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25h Edition
April 2012
“GIVE ME 5”
5,000 members needed
Inside this Edition
2 President’s Message
Adoption & Rescue Statistics 3 Whom have you helped to Save 4 Rescue Journal 5 HomeSweetHome 6 HomeSweetHome 7 Whats UP in the PET Market 8 “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” 9 News & Events 10 News & Events
11 World PET News
12 Humour Time
Easy Vegetarian Cooking
Editor: LILY CHAN
Vanilla (adopted in Dec 2011) posing
with Shelby, his human sister
Shayla hugged by her little human siblings
Molly (adopted in Jan 2012) cuddled by her human brothers, Matthew & Aaron
www.mississaugahumanesociety.com
MISSISSAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY
25the Edition
April 2012
MHS is a registered charity run 100% by volunteers. It receives no support from the city or the SPCA.
It does not have a shelter, business venue or paid staff.
MHS was established in 1999. Over the last 12 years
more than 4,000 homeless animals
have been rescued.
Without a shelter MHS
depends on the kindness of
of foster parents who open their
heart and home to animals in need.
MHS is NOT the "animal shelter". That is a completely
unrelated group - Mississauga Animal Services, which is
run by the City
d by the city
President’s Message
Dear friends:
Spring has come and gone and come and gone again! April showers might bring
May flowers but one thing is certain; spring brings stray cats and litters of kittens!
Our dedicated volunteers are ready and the calls have started coming in. We are
anxious to rescue as many of these precious little furry friends as possible.
Mississauga Humane Society always receives more calls to rescue surrendered or
abandoned cats and kittens. We are proud to report that since January 2012 we
have rescued 135 animals; either as surrenders, strays or from high kill pounds.
The beginning of 2012 has been a busy one for us. In March, the Naughty Nadz Bar
& Restaurant on Dundas St hosted an event, “Comedic Paws” with all proceeds
going to Mississauga Humane Society. There were stand-up comics, a musical
showcase and raffles. It was very successful! For details please go to Page 10.
It is our goal and always has been, to rescue as many animals as our resources will
allow. With the generosity of our monthly donors, annual donors, corporate
sponsors, fundraisers and the many volunteers that dedicate their time, we are
able to reach for the stars – or should I say, the animals!!!
James Kent, President
James Kent
President
Jan-Mar 2012
No. of Dogs Rescued: 25 No. of Dogs Adopted: 16 No. of Cats Rescued: 62 No. of Cats Adopted: 31 TOTAL RESCUED: 87 TOTAL ADOPTED: 48
THANK
YOU
to our
SPONSORS
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RESCUE & ADOPTION STATISTICS
FOSTER a PET
SAVE a LIFE
“WE provide the FOOD YOU Provide the LOVE”
Whom have
YOU helped to
SAVE?
Here are just a few of them!
George an old and sick stray cat
found on a trail
KODY A Mastiff mix who had
stayed in the pound
for 7 months
Lloyd a hound waiting too
long in a pound
for a home
Trendy, a 13 yr cat rescued from
death row in a pound
Zarrah a 5 yr given up by owner
due to allergy of the child
CRUSHER A very sick & fragile
kitty found in a feral colony
Meeko a 12 yr blind and deaf Shitzu
whose owner could no
longer care for
Fauna, a Siamese abandoned by
her owner due to aggression issues
Jack a Wheaton Terrier
on death row due to biting records
Rocky a Rotti X with behaviour
issues in a pound
DAISY was left alone in an
apartment when
her owner moved
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Heidi a pregnant cat rescued
from a pound
Bella a young Chow Chow in
a shelter that was deemed unadoptable
Buttons a stray hanging out
in a backyard
Karma a Terrier who became
homeless when her
owner was arrested
Rescue Journal
Daisy – a biting dog
or a sleeping dog?
by Lily Chan
DAISY, a young and sweet dog, just got adopted from a shelter by a loving family. She had
a full life ahead of her, until that fateful day. Daisy was sleeping/laying down on her bed.
The child of the family decided that he would go over and give her a hug. When he started
putting his arm around her, Daisy was startled, she growled and then bit him. Because the
child’s face was closest, she caught his lip; two stitches were required. Daisy was taken
right away to Mississauga Animal Services. Her family decided to give her up as their
child became afraid of the dog. Due to the biting incident, Daisy would be killed after the
quarantine period, per protocol of most shelters. Her owner asked us for help.
It’s difficult to find dogs with a biting record(s) a foster home, let alone an adoptive home.
However, the fact is that many of these biting incidents were provoked due to the
ignorance/lack of supervision of the dog owner. In the case of Daisy, the biting would never
have happened if the child was taught never to disturb a sleeping or eating dog (please
read article Let a Sleeping Dog Lie on page 8)! For most of the biting dogs, all it takes is
the right home that can provide the proper supervision/training. Sadly, many of them were
not given that chance and ended up killed. Since there was a reason for the biting, I really
felt Daisy deserved a SECOND CHANCE. I called the shelter and offered to rescue her.
