INVESTIGATIONS IN WASHINGTON STATE OF TRANSPORTS OF PETS

Another article about the transports of pets from California to the NW. This is an unregulated industry, generating money. It is responsible for many scams and schemes, and the shelter pets are paying the price.

http://www.katu.com/news/investigators/KATU-exposes-underground-pet-network-in-Portland-250267041.html

The On Your Side Investigators learned pet transport in Oregon is largely unregulated. The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) is responsible for making sure dogs and cats that come to Oregon pass a vet inspection - called a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection to prevent the spread of disease - but that's it. 

While the state does have laws on the travel conditions for pets, there's no one at the state to enforce them. The ODA also told KATU that no one at the state level tracks pet relocations.
Not only that, the ODA relies on local agencies to enforce animal abuse and neglect laws.

CONGRATS DEVORE, ONCE AGAIN OUR CITIZENS SHOW SUPPORT

May 2014 Upcoming Events May 10 Lights, Sirens, Safety 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. San Bernardino County Museum 2024 Orange Tree Ln Redlands, CA May 17 Spring Pet Adoption Faire  10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Memorial Park 1100 E. Foothill Blvd. Upland, CA May 31 SBSD Event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Yucaipa Regional Park Yucaipa, CA All dates and locations scheduled are subject to change, events are also subject to cancellation; depending upon the availability of adoptable animals. Please contact ACC prior to going to a scheduled event to confirm that the event will occur." Make a Donation About Us Make a Donation to ARFF Big Bear Shelter       Directions to Big Bear Lake Shelter  (909) 866-4943  Devore Shelter Directions to Devore Shelter  (909) 386-9820   THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS! WE HAVE RAISED $2,810          On behalf of the Animals aRe First Fund (ARFF) and the hundreds of homeless animals, I would like to take a moment and thank each and every donor who participated in the "GIVE BIG San Bernardino County" campaign. With your help and support, ARFF received $2,810 and ranked seventh in the total number of Unique Donors who supported our animal welfare charity and 32nd for the most funds received during this 24 hour campaign. We had some tough competition with 265 worthy non-profit organizations participating and your generosity clearly demonstrated that there are many within our community who care about our four-legged companions. ARFF's next big endeavor will be to hold the 3rd Annual Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption event on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at the Yucaipa Regional Park. Along with our many lead sponsors, including the very generous support of our County's Board of Supervisors and Regional Parks, we hope to adopt more than 162 dogs and cats, thus exceeding the number of homeless pets adopted during last year's event. Please encourage your friends, family members and associates to support our upcoming events and remind those you know to consider adopting a homeless pet from a local animal shelter. Once again, on behalf of our volunteers and the animals we serve, thank you so very much for your generous support. It is truly heartwarming to know that so many people care and want to make a difference for the animals we serve. Respectfully, Brian Cronin President ARFF For More Information Check Out:     San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control Animals Are First Fund (ARFF)

DONATE TO HELP DEVORE SHELTER PETS

Give BIG San Bernardino County is a 24-hour online giving campaign taking place from 7 am on May 8 to 6:59 am on May 9, 2014. The Give BIG San Bernardino County campaign allows you to give to your favorite causes in our community, thus helping improve the quality of life for our community. Our goal is to get everyone who cares about the quality of life in San Bernardino County to help us raise $300,000 in just 24 hours. One day. One click. One community. http://givebigsbcounty.razoo.com/giving_events/gbsb14/home

Currently the Devore and Big Bear shelters are 10th for donors. Please donate and make them number ONE. Donations will go to AARF, the non profit of the County's shelters. THE TOP TEN WILL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 

UPDATE: As of a few moments ago, AARF had moved into 7th place. Thanks.

Every year thousands of animals are admitted to San Bernardino County Animal Shelter facilities, which include the Big Bear and Devore Animal Shelters. Last year alone, over 16,000 animals were admitted to these facilities. The homeless animals in San Bernardino County need your help and ARFF is the only non-profit charitable organization established to specifically aid and help the animals cared for at these facilities.

