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PAWSpawschicago.org CHICAGOmagazine Winter 2014 CATIFICATION The Ever-Innovative Finding Your Cat’s Mojo Animals Grieve Too PHIL Understanding How Pets Cope with Loss RASKIN You’ve Retired, Now What? and His Legacy for Finding Camaraderie and Purpose in Your Golden Years the Animals IN 2013 ABOUT If we could, we’d give it a thumbs up. 5,872 ADOPTIONS 17,767 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES ADOPTION PAWS Chicago has revolutionized the shelter of Chicago’s homeless animals through its VACCINATIONS, MICROCHIPS cageless, No Kill Adoption Centers in Lincoln Park and the North Shore. These Centers, in & BLOOD TESTS tandem with innovative adoption events and enrichment programs, enable PAWS Chicago to find new homes for thousands of animals each year. 39,043/YEAR OR COMPREHENSIVE SHELTER MEDICINE & BEHAVIOR ENRICHMENT 110/DAY As a No Kill shelter, PAWS Chicago is a safe haven for animals. Through a state-of-the-art Shelter Medicine program, each rescue receives full medical treatment, regardless of its condition, while a comprehensive Animal Behavior program provides social and behavioral enrichment. Each pet is treated as an individual, ensuring that he or she receives the nurturing care, treatment and rehabilitation needed to live a healthy, happy life. SPaY/NEUTER PAWS Chicago’s Lurie Clinic – the city’s largest provider of free and low-cost spay/neuter 51,250 surgeries – and its mobile extension, the GusMobile Spay/Neuter Van, work tirelessly to bring its lifesaving services to neighborhoods challenged with pet overpopulation. POUNDS OF In 2013 alone, nearly 18,000 dogs and cats were spayed or neutered through these two PET FOOD PAWS Chicago programs. This reach is attributed to the strategic location of the clinic and targeted mobile destinations at the heart of the problem – the city’s most at-risk and DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR PET FOOD BANK Some things are a natural fit. Like Subaru owners and their four-legged copilots, under-resourced communities. This focused approach to reducing the number of stray and Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and confidence on the road, and the proud partnership unwanted animals born is just one more step toward making Chicago a No Kill community. between Subaru retailers and PAWS Chicago. Because anyone willing to give pets a VOLUNTEERS little love deserves some back. Love. It’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru. Volunteers are the life-force behind PAWS Chicago. This dedicated workforce is made up of thousands of impassioned community members who make it possible to provide homeless pets with the quality care and love they deserve. 98,001 Schedule a test drive today at your local Subaru retailer. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER Saving lives truly is a community effort. PAWS Chicago is focused on extending its reach and impact through its commitment to sustained community engagement. It is because of HOURS = supporters like you that PAWS Chicago is able to make a difference. Thank you! FULL-TIME 47 EMPLOYEES LINCOLN PaRK NORTH SHORE TRAINING CENTER Roto Subaru The Autobarn Subaru of Liberty Auto City Subaru Gerald Subaru Napleton’s Schaumburg Subaru ADOPTION CENTER ADOPTION CENTER 1933 N. Marcey Street Arlington Heights Countryside Libertyville Naperville Schaumburg 1997 N. Clybourn Located inside PETCO Chicago, IL 60614 RotoSubaru.com Countryside LibertyAutoCitySubaru.com GeraldSubaruNaperville.com NapletonsSchaumburgSubaru.com Chicago, IL 60614 1616 Deerfield Road (773) 475-3302 AutobarnSubaruofCountryside.com (773) 935-PAWS Highland Park, IL 60035 Grand Subaru Gary Lang Subaru Gerald Subaru of North Aurora Evanston Subaru (847) 831-0152 Bensenville Muller Subaru McHenry North Aurora Skokie GrandSubaru.com Highland Park GarylangSubaru.com GeraldSubaruNorthAurora.com EvanstonSubaru.com MullerSubaru.com LURIE CLINIC AND BLAZER BUILDING Mid City Subaru Subaru of Merrillville Nielsen Subaru International Subaru MEDICAL CENTER Development, Communications & Special Events Chicago Bill Jacobs Subaru Merrillville Portage Tinley Park Spay/Neuter Clinic, Admissions 1933 N. Marcey Street 3,107 TRANSFERS Mid-CitySubaru.com Joliet SubaruofMerrillville.com NielsenSubaru.com SubaruofOrlandPark.com Program & Hospital Chicago, IL 60614 BillJacobsSubaru.com 3516 W. 26th Street Chicago, IL 60623 (773) 475-4242 FROM THE CITY POUND (773) 521-SPAY SUBARU OF AMERICA THUMBS UP BARKLEYS Forester Parent Magazine 1SOACH140500 CD: Randy Hughes AM: Chris Kueppers Live: 7.375” x 9.875” AD: Streiff AP: Sandy Boss Febbo Trim: 8.375” x 10.875” CW: Graca PP: Charlie Wolfe Bleed: 8.875” x 11.375” Photo: Tyler Gourley PM: Kelsey Doherty COLORS PRODUCTION NOTES APPROVALS Cyan • All line art & logos are repro Proof_____ AD_____ CW_____ GCD_____ AE_____ Prod_____ Client_____ • Unless specified by workorder, all other images Magenta Last Touched :Janel Mattke, 9-5-2014 3:54 PM, are FPO Yellow Production:Volumes:Production:2014:Subaru:SOA:01_Region Zone:CH_...ago:0500_CH03_ Black ThumbsUpBarkleys:1SOACH140500_ThumbsUpBarkleys_01.indd Scale: 1” = 1” Printed at: None Revision #: 1 PAWS CHICAGO Board of Directors Paula Fasseas, Chairman contributors & photographers Pam Carey, President George Karcazes, Secretary Kaitlin Allen Jackson Galaxy Alexis Fasseas, Treasurer Kaitlin Allen is the Director of Development for of experience – and the host of Animal Planet’s PAWS Chicago, focusing on community building Janice Beck, Barbara Bradford, Bruce Crown, Charles Day, hitA cat show behaviorist “My Cat withFrom more Hell” than– Jackson fifteen Galaxy years and fundraising for PAWS No Kill mission. In Lisa Dent, Prof. Mark Duggan, Peter Fasseas, Raj Fernando, specializes in helping individuals whose “out of her free time, she is at the beck and call of her control” cats are turning their lives and homes Sonia Florian, Suzie Glickman, Suzanne LeMignot, Amy Mack, adorable and energetic Border Collie, Kyna. upside down. Jackson has dedicated his career to Mayari Pritzker, Dr. Barbara Royal, Robert Sherman, promoting a compassionate world for all animals Bill Smithburg, Maria Smithburg, Michael Sweig and is working toward his ultimate goal of instilling a No Kill policy in shelters throughout the country. Keri Buscaglia As the Director of Communications for PAWS Emily Marron Chicago, Keri Buscaglia works daily to lead Development Board her team in helping educate and engage the Emily Marron is a lifelong animal lover and public in the No Kill mission. Being able to works as a creative copywriter in advertising. focus daily on two passions – storytelling and She currently fosters dogs for PAWS Chicago President Vice Presidents animal welfare – is not a job but a gift. and is an advocate for going cruelty-free. She Ben Bornstein Amy Turk & Melissa Cocagne is pictured with previous foster dog, Jordie. Membership Chair Media Chair Chris Ksoll Abby Callard Jaclene Tetzlaff Abby Callard is a journalist based in Chicago. Susanna Negovan Ambassador Chair Professional Board Liaison She has lived in Missouri, Spain, Washington, Deborah Chapman Ashley Pettit D.C., India and Milwaukee, but she’s happy to Susanna Negovan is the editor and publisher have settled down in her hometown with her of SPLASH, a style magazine distributed inside Hospitality Co-Chairs husband and PAWS Chicago alumni Ogii. Chicago Sun-Times publications. She, and her Bonnie Spurlock, Nancy Sterling & Judy Tullman PAWS Chicago adopted dog Gus, are dedicated advocates for homeless animals and are frequently seen at PAWS Chicago events. Sharon Axelrod, Nancy Baird, Wyllys Baird, Janice Beck, Sharon Louis Cohn Bergen, Aileen Blackwell, Lynn Block, Renata Block, Robert Block, Louis J. Cohn, is a retired attorney and an Adoption Jessica Bloom, Benjamin Bornstein, Walter Brindell, Jennifer Counselor at PAWS Chicago. He has taught Dr. Barbara Royal, DVM, CVA Burg, Melissa Canning, Pamela Carey, Lindsay Carlton, Deborah Negotiation Skills at Northwestern School of Law and Kent College of Law, and for 35 years has been Dr. Barbara Royal is a nationally published writer Chapman, Jacqueline Chesler, Lawrence Chesler, Tara Clack-Bell, a planning Chair and speaker volunteer for the and international lecturer whose own practice, The Melissa Cocagne, Julie Conway, PJ DeCamp, Angie DeMars, Pamela Illinois Institute of Continuing Education. He is Royal Treatment Veterinary Center in Chicago, is Duffy, Anthony Eliseuson, Susan Engel-Arieli, Alexis Fasseas, Paula a center for Complementary Veterinary Medicine a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Fasseas, Candace Fates, Steven Fatora, Christine Fisher, Susan Law and the Gestalt Institute of Chicago. and Physical Rehabilitation. She recently published a new book, The Royal Treatment: A Natural Frank, Adam Fried, Wayne Gailis, Laurie Gentle, Kimberly Gleeson, Alexis Fasseas Approach to Wildly Healthy Pets Suzie Glickman, Deb Gold, Alison Victoria Gramenos, Margie Alexis Fasseas is Editor-in-Chief of PAWS Habermann, Amy Halstead, Lauren Hamlin, Meda Hatcher, Gary Chicago magazine and helped found Haut, Linda Havlin, Beth Hayden, Frances Henkel, Stephanie Henry, PAWS Chicago in 1997. She is a member Virginia Holden, Robert Hovermale, Holly Hunt, Susan Jacobson, of the Illinois Bar, but her career is Shari Johnson, Candace Jordan, Robert Kabakoff, Susan Karkomi, focused on strategy and management in Brittany Kirk, David Klaskin, Brigette Kragie, Chris Ksoll, Cheri the business sector. Lawrence, Linda Leahy, Suzanne LeMignot, Carole Lenders, Sheryl Lesch, Hannah Levine, Leigh Levy, Nancy MacIntosh, Amy Mack, Karen Maisa, Joanna Mallers, Christine Mallul, Joseph Manicki, Elaine