As a responsible charity, we always give a temperament assessment on these biting dogs
in order to ensure they are not dangerous to the public. In Daisy’s case this is especially
imperative as a child was involved. On the last day of the 10-day quarantine, Dahlia
Ayoub, our dog trainer, went to the animal shelter and assessed Daisy. I was very happy
when Dahlia called and told me Daisy passed the test, but wanted to cry when she asked
another question: Where is she going? Anyway, the papers were signed with Daisy’s
owner for us to take over her dog. Daisy is now ours - another problem dog !!.
Daisy needed to be taken out of the Animal Services shelter right away. With no foster
homes available, boarding was the only option at the time. So, right after getting out of the
quarantine, poor Daisy had to stay in another kennel run, but this time she knew she
would be SAFE in our hands. Besides, I always arrange dog walkers (including myself)
to give our boarding dogs at least a walk daily. Miracles do happen! On the first night of
Daisy’s boarding, Monika Sandhu, one of the volunteers at our Cat Room at the clinic, took
Daisy out for a walk… fell in love with her… and offered to foster her!! Monika was
informed of the biting incident and was very understanding. She took Daisy home the next
day. This was 3 months ago. Last week, Monika told me that her family decided to adopt
Daisy as they could not part with such a loving dog! .
From all these pictures of Daisy being cuddled by every member of her family, we know
she has hit the jackpot! Thanks, Monika and your family, and Dahlia too. Together we
have made a difference in Daisy’s LIFE.
Very soon we will be flooded with nursing moms and kittens.
Please open your heart and home and be a foster parent.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website.
KITTEN SEASON IS AROUND THE CORNER Foster parents are needed!
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Nemo
Chip (Sky)
Nemo
Nunno
Vanity (Gucci)
chili
Calypso & Austin
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Laika
Chip (Sky)
Gerri
Nunno
Chili
Shayla Pumpkin
Patti
Doogie
Vanilla (Satan)
Locksley
Daisy & Bandit
Chip (Sky)
Mocha
Moxy
Simon
Jello & Mello
Simon
Kali
Kayla
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Kayla
Charlie & Milton
Nippy
Molly
Rosebud & Thomas
Avery (Quinn)
Phoenix
Voltaire & Tobias
Hidden Litter Boxes
KEEP YOUR DOGGIE
BEHIND THE FENCE!
Don't want your dog to
escape through the fence or
fall from a balcony?
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Puppy Bumpers
INVISIBLE LITTER BOXES
Want a litter box that can actually
beautify your home?
These are fake planters that contain
hidden litter trays for your cat(s). The
planter is made of sturdy plastic with a
light weight plant that you remove to
clean the litter tray. The opening can be
turned towards the wall to conceal it!
The enclosed tray stops litter scatter and
it has a filter to minimize dust and odor.
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Is this just another one of those annoying idioms or are we all mistaken? First of, all I would like to break it down into a simpler form. The word lie; as in lounge, laze, stretch out – not as in untruthful, fib, or tall-tale. I mean, how can a sleeping dog lie? Better yet, can a dog lie? I’ll tell you – If I find out that my dog knows where she hid my slippers and is not telling me then maybe I should quit my day job!* Dogs don’t lie – they don’t tell fibs, they can’t talk! The phrase is said to have originated from Geoffrey Chaucer who used a similar phrase in his story, Troilus and Criseyde, published in 1374. “It is nought good a sleepyng hound to wake” Duh…now in layman terms – It is not good if a sleeping dog wakes up. Exactly! But what is the meaning behind this? According to the Collins Dictionary; LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE means “To leave things undisturbed”. Why is it that, after over 600 years, this saying still exists? Maybe because it has taken that long for humans to understand exactly what it means? So here goes my rant: I am a dog trainer. I work with many dogs, good and bad, big and small, ones with homes and ones on death row. I have assessed many dogs and let me tell you, the worry caused by knowing I will be assessing a dog that bit is not something you would want to go through, time after time. So I show up and with a bit of background I check in on the dog, anxiously whining from the slightest motion of attention from me. Quivering - because it is scared to death, sitting in a concrete jail cell in Quarantine with no clue in the world that its life will possibly end in less than 2 weeks. “ “My dog is not aggressive”. “Rover wouldn’t hurt a fly!” I’m sure you can picture the faces of these ignorant people as they explain how docile their dogs are to me when I tell them my story. Now picture this; “It’s my fault! I shouldn’t have done that but I was drunk!”. “It’s my fault! I wasn’t watching the kids and before I knew it…” It’s too late. The dog is taken away, the victim rushed to the hospital and the owner now terrified of their own dog. It’s too late. Cry. Cry for the happy-go-lucky 9 month old puppy that nipped someone in the face for abruptly giving it a bear hug while it slept. Show your anger. Be enraged by the overwhelming feeling of a 10 year old senior that lived its whole life with its family in a comfortable home, only to be straddled by a child that leaned on its sore back while it dreamt. It now lies on a cold, hard cement floor. Its joints ache but nobody is able to give it any comfort because most dogs that end up in quarantine are not allowed to even be walked, let alone touched because of the liability that they will bite again. Remember, they are deemed dangerous.
