| December 23rd, 2006 |
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Santa's Bag Of Holiday News From Indiana-PAW 
Hello Indiana-PAW Friends
It's just 48 hours until
Christmas, and we want to share warm success stories with you, and
ask for your big-hearted holiday help for Indiana's neediest
animals. What better way to make the most of the holiday season than
by lending your support to pets who desperately need holiday
miracles?
Indiana-PAW's Foster Program Needs Holiday
Heroes!
Indiana-PAW Foster
Puppy | Indiana-PAW's foster
program has helped save the lives of hundreds of homeless Hoosier
animals. The puppy pictured at left is just one example. Leslie
Fatum, the head of Indianapolis
Animal Care & Control, recently asked Indiana-PAW foster
parents for help with a bevy of puppies at her shelter, including
this little fellow. Our foster parents came forward for 10 of the
puppies, prompting Leslie to send us an e-mail saying, "This is the
best Christmas present we could ever get: having animals that had
such poor prospects get a chance for a wonderful life . . . [and]
realizing a "Christmas miracle.'" We're grateful for our successes,
but we need FAR more foster parents to keep up with the overwhelming
number of requests for help we receive from Indiana shelters. Tracey
Bruick, one of our best foster parents, makes a strong case for how
rewarding it can be, and says: "I became a foster parent so I could
help just a couple of the thousands that need it. I visit shelters
throughout the Indy area frequently, and am always saddened by the
number of animals, and by their stories. It's amazing to see the
difference a kind, loving home can make for an animal, whether they
are ill, or just from a bad situation. It doesn't take alot,
just some love and some time." Click
here to sign up to join our foster parent team!
Millie The St. Bernard Needs A Foster Home
Millie
| Pat Holcomb with Swiss
Friends of Animals, a rescue group in southeast Indiana, has
reached out to Indiana-PAW for a foster home for Millie, a sweet St.
Bernard (pictured at right). Millie is great with people, does great
on a leash, and rides well, but needs a foster parent who is able to
help her with dog aggression, so that she can become adoptable. If
you can help, please contact Pat
Holcomb with Swiss Friends of Animals.
Dogs Left In Trailer Park Need Foster Homes
Dog abandoned in trailer
park needs Indiana-PAW's help
| Paula Brock, the founder of Volunteers
For Animal Welfare (a Cedar Grove, Indiana organization) has
asked Indiana-PAW to follow-up with citizens on a story we shared a
few months ago. As you may recall, 9 dogs were left in an Indiana
trailer park to die. Paula's organization has been taking the dogs
food, has had many of them neutered and vaccinated, and has even
found homes for a couple of them. However, there are still several
dogs abandoned in the trailer park for whom Paula is desperately
trying to secure foster homes. One of the dogs, named Baby, has hip
dysplasia and needs mediation. If you can foster any of these poor
dogs, or would like to sponsor medication for Baby, please contact
Paula
Brock directly.
Uplifting Stuff For The Holidays  Visit the Indiana-PAW website for
inspiration! For example, read a holiday
poem about a Christmas wish for every homeless animal. Or, read
a 5-hanky
story about an Anderson dog who went from homeless to the
mom/dad lottery when he was adopted by a wonderful local couple,
thanks to Countryside
Animal Rescue, an Indiana-PAW partner. Or, learn how you can
participate in Home
4 The Holidays, the world's largest adoption campaign!
Help Indiana's Most At-Risk Dog: The Pit
Bull  Pit Bulls are one of the most at-risk
groups of animals Indiana, and lose their lives at a staggering rate
here. Indiana-PAW
partners with a number of local groups who are dedicated to raising
awareness about and helping Pit Bulls. Tonight, we'd like to share
three opportunities for you to help our State's most a-risk dogs:
Opportunity #1: volunteer with FIDO
(Friends of Indy Dogs Outside), one of the few animal welfare
organizations that goes out into needy communities and works to
directly improve the quality of life of dogs living outside, most
often on chains and in neglectful situations. FIDO
provides dogs - including many Pit Bulls - with warm dog
houses, training crates, and dog food, and has them neutered and
microchipped. FIDO is in dire need of volunteers to help them keep
pace with the deluge of phone calls they're receiving. If you can
volunteer with FIDO, please contact Darcie
Kurtz.
 Opportunity #2: Give your donations of cash
and supplies to Casa
Del Toro Bully Breed Education & Rescue, to assist them with
their "Operation Pit Bull P.A.W.S: P (Providing) A (Adequate) W
(Warm) S (Shelter)." They are collecting donations of supplies to
provide to needy Pit Bull owners, as many Pit Bulls are left
outside, struggling to brave the harsh Indiana winter with their
short coats. If you have a donation to help, please contact Laurie
Adams.
Opportunity #3: Send a donation to Indy
Pit Crew to help a Pit Bull puppy named Lilly who was repeatedly
stabbed in the neck and left for dead on the south side of
Indianapolis recently. Lilly is recovering from her injuries
and has been featured on local news programs. You may send a
donation to cover the cost of Lilly's care to: Lilly's Fund, c/o
Indy Pit Crew, PO Box 40575, Indianapolis, IN 46240, or online at Indy
Pit Crew's website (click on the Paypal link and
please indicate "Lilly's Fund").
FACE Clinic Holiday Donation Drive  The FACE
Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic is running a holiday donation drive
called "Lend a Hand, Help a Paw" out of recognition for the fact
that the holiday season can be a particularly difficult time to make
ends meet for some animal caretakers who have opened their hearts
and homes and saved a homeless dog or cat. Thus, FACE is collecting
dog and cat food, cat litter, treats and toys, collars, leashes, cat
and dog beds, blankets, litter boxes, dog houses or crates, and cat
carriers to give to needy families. You can drop off donations at
the FACE Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic at 1505 Massachusetts Ave. in
Indianapolis, as well as all Indy Pet Supplies Plus locations.
Contact Erica
Flores for more information.
Hamilton County Low-Cost Spay Neuter Clinic Up And
Running!  The new low-cost spay-neuter
clinic in Hamilton County has opened! They're located at 1721-A
Pleasant Street in Noblesville, in the same building as the new Humane
Society for Hamilton County. To learn more, visit the clinic's
website or call 317-706 -0537!
Learn To Dance With Your Dog!  Paws
& Think has asked Indiana-PAW to publicize the fact that
they're preparing to host the "Carolyn Scott Canine Freestyle
Workshop" on February 24th and 25th, which will teach dogs and their
human companions to dance together! The deadline for early
registration is December 31st. To learn more, visit the Paws &
Think website.
Animal Rescue Site Needs Your "Clicks" To Feed Homeless
Animals!  The Animal Rescue Site,
a website that provides food for some of the 27 million unwanted
animals dumped at U.S. shelters every year, is having trouble
getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of
getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals.
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "Feed
An Animal In Need" for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their
corporate sponsors and advertisers use the number of daily visits to
donate food to abandoned animals in exchange for advertising. Click
here to visit the site, click on the purple box that says "Feed
An Animal For Free," and encourage everyone you know to do the same
each day!
Happy holidays! And thanks to all of YOU for all you do for
Indiana animals!
| Indiana Proactive Animal Welfare,
Inc.
Amy Van Ostrand, Esq.
Founder & Executive Director
Phone: 317-345-6773 |
Website: http://www.indiana-paw.com
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