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pawschicago.org MAGAZINE Winter 2013 The GOLD StanDARD for NO KILL Find animal welfare organizations worthy of your support RACING TO DO YOU KNOW SAVE LIVES WHAt’s in Your TEAM PAWS HEROES Pet’s FooD? KISS-FM’s Angi Taylor SEE PAGE 36 INSIDE with her PAWS dog Dre Adoption & Humane Center 1997 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago Open 7 days a week Jingling Subaru keys. about Weekdays Noon – 7 p.m. PAWS Chicago Weekends 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. The ultimate dog whistle. PAWS Chicago (Pets are Worth Saving) is a Penny is lucky to be alive. This one- week-old kitten was born at Chicago’s national model in animal sheltering, committed city pound. When she and her mom, to bringing an end to the killing of homeless cats Jaycee, were transferred to PAWS Chicago’s Rescue & Recovery Center and dogs in our community. Founded in 1997, the Jaycee was unable to nurse Penny, number of homeless pets killed in the city each year who desperately needed her mother’s has been reduced by nearly 70 percent, from 42,561 milk to survive. Our veterinary team acted quickly and paired the tiny kitten to fewer than 14,000. Through adoption, spay/ with another nursing mother who neuter and community outreach, PAWS Chicago’s immediately accepted Penny into the litter and allowed her to nurse. After mission is to build No Kill communities – starting several weeks of care, she was ready with a No Kill Chicago – where homeless pets are for her spay surgery and became respected and no longer destroyed simply because Penny available for adoption. they are homeless. follow-up calls, site management, fundraising, fostering, event A National Model support, humane education and community outreach. Volunteers PAWS Chicago is building a global resource for shelters and are critical to PAWS Chicago’s operations and play an invaluable role individuals interested in learning about its life-saving strategies in building a No Kill Chicago. and best practices. People from across the nation visit PAWS Chicago every month for a first-hand look at how they can bring No Kill success to their communities. In 16 years, PAWS Chicago Adopt a Homeless Pet and Save a Life! has transitioned from a fully volunteer grassroots organization to a Visit PAWS Chicago’s state-of-the-art, cageless No Kill Adoption & national model: Humane Center at 1997 N. Clybourn Avenue in Chicago’s Lincoln • The Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic is one of the largest free and Park neighborhood. Since our founding, we have united more than low-cost spay/neuter clinics in the nation, focused on providing 25,000 cats and dogs with new families, with 5,606 adoptions in 2012 services to low-income families who could not otherwise afford alone. New puppies, kittens, dogs and cats arrive daily from PAWS the procedure. The GusMobile, the mobile counterpart to the Chicago’s Rescue & Recovery Center. If you do not find your perfect Lurie Clinic, enables PAWS Chicago to provide accessible spay/ match at PAWS Chicago, please visit another No Kill shelter. neuter and vaccinations in the neighborhoods where the highest stray populations originate. • The Pippen Fasseas Adoption Center is the first cageless, No Foster a Homeless Pet in Need Kill shelter of its kind in the Midwest. Located in highly visible PAWS Chicago utilizes its foster network to care for puppies and Lincoln Park, this state-of-the-art Adoption Center is leading the kittens who need time to grow before being spayed or neutered, pets way in innovative programs and shelter design. who are sick or injured and need time to recuperate, animals who need time to build confidence and acclimate to living in a home • PAWS Chicago has been recognized as one of the best-run environment, pets whose families have experienced a crisis and need charities in the nation. For the past 11 years, Charity Navigator, a temporary home while their families rebuild their lives, and for the nation’s largest independent evaluator, has given PAWS hospice care, when a pet needs a loving family for his remaining days. Chicago its highest four star ranking, placing it in the top 1% of By placing these pets in foster homes, there is space available at the charities in the nation for efficient use of donor funds. In 2012, Rescue & Recovery Center to take in and save more homeless pets. Charity Navigator recognized PAWS Chicago as the highest- Some things are a natural fit. Like Subaru owners and their four-legged copilots, Symmetrical rated Animal Rights, Welfare and Services Charity in the nation. All-Wheel Drive and confidence on the road, and the proud partnership between Subaru Your contributions go directly to saving animals’ lives. Spread the Word and PAWS Chicago. Because anyone willing to give pets a little love deserves some back. • Transparency, which allows the public access to truthful statistics Without the public’s involvement, homeless pets will