The PUPS Act was introduced in Congress because a recent audit uncovered severely inadequate enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act. This bill is a chance to make sure large-scale commercial breeders abide by the Animal Welfare Act. CLICK HERE and sign the petition supporting the PUPS Act now.

AdoptAPet.com
and
Animal Services and Assistance Programs, Inc.(ASAP)
is helping to make available
Fancy Feast Appetizers
and
Chef Michaels
DRY DOG FOOD

to shelters and rescues in our area.

Please cross-post to all your Louisiana contacts. Thank you in advance for your help.

For the welfare of the animals,
Rae Domingues

More informative reading can be found by clicking on the graphic below, courtesy of Animal Aid of Vermilion Area.

Walk for the animals on Sat., Nov. 14, at the River Ranch in Lafayette, LA.

For More Information, visit the Wild Cat Foundation website

PetSmart Charities® Hosts Holiday National Adoption Event in all U.S. PetSmart® Stores Event goal is lifelong, loving homes for 15,800 pets

(Phoenix) – PetSmart Charities invites you to bring a pet home for the holidays during the Holiday National Adoption Event this November 13-15. Purina® Pro Plan®, Tidy Cats® and PetSmart® are the proud sponsors of this adoption event, which will be held in all 1,082 PetSmart® stores in the United States.

More than 2,000 animal-welfare agencies throughout the United States are expected to participate and will be presenting adoptable pets at every PetSmart Charities in-store adoption center. The event will take place Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 15, 2009 with a goal of finding homes for 15,800 dogs, cats and small animals.

Not only will prospective pet parents get a new family member during this event, but they will also receive free samples from Purina Pro Plan, Tidy Cats and PetSmart®.

ABOUT THE HOLIDAY NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEKEND
Prospective adopters are encouraged to visit the PetSmart Charities’ Adoption Center inside any PetSmart® store in the U.S. from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 15. Adoptions are handled by participating animal-welfare groups.

Please help us by voting PAAW as your Favorite Animal Shelter. The winning shelter gets $10,000 and there is a weekly random drawing of shelters for $500. Every vote counts!

Please click to VOTE!

10am to 5pm both days

Heymann Performing Arts & Convention Center
1374 South College Road
Lafayette, LA 70503

PAAW will be at the show with cats and kittens available for adoption.

For more info on the show, go here
or here Evangeline Country Cat Fanciers

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=11113338

This story is revelant because it illustrates why Lafayette Ordinance #O-026-2009 was approved by the Lafayette Consolidated Government.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909060335

In Fifteen Legs: When all that stands between death and freedom is a ride… Silva recounts her travels as an uninvited and sometimes suspiciously eye-balled guest aboard an Internet enabled escort service for last-chance animals.

Smitten by an inner urge to tell the public at large about the largely undiscovered world she stumbled upon, Silva writes, This notion of volunteers connecting in cyberspace on behalf of desperate, unwanted animals had stolen my heart. The thought of perfect strangers coming together and working as a team to shuttle society’s non-human cast-offs out of harms way was too wonderful a story to pass up. I had to tell it.

Along the way she encounters the heroines and heroes of the animal rescue and transport world, people like Yahoo groups list owner Brandy Holleran, bunny transport boss Jennifer Barbieri, volunteer pilot Kevin Boyle, hurricane search and rescue leader Jane Garrison, and esteemed transport coordinator Terri Epp, who performs cyber-miracles at home from her computer in Canada.

But who ARE these people, and why, after working regular jobs all week, do they willingly give up their weekends to do what they do? As Silva asks, Is this some kind of a clandestine club comprised of people I would never want to take to lunch? Or are they individuals like you and me who, feeling helpless when it comes to big picture problems, will leap at the chance to give an out-of- time animal a lift?

Through a whirlwind of voices speaking on behalf of angels wrapped in fur, Fifteen Legs shows us what can happen when a synchronized squad of strangers fuels up and hits the road. With stubborn optimism and a deep compassion for animals, Silva leaves room for everyone who wants to come along for the ride. No prior experience with shelters, pounds, or animal-people required.

Facts: Approximately 6 to 8 million healthy dogs, cats and other pets are killed in animal shelters every year. But very often a loving, adoptive home, or a temporary foster home can be found for many of these pets. Sometimes, though, that home is several hundred or even thousands of miles away.

That is where the volunteer animal transporters come in – moving animals one leg at a time, usually on a weekend. The planning is done on the Internet, and the transport is done on the Interstate! A transport coordinator (generally working along a specific Interstate corridor) plans the route and schedule for the furry passengers, and then notifies members of that transport group via e-mails. Group members can then volunteer to drive a leg of the route that is convenient for them.

Some transports are only several legs long, some are ten to fifteen legs, and occasionally a transport consists of over 30 legs, moving animals all the way from Florida to New Hampshire, or Louisiana to Oregon. Volunteer animal transport is something anyone with a car, a few hours on a weekend, and a desire to make a difference in an animal’s life can do. And, as one transporter put it, I do a transport almost every weekend because it is just so good for my soul!

Please be sure to visit The Fifteen Legs Website!