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While recovering from surgery with afoster family, with surgery Eevee’s from recovering mobility and While she is. personality shepherd puppy who stole my But heart. was Iaworthy because parent? Iwas disqualified surgery at no cost. Wesurgery did not have also today’s extensive network of and foster parents being turned away Why were reasons. we wrong turned for “no” the being saying to adopters? been disqualified because the pet because wouldhave alone disqualified been left for been too long. Sharon Harmon Harmon Sharon Line from ExecutiveDirector Sharon Harmon OHS OHS 3 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY OHS 4 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY Judge Douglas Van on Dyk August 2 and executed the following day with The case began with a report from a concerned citizen who suspected suspected who citizen aconcerned from areport with began case The The cats were transported from Lake Oswego to the OHS Holman OHS Holman tothe Lake Oswego from weretransported cats The An OHS request for a search warrant was approved by Clackamas County byClackamasCounty wasapproved warrant asearch for OHS request An ÁHDV'HFHDVHGFDWVZHUHIRXQGLQIRXUGLIIHUHQWDUHDVRIWKHU Investigators also removed the bodies of 18 deceased cats found on the onthe found cats of18deceased bodies the removed also Investigators Many of the seized cats were emaciated, dehydrated, and infested with with andinfested dehydrated, emaciated, were cats seized Many ofthe cleared a path through trash, debris and waste to seize 10 cats from the the from 10 toseize cats debris andwaste trash, through apath cleared Medical Center in Portland. The cats will remain in the protective custody custody protective inthe remain will cats The inPortland. Center Medical Wearing protective suits and respirators, an OHS rescue team last month anOHS month rescueteamlast andrespirators, suits Wearing protective deceased cats on the property and that the house may have been vacant vacant mayhavebeen house the and that property onthe cats deceased andarenotavailablefor case ofthe resolution the of OHS pending DQGWUDVKPDGHLWH[WUHPHO\GLIÀFXOWWRZDONWKURXJKWKHKRPH dueto impassable homewasalmost thesingle-family area surrounding adoption at this time. The day-to-day care of the cats, along with any any alongwith cats, ofthe care day-to-day this The at time. adoption LAKE OSWEGO RESIDENCE CATS FROM SEIZED NEGLECTED for several weeks. several for property at SW JeanRoad. atSW property animalneglect. for residentunderinvestigation home ofaLake Oswego WKHDVVLVWDQFHRIWKH&ODFNDPDV&RXQW\6KHULII·V2IÀFH several couldbe there that learned Itwasalso minimumcare. receiving not ofcats wereanumber there that andlearned party reporting the with met Agent OHS HumaneSpecial An residence. the at neglect needed medical treatment, is being provided by OHS. PROTECTIVE CUSTODY PROTECTIVE large amounts of rubbish. Once inside, the accumulation of possessions ofpossessions accumulation inside,the Once ofrubbish. amounts large Maddie’s Dr. DeTar, Lena graduated veterinarian and recently OHS NEWS ® Shelter Medicine Resident. Medicine Shelter from OHS HVLGHQFH7KH 7KH+ROPDQ0HGLFDO&HQWHULVWKHQDWLRQ·VÀUVWYHWHULQDU\WHDFK byOHS Oregon andthe operated jointly program, residency The 7KH2UHJRQ+XPDQH6RFLHW\·V'U/HQD'H7DULVRQHRIWKHÀUVW SHELTER RESIDENT GRADUATES 6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\&ROOHJHRI9HWHULQDU\0HGLFLQHLVRQHRIRQO\ Oregon State University. Students complete a three-week primary primary athree-week complete Students University. State Oregon spending three years at OHS, Dr. OHS, at years DeTar the three spending from graduated recently CUTTING EDGE PROGRAM PROGRAM EDGE CUTTING Practitioners. During hertimeatOHS, Dr. During DeTarPractitioners. pets shelter treated Maddie’s care rotation at OHS under the supervision of a university faculty faculty ofauniversity supervision OHS at underthe rotation care and helped other animal organizations improve their practices practices improvetheir animalorganizations other and helped is teaching at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. ofVeterinary College University Cornell is the teachingat member assigned full-time to the medical center. medical tothe full-time assigned member medical team works side-by-side with veterinary students from from students veterinary with side-by-side teamworks medical insidean animalshelter. 