continue to about the fate of homeless animals, is a cornerstone of PAWS die in silence. Become an advocate and voice for homeless pets. Get Love. It’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru. Chicago’s No Kill mission. Current financial reports and shelter involved in your community and learn about what is happening to data are always available at www.pawschicago.org. homeless pets. Inform your family, friends and neighbors about the reality that homeless pets face and why it’s critical to spay/neuter pets and adopt from shelters. Volunteer and Give of Yourself Roto Subaru Autobarn Subaru Liberty Subaru Gerald North Aurora Subaru Evanston Subaru to the Animals Arlington Heights Countryside Libertyville North Aurora Skokie PAWS Chicago was founded as a volunteer organization and has RotoSubaru.com AutobarnSubaruofCountryside.com LibertyAutoCitySubaru.com GeraldSubaruNorthAurora.com EvanstonSubaru.com Support No Kill Efforts stayed true to its roots. Our network of more than 5,000 volunteers By donating to No Kill shelters, you will support life-saving work Grand Subaru Muller Subaru Gary Lang Subaru Napleton Subaru International Subaru donate their time in nearly every aspect of the organization to Bensenville Highland Park McHenry Rockford Tinley Park as private donations should go to saving, not killing, homeless cats GrandSubaru.com MullerSubaru.com GaryLangSubaru.com NapleteonRockfordSubaru.com SubaruofOrlandPark.com provide high quality care to all animals, working in intake, and dogs. Mid City Subaru Bill Jacobs Subaru Gerald Subaru Napleton’s Schaumburg Subaru socialization, animal care, dog walking, adoption counseling, Chicago Joliet Naperville Schaumburg SubaruChicago.com BillJacobsSubaru.com GeraldSubaruNaperville.com NapletonsSchaumburgSubaru.com SUBARU OF AMERICA JINGLING SUBARU KEYS 4C Magazine CD: Randy Hughes AM: Kate Moret Live: None AD: Darci Alexis AP: Sandy Boss Febbo Trim: 8.375” x 10.875” CW: Darren Tibbits PP: Charlie Wolfe Bleed: 8.875” x 11.375” Photo: None PM: Thako Harris 1SOACH-13-0500 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 :Randy Urlacher, 4-26-2013 3:18 PM, Production:Volumes:Production:2013:S are FPO Yellow ubaru:SOA:01_Region Zone:CH_...ago:0500_CH03_PAWS_Jingling Keys:1SOACH130500_ Black PAWS_JinglingKeys.indd Scale: 1” = 1” Printed at: None Revision #: 1 ® FROM THE CHAIR MAGAZINE All PAWS CHICAGO magazine creative contributors (writing, photography, editing and design) have volunteered their services. and longevity. With Merrick as a partner, we are able to educate our adopters and the general public EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alexis Fasseas SENIOR EDITORS Keri Buscaglia, Julie Mazzola about the importance of high-quality, high-protein, DESIGN DIRECTOR Amie White ADVERTISING Sarah Ahlberg low-carb pet food. I also encourage you to read about the Gold WRITERS Sarah Ahlberg, Keri Buscaglia, Alexis Fasseas, Melissa French, Julie Mazzola, Sara McGaughy, Susanna Negovan, Standard of No Kill on page 10. I receive calls and Dr. Barbara Royal, DVM emails from individuals around the country who PHOTOGRAPHERS Richard Chen, Claire Demos, Caitlin Lisa, Julie Mazzola, Malia Rae Photography, Sebastian Sparenga, want to support animals in their community, but do Sofia Spentzas, Brigette Sullivan not know how to assess if an organization is efficient, effective and truly committed to the No Kill model. PAWS CHICAGO BOARD OF DIRECTORS We will continue to feature organizations like MN Photo by: Sofia Spentzas SNAP and Austin Pets Alive, who have demonstrated Paula Fasseas, Founder and Chair Pam Carey, President Alexis Fasseas, Treasurer George Karcazes, Secretary the ability to really make an impact. Dear Friends and Supporters, And please don’t miss our feature on TEAM Janice Beck, Barbara Bradford, Pam Carey, Bruce Crown, Charles Day, Mark Duggan, Alexis Fasseas, Paula Fasseas, PAWS. This group of inspiring athletes pushes Peter Fasseas, Raj Fernando, Sonia Florian, Suzie Glickman, George Karcazes, Suzanne LeMignot, Amy Mack, Mayari Pritzker, It has been another busy year of lifesaving at themselves every year, training and competing in Barbara Royal, Bob Sherman, Bill Smithburg, Maria Smithburg, Michael Sweig, Jeff Thieman, Amy Turk PAWS Chicago. We cannot thank you enough for athletic events to raise funds and awareness about your support, enabling us to continue to take steps homeless pets. TEAM PAWS has been an essential DEVELOPMENT BOARD toward building the No Kill community that we foundation of funds, really fueling the growth of President Treasurer Membership Chair have envisioned since our founding in 1997. our adoption program and enabling us to save more Amy Turk Maria Smithburg Chris Ksoll I am so excited to announce that Merrick Pet and more lives each year. Hospitality Co‑Chairs Media Chair Care will be providing the dogs and cats in our Bonnie Spurlock, Nancy Sterling Jaclene Tetzlaff adoption program with their high-quality pet food.