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Tonight (Wednesday), as animal lovers hold a candlelight vigil outside the ASPCA offices for Oreo, the miracle dog killed by the ASPCA, we are thrilled to let you know that we received word that a bill to allow animal welfare organizations the right to request animals be given to their care when a shelter is planning to euthanize them will be introduced in the State Legislature this week by Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner and State Senator Thomas K. Duane.
The bill is modeled after a similar law in California (the Hayden law), and would have saved Oreo and brought her to us. This is a MAJOR step in the right direction for ensuring the safety of the animals in the care of organizations like the ASPCA. It must pass.
We expect that there will be shouting and foot stomping and doomsday predictions (as there was in California) from the ASPCA and the big money organizations, and it is VITAL that you help us keep their feet to the fire. Support this bill, and support the legislators who introduced it. Write the Assembly members and/or State Senators and let them know what’s going on and that they need to support this bill. Call them if you are so inclined. Spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
Send your expressions of support to:
Assembly Member Kellner at kellnerm@assembly.state.ny.us
State Senator Tom Duane at duane@senate.state.ny.us
Read the press release here:
http://www.micahkellner.net/2009/11/18/oreos-law-would-give-dogs-a-second-chance-at-life/
Please take just a second to email them and thank them.
Then spread the news. Post this to your Facebook and Myspace pages. Twitter it. Digg it, Reddit. WHATEVER social network you use, please use it. Let’s get everyone involved.
Kerry & Matt
Unfamiliar with the Oreo case?
You can read a great summary here in the L.A.Times.You can also read our own page here, and check our press page.
Be the difference. YOU are all the have.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Nov 19, 2009. There are comments.
We are naive. For organizations like the ASPCA, “animal welfare” is big business. They are money raising machines, using star power to raise millions to further their efforts. Paying their CEO, Ed Sayres, the man who responded to staff emails trying to save Oreo, the dog thrown off the roof, nursed to health and then murdered by the ASPCA by saying “just do your job” more than half a million dollars a year.
Pets Alive is not a money raising machine. We save animals. That’s it. Every day we pour over emails, phone calls and phone messages from other shelters, trying our best to save as many as we can. Understand one fundamental fact that some people seem to be forgetting. They are all equal. Every soul is as precious as the next. Each one is completely innocent and each one deserves life.
I was broken when I left my office last night. I was completely disgusted. I went out to dinner and drank more than I ate. Kerry was heartbroken as well.
The question left in our minds is very simple: how could an organization that has virtually unlimited resources claim to have run out of options and kill an animal? We’re not talking about an animal dying of cancer or ripped to shreds in a dogfight. There are no shades of gray here. No wiggle room. There’s only a binary reality – right and wrong. Black and white. Yes or no. Life or death. They chose death. Period. Why? Because that’s what Sayres and his minions wanted for Oreo. That’s what they thought was best for her. Can you f’ing believe that? They gave us all the finger and told us that death was the best thing for Oreo.
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Animal Rescue by Admnistrator on Nov 14, 2009. There are comments.
Hi everyone. Matt here. At Pets Alive we are eager to collaborate with other shelters. We try very hard to set aside political views, debates over kill or no-kill, personalities and everything else, staying laser focused on the animals. They are all that matter. We will fight tooth and nail for each and every one.
You’ve helped us many times. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Many of our supporters donate to many animal welfare organizations. Many donate to the SPCA of New York City – I’m not talking about your local SPCA or the Sullivan County SPCA (good friends of ours), or the Westchester County SPCA (again, friends of ours).
I’m speaking of the New York City ASPCA – $85 million in donations last year, a President named Ed Sayres, whose salary is more than our budget for the year. They spent $10 million on advertising last year. $10 million. And we struggle to buy stamps.
Know what though? If they’re saving animals then we support them one hundred percent. And they saved 4000 last year. That’s great. That comes to roughly $20,000 an animal, but at least they’re saved, right?
You would think so. You’d be wrong.
Oreo was a pit bull mix that was thrown from the top of a six story building. She ended up at the ASPCA, who set her broken legs, fixed her shattered body and got her back on her feet. Then they killed her.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Nov 13, 2009. There are comments.