24-member The OHS located hospital through in-depth consultation. ofVeterinary Board American bythe approved States United the that helps skilled veterinarians become shelter experts. After After experts. shelter become veterinarians skilled helps that veterinarians in the nation toco nation inthe veterinarians home after discovering the remains of 18 deceased animals. 18deceased of remains discovering the after home Oswego Lake from 10cats team removes investigations OHS OHS Humane Special Agents are commissioned by the Oregon State State Oregon bythe arecommissioned OHS Agents HumaneSpecial 10 when charges felony bring can animalneglect First-degree County. org/LOcats Police to enforce animal cruelty laws throughout the state. Their work is is work Their state. the throughout laws animalcruelty Police toenforce or more pets areinvolved. or morepets 6inClackamas September for wasscheduled andarraignment degree FDUHWRSHWVLVDFULPH2+6FLWHGWKHRZQHUIRUDQLPDOQHJOHFW ONLINE: Under Oregon law, failing to provide law, toprovide failing Under Oregon funded by donations toOHS. bydonations funded the house in Lake Oswego they were rescued from at: at: from wererescued they houseinLake Oswego the ® Shelter Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Program. Residency DeTar’s Medicine Shelter stop next . See videos of the rescued cats arriving at OHS at andphotosof arriving cats rescued ofthe videos See mplete a groundbreaking program program agroundbreaking mplete food, water, shelter and veterinary water, andveterinary food, shelter
oregonhumane. ÀYHLQ LQJ LQWKHÀUVW Interior rooms housed small birds. small housed rooms Interior The birds were housed in a metal pole barn located on SE Bel Air Air onSE Bel located barn pole inametal werehoused birds The A representative from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ofFish andWildlife Department Oregon the from A representative severe feather plucking and overgrown nails and beaks, while while nailsandbeaks, andovergrown plucking feather severe sanitation and poor air circulation inside the building. The owner of owner The building. insidethe aircirculation andpoor sanitation In one of the largest animal rescues in Oregon history, and by far andbyfar history, inOregon animalrescues largest In oneofthe Many of the birds, including numerous exotic species, suffered from from suffered species, exotic includingnumerous birds, Many ofthe inovercrowded housed were inJuly rescued birds Many ofthe animalneglect. for investigation under resident Damascus Drive in Damascus. OHS was alerted to the condition of the birds by birds ofthe condition tothe OHS wasalerted inDamascus. Drive others appeared to be suffering from chronicstress. from suffering tobe appeared others and feces with high, orfour three stacked wereoften Cages deep. FDJHVÀOOHGZLWKIHFHVDQGZDVWHWKDWZDVVRPHWLPHVVHYHUDOLQF common care.” A veterinarian from the Oregon Zoo, asked to Zoo, Oregon the from care.”common Aveterinarian a citizen who was concerned about overcrowded conditions, poor poor conditions, overcrowded about wasconcerned who a citizen and husbandry care are not being provided.” notbeing are care and husbandry IRRGZDVWHRYHUÁRZLQJIURPWKHWRSFDJHVWRWKHFDJHVEHORZ with no food, cages haven’t been cleaned … no evidence of …noevidence cleaned been haven’t cages nofood, with water, drinking nofresh some noperches, cages, crowded wrong: was “everything that observed OHS, with location the visited who the largest birdthe largest rescue,OHS seized 245 a birds pet 6from July WKHELUGVLGHQWLÀHGKLPVHOIDVDORQJWLPHEUHHGHU+HGHFOLQHG review the conditions, stated that “It is obvious that basic veterinary basicveterinary that is obvious “It that stated conditions, the review EVERYTHING WAS WRONG EVERYTHING The central area of the facility housed larger birds from the rescue. the from birds larger housed facility the area of central The OHS RESCUES 245 BREEDER RESCUES OHS FROM BIRDS DAMASCUS Largest Bird Rescue in OHS History
