I HAVE USED THEM TO TRANSPORT LEXI, 3 PILOTS HELPED FROM TEXAS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE PLEASE READ AND HELP SO WE WONT LOOSE THIS OPTION. KATHI

Good Morning Pilots N Paws Participants!

We need you, each and every one of you, to participate in the" Pilots N
Paws 5000" the week of September 12-20, 2009. 

Rescues and Shelters you are CRITICAL to this mission. We know that many of
you already have working relationships with other rescues and shelters
where you send animals for their best chance of adoption.  We also know
that you cannot say "which" animals can be sent the seek of Sept.12-20,
2009 but we do know that you will have animals to send.  The Pilots N Paws
5000 is a HUGE opporunity for all of us in rescue to show the country about
the need for adoption, spay/neuter, and responsible pet ownership.  This is
also the time that we can give back to the pilots by showing them that we
stand by them as they face possible new restrictive regulations that loom
on the horizon.  We don't want to lose their generous gift to us, do we??
So please head to PNP5000 on our forum board and sign up with your sending
and receiving parties, commiting to participate that week.  You don't need
to know which animals yet, just that you will have them to send that week.

Pilots, once the rescue volunteers and shelters have posted their
participation under the PNP5000 section, please reply to their post saying
you can assist them with their transport that week.  Once that is done, we
can consider that request filled.

We can do this people, this is our opportunity via the media who will be
covering these transports to educate the public about all these issues!
The best part of this goal is all the animals who will be saved in the
process!

Many of you have already committed to helping now we need you to make that
statement official by posting your intentions on the PNP5000 board. We ask
that you please share this opportunity with other rescues, shelters and
pilots who many not have heard about us yet.

It is because of all of you that Pilots N Paws is a success...it belongs to
each and every person who receives this email, it is "your" group so let's
pull together and save more lives of innocent animals!!

A big thank you to each and every one of you.

Debi Boies and Jon Wehrenberg
Co-founders, Pilots N Paws
 
Thanks,
The Pilot N Paws Management

CHANCES STORY

Tiny Chance was found in a Corbin, KY pet store by kind soul Jackie, who quickly got him to a vet. Three vet visits later this tiny baby just couldn't fight the battle any longer, and left this cruel world. Please see the youtube video below; the words are Jackie's and were taken from her initial plea for help.  You can read the entire text of her/his story further down the page.  Chance didn't make it, but his short life will not be in vain. 

Chances two siblings were retrieved, and are now at a vets, healing, before they go to loving fosters and homes.  UR_KY is raising funds to recoup the cost of Chance's siblings ($600 We did not want to purchase them but feared they would be in danger due to any lawsuit, and they are evidence.) We have to pay for their vetting, Chance's vetting, the siblings future spay/neuter, and though a nice person has offered to pay for Chance's cremation, UR_KY would like to help with that as well.  His ashes will reside with the one person who loved him and tried to save him; Jackie.  Please help us, below:

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http://www.urky.org/Emergencies_.html

Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 9:52 PM
MT VERNON, KY - HOARDING SITUATION - HELP NEEDED
Thu Jul 2, 2009 12:43 pm (PDT)

Last night
URKY911 and URKY were made aware of a hoarder situation in Mt. Vernon, KY.
?A URKY911 member was on the scene quickly, working with RAIN. ?We
think there are about 40 dogs, from Great Danes to Yorkies. ?The owner
relinquished 4 dogs last night (see pics below) and the county is going in with
warrants this morning to try to take the rest. ?URKY911 and RAIN members
are on site. URKY is
assuming responsibility for the lives of all these
dogs, to be
sure they get a chance at life. ?They are in sad shape, and will all need
vetting/boarding as we work to get them into good homes and rescues. Thus, funds
are also needed, badly and quickly. ?Please help if you can (chip in link
below or go to www.urky.org for
updates/pictures, and to donate). Details will follow. We worked on it late into
the night and are hopeful all these pitiful animals can be saved. ?We must
find save havens and funds. THANK YOU!
Here is
the chip in link:
http://urky. chipin.com/ tortured- dogs-need- vet-care 

Here are a
few pics of the 4 dogs given up thus far.
Female
Great Dane
Male Great
Dane
Yorkie 

Bev
McChesney

From: Niki Dawson <ndawson03@aol. com>
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Subject: Emergency space crisis at CCAS in Blackwood