The Animal Rescue Site is hosting a special challenge for shelter and rescue groups.The grand prize is a $20,000 grant, and they will be awarding many other grants to rescue groups with the most votes. Think how many animals we could help for $20,000! Help us win! All you have to do is click this link, and then vote. Enter Pets Alive (two words) and NY for the state and then click VOTE! There is no cost to vote and no registration required.
But you need to vote once a day, every day, from
September 14th through December 20th, 2009.
Every time you vote, or tell a friend to vote, you are making a huge difference for us.
Vote today! PLEASE!
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Sep 14, 2009. There are comments.
Linda Brink is the director of Sunnyskies Bird & Animal Sanctuary. I consider her a good friend but more importantly she is a tremendous force in the animal world. When Linda gets her teeth into abuse, she cannot and does not let it go. She does everything she can, within the letter of the law, to see justice done on behalf of the animals who have suffered. I find her inspiring and a tremendous resource. She does this in the wee hours of the morning or night, as she works every single day, 14 hours a day (minimum) at her own rescue and sanctuary – and yet she still finds time to help us at Pets Alive as needed, or to take up a cause and fight for it. Recently she wrote the below and I found it amazingly insightful and want to share it with all of you. Thank you Linda for being who you are. Thanks from all the animals you work tirelessly to save.
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I was recently asked, by two people: But, if she doesn’t get the horses back, and is barred from ever owning horses–isn’t that enough?
There’s this: if a person had done to other people, or to children, what was done to the two horses in this abuse case, they would, at this juncture, quite possibly be in jail without bail. If children had been found starved, with wounds inflicted by ill fitting clothes and shoes–wounds left ignored for so long that they had caused agony, had become infected, necrotic, life threatening, wounds that would leave physical scars for life–if the victims were children, those responsible would be hauled off in handcuffs, arrested, charged, and held, reviled by all, until the full wrath of our system of justice could send its flaming arrow their way. With crowds cheering.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Aug 10, 2009. There are comments.
PLEASE CROSS POST
(This was put together by Linda Brink, Director, Sunnyskies Bird & Animal Sanctuary, Warwick, NY)
Dear Friends of Suzi and Whisk:
It’s been weeks now since Keum H. Lee last appeared at the Wallkill Courthouse. Although, surely, the case must be progressing, we have become greatly concerned by the amount of time that has passed–even since the rally. Our calls to the ADA remain unreturned.
At this very important juncture, we feel it is absolutely essential that all of those in support of justice for Suzi and Whisk once more contact the ADA and DA’s office and let them know: cutting a deal with Keum H. Lee, after the suffering she has allegedly inflicted, is absolutely unacceptable.
It will be too late, after the fact, to express your outrage. The silence is–very disturbing! We all know: the law seems to change when the victims are animals. We all know: in the eyes of the law, too many times, the suffering of animals is dismissed as inconsequential. And how many times are the animals returned to the very monsters who hurt them? Too many times.
PLEASE, take a moment to once again raise your voice in support of justice for these two horses, who have been through so much. Their suffering is representative of the suffering of so many, and pursuing and enforcing felony charges, and reasonable punishment, will not only achieve justice for Suzi and Whisk, it will help so many other animals now living in despair. Horses in particular, ignored, starving in fields, wounded, in need of medical treatment caregivers see no reason to provide –this case, if properly handled, will state loud and clear: somebody does care. I care! You care! There is such a small chance of punishment, when the crime committed is abusive to animals–no matter how heinous. A positive resolution of this case can, and will, send a message to all those who shrug off their abuse: you will be prosecuted. You will be punished. Because: we care.
PLEASE, for Suzi and Whisk, make one more call,
send one more fax, write one more letter–and roar.
For justice. For animals who can only, themselves, suffer in silence.
The message: No deals for Keum H. Lee. No compromises. Only: justice. This is a felony abuse crime. If convicted, Lee deserves felony abuse punishment. For the crimes she allegedly committed against Suzi. For the crimes she allegedly committed against Whisk. Be their voices–and roar.
