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1 Female And 1 Male Dog And All Of Their Puppies Will Produce In 6 Years
67 000 Dogs

1 Female Cat And Her Young Can Produce In 7 Years

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PAW PRINTS
NEWSLETTER OF THE VERNON & DISTRICT ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY
Box 1564 , Vernon, BC . V1T 8C2

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September 2010

President’s Report

 

 

Dear Fellow Animal Lovers:

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DATE:                        Monday April 2  

TIME:                        7:00 pm  

PLACE:                     People Place, 3402 27 Ave.  

The purpose of the meeting is to:  

1. Elect the Board of Directors for 201

2. Nominations may be made from the floor.

2. Receive the reports of the Table Officers. 3. Conduct such other business as comes before the meeting.

4. Hear suggestions and answer questions from the members present.  

Memberships may be renewed at the door.  

Coffee and goodies will be served at the conclusion of the meeting.  

Dear Members and Supporters:  

Thank you for your wonderfully generous donations over the holiday season. Because of your help, our lifesaving programs can continue to make huge reductions in pet overpopulation in theNorth Okanagan. 

Already this year - in January and February alone – we have issued 102 certificates for cat and dog spays and neuters. During the same period, our trap/neuter/return program has altered 36 feral cats. On top of that, 10 abandoned cats have been “fixed”, vaccinated, and adopted, or wait for adoption, by new families.

I’m no mathematician but, with a mom cat capable of producing 420,000 young in seven years and a female dog able to have 67,000 puppies in six years, I know we’ve prevented hundreds of thousands of little lives doomed to homelessness and starvation. Take a bow! We couldn’t do all this without you. Unfortunately, the news is never entirely good.  For the last two months, Margaret, our lost & found volunteer, has been inundated with calls about abandoned cats and kittens. 

Thanks to CrescentFallsVetHospitaland Creekside Animal Clinic we’ve been able to take in most of them.  The end of the month - moving time – is always busy. Most of the youngsters are quickly adopted but the older cats – especially those who show the effects of months of living rough – have a hard time finding new homes.  Jiminy, for instance, came to us from Cherryville. 

He was a walking skeleton, so matted that his body had to be completely shaved and so dehydrated that he needed IV fluids.  Jiminy’s body may have been giving out on him but there was nothing wrong with his spirit. In a day or so, he was eating heartily and purring up a storm.  He’s fully recovered now and his medium length black & white coat is slowly growing in. 

All he needs is a human who can appreciate his loving personality.  Andy, an orange and white longhaired tom was brought to us from the north BX where he was desperately seeking shelter at a cat lover’s home.  At one point, this fellow’s hind leg was broken and must now be amputated.  Life will be a lot less painful and easier after his surgery. He, too, is an extremely friendly cat. 

Do you know of anyone who can give this young man the life he deserves? Last month I was called to Ironwood , near Hillview Golf Course.  A kind woman had been feeding a timid cat and she wanted to make sure that he was neutered. 

When I brought the big guy to Creekside Animal Clinic, the staff members told me that he was both neutered and tattooed. 

In fact, he was one of ours, number 33, a feral cat we’d neutered four years ago.  In those days, he lived across Highway 6 at Guardian Building Supplies.  Perhaps, like many of us, he wanted to downsize and to live a quieter life!  It was good to see that he was still in good shape. 

Many, many feral cats have fixed since his day; we are now at number 935!  

Heather  

SPECIAL THANKS TO  

Barb + Reid Harvey and Bob + Gail Lane for making the colourful and eye catching signs that will announce our sales and draw customers.  

Tom + Bev Monahan for sponsoring 3 full page colour adoption ads in the Morning Star. These were very successful with many cats finding homes as a result of them.  

Caroline Gladvind  for helping at Adoption Days.  

Andrea Harrison and her son Spencer for taking over Adoption Day duties.   Vernon Auto Detailing and Shampooches for providing their premises for the Christmas on a Budget Sale and Photos with Santa.  