Hi all,

Our rescue coordinator has been diligently working on getting as many dogs out to rescue as possible.  Unfortunately, dogs are coming in faster than they are leaving!  We currently have 8 dogs in our drop-off area with no cages to house them.  Please call us immediately if you can take even one dog in!  We have a newly surrendered Peke mix, a blonde shih tzu mix with a possible flea allergy, a very cute terrier/beagle mix (who is very large) named Ike.  Please check out our  dogs at

http://www.petfinde r.com/shelterSea rch/shelterSearc h.cgi?animal= Dog&breed=&age=&size=&specialNeeds=&declawedPets=&children=&status=&id=&internal=&contact=&name=&shelterid=NJ171&sort=pet.Identifier&preview=


We must make space today!!  Please call us asap

From: © Proud Pit Mom (123159609)  Date: 6/29/2009 8:18:19 PM
Subject: Dog horribly mutilated, survives
 http://www.poocini.com/report/archives/1828


They’d seen bloodied dogs. Starving cats. Broken birds. A mangled monkey. And unyielding bestial abuse.

But for animal rescuers at All the Same Wild and Tame, nothing came close to the dog they’ve named Dahlia.

When a good Samaritan dropped off the golden-eyed mutt after a 400-mile journey from Mexico last month, there wasn’t a dry eye in the store.

“I went home and almost quit,” said Rhea Redding, a groomer at the nonprofit sanctuary and pet boutique in Sherman Oaks. “I couldn’t take it. I was mad and I was hurt.

“And I couldn’t stand how forgiving she was.”

The mutilated boxer mix licks everyone she meets - despite being lacking from head to tail.

Dahlia had her nose gouged out. Her ears cut off. Her lips trimmed back. Some toes removed. And her tail hacked away to a nub.

With just a pinhole for a nose, the 20-pound pooch no longer sniffs, but snorts.

“This thing with the dog, I can’t believe that. I sure get choked up,” said Harry Stanford, 80, a neighbor who walked in off the street and met Dahlia. “Cut the ears off, cut the nose off. Jeez.”

How a ragamuffin dog from a fishing village on the Sea of Cortez wound up at a sanctuary on Ventura Boulevard is testimony to the Internet, international expatriates and a pipeline of caring souls.

Animal rescuer Steven Foreman first spotted her among an estimated 10,000 stray dogs running loose in San Felipe, Baja California.

She’d been abandoned near a radiator shop by a man who’d fled to Mexicali, 125 miles north. Her name, apparently, was Leona - Spanish for lioness.

“She was young and she would have come out in the road and got hit, which is common down here,” said Foreman, 63, who retired in Mexico after 20 years in Northern California. “I’ve never seen an animal this bad, that had lived, that was so adorable, so trusting, so social, just a little doll.”

Foreman, who sells used shoes on eBay to fund his spay-neuter group, Zero Additional Pupulation Project (ZAPP), gave her to a British expat for care.

Then a San Fernando Valley woman saw Leona on Foreman’s website, www.sfzapp.com, and arranged to pick her up in San Diego.

“When I saw her picture, she broke my heart,” said Lizzette Schley, of Burbank. “But she is so proper and so nice. Every chance she got, she tried to lick me.

“I just said, ..Welcome to the USA.”

At rest stops on the way back to the Valley, however, motorists stared at her in horror.

And when Schley, who already had a house full of pets, tried to find a home for the badly scarred dog, Leona was scorned for being just too ugly.

“Only future Jeffrey Dahmers would do something like that,” Schley said. “It’s just not right. They’re just sick in the head.”

Fortunately, Schley had met someone from All Things Wild and Tame, which specializes in saving injured animals.

The rescue, which began by taking in exotic animals in Las Vegas, may be the only storefront sanctuary in Los Angeles.

“They’re all the same. They’re all babies. They all need love,” said Mary K. Miller, 36, a Las Vegas native who opened the Sherman Oaks shop in early 2007 to be near her mother. “I can’t say no, I can’t say no. I do love animals. I have terrible asthma, so I think I relate to the disabled.”

In Las Vegas, she and her boyfriend Larry McNary didn’t say no to a quadriplegic mountain lion, a monkey with a broken tail and bobcats with leukemia.

And in Sherman Oaks, squeezed between a hoagie shop and a handicraft shop a half-block west of Van Nuys Boulevard, she and her 14-year-old home-schooled daughter, Allie, haven’t said no to hundreds of animals - and nearly $30,000 a year in veterinary bills, paid for by donations and family funds.

To help support the sanctuary, they also offer grooming services, pet carriers, collars, clothes and doggie beds that Miller sews herself. Animals are kept in foster care for adoptions that run $50 to $300 per pet.

“I specialize in medical cases, the disposable,” said Miller. “We are overwhelmed.”

Cases like the four collie pups from South L.A. whose mother was hit by a car.

The starved tabby found locked in a car in a wrecking yard. The rabbits being sold for the cookpot. The pigeon found shot with a .22. The dehydrated duck found walking down Ventura Boulevard.

