From mauled to models: dogs seized in fight-ring raid to be featured in Time magazine
Source: STLToday.com, Nov 24, 2009
PIT BULL POSES: From fight ring to Time magazine models – that’s the fate of 26 pit bulls and pit bull mixes that have been cared for by the Humane Society of Missouri since they were seized in July in the raid of a multi-state dog fighting ring.
Jeane Jae, a humane society spokeswoman, said today that David Stewart, a Time mag photographer from Los Angeles, came into town the weekend of Nov. 6 through 8 and shot pictures of dogs for 2 ½ days before spending another part of a day shooting video of the pooches.
Stewart shot pictures of 75 dogs; 26 of the photos will be used in the magazine that hits newsstands on Friday, Jae said. She said the video should be available for viewing then, too.
More than 500 dogs were seized in the raid of the dog fighting ring, which was described as the largest in the country. The investigation began with the state’s humane society, which passed the information to federal and state investigators including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General, undercover Missouri Highway Patrol officers and the FBI.
Jae said 21 of the 407 dogs rescued in Missouri and Illinois were pregnant and have had more than 100 puppies. Many of the dogs have been adopted by rescue groups that help socialize pit bulls and mixes that were bred for fighting, she added. Jae said the humane society does not adopt the dogs out to families because of their need to be socialized in preparation for future family adoptions.
Stewart set up a photo portrait studio in an emergency shelter at an undisclosed site so he could get pictures of the animals. Jae said he has had dogs of his own and was wonderful with the rescued pups.
“He got down on the floor with them and played with them and loved up on them,” Jae said. “He is an animal person.”
Still, it took more than that to get good photos of the dogs, which must be handled separately due to their being bred to fight with other dogs. Jae said the dogs are great with people but bad with other dogs.
Tim Rickey, director of the humane society’s animal cruelty task force, did voice over for the video, in which he talks about the rescue and the raid. Kathy Warnick, president of the state humane society, was on the set, as were Debbie Hill, the VP of operations, and Kyle Held, an animal cruelty investigator.
What’s Really in Your Dog’s Food?
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Source: PRWeb.com, Nov 24, 2009
Ragazzilife.com, the web based social network for dog parents and certified canine nutritionist Stacy Alldredge host a fun and informative culinary event. Stacy Alldredge will talk about natural, well balanced and home cooked dog cuisine and prepare special tasting menus for dogs to try on site. Parents will be able to network and mingle while enjoying complementary cocktails, wine and gourmet hors d’oeuvres. The event is hosted in a fabulous and private NYC Soho loft.
Why is it that as a society, our diets have taken a positive turn towards whole, organic, and unprocessed foods, yet our “best friends” are still getting servings of dry or greasy mystery chunks? What is really in your dog’s food?
The nation’s top selling dog food contains the following ingredients: Meat by-products, Modified corn starch, Soy flour, Potassium chloride, Tricalcium phosphate, Titanium dioxide colour, Salt, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, Thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, vitamin B-12 supplement, pyroxidine hydrochloride, potassium iodide, folic acid, and sodium selenite.
What a mouthful – literally.
And what in the world are those ingredients? www.RagazziLife.com (the social network for dog owners) will be hosting an event on Wednesday December 9th from 6:30-9:30pm with special guest canine nutritionist and behavioral Stacy Alldredge. Stacy will dispel rumors and concerns associated with home cooked, natural and well balanced dog cuisine as well as prepare and create special tasting menus for all dogs to enjoy!
Does Fido need to lose a couple pounds? Is Spot allergic to most foods? Should Boomer just eat healthier? Stacy will present three different recipes that target and help your dog’s dietary issues. With Stacy’s certified nutrition expertise, no pooch will leave hungry, but they’ll all leave healthier. And with ingredients straight out of most people’s traditional holiday dinner menu (apples, asparagus, turkey, fish, beef, pasta, rice and more), event attendees will know that their dogs are eating as well as they are this holiday season.”
For more information please visit: http://www.ragazzilife.com/store
Wag, Wine and Dine
Wednesday, December 9th
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Safe Harbor Loft
446 Broadway (b/t Grand and Howard)
3rd Floor
About RagazziLife.com:
RagazziLife.com is an exclusive web based initiative for dog-parents. Based on the deep bonds that dogs can offer, it’s no surprise that we’ve transformed from dog owners into uncompromising and unconditional dog-parents. The idea of this user-friendly, invite-only community is to connect these uncompromising dog lovers so they can interact by email, chats, dates, and fun events with their dogs.