WR KHV July 6 and seized the 245 the 6andseized July (a andonekinkajou birds smallmammal). The birds were transported to an emergency animalshelter toanemergency The birds were transported macaws, parrots, grey African included seized species bird The OHS shelter on NE Columbia Blvd., the shelter was not designed to wasnotdesigned shelter the onNEColumbiaBlvd., OHS shelter the eachyearfrom areadopted manybirds Although barn. County Drawing on previous OHS experience with large-scale rescues, it it rescues, large-scale with OHS experience onprevious Drawing OHS EMERGENCY BIRD SHELTER BIRD EMERGENCY OHS :KHUHWRKRXVHWKHP"7KDWVLPSOHTXHVWLRQZDVRQHRIWKHÀUVWW arise when OHS investigators realized they needed to seize 245 toseize needed they realized OHS investigators when arise warehouse into an emergency animal shelter for approximately 100 100 approximately for animalshelter anemergency into warehouse ZDVGHFLGHGWRÀQGDQRIIVLWHORFDWLRQZKHUHWKHELUGVFRXOGEH properly cared for. In 2013, for example, OHS converted an unused anunused OHS for. converted example, cared for In2013, properly house more than a handful of small birds at anyonetime. at of small birds ahandful than more house inaClackamas conditions unsanitary incrowded, living birds ÀQFKHVDQGSDUDNHHWV &RXQW\6KHULII·V2IÀFHH[HFXWHGDVHDUFKZDUUDQWWKHPRUQLQJR Clackamas ofthe assistance the with Agents, OHS HumaneSpecial org/birdsrescue. surrender the birds voluntarily and said he planned to sell some some tosell heplanned andsaid voluntarily birds the surrender Because the animals are part of an ongoing legal case, they are they case, ofanongoinglegal animalsarepart the Because ONLINE: of the animals. animals. of the cockatoos, conures, ringneck doves, pigeons, Amazon parrots, is resolved in the courts. inthe is resolved the public. OHS will continue to care for the birds until their status status their until birds the for tocare OHS continue will public. the by viewed be this at andcannot time adoption not availablefor issues. medical for treated and byaveterinarian wereexamined they byOHS, where prepared EMERGENCY SHELTER CAN HELP: CAN HOW YOU
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OHS 5 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY OHS 6 17th Annual Telethon Goes Live onOctober 6 Live From OHS, the Pets Take Control! FALL 2016 2. Ch. KATU, 6on Oct. Telethon: OHS the co-host will director, executive OHS Harmon, Sharon OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY DONATE YOUR CARTODAY! America, Jeopardy, AwaywithMurder, HowtoGet America, andmore. commercial insuch popular breaks programs such as GoodMorning will also Pets bepoppingupduring newscasts. KATU late-night and evening morning, during throughout theday, particularly there’s more!But wait, You’ll aboutOHS pets segments see pets. andcountless ofadoptable close-ups with OHS experts Raptis andSharon ofOHS, Harmon theshow interviews will feature byKATU’s Helen thelobbyofOHS. Hosted from comes toviewers program Northwest whentheAM at9am, off kicks broadcasting H[FOXVLYHO\WRWKH2+67HOHWKRQ7KH7HOHWKRQ·VÀUVWKRXURIOL Live show will bedevoted Ch. 2.Thestation’s all-newAfternoon 3to4pmonKATU, This from programming houroflive airs year’s forever homes. withdozens upclosefor looking andpersonal get ofOHS pets PHHWUHDOOLIHDQLPDOKHURHVKHDUVWRULHVRIMR\ÀOOHGDGRSWLR will andOHS. Viewers aboutpets youwanttoknow everything programmingfeaturing 6withanadditionalhouroflive October THE ANNUAL OHSTELETHON telethon donate totheTelethon nowbygoingonlineto 6tolendahelpinghand.You waituntil Oct. can But youneedn’t pets. for donation towards thegoalofraising $400,000 throughout theday.their pets totake Theywill your beready and byOHS volunteers The Telethon phonebankwill bestaffed .
