just go to schools or juvenile detention facilities and tell kids not to fight dogs….we work with them so they stop abusing animals AND we give them healthy alternatives. We don’t go in and say don’t do this and don’t do that. We bring in positive role models that tell them you CAN do this and you CAN do that and them we show them how! We foster hope by helping them come to the realization that they are capable of much more than they have ever dreamt possible. We engage them so they can rise above their circumstances and become champions and help us end the distress of these animals…to help us Knock Out Dog Fighting.

Spokesperson:
Mona Liza “MO” Reyes – Kris Crawford
NPC Figure Champion

“Being a champion takes drive, discipline, dedication and a whole lot of heart…. Dog fighting is animal abuse and we need your help to stop the torture and suffering of these animals. I’m exercising my strength out side of the weight room, so please join me in stopping dog fighting.”

ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY: Saving Animals Saved My Life

No Mia’s Wednesday Treats for the next two weeks! Mia, Princess and Sass are taking a needed vacation! But not to worry — Wednesday’s still mean business here in PITStop!

Today is “We Need Inspirational Stories” Wednesday and here is a truly amazing story from the animal welfare universe!

We have Catherine Hedges from Dont Bully My Breed Rescue in the midwest telling her story of how SAVING ANIMALS SAVED her LIFE!

YOUTube VIDEO LINK

Find out more about DONT BULLY MY BREED Rescue

ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY: THE PAWDCAST by Found Animals and SEAACA

Found Animals Foundation, Inc. (Found Animals) is a privately funded 501(c)(3), non-profit organization dedicated to minimizing shelter euthanasia. They’ve created amazing programs to increase what they call “live release rates” in shelters and an excellent example of this is their new and improved (remember their adorable webcams?) PAWDCAST.

It’s a web based series that had its premier yesterday and will run weekdays from 4:00 – 4 :30 pm. This is a collaborative project between Found Animals and Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA). SEAACA provides animal services for Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Buena Park, Downey, Lakewood, La Palma, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, South El Monte, South Gate and Vernon.

The half hour show will feature among other offerings, the animals available for adoption at SEAACA (the inaugural webcast had a bunny, snake, cats and of course, dogs). It’s a great idea and fun to watch! The hosts yesterday were charming and one could tell from watching that they really loved animals.

Subsequent webisodes will feature SEAACA’s adoption annex aptly called The MODPAWD. Here is a listing of what they promise to offer for future webcast

“The PawdCast offers you an unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes of an animal care center to highlight the wide variety of great pets available for adoption, dispel myths about shelter animals, and provide a broad range of animal- and pet-centric entertainment.

Segments include:
-Hot Topics: focusing on global animal news and related stories
-Things Your Pet Wants You To Know: tips and tricks for pets, their owners, and their friends
-Ask The Expert: through a live chat room you can receive real-time answers about relevant pet problems and concerns
-Information on useful products, retail promotions and interesting must-haves”

BRAVO Found Animals Foundation and SEAACA! A timely endeavor that’s also technologically savvy! Here’s to its success and an increase in SEAACA’s adoption rates because of it!

So PITStop readers, tune in to THE PAWDCAST everyday from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm! When you need a break from that report you’ve been slaving on at work or if the kids have finally calmed down and taking their nappies, tune in!

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Here is the TRAILER for the Pawdcast