Kala (and others) needs your help

[The Straight Story]

Kala needs your help
May 4, 2010 at 12:55 pm by Brad Shear



The Humane Society helps thousands of animals every year. All of them need some kind of medical care, but sometimes we get a special animal with special needs. Kala is one of those animals.

Kala is a cute little German Shepherd mix who is only about five whole months old, but has already seen some hard times. She was brought to the Humane Society with an injury to one of her legs. She wasn’t putting any weight on her leg at all. Our medical director examined her and discovered that she had torn the cruciate ligament in her leg. Some of you may have had dogs with similar injuries. It seems that many people I know have had to face this issue with their own dogs. While the injury can be repaired surgically, it is extremely expensive.
A caring orthopedic specialist in the area has offered to do the surgery for a greatly reduced price, but the Humane Society still needs $1,400 to pay for the procedure. The Society has established a special fund for animals like Kala called the ‘Guardian Angel Fund’. The fund helps pay for veterinary care for seriously injured or ill animals. While treatment can be expensive and lengthy, the results are sure worth the effort.

So I am asking for your help to get Kala back to the puppy she should be, able to run, jump and play like other 5 month old pups. You can donate to the Guardian Angel Fund online, just be sure to type “Guardian Angel” in the field that says “Designate your donation to a specific program or fund.”

http://blog.timesunion.com/mohawkhudson/kala-needs-your-help/312/


Humane Society needs your help

In 2009 the Rome Humane Society took in more animals than in any other year in the society’s history. There were 1,774 cats brought in, and 721 dogs. Most of these were placed into new loving homes. At present there are 175 animals on site, and another 150 are in foster care. The society desperately needs more foster homes for the volume of animals brought in.

At present there are many cats who have lived in cages for weeks or even months. Many are there just because someone failed to spay or neuter their parent cats. Did you know that one unspayed cat and offspring can produce over 130,000 cats on average in six years?

Owning a pet is a responsibility. You must be able to show your love by providing food, shelter, medical care. Otherwise your pet may end up on the streets, where they could be hit by a car, or they may die of starvation or disease.

If you adopt a pet from the Humane Society, your new pet will already be spayed or neutered, up to date on its shots and tested for disease.

In mid-February I adopted an adult cat from the shelter. She is a lovely animal. Before she became mine she had lived in a cage since the previous July. The staff at the shelter all do such a great job in caring for all the animals. They deserve a lot of credit.

Think about how you would like to sit in a cage, and then do the right thing. Get your pets spayed.

http://www.romesentinel.com/news?newsid=20100505-141038

Humane society listings:
http://www.greenpeople.org/humanesociety.htm

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