FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dale Losher, TAPS Volunteer
Located in Pekin , Illinois and founded in 1958, TAPS is a no-kill shelter and a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization funded solely through adoptions, donations, memorials and fund-raising events. The goal of TAPS, Tazewell Animal Protective Society, is to provide a safe environment for injured, misplaced, and homeless cats and dogs until they can be placed in permanent loving homes. We also provide education to pet owners and the public about overpopulation and pet care. All our animals are rabies vaccinated, micro-chipped, and spayed/neutered before they can be adopted.
Our longest running fund-raising event, the Tailwagger's Classic, is coming up on September 26th, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event is planned to take place at Mineral Springs Park , Royal Avenue Shelter and includes; a main event - this year will be a dog and sheep herding demonstration - exhibiting the Border Collie as a working dog. In addition to a main event, there will be several shorter demonstrations on obedience, search and rescue, and therapy dog training, as well as a Talent and Costume contest, a dog walk, a raffle, pet related booths and much more! We hope to continue to growing this fun family event - making it bigger and better each year ---pre-registered participants will receive a free ten dollar entry into our Las Vegas drawing. For pre-registration go to www.tapsshelter.org/ .
We are looking for help getting the word out regarding this important event. Please let me know if you require additional information.
Sincerely,
Dale Losher
2010 Tailwagger's Classic Volunteer
916 Broadway
Pekin, Illinois 61554
2 comments:
I recently adopted a kitten from PAWS. Apparently they have a new policy. No matter what the age, no matter what the health, no matter what the extenuating circumstances, all animals must be spayed/neutered before they are released for adoption. One thinks, first, oh that makes sense! Great idea. "Stop littering" - or whatever the slogan du jour.
But my chosen kitty (2 months) had a serious upper respiratory infection, acquired no doubt from her weeks as a little baby spent at PAWS. She wheezed terribly as she playfully chased fur balls across the room. (At which point I fell in love.)
I will say the staff has doted on her and provided antibiotics for her infection. But before I can take this little doll home, she MUST be spayed.
I just think it's a shame that, at this stage in her young life, and while she is enduring a health crisis, she can't be released from PAWS until she is spayed.
I've adopted other cats from this facility and have a record of having them spayed. Certainly they could have cut me - and baby kitty - some slack.
I hope she is still among the quick when I go to pick her up tomorrow. I am not entirely confident. If she has failed to survive, I will definitely throw a shit fit.
Kitty update.
She was still alive when I picked her up this afternoon and the PAWS staff said she was cleared to go home after her surgery.
Because of her upper respiratory infection and what I was sure was flea infestation, I ferried her right to my vet clinic.
They looked her over and said, "she is a very sick kitten. She has a fever, serious respiratory infection, and fleas. We need to keep her over night and give her fluids, plus test for feline leukemia virus, since she obviously hasn't responded to the antibiotics."
I'm upset over how this adoption has been handled and how this little baby has suffered. PAWS asks pet owners to be responsible, but they seem to be failing in their responsibility to the animals in their care.
Tomorrow I'll find out if this baby is FelV positive. I had inquired about this test before agreeing to adopt this kitten, but was told the FelV wasn't a problem at the facility and that they don't test for it.
I'm upset right now, but really just hope that my vet can get this sweet kitten on the path to good health. If not, at least we can have her euthanised before she comes home and finds an even more permanent place in our hearts.
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