Found My Animal

We sent the organizers of 2012 Puppy Up! some beautiful leashes to help raise money for their cause. Here is what these inspired folks are up to! Visit them at: www.2milliondogs.org

Their Mission:

2 Million Dogs Foundation is committed to discovering the common links between canine and human cancers and the causes of these cancers through comparative oncology research. Their organization will accomplish that mission in the following ways.

The field of comparative oncology is relatively new and 2 Million Dogs will educate people about its tremendous potential through a global campaign of strategic partnerships, seminars, speaking engagements, social media, events, broadcasts, and other forms of media.

Through The Puppy Up! Walk, we are building the largest pet and people cancer community in the world; from business people to artists to scientists and humanitarians, a partnership forged with the singular purpose of ridding the world of its deadliest disease.

2 Million Dogs scientific objectives are: Broadening our understanding of the links between human and companion animal cancer, creating a cross institutional collaborative platform, developing new approaches to research, and funding translational cancer studies that benefit both pets and people.

Marylou, a friend of FOUND MY ANIMAL traveled with her son to Spain to volunteer caring for a particular group of rescue dogs who are abandoned each year after they are used during hunting season.  The dogs are called “galgos”, they are Spanish hunting greyhounds. Ibizan hounds (Podenco Ibicenco) and Andalucian Hounds (Podenco Andaluz) are similar breeds- thousands of these dogs are used and then abandoned or killed by hunters each year, especially in the more rural parts of Spain.  Below are two links of rescue groups dedicated to helping rescue, rehabilitate and rehome these dogs. 

Marylou brought back 4 dogs to families here in the states. We sent her with a bunch of our rescue leashes which were put to immediate use with the rescues. Marylou was sweet enough to send us beautiful photos from her volunteer trip. Find out more about helping these groups, and possibly adopting these smart, sweet, gorgeous pups.

Thank you to Diane Hughes of Ibizan Hound Rescue for these beautiful pictures!

There is more information about Marylou and Noah’s trip to Spain here:

http://galgorescue.org/

Visit the websites to learn more about these great organizations and help if you can!:

http://galgorescue.org/

http://www.perrosdelsol.es/

http://www.ibizanhoundrescue.com/

Anyone who lives in New York City and works with animal rescue has heard of the Sean Casey Animal Rescue group. They work tirelessly to advocate for the animals that they rescue, rehabilitate and place into homes. They have an amazing network of volunteers and specialists who help them save animal’s lives. They work with placement of reptiles, amphibians, exotic and domestic animals. Have a look at their website, help support their cause! And as is the case with most rescue groups and shelters, they appreciate donations of items such as:

newspaper, plastic bags, bleach, dish soap, paper towels as well as old pillow cases and towels. 

HELP! VISIT!

http://www.nyanimalrescue.org/

Sean Casey with a few adoptable friends.

Making our RESCUE LEASH look radiant- getting good use at the Best Friends Animal Society Shelter:

We were so happy to have donated 30 of our RESCUE LEASHES to the amazing pups being cared for by BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY. Founded in 1984, this non-profit organization runs the nation’s largest no-kill safe haven for homeless domestic animals. The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is located in Southwestern Utah and was featured in the “DogTown” series on Nat Geo Channel.

Just last year, the City of Los Angeles gave Best Friends control of it’s Northeast Valley Shelter. Best Friends works tirelessly to provide shelter, animal rehabilitation, outreach services for adoption and spay and neuter programs. The Best Friends network spearheaded the “NO-KILL MOVEMENT” and were hugely responsible for helping lower the number of animals killed in shelters from 15 million to 5 million in the span of about 9 years (based on figures from 1990 and 1999). 

