Cat SURVIVES WATERY Ordeal
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FALL/WINTER 2010 MSPCA.ORG 350 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130 Non-profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID MSPCA/Angell The mission of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals–Angell Animal Medical Center is to protect animals, relieve their suffering, advance their health and welfare, prevent cruelty, and work for a just and compassionate society. NEW BARN FOR BIRDS AT NEVINS DONATIONS FEATHER A COMFY NEW NEST ANTIFREEZE BILL WILL SAVE LIVES NO MORE SWEET POISON Please Like Us on Facebook Can You See into the Future? TO TEMPT ANIMALS Do you and your friends enjoy connecting with You don’t need a crystal ball to know that animals will always need our each other on Facebook? If so, please “like” the help. We’ve been helping them, with the support of friends like you, MSPCA–Angell page. MSPCA at Nevins Farm has its since 1868. own Facebook page, too, as do our MSPCA Animal Please, as you make your estate plans, consider a bequest to the Action Team and The American Fondouk. All our MSPCA–Angell as a fitting continuation of your lifelong love for pages are updated frequently and filled with interesting animals. And when you do, please let us know! We’d like to invite you into our Circle of Friends and acknowledge your thoughtful concern for the news about animals and the people who love them. future of our organization. By providing for the animals in your own It’s yet another important way we can get the message future plans, you become an essential member of our Society. out: animals and people are good for one another! For more information, contact Alice Bruce at 617 541-5045, or Sign up and spread the word! [email protected]. Help Us Go Green! Did You Know… CAT SURVIVES Please help us save time, trees, and ….that the MSPCA–Angell is a stand-alone, private, non-profit money by using e-mail instead of paper. organization? We are not operated by or funded by any national WATERY ORDEAL We can use the money we save on post- humane organization. Donations you make to “national” humane DRAMATIC CHARLES RIVER RESCUE You’ve got mail! age to care for more animals. Sign up organizations do not funnel down to the animals we serve in online to receive our latest news updates, cruelty alerts, pet tips, special Massachusetts. The MSPCA–Angell relies solely on the support of promotions, and more. Please visit mspca.org/join to sign up. Thank you. people like you who care deeply about animals. FALL/WINTER 2010 MSPCA.ORG INSIDE: Don’t miss our Animal Hall of Fame this year! See page 3 Your donations SAVE LIVES You’ll Definitely Want to FEATURED Save These Dates! We know you’re busy, so we want to make sure you get these very important MSPCA–Angell dates on your Table of Contents calendar way in advance. We look forward to having STORY you join us! Dramatic River Rescue on the Charles Featured Story: Grandma Moses ................................... 1 Thursday, December 2 In Boston… Holiday Tree Lighting at the Thursday, October 21, Prudential Center, Boston Senior Kitty Survives Angell Stories ................................................................... 2 6:00 p. m. Thursday, Friday, The MSPCA Animal Hall of Saturday, and Sunday, Fame Dinner at the JFK December 9–12, Library & Museum. Details at Watery Ordeal Animal Hall of Fame ........................................................ 3 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. mspca.org/halloffame Homeless for the Holidays: Law Enforcement ............................................................ 4 Friday, Saturday, and The Annual Winter Sale to Sunday, October 29–31, Support the Animals of the Submerged Carrier Drifting 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Boston Adoption Center. homes they deserve. It also helps quali- (Sunday 12 noon– Details at mspca.org/ Toward Catastrophe Nevins Farm .................................................................... 5 5:00 p. m.) homeless4holidays fying individuals with medical care for Howl-a-Ween Gift and Bake Saturday and Sunday, their pets, and defrays the cost of treating Sale at the Boston Adoption t wasn’t the Nile River, it was the Advocacy ......................................................................... 6 December 11 and 12 cruelly abused animals rescued by our Center, featuring a special 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Charles. And it wasn’t a babe in Howl-a-Ween Costume Pet Photos with Santa at the bulrushes, but a cat in a Law Enforcement department. The American Fondouk .................................................. 7 Photo Session on Sunday. Boston Adoption Center. I Details at mspca.org/ Details at mspca.org/ carrier. Still, the drama surrounding this howlaween Our Law Enforcement officers began to homeless4holidays fortunate kitty’s rescue prompted our investigate the Grandma Moses case right Archives ........................................................................... 