Federal Employees: Donate to Shoals PAWS

Please take time to read this article from The Connection:

Donate to Shoals PAWS

Together, we can conquer pet overpopulation in the Shoals.

PAWS Rummage Sale

Pets Are Worth Saving (PAWS) is having a rummage sale today and tomorrow, June 11th & 12th. The sale is located in the former Chevron building on East Tennessee Street between the old Sears/Martin Ind. building and the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Florence.

The sale begins each day at 7:00 a.m. and will close approximately at 3:00 p.m. Saturday. We hope everyone will come out to support this wonderful organization.

Save the Mexican Dogs?

Today's blog is veering from our usual format, as will the next one or two. If you're like me, you get requests daily to help animals. From aardvarks to zebras, there's an organization out there bent on helping the sick and homeless. This week I received a letter from an international organization dedicated to helping animals outside the United States; Mexican canines were specifically mentioned.

I wish this organization well, but I don't plan on donating. I also no longer donate to PETA. Why? I want my donations to help animals in the United States with their basic survival. That leaves out the Arctic polar bears and the advertisements chastising us for wearing leather goods.

I hope each of you who cares about animals will begin your charity at home in Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin Counties. Adopt from a local shelter or PAWS. Send your donations to these organizations. When we no longer have a local problem with homeless and sick dogs and cats, then we can begin contributing to the zoo in Timbuktu.


PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving)

Florence-Lauderdale Animal Shelter

Colbert County Animal Shelter

PAWS/Petco Adoption Day Today!

If you can't make it to Petco in Florence today, be sure to call PAWS of the Shoals about adopting or fostering. We promise it will be the best call you ever made.

We're Doggedly Pursuing Homes...

We know you're aware of pet overpopulation and the unwanted animals it leads to, but do you know what you can do about it? We're also sure you've winced when you've seen a starving stray animal on a county road, but sometimes it's been easier to look the other way. Let's resolve today to change that.

We don't think we can save every unwanted animal. We don't think that you can feed every stray that enters your yard. We do think that together we can make a difference--starting now.

We don't promise a new blog every day, but we do promise to post often. Each blog will feature a dog or cat (or other small animal) that is currently confined to a local animal shelter. You might not be able to adopt this pet, but you may know someone who can. You may be able to print out the blog and post it at your office, or the corner market, or that little barbecue joint down the road. We thank you in advance for any and all efforts.

Saturday, August 22, 2009, is Adoption Day at Petco in Florence. Representatives from PAWS of the Shoals will be at Petco from Noon until 4:00 p.m. If you're in the area please stop by and visit with these wonderful volunteers who give so much of their time to help those who can't help themselves.