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After awhile, Irealized that Babu WHAT DOES SHE LIKE? toys (with peacock feathers, of treated like regal one. very She was to come out of herkennel using treats soshedidn’t have to get too trust through foodtrust and play. to help. In and aquiet room, Babu where I could pet her as she was shewas where Icould her as pet were perfect before steppingwere perfect out. aprincesswas to and be expected worked on getting meby herto trust and liked to make sure her whiskers are defensive at but first, after afew She preferred food—only the finest She did anything shecould to make I was able to use those to items use able I was as I would along-handled use plastic I’ve worked with. For three I weeks, I spent our time together building Once IfoundOnce out what loved, Babu first; slowerfirst; than with the other cats course) were more to herliking. enticing dangly toys. close to me.Itried to convince her days they adjust and begin to relax. SLOW PROGRESS rewards. We to the progressed point many cats like to play with. Feather nose up at which tubes, cardboard back scratcher to offer herfood and My with slow was progress at Babu Many cats whocome to the shelter FirstMate’s grain-free, wild-caught Babu did notBabu settle, soIstepped in salmon would do. She turned her sitting quietly outside of herkennel. sure everyone heralone. left The loud warning meow shedid This amajor was accomplishment! when she first arrivedwhen shefirst turned into a It took over amonth, but once Babu friends, Ibeganfriends, introducing herto eating and could lure herout of her other food people. We and tasty used out of herkennel to play and even me whenshespotted acan of food began to seekout affection me. from quickly.progress She willingly came kennel afeather to chase toy. she wanted. and Iwere Babu Once sweet mewfor attention—or to alert started me,shemade to trust
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ZLUHZLWKYRWHVEHLQJFDVWXSWRWKHÀQDOPLQXWHRIWKH Voting thepeople’s choice for wentdowntothe winners submissions. photo anddrew morethan400 pets for $16,808 new people’s choice raise helped arecord votingformat ever. successful contest withthemost The anniversary FriendsFeathered 25th Photo its celebrated Contest THE RESULTS AREIN! Jackie, byDru Martin STAFF PICK RUNNER-UP See thephotosonlineSee at . The OHS Fuzzy, Furry, and TheOHS Furry, and Fuzzy, oregonhumane.org/ by GennaAndron Ladybug andPeppercorn, TOP “OTHER”PET Knuckles, byAmandaDavis TOP “OTHER” PET RUNNER-UP Fungi, byCarly Russell TOP CAT RUNNER-UP OHS 11 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY OHS 12 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY from surgery. Eevee’s foster parent while she recovered was veterinarian Wixson Dr.OHS Margaret surgery, rapidly and from Eevee recovered parent’s backyard. foster inenjoyed running her legs. functioning two just with shelter animal local her to brought Eevee was with Huge Heart Huge with Doesn Loss of Two Legs 1RRQHNQRZVKRZVKHLQFXUUHGVXFKKRUULÀFLQMXULHVRUKRZVKH her paw, andastumpof boneprotruded from whatusedto beherlowerleg. Her front leftlegwasinworseconditionfrom anotherpast injury. Shehadlost Eevee’s rightrear legwasuseless—the lowerportionwasmissingbelowtheknee. of urgent medicalhelp. as astray. front legandonerear leg,orwhere shefoundthestrength to survive day-to-day no medicaltreatment. Nooneknowshowshemanagedto walkwithjustone require further treatment. successfully amputated. Herdamagedrear leghadhealedby itself anddidnot shelter andtreated attheOHSHolman MedicalCenter. Herinjured front legwas Eevee wastransported to OHSwithotherSecond Chancepetsfrom theMadera (HYHHPHGLFDOO\DQGÀQGKHUDORYLQJKRPH departments, Crone saidthere was unanimousagreement: OHScouldhelp After consultingwithotherstaffersintheadoption,animalcare, andmedical her tworemaining legs,determined to move aboutasifshewere anormaldog. sold me.Thisdogneededus,” saidCrone. ThevideoshowedEevee walkingon “The picture (of Eevee’s protruding bone)washorrible,butit the videothat VIDEO TELLSTHESTORY to helpEevee, alongwithphotos andavideoof thedog. help. OHSSecondChanceCoordinator Karen Crone received Madera’srequest DQLPDOV(HYHHZDVWKHÀUVWWZROHJJHGGRJWKDW2+6KDGHYHUEH $OWKRXJK2+6RFFDVLRQDOO\UHFHLYHV³DQGDOZD\VÀQGVKRPHVIRU³WK each year from shelters thatlacktheresources to helpallthepetstheyreceive. shelter intheOHSSecondChanceprogram, whichreceives thousandsofpets state-of-the-art animalhospital,wastheobvious choice.Maderaisapartner shelter couldnotprovide theneededmedicalcare. Whoto call?OHS,witha The staffatMaderaCountyAnimalServiceswanted to helpEevee, buttheir WHO TO CALL? IRXUDQGDKDOISRXQGVLQFOXGLQJWKHÁHDVVKHZDVFRYHUHGLQ in California,theclosestshelter, asastray. Theone-year-old dogweighedonly under theporch of ahouse.Shewasbrought to MaderaCountyAnimalServices Eevee cameto OHSinavery unlikely way:shewasfoundoff adirtroad, hiding not bealive today, letalonelivingwithalovingfamily. named Eevee. Ifitweren’t foraseriesofunforeseen events, Eevee wouldprobably “Miracle dog”isnotaterm to uselightly, butitjustmayapplyto atinyChihuahua Life-Saving Surgery Gives DogaSecondChance ’ t Slow Dog — continuedonpage 14 6KHZDVLQQHHG VXUYLYHGZLWK HQDVNHGWR UHHOHJJHG OHS 13 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY OHS 14 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY Loss ofTwoLegs—continuedfrompage13 were allwonover byEevee’s personality. DJRRGÀWIRUWKHLUKRXVHKROG7KHFRXSOHDQGWKHLUGRJ0ROO\ on thenewsandrushedto theshelter to seeifEevee wouldbe Maggie andTroy from NortheastPortland, heard thedog’sstory went homejusthoursafter beingmadeavailable. Theadopters, Eevee wassoonstrong enoughto beoffered foradoption,and held bypeople. enjoy beingpart of theWixsonfamilyanddelighted inbeing Despite alltheinjuriesshehadsuffered, Eevee seemedto backyard. Dr. Wixsonwaseven more impressed byherpersonality. Labrador-mix dog,andotherwisethoroughly enjoyinghernew at afastwalk,attempting to playwithDr. Wixson’smuchlarger own home.Justthree daysafter thesurgery, Eevee wasmoving After thesurgery, Dr. Wixsonprovided foster care forEevee inher RAPID RECOVERY hit byacar.” separate injuriesoronemassive traumaticinjury, perhapsbeing Dr. Margaret Wixson,anOHSveterinarian. “Thesecouldbetwo What causedtheinjuries?“Idon’tthinkwe’llever know,” said Emergency BirdShelter—continuedfrompage5 from the breeder in Damascus. breeder the from rescued many breeds exotic the among were Macaws two These health. and physical mental their for are important which and toys, perches new enjoy their to seem birds rescued The Adopters Maggie and Troy with Eevee and their current dog, Molly. dog, and Troy Maggie current and Eevee their with Adopters surgery at ONLINE: more love to give.” easily summedupthecouple’sreasoning: “We thoughtwehad seeing howwellEevee gotalongwithpetsandpeople.Troy think twiceaboutadopting?Notabit,saidMaggie,especially Did thethoughtof havingadogwithonlytwolegsmake them Thanks to this experience, the birds were given new lodgings lodgings new weregiven birds the tothis experience, Thanks A local wholesale food company, Company, Salad food United wholesale A local shelter had all completed training though the Federal Emer- Federal the though training hadallcompleted shelter bird the created shelter. that secure OHS teammembers The such disasters as Superstorm Sandy and the recent rescue of rescue recent andthe Sandy asSuperstorm such disasters oregonhumane.org/birdsrescue animalswishes For this, the largest bird rescue in Oregon history, OHS located OHS located history, inOregon rescue bird largest the For this, If you’d like to donate items to help the birds, you can order order youcan If you’d birds, the like tohelp items todonate dogs rescued from a breeder in Rainier. The emergency facility inRainier. facility abreeder emergency from The rescued dogs gency Management Agency. Many also had prior experience experience Agency. Manyalso hadprior Management gency donating and delivering boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables as andvegetables fruits offresh boxes anddelivering donating an unused industrial building that was transformed into a into wastransformed that building industrial an unused ONLINE: was staffed by OHS employees and volunteers who were able to wereable who andvolunteers byOHS employees was