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We need Purina Dog Chow, Purina Cat Chow (not the "Indoor Blend," please), Purina Kitten Chow and also Iams or Science Diet canned kitten food donations. Thank you for helping us to feed the homeless!

Adult cats $35 at the shelter. See our Adoptable Pets webpage, to the left. SPECIAL PRICES THROUGH MAY 14!

Facebook address: Franklin County Humane Society -MO

May 6-12 is Be Kind to Animals Week...

Think it doesn't happen? It does!! - Right here in Franklin County. This is a four month old female tabby who was shot in her left hip and foot with a pellet gun. One pellet was still in her hip. Her femur was fractured but was pinned during surgery last week. Her little hip is shaved and the staples holding her incision closed are right next to the hole from the pellet entering the hip. This little kitten is so loving and trusting. The girls at the shelter named her Angel. Our Cinderella Fund provided funds for surgery to repair her leg. She is now recuperating in foster care. PLEASE donate to our Cinderella Fund, which helps provide extraordinary medical treatment for animals such as these. Specify Cinderella in the comments section.

Also during April, a yorkie was abandoned, terrified, in a crate on the side of the highway 47 between St. Clair and Union. A schnoodle came in with an Animal Control Officer emaciated and covered in fleas, abandoned by his owner in the Union area. A cairn terrier came in with a broken jaw likely due to a kick, a terrier was thrown out of a moving vehicle, and a cat came in with BBs embedded in her. Animals suffer! Speak up! Tell your government representatives to make law enforcement accountable for enforcing the animal neglect and abuse laws already in place!

During 2012 so far, at total of 274 persons bought low-cost spay/neuter coupons at our shelter for their pets (we don't make a penny on these - this is a Community Service we offer!) This translates to at least 1,644 fewer animals that will have to COMPETE for homes or need to come to the shelter or a rescue this year! Let's keep it up!

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PETS OF THE WEEK
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LEONARDO

I am a tabby kitten with wonderful circles instead of the typical stripes! I am only 2 months old and just can't wait to begin my life in a home. Just think, I will wake you up by jumping on the bed and staring at you while I gently pat your face. Much better than an alarm clock, don't you think? Then I can help you get ready to begin the day with a smile! How about it, hurry up and take me home!    5 1

ALAINA

I am a wonderfully upbeat and happy 6 month old Lab mix girl with no one to love me. I am sure that I have the ability to cheer you up no matter what kind of mood you are in. I will always be there with a wag and a smile.

It will be so much fun to join you on walks, runs or whatever you do, I will be there to keep you company. I will be a good girl for you and we can make many good memories to look back on in years to come.

I can't wait to meet you,

Alaina                 5/15

WILMA

I am a resourceful 2 year old living in a tall cage with the only window way up high. Well, I really do enjoy basking in the sun as it comes through the window in the afternoon, so I figured out a way to get up here and here I am. Very content to lay here until I get hungry or have to use the litterbox. To tell you the truth, I would scramble on down if someone came in my cage to adopt me. I am very happy to be around people and hope to be in a home with sunny windows and sunny people soon!

Love,

Wilma

TARA

I love to lounge near sunny windows so that everyone can see how my shiny black fur glistens in the sunlight.

I am a very nice girl; soft, gentle and playful. I�d love it if someone would come hold me because then I will surely be taken home for a long life of joy.

I am waiting for you,

Tara 5 1 12

Statistics say animal welfare is the number one cause for volunteering in America. Please join us in our efforts to improve animal welfare here in the Franklin County area.

Complete the Volunteer Application and join this growing movement.

Check the HELP tab under volunteering for New Volunteer Orientation dates!

LOST DOGS GO HOME

AFTER 3 WEEKS!

Happy Reunion!

Lost Reports and Microchips help pets return home again...

Read more on Lost/Found

Appeal from the Shelter

Save Lives in 2012

TAKE THE SPAY/NEUTER CHALLENGE:

Help area cats STOP having litters!

We can't slow the flow by ourselves.

Only our ENTIRE COMMUNITY, as a group of caring citizens, can make this change.

Our COMMUNITY can save lives, and save money too in the long run.

Our COMMUNITY can prevent needless suffering and needless euthanasia.....

...IF OUR COMMUNITY TAKES CHARGE and spays and neuters its pets, including those that live outdoors and indoors. Every litter hurts -- even just that one little litter your neighbor wants to have "for the kids." Who will take them?

Just two of these babies can grow up, reproduce and start an EPIDEMIC of reproduction, with their offspring producing dozens if not hundreds of babies.