In calendar year 2013, the following are just a few of the many ways ARFF provided direct support to the animals cared for at the County’s Animal Shelters:

• Paid for the spay/neuter surgeries for animals adopted during the County’s fifty two (52) off-site adoption events held in 2013. A total of 289 surgeries were paid for as a result of our donor’s generous support.
• Sponsored the 2nd Annual Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event which was held in June 2013. Invited the County’s “animal rescue group partners” to participate in this event which resulted in 162 pets being adopted into new homes.
• Sponsored additional “life-saving” programs in 2013, such as the "Pets to Patriots" adoption effort which matched homeless pets with veterans and their families.
• Sponsored the "Furever Yours" Valentine’s Day pet adoption campaign.
• Sponsored "Super Senior May – Never Too Old to Play" adoption program which matched senior pets with senior citizens.
• Purchased educational materials and items that were used to promote the good work of Animal Care and Control.
• Purchased "Microchips" that are implanted in each animal adopted; assisting in reuniting lost pets with their owners.

Our donors generous contributions have helped the County to provide many "life-saving" efforts and programs that would not have possible with their support.

The homeless animals in San Bernardino County need your help and financial support.

FIRE IN RANCHO - URGENT

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. RESCUERS TAKE OUT THE ONES YOU HAVE ON HOLD AND STOP ASKING FOR EXTENSIONS. YOU ARE PUT ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY.

THIS CAME IN AS A THREE PART COMMENT BUT DESERVES A POST. THANK YOU.  

An article needs to be written about this fire and how at a moments notice the shelters (City shelters and County Shelters) can become flooded with evacuated animals.

http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20140501/etiwanda-fire-sparks-memories-of-2003s-grand-prix-fire

The rescues and activists keep asking for extensions on available animals with no one coming to adopt them. 

This fire should serve as a forewarning to the rescues, activist, and others that keeping the shelters at near full capacity when emergencies like this can happen will lead to those animals being 'held for rescue' potentially being euthanized with little to no warning.
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20140502/etiwanda-fire-re-mapped-to-2190-acres-53-percent-contained

https://www.google.com/search?q=etiwanda+fire&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FWpkU4eTK8fIoASF7IH4Dg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1366&bih=639#q=etiwanda+fire+&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=y-U4DZJiMbBROM%253A%3B1z0ZlHSiil8xVM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F4.bp.blogspot.com%252F-fzUnNP14s_0%252FU2J3bBMDTuI%252FAAAAAAAAJmQ%252FxCxphEKDH2I%252Fs1600%252FEtiwandaFire%252Bstreet%252Bmap%252B2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcalfire.blogspot.com%252F%3B915%3B931

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The rescue, activists, and others will post on the web that the shelter 'is having a blood bath'; when they are not even in the area of the shelter, don't know about the current fire conditions (red flag warning, actual fire emergency, etc.) and will continue to post lies about the shelter.

Please stress California is in a drought and the areas are very prone to wild fires. You may want to use the OLD FIRE and GRAND PRIX fire from several years ago, how many days those fires went out, how many people died, how many homes were lost, etc.

The activists think the shelter should just make more room or the evacuees should keep their animals with them. What happens when the evacuees are at work or away from home when the fire breaks out. they cannot get home to get to their pets or possessions and it is up to the animal control officers to enter the fire evacuation area and truly rescue those stranded pets.

You may also want to reference how Devore tried to alert rescues during a prior fire event and the activists began posting that the shelter itself was on fire. Yet none of them came to the shelter and tried to help. I know, I asked the staff when I saw the posts. I guess if you are out of the state, you can post all of the lies you want about the shelter, but when the chips are down they are no where to be found. Must be nice to throw stones at glass houses from thousands of miles away and feel good about yourselves.