Do you know of a dog that spends its life chained outside? If so, please send the addresses to Dogs Deserve Better for Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week. DDB strives to raise awareness for chained and penned dogs in a positive way, by delivering a Valentine, an informative brochure and a treat coupon to owners of dogs living outside. They hope to send at least 8000 Valentines this year.
The owner of the dog above refused an offer from DDB of a better home.
This little dog lived outside on a chain for 13 years!
These dogs chains are tangled and they have very little room to move around.
Send the addresses to info@dogsdeservebetter.org 
On June 15, 2005, police in Ahoskie, North Carolina witnessed Hinkle and Cook throwing trash bags -- containing the bodies of 18 dead pets -- into a shopping-center dumpster. After arresting them, police recovered 13 additional dead animals from the PETA-owned van in which the two were traveling. Witnesses from the Ahoskie Animal Hospital and the Bertie County Animal Shelter later confirmed that Hinkle and Cook had collected the animals, including puppies and kittens, earlier that day on the promise that PETA would find them adoptive homes.
Government records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services show that in 2005, the Norfolk-based PETA killed 90 percent of the animals it took in for adoption. By comparison, the nearby Norfolk SPCA killed less than 4 percent of its animals in that same year. The state average was 43 percent. Since 1998, PETA has put down over 14,400 dogs and cats. PETA's 2006 numbers will be made public by the end of January.
The previous/original version of this post linked to the website of the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a lobbying organization that is even more reprehensible to me than PETA; a watchdog group funded by the fast food, meat and tobacco industries to name a few. In addition to their campaign against PETA, they have also campaigned against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. I didn't take time to check my sources which I usually do. A friend alerted me to this error, thus the edited version of this post. Thanks S!
Photograph by Cheryl Gerber for the New York Times.Order: THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH VIDEOTAPE
Intended for all those who want to breed little Fluffy in order to let children experience the miracle of birth. This real-time videotape set can either substitute for home breeding or guide you in making the most of your breeding decision. You will experience the joys of seeing a live puppy pop effortlessly from the mothers body. See her consume the bloody afterbirth (Most children squeal with delight seeing this for the first time). Many children make a life-long commitment to celibacy then and there. Enjoy watching the frantic efforts of a breeder trying to resuscitate a stillborn puppy. See the hilarious actions of a bitch that searches for the puppy she thinks she just dropped but which was quickly tossed into the wastebasket because it was only a blackened, half-developed fetus.
Reserve a full 36 hours to see the entire set of tapes in one sitting.
Really, share the drama, boredom, and exhaustion of the breeder as she struggles to help her bitch in extended labor. Watch as a breeder tries to recruit helpers to carry her dying bitch to the car for transport to the nearest animal hospital in a futile attempt at saving the beloved family pet. Seeing the children crying and asking what is happening is half the fun. Follow the fun as a breeder and his wife alternate bottle feedings duties, during a full month of every 4-hour feedings, with a puppy fading and trying to keep 6 others dry and healthy.
Share the hilariously hopeless task of keeping the home odor free while 7 pups deposit hourly stools and urine on mountains of newspapers provided through weekly neighborhood garbage can raids. Thrill to the dazzling sound effects on this tape - you will be amazed at the noise created by 7 pups all screaming at once - especially in the hush of the wee morning hours. Chuckle at the breeders increasingly frantic anxiety as the litter grows up, and no one comes to buy them.
And, as an extra added attraction: Laugh with us at the madcap antics of a typical shelter worker as she accepts new animals keeping a straight face as mom and dad tell little Kevin that the nice lady will take VERY GOOD care of 8 year old Fluffy. Enjoy the pathos as she later shoves unwanted puppies and adult dogs into a gas chamber as she chokes back tears and goes home to try and explain to her children just what she does at work. Yes, if you, or a friend, are considering breeding Fluffy to show your children the miracle of birth, be sure to get this video and show the miracle of death at the same time.
Copyright 1996, John A. McCormick, President and CEO, Nocturnal Aviation Videos. Reproduction and distribution of this advertisement in its entirety strongly encouraged. Telephone, e-mail, or postal orders NOT accepted. This tape is sold ONLY in person because I REALLY want to meet you.
(web photo of ice damage in Nebraska)Calcasieu Parish Animal Services and
Due to the tragedy of pet over population, millions of animals are euthanazied each year in this country, over 8,000 in Calcasieu Parish alone. The Animal Shelter has the responsibility to employ humane euthanasia techniques exclusively, ensuring a painless and rapid death for every unwanted animal. While always trying to follow the guidelines of the AVMA, Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has to take into consideration the effect this change would have on the staff. A three-month pilot program has proven successful and acceptable. Louisiana State Law requires employees using Sodium Pentobarbital to be certified by the Board of Veterinary Medicine at the
In support of the Animal Shelter, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is providing a grant to help pay for renovations to the shelter and purchase necessary equipment to complete the transition. The new work area will provide a quiet and peaceful area for the staff and the animals.
The Police Jury and the staff at the Animal Shelter recognize the growing problem of unwanted animals and believe that through continued public education on responsible pet ownership, increased adoptions, and low-cost spay/neuter programs, all required euthanasia can be reduced. Please help support your agency by considering adopting an animal.
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This photo was taken at Best Friends in Tylertown in September, 2005. We believe the white dog in the center could be Milo. Jane and I have spent many months trying to get concrete information about this photo from various sources and for some strange reason, no one knows anything about this dog! If you volunteered at Tylertown and remember this dog (or either of the other two in the pen) or rescued this dog and brought it to Tylertown, or anything else, please contact Jane at 3jax@jam.rr.com and/or me at noanimalleftbehind@gmail.com or feel free to post an anonymous comment here. Thank you!Robert Fulgrum wrote All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten around 20 years ago. His words made sense to me then and they make even more sense now in the aftermath of the Katrina animal disaster.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
