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Summer 2015 HGTV’s Alison Victoria crashing kitchens, saving lives Protect Your Pet The Next Step to Avoid these common a No Kill Chicago household risks Englewood door-to-door outreach North Shore Adoption Center Opens! ABOUT If we could, we’d give it a thumbs up. FREDRICK - Adopted May 2015 CLOVER - Adopted May 2015 PAWS CHICAGO MISSION IS TO BUILD NO KILL COMMUNITIES – STARTING WITH A NO KILL CHICAGO – WHERE PETS ARE NO LONGER DESTROYED JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE HOMELESS. Since our founding in 1997, a year in which a staggering 42,561 dogs and cats were killed in Chicago, the number of homeless dogs and cats euthanized annually has dropped significantly, down 77 percent by 2014. But this drop does not mean our work is done: In 2014, 9,817 animals were still killed in Chicago and nearly 60,000 animals were killed in the state of Illinois. When will Chicago be considered a No Kill city? When we are saving every healthy and treatable animal. To reach that goal, PAWS Chicago is implementing a comprehensive No Kill model to build a No Kill Chicago. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HEALTH & BEHAVIOR Community is at the core of everything we do. Engaging the public Part of the commitment to guaranteeing life for all PAWS pets is in the cause of homeless animals and providing them with the keeping them happy, healthy and continually moving toward new information to make lifesaving choices, like adoption and spay/neuter, loving homes. In order to achieve this goal, we have built a is what has brought about such transformation in our 17 years. When state-of-the-art shelter medicine program and an onsite training people find out what pets are facing in a community’s sheltering center to treat and rehabilitate sick, injured, shy, undersocialized and system, they respond. They are inspired to donate, to volunteer, to behaviorally challenged animals. adopt and to spread the word. It’s through that mobilization that we • 2014 Save Rate: 97.5 percent will achieve a No Kill community. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTERS SPAY/NEUTER & OUTREACH Volunteers are the life-force behind PAWS Chicago. This dedicated PAWS Chicago’s Lurie Clinic – the city’s largest provider of free workforce is made up of thousands of impassioned community and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries – and its mobile extension, members who make it possible to provide homeless pets with the the GusMobile van, work to bring spay and neuter services to quality care and love they deserve. neighborhoods challenged with pet overpopulation. The Lurie Clinic • 2014 Volunteers: 103,718 hours, equaling 50 full-time employees is located in and serves Chicago’s most at-risk and under-resourced • 2014: 3,467 animals placed in foster communities where the majority of stray pets originate. Through PAWS for Life Englewood, we are reaching under-served families where they live, going door-to-door and providing free spay/neuter FINANCIAL HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY services and transportation. Every year, we strive to grow our programs to save more lives. As • 2014 Spay/neuter surgeries: 18,290 with everything we do, we make sure to view it through a lens that is • 2014: Program initiated in Englewood focused on making long-term, sustainable change. We believe strong fiscal management is key to optimizing and leveraging resources. ADOPTIONS PAWS Chicago has revolutionized the sheltering of Chicago’s For 13 years in a row, Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest homeless animals through its cageless No Kill Adoption Center in independent charity evaluator, has awarded PAWS Chicago its Lincoln Park and our newly opened North Shore adoption facility. highest 4-star rating – a designation achieved by less than one These centers, in combination with more than 50 off-site adoption percent of charities evaluated. PAWS Chicago is also the highest events each year, enable PAWS Chicago to find new homes for rated charity in the Animal Rights, Welfare & Services category. thousands of animals. Some things are a natural fit. Like Subaru owners and their four-legged copilots, • 2014 Adoptions: 5,952 Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and confidence on the road, and the proud partnership between Subaru retailers and PAWS Chicago. Because anyone willing to give pets a PIPPEN FASSEAS PAWS CHICAGO BLAZER BUILDING AND MEDICAL CENTER ADOPTION CENTER GLENN L. FELNER TRAINING CENTER AND LURIE CLINIC little love deserves some back. Love. It’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru. 1997 N. Clybourn Avenue ADOPTION CENTER Training, Communications, Spay/Neuter Clinic, Admissions Chicago, IL 60614 Located inside Petco Special Events & Development Program & Hospital (773) 935-PAWS 1616 Deerfield Road 1933 N. Marcey Street 3516 W. 26th Street Highland Park, IL 60035 Chicago, IL 60614 Chicago, IL 60623 Visit subaru.com to learn more. (847) 831-0152 (773) 475-3302 (773) 521-SPAY pawschicago.org SUBARU OF AMERICA