Who to Contact:
Francis D. Phillips, District Attorney
255 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: (845) 291-2050
Fax: (845) 291-2085
fphillips@co.orange.ny.us
Jamie Ferrara, Assistant District Attorney
255 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: 845-291-2050
Fax: 845-291-2085
Please help. I truly fear we don’t have much
time in which to act and make a difference.
For the full story, you can click here but if you do not want
to see graphic pictures, do NOT scroll down!
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Aug 07, 2009. There are comments.
We got an email from a long-time friend to Pets Alive – Joanna Seere.
She had an amazing story to tell. In fact, let me allow her to tell it to you in her words:
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I want to share with you a story, a story that is miraculous in every way and one that I am proud to be part of. Please relax and read on.
I began working with a woman named Donna from Tennessee over 10 years ago with her pit bull named Jokko. A real amazing dog who changed Donna’s life and inspired her to devote herself and all her very modest resources to rescuing and rehabilitating pit bulls and reeducating people about the true nature of the breed. This is a breed that is so misunderstood- they are sweet, loving, family dogs, who when breed poorly or trained in certain ways, can become dangerous dogs. Donna has opened her heart and her home/ grass roots shelter to many of these dogs, including ones who has suffered in the fight arena. The ones she can adopt to good families, she does. Those she can’t spend their lives with her. Donna has become expert in understanding pit bulls and knowing how to best rehabilitate them. At any given time she has 10-15 dogs with her as family members, fosters and in rehab.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Jul 10, 2009. There are comments.
PLEASE CROSS POST
(YOU CAN FIND UPDATES ON THE URL BELOW IN REGARDS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, WE WILL UPDATE THAT PAGE AND NOT THIS BLOG. LINDA BRINK WROTE THIS AND CROSS POSTED IT, WE ARE JUST HELPING TO SPREAD IT..AS STATED IN URL BELOW).
This is a Call for Action directed to any and all people who have feelings of respect, and love, and compassion for animals, and who care enough to help seek justice, and safety, for two horses who have suffered terribly at the hands of an alleged abuser.
The photos are graphic–but they are real. (Because the photos are so horrible, we are not including them IN this posting. If you wish to see them, and have a strong stomach, you can see them here: http://www.petsalive.com/leecruelty.htm – THEY ARE TRULY HIDEOUS – YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!). They are documentation of just how much suffering was inflicted on these two innocent animals at the hands of the person responsible for their care. Look at them, and please: stand up for justice. Stand up with us to protect the future of these animals. Stand up with us to send the message, loud and clear, that animal abuse in New York State will not be tolerated, and will be punished, with a vengeance.
Stand up for Suzi, who has hurt so much, for so long. Join forces with others who care. Be her voice. Tell her story. Defend her right to live without pain and suffering. Send the message, loud and clear, that there are people who will fight for those who cannot fight for themselves, with voices, with letters, with phone calls, with faxes, with their hearts and minds, with their outrage–outrage that animal cruelty is not viewed as an accountable crime, that people can do such things, and simply–walk away: walk away with the very animal they tortured beside them, his/her heart hammering with fear and despair as people do nothing more than shake their heads and turn away.
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Jun 17, 2009. There are comments.
Hi Everyone. Matt here. Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. The old Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times” seems to have been cast upon me.
I’m already getting warmed up to have the Christmas blues this year. I used to spend each Christmas with my Mom (that’s me and her on the left), who as many of you know passed away a few months ago. This week also marks the one year anniversary of the loss of my favorite dog of all time, Emma. We now have six dogs at my house, including Roscoe the Plotthound and Tyson the little guy, and while I love each of them very much there was a bond between me and Emma that I am finding is irreplaceable, much like the bond between Kerry and Jasper. She was like a friend that was always with me, and I find myself missing her each day, much like my Mom.
Merry Christmas, huh?
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Animal Rescue by Admnistrator on Dec 15, 2008. There are comments.
The below was written by Cathy Pahl – she and Lynne did a transport for us recently to help save 17 puppies. Below is the hysterical write-up of her experience!
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Well, you never know what you are in for when the Animal Help Assistant & Team Leader for Best Friends Animal Society (BFAS) calls you when you are on vacation. She can just be calling to say “hey hope you are having a good time.”
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Animal Rescue by kerry on Sep 13, 2008. There are comments.