staffed working at emergency shelters that were built in the wake inthe of werebuilt that shelters emergency at working from the OHS Amazon.com wish list and at andat wish list OHS Amazon.com the from water and medical care. A top priority was providing both both wasproviding Atoppriority care. andmedical water in a facility well-equipped to provide them with needed food, food, needed with them toprovide well-equipped in afacility provide the special care the animalsneeded. the care special the provide more than 600 cats and dogs in North Carolina. inNorth anddogs cats 600 than more in part, giving them a variety of special toys. ofspecial avariety them giving in part, includes footage of theemer includes footage breeds. various ofthe needs tothe tailored mixes seed bybird is supplemented food fresh The needed. became an invaluable partner aninvaluablepartner became meant, which birds, the for enrichment andmental physical seevideosandphotos of Eevee before andafter her oregonhumane.org/eevee To learn more about the rescue and see video that that To video rescueandsee the moreabout learn . gency animalshelter,gency visit for the rescue by generously rescuebygenerously the for . . oregonhumane.org/ 8-12. These youth volunteers contributed 8-12. Theseyouthvolunteerscontributed 48 trainedcampcounselorsingrades younger campersandOHSeducatorswere 200 campersingrades3-7.Helpingthe Portland area,wereattendedbynearly which areamongthemostpopularin The five-daylongsummerdaycamps, hands-on experienceworkingwithpets. campus, aperfectsettingforyouthtoget activities tookplaceonthesix-acreOHS crafting toysforrescuedanimals.All from walkingdogstoreadingpets youth campersenjoyedactivitiesranging the petsthemselves.ThissummeratOHS, campers, aswellwithOHSstaffand OHS summercampsareahitwith SUMMERTIME AT THE SHELTER SHELTER AT THE SUMMERTIME CAMP OHS January, onlineat Look for2017campinformationin body language,andmore. facts aboutreptiles,sleddogs,canine such assheltermedicine,pigcare, with them.Thosevisitscoveredtopics and thehumanswhowork an arrayofspecialguests—bothanimals Daily campactivitiesincludedvisitsfrom topics aswalkingdogsandfeedingpets. also givingpracticalguidanceonsuch shelter operationsandanimalcare,while OHS employeeshelpedyouthslearnabout make campasuccessforpetsandpeople. 4,000 hoursoftheirowntimetohelp summercamp. oregonhumane.org/ OHS 15 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY * Indicatescompaniesor Ĵȱ Wentworth ChevyTown Tribute Gifts TLC BusinessPartners Elanco Animal Health Elanco Animal Leopold Ketel&Partners New membersinbold KATU Television Intel Petco/Petco Foundation Morasch Meats,Inc. ȱǰȱ ǯ ȱǰȱ ǯ ǰȱ ǯ Fred Meyer Clear ChannelOutdoor Columbia Sportswear ȱ¢ǰȱ ǯ Graphic PrintSolutions Goggle Ad Grants Goggle Ad The following businesses have made significant financial contributions (2,500+) to OHS and/or in-kind The followingbusinesseshavemadesignificantfinancialcontributions(2,500+)toOHSand/orin-kind ȱěȱ¢ Oregon CitySubaru iHeart Media-Portland PLATINUM DIAMOND OHS is grateful to have received tribute gifts totaling $500 or more honoring the following people OHS isgratefultohavereceived tributegiftstotaling$500ormorehonoringthefollowingpeople ȱȱǰȱ ǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǯ GOLD and pets from May 1, 2016 to August 1, 2016. Tribute gifts in honor or in memory of a loved one and petsfromMay1,2016toAugust 1,2016.Tributegiftsinhonorormemoryofalovedone can bemadeonlineat online at donations fromMay1,2016throughAugust2016.AcompletelistofTLCBusinessPartners canbefound Jim & Ann Ruscigno Bill Dickey Ernie Palmrose groups whohave held community fundraising Company and SubaruCity ȱȱęȱ ǯȱ oregonhumane.org/get-involved/support-our-partners. oregonhumane.org/memorial-celebration-gifts. 