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Nursery Shower Page 8 PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA | Summer 2018 Kitten Nursery Shower page 8 Baby Wildlife Earth Day page 3 | Lola the Pig page 6 page 5 01 | Summer 2018 PawPrint DEAR FELLOW ANIMAL LOVER A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KEN WHITE ’m about to celebrate my 40th anniversary I working for animals, the sort of milestone that’s destined to lead a guy to reflect on his own past. My past includes a brief tenure, fresh out of grad school, as a special education teacher working with a pretty tough group of adolescent boys. (Remind me some day and I’ll tell you about how wonderfully loving these kids were with my two dogs, rather unlike how they were with me.) That job gave me a decent insight as well as a deep and abiding respect for teachers. It also led to my first job at a humane society as its humane educator. You know this: Your Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is committed to the welfare of all Ken White with Girl Scout Troop #62326 from Belmont who raised $250 for animals, a commitment that this year will end our shelter animals up saving more than six thousand animals’ lives. That commitment, however, is not only to the animals who come through our doors today but also to the animals of the future. civility and empathy that at times seems to In my 40 years I’ve seen a real and marked be infecting the world. But while others might improvement in how animals are treated, but let the obvious negativity lead to feelings of I’ve not seen any reason to believe – nor do gloom and doom (or worse, to hopelessness) I think it’s realistic to hope – that the next I’m here to tell you that I believe such feelings, 40 years will create some idyllic peaceable while perhaps at times understandable, are kingdom in which all creatures, great and also unjustified. small, are all guaranteed love and respect. From where I sit, every day I see examples of We’ve made real progress, without doubt, but the next generation engaging in selfless acts the work we do today must include a plan which give hope for the future, including for for the animals of the future. And, so, back to the animals of the future. working with children… Let me give you some current examples. I am by nature one of those “glass half full” Two young girls learned to knit so they could kind of guys (or is it water bowl half full?). create blankets for PHS/SPCA’s shelter cats. Yes, of course, I see the same problems that A young boy worked with a local restaurant you see: there is an apparent lack of both and a group of young girls hosted a bake sale, SummerSummer 20182018 PawPrintPawPrint || 0202 both raising hundreds of dollars for our Hope and selflessness from tomorrow’s adults which Program, the special program which makes both separately and in the aggregate promise a well and then finds homes for sick, injured, better world. behaviorally compromised animals, the sort of animals many other shelters won’t even accept. Almost routinely now, young people Thank you. are asking for pet supplies and animal toys for our shelter animals in lieu of birthday gifts. Someone could dismiss those as tiny gestures, insignificant in light of the world’s problems. Instead, I see them, and I encourage you to see them, as individual building blocks of kindness Ken White, President WILLS, TRUSTS & GIFT PLANNING oin Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA J in welcoming Estate Planning Attorneys Catherine “Kitty” Raye-Wong and Alexandra R. Martin who will lead a workshop covering animal estate planning, living trusts, how to pass property, and more. This is a free event, but donations are accepted. To RSVP for this PEP Talk please contact Kylynn Pelkey at [email protected] or 650-340-7022 ext. 369 Thursday October 11, 2018 2:00-3:30PM | Lantos Multipurpose Room 03 | Summer 2018 PawPrint OUR FIRST EARTH DAY EVENT! CELEBRATING OUR PLANET AND WILDLIFE NEIGHBORS Earthat Peninsula Humane SocietyDay & SPCA ur first ever Earth Day celebration was This event helped enhance children’s (and O a huge success with nearly 100 people adults’ too) knowledge about protecting, in attendance! Attendees created peanut respecting and appreciating our planet and butter pinecones to feed our wildlife patients, wildlife neighbors. dissected “owl pellets” (owls regurgitate the indigestible parts of their meal such as hair and bone), to learn more about what owls eat, put their creativity into action by coloring wildlife pictures and other fun education activities. SummerSummer 20182018 PawPrintPawPrint || 0404 STOLEN PIZZA LEADS TO LITTER OF PUPPIES MOM AND SIX PUPPIES RESCUED BY PHS/SPCA hat began as a normal lunch break for W a group of people turned into a surprise rescue of a nursing mother and her six puppies. PHS/SPCA