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Dear Friends,
We have a lot of exciting news to share with
you about the lifesaving transports that you help make
possible!
Animal Lifeline is closing out the month of May
with two back-to-back lifesaving transports. We
successfully moved 46 dogs and puppies on May
23rd and another load of 35 dogs
and puppies on May 30th, providing
relief to over-burdened high-kill
shelters.
As an example, Bruno was transported to
Pennsylvania from rural Kentucky. This adorable fluffy
golden shepherd mix was just under a year old and loved
everyone he met, but due to overcrowding, he was
scheduled to be euthanized. Thankfully, one of our
rescue partners saved him on his last day and Bruno now
goes for walks and gets lots of playtime and love with a
great young couple in Connecticut.
The thousands of animals left homeless by Hurricane
Katrina continue to be a huge problem. But 40 dogs
destined to be euthanized were transported from Waveland
Animal Shelter in Mississippi to three
animal shelters in
Maine! This amazing
transport, which began with the compassion and
commitment of one high school senior, inspired
many. To read more details on this transport in
the Portland Press Herald, go to http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/;
to learn how our Delaware Valley College
students were involved in the effort, read about
the latest outreach trip below! Yours in
Rescue, Denise Bash, Founder, Animal
Lifeline Jen Daley, Adoptions
Coordinator
Second grade students in
Falmouth, Maine are involved in an effort to
collect donations of
dog and cat food and pet
supplies to fill up the van on the return trip to
Mississippi 
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June 5th is
First Friday in
Doylestown.
We'll be closing the doors
at the store at 4PM.
But you can still visit with us
while we participate
in Doylestown's First Friday
event
at the Michener Art Museum and
the Central Bucks Family
YMCA!
THANKS to Jodi
Spector
for the passport design!
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Partnerships
We are joining forces
with
Royce's
Rescue
to help place the homeless
cats in our area!
To see the cats and kittens
available
for adoption, please visit
their website:
http://www.roycesrescue.org/.
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Seeking
Volunteers
We
are looking for more volunteers to help run the
store, especially weekdays during the morning and
afternoon hours.
If
you'd like to volunteer, please stop by the store
or call 215-343-5050.
Political
Action
Please contact
your State
Senator to
oppose Section 1911 of SB 850 (Appropriations
bill), which would transfer $4,000,000 from the
Dog Law Restricted Account into the PA General
Fund.
The Dog Law Restricted Account is
funded almost entirely by the sale of dog
licenses, and to a much lesser extent by fines
from Dog Law. We understand that this is a
time of recession, but transferring $4,000,000 out
of the account at a time when numbers of
stray and abandoned dogs are on the rise, and when
kennel inspection efforts are increasing, will
seriously destabilize a system already under
pressure.
Tens of thousands of
animals are euthinized each year in Pennsylvania
because of lack of shelter space, over-breeding,
neglect and cruelty. Please DO NOT miss the
opportunity to let your State Senator know how
important Animal Welfare is to you.
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Contact
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Animal
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Warrington Pavilion Shopping
Center
1111 Easton Road, Suite
24
Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976
215-343-5050
of our
location.
The Animal Lifeline
Thrift Shop...
Products
for People --
Proceeds
for
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"Evolved
Rescue"
is the union of
municipal and private
animal
shelters and rescues
working
TOGETHER
as an umbrella
of animal advocacy
groups
providing
services to save
companion animal lives.
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We appreciate
all the items
you are willing
to donate
to the
store!
Donations are accepted
during the following
times:
Tuesdays:
3PM - 7PM
Wednesdays: 10AM -
2PM
Saturdays:
10AM - 4PM
Your
new and gently used items
will help save
countless homeless animals
and
give you a tax deduction.
If
you're not using it,
please donate
it!
Please make
sure anything you donate is in salable
condition.
THANK
YOU!
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Tuesday
10:00-7:00
Wednesday
10:00-4:00
Thursday
10:00-4:00
Friday
10:00-7:00
Saturday
10:00-4:00
Sunday &
Monday
Closed
REMINDER:
Friday
June 5th,
we'll be
closing at 4pm
for First Friday
participation.
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Animal Lifeline is happy
to welcome Sue
Cosby
back to Pennsylvania
as the
newly appointed Executive Director
for
the
PSPCA!
Sue
Cosby is the former Executive Director of
the Animal Welfare Association in New
Jersey overseeing both an animal shelter and NJ's
leading spay and neuter clinic. Her previous
experiences include working as the Chief Operating
Officer for Philadelphia Animal Control (PACCA)
handling 25-30,000 animals annually.
Sue is a breath of fresh air
to the Philadelphia animal welfare community and
has a track record of making sustainable change.
In fact, in her former position as a COO, save
rates skyrocketed and record numbers of dogs and
cats were released to rescue. We look forward to
supporting the PSPCA in their life saving
initiatives!
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AARK Wildlife gave Animal Lifeline
volunteer Emma advice on what to do with "Tuck",
an owner-surrendered turtle. Because Tuck
was an improperly collected native turtle, AARK
recommended that he be set free. Tuck was
released in a friend's pond and is happily
swimming in his new home!
For concerns and
questions about wild animals, please contact the
fantastic local organization, AARK Wildlife
(www.aark.org)
at
215-249-1938.
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Delaware
Valley Animal Lifeline
Club
Our program allows students to
focus on local, regional, and national issues
regarding animals in distress. Read all about
their latest outreach trip!
Delaware
Valley College's Animal Lifeline Club has just
returned from another successful outreach trip.
This time, a group of twelve ventured to Braxton
and Clay Counties in West
Virginia for an experience like
no other, battling the heat, a lack of cell phone
service, kennel kits that didn't fit together,
roads that were not fit to drive on, and tons and
tons of rock.
Armed with a
van, a truck, a whole lot of tools, and the expert
guidance of the club's devoted advisor,
Bryn Donnelly, their mission at
Braxton County Animal Shelter was
to fence in a pasture fit for larger animals in
need of rescue, such as a bull that was hit by a
semi truck. After mapping out where the fence was
to be constructed, all hands went to work digging
fence post holes in the ground, almost entirely
through rock. Despite Mother Nature's efforts to
deter the diggers, the fervent volunteers finished
digging ahead of schedule and had a full fence
assembled in about two days.
Diligent
work was rewarded with a visit to Animal Control
Officer Walter Stutler in Clay County where the
club delivered supplies, took two dogs for
transport and adoption, and demolished an old
chicken shed to make room for kennels in the
shade. True dedication to the cause of Animal
Lifeline was displayed when, as a group, the
DelVal crew agreed to leave their cozy campground
early in order to sleep at the Braxton County
Animal Shelter so they could meet a dog transport
coming from Mississippi. Half
asleep, volunteers crawled out of their sleeping
bags at 3AM to clean transport
kennels and walk and feed dogs. At the end of the
week, the Animal Lifeline Club returned to
Pennsylvania, transporting six dogs and promising
to adopt two more when the dogs were ready for
travel...another fantastic and rewarding
experience!
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"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the
world:
indeed, it's the only thing that ever
has."
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