Once a member of the online community, users will have access to discover the best services, the best products, and the best information for their dog. RagazziLife.com will offer several sections of the site:
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About Stacy Alldredge:
An ardent advocate on behalf of dogs for approximately 20 years, Stacy Alldredge is a specialist in canine behavior problems and a certified canine nutrition specialist. Stacy has successfully trained several thousand dogs and their guardians to enhance the quality of both their lives. Stacy was the canine nutritional consultant on the recently published cookbook, THROW ME A BONE: 50 Healthy, Canine Taste-Tested Recipes for Snacks, Meals and Treats by Cooper Gillespie. She lectures regularly and has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today in New York, Fox News as well as New York 1. Stacy is a consultant to numerous national and regional veterinary and breeder organizations as well as a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, The United States Dog Agility Association, The National Club for Dog Agility, and The North American Flyball Association, as well as multiple certificates in Applied Animal Behavior.
FetchDog Offering Free Shipping!
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Catch FetchDog’s Holiday Specials & New Arrivals just in time for Christmas.
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~ Featured Adoptable Pet ~ Molly
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Molly is a wonderful energetic high powered GWP puppy that is 6-7 months old. She is needing a new home that will channel her energy into running, hiking, training, dockdiving, or agility! She is smart, and needs a home that is not gone ling hours as a puppy needs constant care and mental stimulation. She attends puppy Daycare, loves people, doesn’t know a stranger. She is very dog social, NO CATS please….GWP’s and cats do not mix!…unless you have a cat problem and want an expert exterminator.
She is spayed, current on all vaccinations. She is a wonderful, wonderful puppy wanting a forever home of her own that will put her first! Email us if you think Molly would be a great character for your home. We try NOT to do long distance adoptions. You are responsible for meeting and picking up your doggie from us, and we can meet you too! We are rescue and do not ship our family members.
German Wirehaired Pointer Rescue is an organization made up of rescue foster homes. We provide total vet care including rabies, distemper/parvo, bordetella, hw check/preventative and frontline. We pull and help the German Wirehair pointers in need. We are not of unlimited resources.
If you are interesting in adoption Molly please contact GWP Rescue
- German Wirehaired Pointer Rescue Inc.
- Olathe, KS
CANIDAE Pet Foods Helps The Pongo Fund Launch Largest Pet Food Bank in the United States
Source: PRWeb, Nov 19, 2009
Pet food company donates truckloads of premium pet food to The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank in Portland, Oregon enabling them to distribute high quality dog food and cat food to the animals of anyone in need, helping to keep families together in challenging economic times.
San Luis Obispo, CA (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 — CANIDAE Pet Foods, a manufacturer of all natural dog and cat food, has donated $125,000 USD worth of premium pet food to The Pongo Fund, allowing Larry Chusid, Founder and Executive Director, to open the nation’s largest pet food bank.
The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank opened Sunday, November 8, 2009, operating out of a warehouse in Portland, directly across from the Oregon Convention Center. Over 30 enthusiastic volunteers were on hand to help ensure that everyone with a genuine need would receive a two week supply of premium pet food for each of their dogs or cats. In addition to receiving free pet food, recipients were given nutritional information and tips for safely transitioning their dogs to an all natural, premium diet. All recipients were all invited to return every two weeks to receive more food for their companion animals, so long as they had a need.
“Our first day was exceptional, a perfectly joyful opportunity to help the community,” explained The Pongo Fund Founder Larry Chusid. “We were able to effortlessly guide each person through the facility, providing them with food and nutritional advice, in only a matter of minutes. Providing a respectful and efficient experience will be critical as we expect to help more and more people as news of the pet food bank spreads. Our goal is to be able to provide eight tons of free premium pet food every month.”
In addition to the homeless, many of the people who arrived on opening day had a place to live, but were unemployed and so were unable to feed their companion animals. “Pets mean so much to people, they’d do anything for them. If people can’t afford to feed their pet, they have to give them up. The Pongo Fund fills a unique need… they help keep families together by feeding the pets,” said Lael Concordia, Director of Social Services at William Temple House, another Portland organization that helps individuals and families in crisis.
The Mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, was so impressed with Chusid’s vision and the unprecedented donation from CANIDAE, that he declared Sunday, November 8, 2009 to be “CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods Day” in the city.
“A lot of these folks were surprised to find that they needed less CANIDAE than the pet foods from grocery stores they were used to feeding,” said CANIDAE Sales Manager Jon Tingle. “We explained that because CANIDAE doesn’t contain the corn, wheat and fillers that some other brands do, there is a lot more nutrition in each pound. We asked everyone to fill out a Pet Profile so the next time they come we can quickly give them the right amount of food for their dog or cat.”
Chusid spotted one man leaving the pet food bank with only a 4 pound bag of FELIDAE cat food. He was concerned the man did not take enough to last two weeks and caught up with him outside the warehouse. When asked, the man said he only had one very small cat and four pounds was, “all he needed.” When offered an additional bag of Felidae, the man graciously declined. “I don’t want to take more than I need; I want to make sure there’s enough for everyone else.”