7 Tuesday, November 16 Call 617 541-5046 for informa- adoption center staff to call her Moses. Leaders Circle Forum, tion about Boston events, or away. They went out to the river to examine Boston (Angell CCU with visit our website: mspca.org/ Then, when they realized she was a senior the scene, and put out a call to the public New Board Chair ............................................................ 8 Dr. Jen Holm) about-us/calendar-of-events kitty, Grandma Moses became her name. asking for any information anyone might In Memoriam: Lucille Davison ........................................ 8 Imagine a family enjoying a lovely have. Unfortunately, however, so far the And at the Cape… summer outing on Boston’s Charles case has not been solved. Donor Spotlight ............................................................... 9 Saturday, May 21 River in their kayak, when suddenly they Dr. Cynthia Cox warms up Grandma Moses and gives her Furry Affair at the Wianno Club, Osterville notice a mostly submerged pet carrier a careful examination. Call 508 775-0940 for more information, or visit our website: mspca.org/about-us/calendar-of-events thrashing about in the water, caught on a branch a few feet offshore. When they You know what really astonished us? In investigate, they find a half-drowned cat spite of all she’d been through — in spite And on Nantucket… inside. She’s gasping for air, since the of all the discomfort she was in, in spite Sunday, December 5 water level inside the carrier is rising and of how lonely and frightened she must Pet Photos with Santa falling as the river flows along. have felt — all Grandma Moses wanted Call 508 825-2287 for more information, or visit our website: to do was be friends with everyone mspca.org/about-us/calendar-of-events Thank goodness these good people she met. About Companion MSPCA–Angell Senior Team rescued the nearly dead cat and brought Companion © 2010 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention Carter Luke, President And at Nevins Saturday and Sunday, her to the MSPCA. She was wet, dirty, Once she was stabilized, we put her up of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA). All rights reserved. MSPCA, November 20–21 freezing cold, and exhausted. But her luck for adoption. And here’s the REALLY Alice Bruce, Vice President, Development Farm… Kitten Adoptathon ANGELL, KINDNESS AND CARE FOR ANIMALS, MSPCA–ANGELL had changed! A happy adoption day for “Molly” and her new mom, Sara! good news: within a very short time, WALK FOR ANIMALS and the PAW PRINT-HEART LOGO are Kathleen K. Collins, Vice President, Sunday, October 3 Sunday, December 4 Grandma Moses found a wonderful new trademarks of the MSPCA. Human Resources Equine Photography Christmas Feast for the Our MSPCA adoption centers take in Workshop Horses and Holiday Tree But long before our officers even got on home. Her new owner, Sara, says that she Companion is published by the MSPCA–Angell, a nonprofit Amy Fredericks, Chief Financial Officer Lighting every animal who needs us. Grandma organization founded in 1868 by George Thorndike Angell. The Microchip and Vaccination the road, our adoption center veterinarians feels blessed to have her, and that Molly Ann Marie Manning, Chief of Staff, Clinic Sunday, December 5 Moses required a lot of care, but we MSPCA–Angell is an independent organization, not part of any Angell Animal Medical Center were working hard to make Grandma (Grandma’s new name) is enjoying air national humane organization. We do not receive any government Veterinary Continuing Sunday and Monday, Education Seminar were prepared for that because of the Moses feel good — and loved — again. funding and we depend on donations from friends like you to Joe Silva, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer October 24–25 conditioning, fluffy couch pillows, and Kitten Adoptathon financial help we get from animal lovers They gave her food and water of course, carry out our mission to protect animals, relieve their suffering, Jean Weber, Director of Animal Protection Pit Bull Awareness Days a garden view! Molly’s golden years will advance their health and welfare, prevent cruelty, and work for a February like you, who help us continually and a full examination. They used special Sunday, October 31 Tour de Pooch and Pals be spent basking securely in love. She has just and compassionate society. Let us hear from you! If you have questions or “Horses Helping Horses” replenish the funds in our Pet Care comments about Companion, please e-mail Spin for the Animals equipment to raise her dangerously low nothing to fear anymore! Companion is sent to MSPCA–Angell donors who contribute Beach Ride Assistance program. Pet Care Assistance [email protected] or write to March core temperature. They took x-rays, too, $25 or more annually. To ensure that you receive the next issue, MSPCA–Angell Companion, Managing Editor, Saturday and Sunday, helps abandoned animals who require To learn more about Pet Care Assistance, go to please use the enclosed gift envelope or visit Microchip and Vaccination which showed that her stomach was full 350 S.