THUMBS UP BARKLEYS 4C Magazine 1SOACE150500 CD: Randy Hughes AM: Chris Kueppers Live: None 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 :Shimizu, Helena (MIN-CML), 4-30-2015 11:12 AM, are FPO Yellow Production:2015:Subaru:SOA:01_Region Zone:CE_Central Region:0500_CE03_Barkleys_ Black Thumbs_up:1SOACE150500_ThumbsUpBarkleys_03.indd Scale: 1” = 1” Printed at: None Revision #: 3 It’s Great to be LIVE! contributors Amy Williams Bernstein Summer 2015 Carley Champlin Danielle Gordon Megy Karydes Megan Lee SAVING BABY GEORGE Check out our new digital digs Elaine Markoutsas ON THE COVER: Temperatures were way below zero when a teenage • News and resources for your pet Susanna Negovan Alison Victoria, pictured with boy found a tiny nine-week-old kitten in a garbage Domer, a dog she rescued from can in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood. He • Adoptable cats and dogs the streets of Chicago. was clinging to life. His fur was matted and he was un- PHOTOGRAPHY: Bob Coscarelli • Information about the No Kill model derweight and congested, but still alive. The boy rushed • Ways to get involved the kitten to PAWS Chicago where our veterinarians photographers provided immediate medical care to warm up the kitten • Special events COVER STORIES and began treating him for an upper respiratory infec- 6 The Next Step to a No Kill Chicago tion. Once stable, the kitten, now named Baby George, Connect | Learn | Save Lives Jonny Blackstone Kylie Larson Englewood door-to-door outreach was welcomed into a loving foster home where he grew jonnyblackstoneproductions.com kylielarsonphotography.com strong. After his neuter surgery, Baby George made his 14 North Shore Adoption Center Opens way to the Lincoln Park Adoption Center where he was Rich Chen Photography Jeremy Lawson pawschicago.org 24 HGTV’s Alison Victoria Crashing kitchens, quickly adopted into a loving home. richchenphotography.com jeremylawsonphotography.com saving lives Bob Coscarelli Caitlin Lisa Photography 30 Protect Your Pet Avoid these common coscarelli.com caitlinlisa.com household risks FACEBOOK facebook.com/pawschicago Claire Demos Photography Sparenga Photography clairedemos.com chicagopetphotography.com ALL THINGS PAWS facebook.com/pawschicagofosters 12 Dogs Rescued from Puppy Mill facebook.com/pawschicagorescue Suzanne Deveney Breeding Operation soozed.com facebook.com/ 13 Barnaby: Lost & Found Microchip reunites pawschicagoadoptioncenter stolen dog with owner facebook.com/pawschicagonorthshore 15 Urgent Need for Foster Families 17 Draft Day in Chicago editorial team TWITTER LIVE GOOD twitter.com/pawschicago Editor-In-Chief Advertising 20 Joe Siprut Prominent attorney helping animals SAVING COQUI Alexis Fasseas Melissa French 22 Andrew Tobin A hero for homeless dogs At 15 years old, Coqui’s life was turned upside Senior Editors Creative Director down. His owner went into a nursing home and was unable to take his beloved dog with him. Instead, INSTAGRAM Danielle Gordon Joline Rivera IN THIS ISSUE instagram.com/pawschicago Julie Mazzola Coqui ended up at Chicago Animal Care & Control Art Director 16 Adopt-A-Bull PAWS Chicago’s bully breed (the city pound) and was scheduled for euthanasia adoption event raises awareness Writers Amie White that day. PAWS Chicago rescued Coqui after finding Kaitlin Allen 18 Creature Comforts Incorporating pet-friendly him shaking and coughing in his cage. His sweet Graphic Design PINTEREST Sarah Ahlberg designs into your home personality shone through. In addition to cataracts Sydney South pinterest.com/pawschicago Julia Poukatch 32 PAWS Chicago Fur Ball and masses on his body, Coqui was diagnosed with pneumonia and began receiving immediate medical 34 Animal Magnetism care from PAWS veterinarians. Coqui will need several 36 Petiquette Three steps to a well-mannered dog weeks to recuperate but is doing so in the comfort of YOUTUBE 38 Jackson Galaxy’s Guide to Catification a loving foster home. Once he is medically cleared, he youtube.com/pawschicagoadoption 41 Memorials & Tributes will be available for adoption. 49 PAWS Chicago Alumni Board of Directors Paula Fasseas, Chairman FROM THE Pam Carey, President George Karcazes, Secretary FOUNDER Alexis Fasseas, Treasurer Janice Beck, Barbara Bradford, Bruce Crown, Charles Day, Lisa Dent, Prof. Mark Duggan, Peter Fasseas, Raj Fernando, Sonia Florian, Suzie Glickman, Suzanne LeMignot, Amy Mack, Mayari Pritzker, Dr. Barbara Royal, Bob Sherman, Bill Smithburg, dedication to this cause is making more of an impact than Maria Smithburg, Michael Sweig you realize. Together, we are not only building a No Kill community but a humane community where all animals Development Board are valued. And we are making tremendous progress! We finished President Ambassador Co-Chairs Benjamin Bornstein Melissa Cocagne & 2014 with better results for animals than ever before. Not Vice Presidents Julie Conway only did our PAWS Chicago programs save more lives and Melissa Cocagne & Amy Turk Hospitality Co-Chairs offer more services, but we reached a momentous milestone Membership Chair Bonnie Spurlock, for the city of Chicago.