The mallard found by Redding blocking the fast lane of the Ventura Freeway.

They rescue dogs and cats “red-tagged” for euthanasia at public animal shelters. Or the “ding-dong ditches” - boxes of abandoned dogs and cats left on the doorstep.

“Hi, my name is Cooper,” said a note accompanying an abandoned white cat. “My owner got evicted, I’m a wonderful girl cat … Please find me a home.”

Then came the dog they would rename Dahlia.

“She’s kind of like the Black Dahlia,” said Miller, referring to the infamous L.A. murder. “She was so strikingly beautiful, but nobody knows who she was.

“She has no ill intent on anybody. She loves every creature. This beautiful baby needs to educate people” about the danger of abuse, she said. “Whoever takes her will have to have a lot of money, because of the medical issues.

“But in the meantime, she can always stay with us.”

3 Legs dont slow her down!!!
Contact:  sheiser50@yahoo.com

This is our beautiful "Pixie". She came to our shelter as a stray but, you can tell she was obviously loved by her owners.  Her missing leg was surgically removed for some reason. She came in very clean and well taken care of. She is easy to walk and loves spending time with you.  It's very sad that she has not been re-united with her owners, but we have made it our mission to find this sweet lady a good home.

Please come and take her out for a walk and you will see she gets around just fine with only three legs and it doesn't bother her one bit!

Contact;  sheiser50@yahoo.com

Rescuers Need Rescue, too."
By Chandra Moira Beal


Animal rescue is deeply rewarding yet extremely difficult work. To survive in this realm, one must find healthy ways to cope with the emotional challenges. Here are 10 points to ponder.


1. You can't save them all. Even if you spent every hour of every day working to save animals, you still wouldn't be able to save them all. Take comfort in knowing that you are not alone in your efforts.


2. Work smarter, not harder. Manage your rescue efforts like a business. Organize tasks to make the best use of time. For example, time spent recruiting more volunteers may make more sense in the long run than trying to do more yourself. If you find yourself pulled in many directions, you might be more effective if you focus on one rescue facility, one geographic locale, or one species or breed.


3. Just say no. Many people feel guilty when they can't take care of everything that comes up. Be realistic about how much you can handle! If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's okay to say, "I can't right now." Delegate to others when possible, and ask for help when you need it.


4. You are making a difference. Whenever you question whether you're helping very much, remember the old parable about the man walking on the beach, picking up starfish who have washed ashore and tossing them gently, one by one, back into the ocean. Another man approaches, notices that there are starfish on the beach for as far as the eye can see, and asks, "What difference can you possibly make when there are so many?" Looking at the creature in his had, the first man replies, "I can make all the difference in the world to THIS starfish."


5. Celebrate victories. There are happy endings to many rescue stories. Rejoice in what is working. Of course, seeing an animal go home with a loving family is the greatest reward of all.


6. Small kindnesses do count. It's common to think that small efforts don't mean as much as large victories, but stopping to pet an animal, even for just one minute is worth doing. Your touch may be the only friendly attention he or she receives that day. Grooming, holding and comforting,or intoning softly that you care, are activities that many shelters don't have time for.


7. Find outlets for emotional release. Rescue work can be physically exhausting, emotionally draining and spiritually challenging. Don't dismiss your feelings or think you're a wimp for being affected by it all. Talk to someone you trust about what you're experiencing. Cry when you need to. Write your feelings in a journal. Channel your emotions into action by writing to the editor of your newspaper or your local representatives about the need for animal protection legislation.


8. Take care of yourself. Make time to do whatever makes you feel good. Take a relaxing bath, or go out to dinner and let someone else do the cooking. You need to recharge your batteries in order to maintain mental and physical health.


9. Don't downplay your compassion. When people ask me why I rescue animals, often I'm tempted to say, "Oh, it's not big deal" or "Somebody's got to do it," when in reality I rescue animals because I care so deeply about them. Compassion is healthy, normal and necessary for this work. Let people know how important this cause is to you. You just might inspire others to become involved.


10. Never give up. When you get discouraged, it is tempting to throw in the towel. Despite all your hard work, you may not see real change in your lifetime. Still, giving up won't make it any better. Take a break, and come back fighting. And remember the man and the starfish.


NOTE:THANKS TO APRIL FOR SHARING :)

THERE IS A 1000 REWARD COME ON AND HAVE THIS JERK ARRESTED!

Send donations to:
Main Line Animal Rescue
PO Box 89
Chester Springs, PA 19425


To follow the story go to: http://wjz.com/local/animal.abuse.fire.2.1022521.html - the Baltimore TV station investigating.