received a call from a concerned person who reported a stray dog stealing a piece of pepperoni pizza he and his friends were enjoying on their lunch break. When our staff arrived on scene the hungry little dog led us to her small nest of six tiny puppies. After struggling to survive on her own and eating whatever scraps of food she could find, the mother dog was very happy to find herself and her puppies in the safe hands of PHS/ SPCA. We scooped the family up, brought them back to our shelter and quickly found a The puppies in foster care foster home for the nursing mom and her six fragile babies. The mom and her pups thrived in their foster home and were christened with some very regal names, all after members of the British Royal Family: William, Harry, Duchess Kate, Lady Di, Charlotte and Meghan. The mom’s moniker was reserved for the most royal of all: Queen Elizabeth. No longer needing to steal pizza to live, this formerly homeless family have all been adopted into new loving homes and no doubt eating off of silver spoons and living a very royal life. The Royal Family 05 | Summer 2018 PawPrint MEET SOME OF OUR BABY WILDLIFE PATIENTS BUSY BABY SEASON AT OUR WILDLIFE CARE CENTER very year our Wildlife Care Center receives foxes and even a pair of long-tailed weasels! E many hundreds of abandoned and injured PHS/SPCA’s Wildlife Care Center successfully baby wildlife that need our care. This year we rehabilitates 1,200 to 1,400 animals each year had some unusual patients, including baby and is funded entirely by donations. Baby Screech Owl Baby Ducklings Baby Fox Baby Squirrels Baby Weasels Being Fed Baby Hummingbirds Baby Opposums Baby Squirrels Summer 2018 PawPrint | 06 HER NAME WAS LOLA! BABY POT-BELLIED PIG FINDS NEW HOME t’s not every day someone arrives at the I Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA to surrender a baby pot-bellied pig. But as an open door shelter we were not going to turn our back on the little one who not only needed a new home, but also medical treatment due to a scabies infection. Named Lola, this baby pig quickly stole the hearts of our staff and volunteers. She even learned how to walk on a leash! Once her skin condition had cleared up, it was time for Lola to be placed for adoption. We weren’t sure how long it would take to find her a new home since most people may not be looking ecstatic to finally have a pet! Lola was pretty for a pet that happens to be a pig. But enter happy herself and kept running back and forth the Dudley family from Citrus Heights, east of with glee in her new third of an acre back yard. Sacramento. Lola won’t be a backyard pig though, and has her own bed in the house and is now a much Owen Dudley is extremely allergic to animal beloved member of the Dudley family. Aside fur, which was a big disappointment to his four from her regular nutritious pig food diet, she’s children who desperately wanted a pet. So Owen also very fond of apples and bananas. and his wife began to research pets that wouldn’t trigger his allergies. Through this research, they Most shelters would have turned Lola away. Most learned about the joys of pet pigs and how pigs shelters aren’t able to accept pigs or indeed any have hair, not fur and are excellent pets for those animals other than cats and dogs, and most suffering from animal fur allergies. shelters simply refuse to accept any animals with significant medical problems. But that’s And then the stars started to align. The Dudley’s not who we are. PHS/SPCA accepted her and heard a story on their local radio station about was committed to providing her the medical Lola, a baby pig at the Peninsula Humane Society treatment she needed and to finding her a new & SPCA who was seeking a home. They jumped loving home. Your generous donations to our in their car and immediately drove to our shelter Hope Program permitted us to treat Lola, along to adopt Lola. When they met, it was love at first with more than 150 animals every single month sight for the humans and the pig! who come to us with special needs. On behalf of the Dudley family and Lola, we thank you for When the Dudley’s arrived back at their Citrus your life-saving generosity. Heights home with Lola, their four children were 07 | Summer 2018 PawPrint PAWSITIVE FITNESS AT THE PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA ho hasn’t stepped on the scale and W been unhappy at a number higher than expected or to no longer being able to fit into those favorite pair of jeans? For us humans, Our Pawsitive Fitness program is working with we can set weight loss and fitness goals, but the animals on an individual basis creating for animals, especially those at a shelter, weight nutritious and lower-calorie meals and ramping loss and fitness is extra challenging.
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