Look at their website, PLEASE consider donating to this organization that has had such a profound impact on animal welfare. You can also visit the sanctuary, each year more than 27,000 people do.  You could be one of the 4,500 people who volunteer to donate their time to help with the animals! 

http://www.bestfriends.org

We were contacted by Spencer Harrison, the man behind behind “Teen With a Dream” and asked if we would donate some of our accessories for his 8th annual “Evening of Dreams” auction and dinner. Here is a little information about the inspirational Spencer Harrison and his brilliant foundation:

Teen with a Dream was founded in 2003 by Spencer Harrison at age 14 while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, he realized there is a strong correlation between emotional well-being and cancer survival and patients who have a strong and diverse support network, such as Teen with a Dream, often respond much better to treatment. Teen with a Dream has a variety of programs designed to support the child-patient at all levels of diagnosis and treatment, ranging from educational support to social events providing peer support. Teen with a Dream realizes that each child-patient is unique and works with the child medical care providers to tailor programs.

http://www.teenwithadream.org/

ASPCA is carrying the new FOUND MY ANIMAL orange RESCUE LEASH! Each metal tag carries the ASPCA logo and message. 40% of each sale goes to the ASPCA!  

Visit the ASPCA site, and you can buy one for your ‘found’ friend for $29.00.

http://www.aspcaonlinestore.com/products/120192-aspca-rope-leash

SEE BELOW PICS OF JUST A FEW OF THE SWEET PUPS IN THAILAND WEARING THEIR FOUND GEAR. (Thanks to Kyle Born for the pictures!)

SCAD is a very special organization started by British expat Sherry Consibee in Bangkok, Thailand. SCAD has accomplished an absolutely astonishing amount since 2002 when it began. They are working to not only save the lives of animals in pain and danger, but to rehabilitate and help find homes for animals in desperate need. Their dreams for the future include opening satellite clinics for Animal Birth Control in every district in Bangkok which will operate with a qualified vet and staff; dog and cat adoption facilities all over town; an animal welfare education programme that reaches every child in Thailand and more. PLEASE VISIT www.scadbangkok.org for more about this incredible group. PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION!

Below is from an email to us where SCAD friend Marylou Hecht comments on SCAD:

“SCAD is an amazing organization with exceptional staff and volunteer vets and vet nurses. We observed canine diseases and conditions that would never be seen in the US. They are short-funded and short-staffed and welcome help.”

This is “Winky” (SCAD’s nickname for this sweetheart) getting some well deserved love…

This little one only has three legs. Her name is Kaa Moo and she is a phenomenally fast runner despite having only 3 legs. 

We just sent 30 of our beautiful, new RESCUE LEADS over to Foster Dogs NYC. Visit them at www.fosterdogsnyc.com. They are teaming up this weekend (January 28th) with Brooklyn Animal Foster Network (BAFN) and North Shore Animal League and the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter for a HUGE adoption event in front of PETSMART at 238 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY. Visit BAFN for more information:

http://www.brooklynanimalfosternetwork.org/

Just a few of the beautiful adoptables from Foster Dogs NYC site (great WHITE fur theme going this month!):

AGHH, Look at that tail!

Our RESCUE LEASHES made an appearance tonight at Celebrity Catwalk’s HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS evening of dog and cat adoptions, cocktails and all the holiday trimmings. Check out their great website:

www.celebritycatwalk.com

PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFTS! Seriously, the BEST feel-good presents ever:

JOIN US! We will be with Rational Animal at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo tomorrow, December 3rd, from 12-4 pm. The Gallery is located at 124 Prince Street. We will be selling our leashes, and donating $5.00 from each sale to Rational Animal. They will be selling their gorgeous “Music Legends and Animals” cards, adoption guide map, calendars, ribbons (also available online at www.rational-animal.org). Check out the pictures below. 

Rational Animal is a non-profit media group that uses special events to focus attention on the needs of NYC’s at-risk animals. Look below at some of the incredible projects they have worked on.

Rational Animal’s “Music Legends and Animals” (for sale this Saturday):

The awesome “Trails to Tails” Guide to Animal Adoption in New York City:

Through the “Mother’s Comfort Project”, Rational Animal has provided over 3,500 beds and 2,000 toys which were made and brought to Animal Care and Control. This special project brings together volunteers, young students to sew cage comforters for the animals in the city shelter. How awesome is that?

With rock legend Debbie Harry as an honorary board member, Rational Animal has also used the music world influence to spread the word about animal need. They have worked with Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, and lots of other musicians to reach an audience to talk about these critical issues. Look at their website “Gimme Shelter” section for more info.

The list of brilliant projects goes on and on. We are HUGE fans of theirs.