1) Visit our Spay and Neuter page as we announce known and sponsored specials. Get the word out! Facebook, Twitter, email, whatever you use.

2) Make a pledge:

Spay or neuter your pets and barn cats, and/or if you've already done this,

3) take an additional step to help convince someone who hasn't done so.

4) If you've done your part and you have the ability to donate, please do so. See our online donation link to the left, or mail a donation to FCHS, PO Box 400, Union, MO, 63084.

Please, do what you can, and save lives! YOU can make a big difference!

The world will be a kinder place when we take responsibility for our animals, and pets do not have to go homeless.

There can be a day when there are no more homeless pets.

Help us get there.

HELP STOP THE LITTERING

GREAT NEWS!

Now you can see FCHS adoptable cats every day at the new Petco store in Washington.

Franklin County Humane Society is a privately owned 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation sheltering and adopting out lost, stray, or surrendered animals since 1994. We receive no funding from federal, state or county governments, and we are not affiliated with HSUS or the Humane Society of Missouri. We are only funded by fees, fundraisers and donations. Please help us help the animals in your community.

Please give, so more will live, right here, right now. And please spay and neuter to reduce the number of homeless animals so we can adopt out all our animals! See our link to the left.

SHOP and Benefit FCHS

iGiveiSearch lets you do all your online shopping and allows FCHS a portion of your purchase prices. It is so easy -- and so much help for animals.

Parvo Warning

Saying that a mild winter may to blame for making conditions ideal for transmission, the Bollinger County Stray Project is warning Missouri pet owners to be aware of what is being called a very serious parvo outbreak. More . . .

Dog owners beware - we have received several reports of poachers in the area, stealing dogs right out of backyards. These people are NOT nice to animals. Please, supervise your pets when outdoors! If you see suspicious activity, don't be shy, get a license plate and description of the vehicle and person, and call your local authorities immediately. Let us know too!

Progress in Animals' Quality of Lives Made in MO

Thanks to the efforts of dedicated animal advocate groups, the Missouri Department of Agriculture MDA) reports to the Humane Society of Missouri that seven hundred and sixty-one (761) fewer commercial breeders are operating in Missouri compared to January 2009. Furthermore, over 5,000 animals have been removed from inadequate conditions or substantial breeding facilities in two years, many of which came from substandard breeding facilities. In cooperation with the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA).

Our hats are off to the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, the Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO) and other Missouri organizations responsible. Mistreatment of Missouri�s companion animals should be eradicated. FCHS is not affiliated with HSMO, however we work with all such groups in securing quality homes for companion animals and facilitating better treatment for them. Please communicate with your Franklin County Commissioners about the need for the County to include animal care in its long range planning priorities.

Betsy Says a Sorrowful Goodbye

The co-founder of Petfinder has lost her beloved hound. Read her tribute to him.

24/7 Pet Poison Hotline 800-213-6680

Many human medications, cleaning products; automotive fluids, fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides, commercial chemicals, small arts and crafts items, glues & adhesives, unbaked yeast bread dough, chewing gum, chocolate, fatty foods, garlic, grapes, macadamia nuts, onions, aloe, azalea, holly, lily, poinsettia, cigarette and cigar butts and potpourri, coffee grounds, moldy foods, chicken bones, and other hazards.

PROTECT YOUR PETS FROM DEADLY DISEASES

Warm winters such as this preceed outbreaks of the deadly Parvo virus. Treatment is expensive and not always successful. Vaccinate all pets. See what the Animal Protective Association says about Parvo.

If you see or find a stray animal without tags , please don't hesitate to bring him/her to the shelter , regardless of your ability to make a donation for his care .

If you truly can't give, please don't make an animal wait for shelter just because of that.

While we need funds to keep the doors open and provide care for each animal, we keep an open door for strays that have no shelter.

If you find a lost pet, make sure to chip-check him at any vet or shelter. Contact your local animal shelters, as well as spreading the word on your social networks, like Facebook, Twitter, etc. The quicker the word gets out, the faster distraught families and lost pets can be together again.

THANKS, PURINA,

for your substantial support of the spay/neuter cats challenge!!

PUPPIES ARE IN THE HOUSE! We've got them, and kittens, now - we also have many SMALL DOGS! Please see the Adoptable Pets page and link.

A huge THANK YOU to our donors who made gifts for the animals at FCHS this season, despite the economy. Thanks to you, we will be able to continue our mission of caring for the homeless animals in our area, and fulfill our promise to try to find loving homes for them.

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