WE WERE CHOSEN!
Students from the Ecole Bilingue chose us for their fundraising project!! Below is the updated note from the teacher:
"This project all started with a class of 26 students doing a research on an organization they would like to support, and to fundraise money for a good cause.
Keeping fit is very important to us, so we decided to walk/jog 5 km and raise funds at the same time. Each child presented their research findings and the class voted on the best organization to support. Yours was the chosen one!
We are dog lovers, and we wanted to bring awareness to the public and educate them about the situation of dogs in puppy mills.
To get ready for the event, we trained for a few months by walking/jogging around our Ecole Bilingue school perimeter, starting with 3 times around the school, right up to 12 times around to make it up to 5 km.
Our 5 km walk/jog event was held last Wednesday, June 16th, 2010. We left the school at 09:00 with parents helping to supervise the group and we made our way to a park nearby our school called Douglas Park. There, we walked and ran as a group around the perimeter of the large park. It was a fun time. The children were very enthusiastic and as they walked and ran, a group would call out "Shut Down" and the others would answer "Puppy Mills"! Our morning ended with a picnic in the park with parents supporting us and bringing us goodies.
Good luck in all of your endeavors and keep up the good work! Together we can eradicate puppy mills!!!" . . . read letter from the students.
NANAIMO - A litter of starving pit-bull puppies on the verge of death has been turned over to the Nanaimo SPCA. Cruelty investigator Julie Hitchcock says a pair of teenager dog owners were trying to make a few bucks for the holidays by selling the dogs on the internet.
The SPCA was tipped off about the litter of puppies after they appeared on the website Craigslist advertised for $600 each. It's the third batch of puppies now recovering at the Nanaimo SPCA from horrifying treatment at the hands of so-called "backyard breeders."
Hitchcock says 33 dogs have been taken into custody in the past two weeks. Eighteen puppies are now up for adoption.
The smallest was comatose and near death when the SPCA found it. The SPCA will help nurse it along with the rest of the litter back to health and then look for a loving family for adoption. The SPCA is urging people to help stop backyard breeding by reporting anything suspicious by asking dog breeders lots of questions about how the animals are cared, who their vet is, and why they dogs are being sold in the first place.
WE ARE IN VANCOUVER!
We were approached by a Vancouver resident wanting to help spread the message to Shut Down Puppy Mills with the use of their vehicle and so we created a "car magnet" for her to display.
Whenever you see this dedicated individual be sure to show your support with either a welcome wave or honk.
Get details on how you can have your own car magnet to help end the misery of puppy mills.
MASSIVE PUPPY MILL RESCUE
Last week, the Humane Society of Canada saved more than 200 dogs from another horrific puppy mill. This massive rescue operation was their second in just six days!
With your help, we rescued more than 300 dogs, 7 cats and a rabbit from two of the worst puppy mill operations our team has ever seen.
Please watch our video from the rescue, and make a special gift today to ensure we can save even more animals from miserable lives in puppy mills.