Loki’s Gift

POSTED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE ANIMAL ALLIANCE OF CANADA

Dear animal advocate,

Summer has been a mixed bag of rain and drought across Canada. I hope that you and your animal companions have been coping with these extremes.

Most shelters are bursting at the seams and adoptions seem to be slow everywhere. If you are looking to adopt a new friend, please visit your local shelter, or check out the Project Jessie website if you are in southern Ontario.

Altough adoptions have been slow we have had some really good placements – but we have also been asked to help in some very difficult situations. In the last few weeks we have adopted out several cats including QuiQui, Lacey, Bluebelle and Grigio.

In dogs, dear Ruby (whom we featured in the last newsletter) it seems has finally found a permanent home (yay!), and Toby is being adopted by his awesome foster mom. Strangely, we still have Belle (who is small and very charming) and Quiz who is just a perfect pup. I have no idea why these two are still in foster care!

We are still on “maternity watch” for a few more days with our hedgehog from Quebec. Fingers crossed she is not pregnant at all.

To get more info on fostering or adopting, or if you have any questions, suggestions or comments, please contact me, shelly@animalalliance.ca or 519-940-4712.

The beautiful face below is Abby. She has been in our program for just over a year now. If you know anyone who loves shepherds and might consider a slightly older dog please call!

Thanks!

Shelly and crew

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Project Jessie at the Ontario Agility Nationals (Barrie, ON)

August 4-7th

 Once again, Project Jessie will have a booth at the Agility Association of Canada National Championships

If you are interested in seeing some really awesome dogs (including several PJ alumni competing), more info at:

http://www.aacnationals.ca/main.html

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Project Jessie on CP24 August 16th

 
Amazing Project Jessie foster and all around guru Andrea Harrison will be on Animal House Calls Aug. 16 to showcase an animal or two looking for their forever homes. The show is live from 7-8pm If you get a chance to tune in that would be great!

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Living With Wildlife Conference – Sept 23

(Toronto, ON)

The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals is hosting the first ever “Living With Wildlife” conference in Toronto on Friday, Sept 23.

The objective of this conference is to provide individuals, government and our communities with non-lethal solutions for dealing with so-called ‘nuisance’ wildlife.

Guest speakers include Liz White, Animal Alliance of Canada
A large part of this conference will be focus on living with coyotes and beavers – which is a big concern for many cities across Canada.

For more information visit our website: http://www.furbearerdefenders.com

If you would like to attend, just let me know. Admission is by donation – and breakfast will be provided.
Thanks!

Lesley Fox
www.furbearerdefenders.com

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Project Jessie at PoochPalooza September 24 & 25

(Caledon, ON)

 Owners of the ever so popular Caledon Inn are hosting PoochPalooza this fall!

Avid dog owners, members of rescue organizations and fluent in dog language, owners of the Caledon Inn had this fabulous idea to bring a yearly dog festival to the Caledon Inn property; A beautiful country property that consists of 25 acres of pure fun for dogs.
Pooch Palooza…… a dog festival for the ultimate dog.

With this yearly festival we plan to include lots of fun for dogs and their owners:
Agility demos, Search and Rescue seminars/demos, training seminars, nutrition seminars, walking trails, contests, door prizes and plenty more.

www.poochpalooza.ca

…..a festival for the ULTIMATE dog

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Where bunnies and people come to play!

On Sunday, September 25^th, 2011, Rabbit Rescue will be holding their fourth-annual fundraiser and educational event, BunFest 2011 at the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf, in Toronto, Ontario.  And Project Jessie will be there!

House rabbit lovers and their furry friends are welcome to come and enjoy the Bunny Spa, Bunny Glamour Shots, rabbit-savvy veterinarian advice and much, much more!

For more information, visit

www.Bunfest.ca

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Animal Rescue Site Challenge – Update 

We are currently in fourth place in the Animal Rescue Site Shelter+ Challenge with Petfinder.com and unlikely to be in the money (we would need to be in first place to win $1000) but if you are still in a voting mood, it would be lovely if you would still help us out. Thanks everyone!

Click on the purple button at The Animal Rescue Site and give food to an animal living in a shelter or sanctuary –at no cost to you.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/tpc/ERA_092509_ARS

Then, click on the “Vote today” button near the top of the page, and you will be taken to the Shelter Challenge page

There will be a big box near the top.

Search for “Project Jessie”,  ”Caledon”  ”ON” Canada  and click “Vote”

You will be taken to a page where you are asked to confirm your vote by typing in some numbers/letters and click on “Confirm vote” or your vote will not be registered.

Thank you for helping!
Please click and vote EVERY day if you can!

There are other links on their site that allow you to vote as well.

(So if you have the time – you can actually vote multiple times each day.)

I have sent the list of links in a separate email – please save it and vote as often as you are able.

Thanks!!!

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Facebook 

If you are a Facebook member, be sure to join one or both of our FB groups. Search under Animal Alliance and also under Project Jessie to find them.

The more members the better – we can mobilize quickly for petitions and email actions.

See you on Facebook!

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