CARE Times
Winter 2007

Passing The 1,000th
Pet Adoption Milestone
Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort exceeded the 1,000th pet adoption milestone on October 27th. Projections include passing 1,030 adoptions by the end of 2007.

Many of you have helped along the way, and many more pets continue to need your help.

Read more in the CARE Quarterly

CARE Passes 1,000

Above: Marbella the cat is the 999th adoption and puppy Mona Lisa is the 1,000th pet adoption

Past CARE President Erin Kutnick and President Mike Eggers accept a Certificate of Appreciation from San Juan Capistrano Mayor Sam Allevato and the City Council (Councilman Uso pictured in background) on Nov 20, for rescuing and placing CARE's 1,000th homeless animal in October, 2007.

Garfie appeared as the November Featured Pet on CARE's web site home page. November is Adopt A Senior Pet month.  Primarily a mix of Husky and probably Shepherd,  this 55 pound boy loves to go for car rides and walks. His Husky strength, combined with his excitement of walking puts a slight pull on the leash while walking him. At 8 years of age, Garfie still wants to please and with a little bit of training time from his new family, he should be able to increase his training. When taking these images of Garfie, I found him pleasant and easy to be around.  He has a thick, short, gold on lemon coat that leads to a cute, likeable face.

Could you foster Garfie?
Could you show Garfie at public events?

Volunteer as a Dog Care provider
Volunteer to help show CARE dogs at public events.

Momma Molly and her "Sick Puppies"

How they got to the shelter is still a mystery. CARE received a call from the Orange County Animal Care Center shelter that a San Juan Capistrano Cairn terrier mix had arrived at the shelter with puppies that were just days old.  The puppies were having difficulties and their survival was in question. Working together as partners, CARE and the shelter felt that it was in the best interest of the puppies to have one of CARE's members who is also a foster volunteer for the shelter foster these days old dogs. The goal was simple:  increase their chance for survival. In the foster home, the puppies could be monitored and tended 24 hours a day by the foster family.  The puppies danger was grave enough that one did not survive the next hour until the exchange to the foster family could take place. Although the OCACC shelter increases the days retained for many dogs well beyond the minimum, the shelter holds pets for a minimum of 5 days to provide the owner a chance to find them.  Momma Molly had neither tags nor a microchip. The shelter kept images of Molly to show to anyone looking for her. The foster family nursed the remaining three puppies and momma to strength. No one came to the shelter to claim this little momma. The foster family continued with Molly, Matilda, Milton and Mikey, as the transfer from shelter foster to CARE foster status occurred. The puppies continued to thrive in their foster home and attended a Petsmart Adoption Day event coinciding with Pet Pix with Santa. Each of the three puppies and momma Molly found their homes in late December.

Hopefully, we will get to see each of them again at the CARe SHOW.
Volunteer for February 2nd  at CARe SHOW 2008

Molly appears with the puppies below after being in their foster home for about three weeks.  The puppies appear to be thriving and Molly is doing well.
 

About three weeks later, the family attends an adoption day at the San Juan Capistrano Petsmart.

Volunteer to help show CARE dogs at public events.

Liz - Help Liz Find Her home
See her video

Liz -  Liz originally came to CARE from the Orange County shelter. Her pelvis and legs had been seriously injured. Liz became a left rear leg amputee, however her right rear became stabilized.

Liz's foster family asked a friend to produce a 45 second video that you can share with others to show how this shy girl warms up in a home. Liz needs a quiet home. A small one story home would work best for her. She needs a small family that will seek her out and include her in their quiet home activities.  View Liz's video to see how this technology helps show her as a normal cat, who can add enjoyment to her new family. Share her video with friends to help Liz find a new home.

http://www.capoanimalrescue.com/movies/cat_2007/liz.wmv

Volunteer to produce digital short movies for special needs pets.

CARE will set a new mark by helping more than 185 cats and dogs in 2007. Estimates of  CARE's direct cost to acquire, feed, alter, vaccinate, microchip, adopt, medicate, provide Veterinarian care and important surgeries are forecasted to exceed $44,000.00. Partnerships with Petsmart Charities in store cattery, Ortega Animal Care Clinic combined with grants for supplies from groups like PetsMart, PetCo and Purina Pro Plan have significantly reduced the average cost per pet (especially the cost per cat) in the programs, while providing much needed public exposure for the adoptable pets. Few people realize that CARE absorbs the Orange County Animal Care Center pet adoption fees ($85 to $200), just as a member of the public does when adopting from OCACC. CARE works as a partner with OCACC to help the adoptable cats and dogs of San Juan Capistrano find homes.

 Volunteer Now For These Upcoming Events Adoption Days Volunteer

Always a Super Hit With The Crowd
D2ISC DOGS Agree to Appear at the
5th Annual CARe SHOW

On behalf of the Animals, Members and Volunteers at Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort, we would like to thank all our subscribers for reading our Newsletters and Humane related updates.

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