We’re not talking about the flu
Don’t worry – we aren’t talking aobut the flu. The point of visitnig Quail Springs Mall this weekend is not to get the flu. It’s to get a new BFF.
The Warm Hearts, Wet Noses adoption event is talking about warming your heart with a pal who has a warm nose. It’s not getting a fever and sinus drainage. I just wanted to be clear on that.
Pet Angels Rescue of Oklahoma City will be at Quail Springs Mall with adoptable dogs and cats from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. They’ll be in the lower level near El Chico at Quail Springs Mall, 2501 W Memorial Road.
Here’s some more info from Pet Angels:
According to The Humane Society of the United States, between six and eight million cats and dogs enter animal shelters in the United States. Only half of these animals make it out alive. The fact that most of these animals are healthy when they are euthanized makes their death all the more unnecessary and agonizing. Bark Ave. & Meow Place is an innovative concept that allows local shelters and rescue groups to bring adoptable animals to the mall where potential owners can be introduced to them in a welcoming environment.
There you have it.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Rock the pet vote!
Today’s the day! Vote now for Oklahoman Jody Harlan in the Animal Planet Hero of the Year contest! If she wins, it’s good news for Pets and People out in Yukon. (Listen to Jody’s visit to Pet Show last week!)
Here’s information Jody sent out about the contest:
Oklahomans have an opportunity to vote Sept 14-27 for a Yukon woman, who is one of 10 finalists for a national Animal Planet Hero of the Year award. Jody Harlan was nominated for co-founding a local humane society and a lifetime of other animal rescue work.
Supporters may vote for Jody Harlan once every 24 hours at www.animalplanet.com/hero through Sept. 27. Twenty-five percent of the judging criteria will be based on votes for each nominee. All votes must be cast online.
Harlan co-founded Pets & People Humane Society, which has rescued and placed more than 37,500 abandoned pets from local animal shelters since 1990. She helped two nine-year-old volunteers launch the Jr. Pets & People organization, which earned a national “Do Something!” educational grant in 1993. The junior organization became the only humane society operated by children in the U.S.“There are many volunteers who have done more that I have,” Harlan said, “but I hope everyone will vote for me because Pets and People could get up to $10,000 if we win this contest.”
“That kind of donation would save a lot of pets,” Harlan said, adding individuals can also contribute by spaying and neutering their pets and being responsible pet owners.
Harlan has personally rescued, fostered and placed 356 abandoned pets outside the humane society and operates a sanctioned Trap-Neuter & Release program, which feeds, spays or neuters, and releases wild cats to humanely control overpopulation. In the evenings, she manages a regional email group, which encourages adoption of pets on animal shelter death rows for 150 individual rescuers and adoption organizations.
Vote for Jody here. She’s the fourth picture of the slideshow.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
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Pets in the paper – bucking the trend
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Buckin’ the system: “Sweethearts” follows rodeo team of female prisoners. (McAlester)
- BLOG: More than one “Greatest American Dog” to attend parade. (Perry)
Staff Writer Carrie Cppernoll
Pool shark … or dog
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Edmond Pet of the Week for Sept. 14
Shaggy is a spayed female, tan and black terrier mix. She is about five years old and is current on her vaccinations. She has been at the shelter since Aug. 11.
Scrambler is a neutered male, black tiger domestic shorthair. He is about 3 months old and is current on his vaccinations. He has been at the shelter since June 3.
Adoption fees are $70 for cats and dogs at Edmond Animal Welfare Shelter, 2424 Old Timbers Drive in Cross Timbers Municipal Complex off Covell Road east of Interstate 35. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Saturdays are only for adoptions and pickups.
For more information, call 216-7615.
Look at that hair!
Photo provided by Audubon Zoo
New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo released pictures this week of Menari, a female orangutan born at the zoo July 10.
Menari is being hand-raised, and is the first orangutan born at the zoo since 1996. She is a Sumatran orangutan, which is the rarer of the two orangutan species. The slightly lager Bornean orangutan is listed as endangered, while the Sumatran orangutan is listed as critically endangered.
Less than 8,000 Sumatran orangutans are believed to survive in the wild, and they are all found in rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Looking at little Menari, it’s hard to fathom how we could let such cute creatures disappear from our planet.
- Staff Writer Bryan Dean
Pets in the paper – Zoe gets ready
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today
- Baby chimpanzee Zoe to get first look at public. (Oklahoma City, video below)
- Chains take wag out of dog’s tail. (Oklahoma City)
- Pet Tales: Dog found after family prays. (Oklahoma City)
- Dove release honors victims. (Chickasha)
- Purina products joining the battle to defeat breast cancer. (nationwide)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Oklahoma City Pet of the Week for Sept. 10
Cindy is a good-natured 3-year-old Australian shepherd mix who loves people of all ages. She is looking for a home where she will have a stockade fence and be the only dog in the family. Cindy is housebroken. Her number at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is 12748.
The adoption fee for cats and dogs is $25. This includes spay or neuter, shots and health check.
Pictures of many of the adoption pets can be seen at www.okc.petfinder.com and www.okc.gov.
The shelter, 2811 SE 29, is open from noon to 5:45 p.m. seven days a week for adoptions and from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. seven days a week for receiving. For more information, call 297-3100.
Pets in the paper – Remington ponies
Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman today -
- Cool off a hot dog with a big pool. (Midwest City)
- Racetrack purchase may spark ventures. (Oklahoma City)
- Sale to bring upgrades for Remington Park. (Oklahoma City)
- Parading in Arcadia. (page 3d)
- Pet adoption drive gets support. (nationwide)
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
Edmond Pet of the Week for Sept. 7
Mattie is a spayed female, black and tricolor Shetland sheepdog and collie. She is about 10 years old and current on her vaccinations. She has been at the shelter since July 13.
Morris is a neutered male, orange tiger domestic mediumhair. He is about a year old and is current on his vaccinations. He has been at the shelter since July 30.
Adoption fees are $70 for cats and dogs at Edmond Animal Welfare Shelter, 2424 Old Timbers Drive in Cross Timbers Municipal Complex off Covell Road east of Interstate 35. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Saturdays are only for adoptions and pickups.
For more information, call 216-7615.