Among the volunteers were representatives from all three Healthy Pets Northwest stores including Laura Amiton from the Alberta District store, Julie Cantonwine from the Hawthorne District store, and Mike Carroll and Barb Cantonwine from the Multnomah Village store. They offered their years of expertise in pet nutrition to the needy dog and cat owners and were among those that helped to calculate the right amount of food to last each pet for two weeks.
After opening, an anonymous individual was so impressed with The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank that he called Chusid to donate $3,000 for purchase of even more CANIDAE. “We are thrilled that the community has responded so well. Sometimes it’s simply a bowl of kibble that can keep a family together and save the lives of the animals they love,” said Chusid.
The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank is open the second and fourth Sunday of every month. Details at www.thepongofund.org.
About The Pongo Fund
Founded in 2007 by Larry Chusid, The Pongo Fund has provided over 100,000 quality meals to the dogs and cats of the needy and homeless in and around the Portland, Oregon area, helping to protect these animals from being abandoned or surrendered simply because their families cannot afford to feed them. The Pongo Fund is an all volunteer charity and the only program specifically designed to consistently provide quality dog and cat food to the animals of anyone in need. Their address is PO Box 8244, Portland, Oregon, 97207. The Pongo Fund is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. www.thepongofund.org
About CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods
Founded out of love for pets and animals, CANIDAE Pet Food, Inc. manufactures and distributes a complete line of healthy meat-based, holistic, all natural dog food, cat food, and gourmet pet treats sold worldwide through independent pet food retailers including over 7,000 locations throughout the United States and Canada. For the most recent information about CANIDAE and its line of healthy pet products, visit http://www.canidae.com/canidae-news-updates.html. About Responsible Pet Ownership In accordance with its philosophy of promoting Responsible Pet Ownership through proper nutrition and care, CANIDAE All Natural Pet Foods is the title sponsor of the Responsible Pet Ownership blog which provides helpful tips and advice for caring pet owners. This daily RPO blog exists as a free service to all pet owners, offering articles from a range of professional pet authors on topics such as natural nutrition, training and exercise, veterinarian care, planned breeding, spaying and neutering, and supporting reputable breeders and rescue groups. Pet owners can subscribe to these informative daily articles at http://canidaepetfood.blogspot.com.
Man who threw dog off bridge brought to justice by online viewers
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Source: TelegraphUK, Nov 19, 2009
A Lithuanian man who threw a dog off a bridge has been hunted down by animal lovers who watched a video of the crime that the man posted online.
Police in the Lithuanian town of Kaunas arrested 22-year-old Svajunas Beniukas on animal cruelty charges after internet users helped police identify him and the bridge from which the small brown dog was thrown.
The video shows a man holding the dog, called Pipiras, Lithuanian for pepper, and laughing as his friend records the event on his mobile phone.
Checking that the coast is clear, he makes a joke about dogs flying and then drops the animal off the bridge.
Crashing onto a farm track below, Pipiras yelps in pain, and lies twitching on the ground.
But despite falling over 20 feet and sustaining multiple fractures and internal injuries, vets said the dog would survive.
“He’s lived with me for four to five years,” Petras Dunskaitis, the dog’s 70-year-old owner told a Lithuanian newspaper. “He didn’t deserve such a fate.”
Originally posted on a Lithuanian website, outrage at the treatment of the dog snowballed as the 40 seconds of footage spread across the globe, even making it to Facebook through the efforts of a 3,000-strong group calling itself the “Lithuanian Dog Support Group”.
Lithuanian police said a key breakthrough was tracing the local website, www.15min.it, where the footage originally appeared. The website’s users identified the man as Beniukas.
Local media reported that Beniukas may have sought revenge on the dog after it was suspected of killing some of his mother’s chickens.
He has been charged wtih animal cruelty and faces up to a year in jail.
Death of dog thrown from roof inspires NY bill
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Source: Associated Press, Nov 19, 2009
A shelter’s decision to euthanize a dog that was thrown from the sixth-story roof of a Brooklyn building has inspired new state legislation.
State Assemblyman Micah Z. Kellner said on Thursday that he introduced a bill requiring shelters to release any animal they plan to kill to a legitimate rescue group that offers to take in the animal.
Animal activists were outraged last week when the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals put down the pit bull mix named Oreo. The ASPCA said it tried to rehabilitate Oreo, but she was too aggressive.
Before Oreo was euthanized, at least one upstate sanctuary had offered to take her in. The ASPCA said sanctuary was not appropriate in her case.
ASPCA attorney Debora Bresch says the agency is reviewing how the bill fits with existing law.
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