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Unfortunately, the beloved black Unfortunately, thebelovedblack brought herpetstohishome. mother’s loveofanimals,Steve the summerof2015.Sharinghis Sadly, Susanpassedawayduring in FriendsForever. support ofOHSandparticipation is proudtoacknowledgeSusan’s of theprogram.Inturn,herfamily Forever andinformedhersonSteve will, enrolledthecatsinFriends owners. SusanincludedOHSinher the careofpetswhosurvivetheir Forever™ program,whichguarantees Susan hadreadabouttheOHSFriends OHS tomakeaplanforhertwocats. about herprognosis,shecontacted cancer. Althoughshewasoptimistic Susan Powers*wasbeingtreatedfor In December2013,loyalOHSsupporter New Home After Owner’s Passing Tuxedo Cat, Shaggy, Findsa Friends Forever Friends who survive theirpeople who survive Ensures thecareofpets has an expressive meow and loves to has anexpressivemeowandloves to Dennis, “followsuseverywhere …he Seinfeld character.“UncleLeo,” said renamed UncleLeo,afterthe eccentric his girlfriendMegan,andwas soon Shaggy wenthomewithDennis and be agoodmatchforhisfamily. back. HealsofeltthatShaggywould just ashandsomewhenhisfurgrew and wasconfidentthecatwouldbe saw Shaggy’spre-surgeryphotograph dapper looks.Onevisitor,DennisW., shaved headdistractedfromhis from potentialadopters.Buthis received afairamountofattention Shaggy isahandsomecatand for adoption. benign tumorandhewascleared results indicatedthelumpwasa Holman MedicalCenter.Thelab and thelumpwasremovedatOHS Shaggy’s head.Hisheadwasshaved OHS medicalteamfoundalumpon During theinitialhealthexam, as ittooktofindtherightfamily. re-homed, stayingatOHSforaslong Shaggy wouldbecaredforand bring thecattoshelterrightaway. Steve calledOHSandwasinvitedto enrolled ShaggyinFriendsForever, Remembering thathismotherhad tormented theotherresidentcats. Shaggy waseasilyagitatedand not abletoadjustSteve’shome. and whitecatnamedShaggywas | publish herfull name. her supportof OHS andrequestedwe By GaryKish,OHSDirectorofDevelopment *Susan’s familyis proudtoacknowledge needed. medical care he the received and home anew found Forever, Shaggy toThanks Friends individuals andsmallgroups. 30-minute presentationsuitable for information ortoschedulea [email protected] contact GaryKishat(503)416-2988, oregonhumane.org pets, visittheOHSwebsiteat and ensurethefuturecareofyour To learnmoreaboutFriendsForever of Development. owners,” saidGaryKish,OHSDirector program createspeaceofmindforpet to bringtheirnewfamilies,andthe their pets.“Thosepetshavealotofjoy hundreds ofOHSsupportersplanfor was foundedin1994andhashelped The OHSFriendsForeverprogram the scaronhisheadscratched.” experience. Oh,andhelovestohave adopted fromOHSanditwasagreat the faucet.Heisfirstcatwe’ve tell us when he wants to drink from tell uswhenhewantstodrinkfrom . You can also . Youcanalso ™ , for more , formore OHS 21 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY OHS 22 FALL 2016 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ae Benjamin Saber Thank you!—Lucy dog, and it’s ajoy having him! isawonderful He to things. used getting He’s still adjusting life, to hisnew but is night. every us tolikes cuddlein between canine sister, hisnew loves he Bella! Saber coming up him and to pet afraid of friends well. isstarting He to love isn’t walks, isdoing very Robbie, Saber, nownamed Hello OHS, Did youknow... When adopterskeepintouch,theirstoriesandphotosinspireus. things wedoattheOregonHumaneSociety. is oneofthemostimportant Finding homesforanimals » » You can seeevery animalavailable foradoptiononour There isnever atimelimitonhowlonganimalsremain website at available foradoptionatOHS. HAPPY oregonhumane.org . 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It was our family and we are soexcited about We have waited solongto into bring adog Dear OHS, 2+6#RUHJRQKXPDQHRUJ emails andphotos to: Editor, OHS,1067NEColumbia Blvd. Portland OR97211; WE LOVE TO HEAR howanimalsadopted from OHSare doing.Sendyour letters, stories, » » OHS save rates are amongthehighestinnation: 99% fordogs;98%cats. animal is alsospayed orneutered before being adopted. insurance andplenty of post-adoption support.Every courtesy veterinary exam,one monthof free pethealth Adoptions includeanIDmicrochip, initialvaccines, a . 1067 NE Columbia Blvd. | Portland, OR 97211-1411 WE INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY OF THURSDAY OCTOBER 6TH! VISIT oregonhumane.org/telethon FOR MORE INFO!