Dagny Nadeau who regularly donates cat and kitten food.  

The following group on animal lovers who donate to the Society instead of exchanging birthday cards:

Colleen + Denny Wallace; Eileen + Ron Drinkwater; Marilyn + Stan Ehnes; Marilyn + Jim Urquhard; Jenny + Clive Diller. 

Crescent Falls and Creekside Veterinary Clinics for their donation of facilities and discounted rates.

We simply could not operate without their assistance.  

Sue Bru for organizing the production and distribution of our annual calendar and the Photos With Santa.

Natalia Vignola  for her outstanding photography for these 2 events.

There are still a few calendars left and they will be available on Mar 17 for a donation.

COMING EVENTS  

March 17 BakeSaleand Silent Auction Village Green Mall  in theCentre Court
 Monday, April 2;  7:00 PM Annual General Meeting People Place  
Fri/Sat May 4/5 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Garage Sale 3205 22 St  
Sat May 12 8:00 AM – Noon Garage Clearance Sale 3205 22 St  

Donations to all of the above sales will be gratefully received. BakeSalegoods can be taken directly to the Village Green on Mar. 17.

Everything else can be taken to 3205 22 St.and left in the carport. If you need to have material picked up please call 250-542-7203.  

INMEMORIAM  

The following donations have been received in memory of pets and people.  

In Memory Of                                      Donated By:  

Sandie Nichol                                       Lee + Wendy Gosselin Melinka                                                Enide Rourke Cinnamon                                             DawneWilson Daisy                                                    Enide Rourke
Donald Campbell                                  August Engelbrecht
Mabel Thatcher                                    Elizabeth M Shumay SharonThatcher                                   Elizabeth M Shumay
Lilian Kerr                                            Elizabeth M Shumay
Dorothy Roberts                                   Elizabeth M Shumay
Louella Sschram                                   Elizabeth M Shumay Gizmo                                                  Elizabeth Lecoupe EileenKawaguchi                                 Rosalie Genier EileenKawaguchi                                 Cindy Thompson
Nancy Marrion                                    Patricia Marrion
Daisy and Osita                                    Pam Trejier
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Hannah Out
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Red Top Grocery + Footwear Ltd
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Tony + Dana Sammartino
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Robert P Roy EileenKawaguchi                                 Diane Kawaguchi EileenKawaguchi                                 Agnes Sakakibara EileenKawaguchi                                 Henry + Fusako Ikeda EileenKawaguchi                                 Phyllis Kawaguchi EileenKawaguchi                                 Emiko Shikaze
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Robert + Heather Pettit
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Robert + Katherine Montguire
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Butcher Boys Enterprises
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Angela D Hall
Jack Blygh                                            Clarence Fulton Staff
Dr. Reg Maidment                                Mary Field
Dr. Reg Maidment                                CUPE Local 4879
Dr. Reg Maidment                               DouglasDemetrick
Dr. Reg Maidment                                RLN Medical Services
J C Schweizer                                      Sandra Peacock
Fay Savoy                                            Gladys Koski FaySavoy                                            Donna Hopkins EileenKawaguchi                                 Ron Kawaguchi

MEMBERSHIP/DONATION/TICKET ORDER FORM

A. MEMBERSHIP 2010

Please receive/renew my membership in the Vernon & District Animal Care Society

_____ Business/Professional Memberships @ $100 each ___________

_____ Personal Membership @ $25 each ___________

_____  Youth (19 and under) Memberships @ $10 ___________

B DONATION

I would like to make a tax deductible donation of ____________

C CALENDARS

Please send me ______ calendars @ $3.99 each ____________

TOTAL ____________

Please make cheques payable to the VERNON & DISTRICT ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY

NAME _____________________________________

ADDRESS __________________________________

POSTAL CODE _____________

Phone #_________________________

Email__________________________________

Mail to:

VERNON & DISTRICT ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY
BOX 1564
VERNON, BC, V1T 8C2

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