Look at your dog. See that tail wag? Yeees, Oh! Oh! Now it’s a full body wag! He loves you! Now don’t call him over, he has already gotten up and is leaning against you thinking he is going for a walk. Hug him. Go ahead! Hug him tight! Now promise him that you will never attempt to disturb him in his sleep. After your snuggle session and take as long as you like, make it a point to tell the next 10 people you come into contact with that own a dog what you just read. Ask them if they love their dog. Tell them my story. Thank them on behalf of all who help animals. Thank them because they care. Most of all thank them because they just saved a life!
j ust saved a life!
“LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE”
Please sign up today
www. mississauga
humanesociety.com
Lopie Stanley
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Dahlia Ayoub,CPDT MIGHTY MUTTS www.mightymutt.ca
animals. For his 8th Birthday, he asked his friends to make a donation to Mississauga Humane society to help the animals in lieu of gifts. A total of $500 was collected! THANK YOU Alex! You are a role model to the kids for compassion to animals! Pictured here is little Alex presenting the big cheque to Lily Chan, Director. The little kitty in the picture is Aida who has now been adopted!
SWEET
FUND RAISER When Richelle Camara, one of our
adopters, heard about our shortage of
funds, she decided to do something to
help. She hosted a BAKE SALE at
her workplace.
“Well, I wanted to give money but we
just adopted a dog & renovated our
Kitchen so funds are tight. I love
baking so I told my girlfriend that I was
going to bake & sell them at work to
raise funds for the animals. She
said she wanted to bake, then she told
her mom, so her mom did too, then I
told a co-worker & he wanted to bake
too. We made cinnamon buns, fruit
loafs cookies rice crispy squares,
cornflake rolls. I emailed people at
my workplace. By 2 pm everything
was gone!
We raised $300 all together! I
couldn't believe the success! People
want me to do this more often so I will.
I am so happy that we could help! I
would like to do it every 3
months….”
Thank you so much, Richelle – you are a real SWEET lady!
THAN
MHS IN the CLASSROOM
MHS is now helping our community even more as it started its involvement with school education! As part of our Term 2 Learning Journey (a grade-wide, term-long project), students of the Erin Centre Middle School are investigating how
to become better global citizens under the guiding question: What is the best way to bring about positive social change? As a component of this a Charity Fair
was organised to expose all grade 8 students to some of the exemplary organizations in the GTA that are effectively creating such positive change. The goal was for the
students to have the opportunity to talk with representatives from each charity and ask them - what makes an effective charity?
MHS was invited to participate in the Fair. which took place on March 26, 2012. Thanks to Lily Chan, Director, who gave presentation to 8 classes of students in one morning!
(www.furnalequinox.com)
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x Comedic Paws, another fun-filled event benefitting Mississauga Humane Society, was
held on the night of Friday, March 30 at the NAUGHTY NADZ BAR & RESTAURANT. It was a stand-up and music showcase with comedians Kenny Robinson, K. Trevor Wilson and Marianne Gibson ….. There were also great prizes for the raffle. The show was amazing! The feature comedian Kenny Robinson did not want to get off the stage because the audience was great! A total of $1090.00 was raised.
A big vote of thanks to Dahlia Ayoub & Nadine Ayoub who organised the event, and to all of the sponsors, donors and volunteers. Special thanks to the Naughty Nadz Bar & Restaurant that hosted the event for us!
CAT ADOPTON ROOM
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1170 Burnhamthorpe Rd E (Creditview) Mississauga Burnhamthorpe Rd
(Creditview) Mississauga
CAT ADOPTON ROOM
Dundas East Animal Hospital 905-803-8400
966 Dundas St (Tomken) Mississauga
KITTEN
CORNER
Pet Valu 905-821-4290
6085 Creditview Rd (Britannia) Mississauga
Come Visit US
KITTEN
CORNER
Pet Valu 905-821-8333
6040 Glen Erin Rd (Britannia) Mississauga
Kenny Robinson waiting to take the stage
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1590 Dundas St E, Mississauga
Naughty Nadz Bar &
Restaurant
PET
A cat café in Japan must obtain a licence and comply with the strict requirements and
regulations of the local Animal Treatment/Protection Laws. The cafe rules are set up strictly
in favour of the cats; in particular, seeking to ensure that the cats are not disturbed by excessive and unwanted attention, such as by young children or when sleeping. A no-tail-pulling mandate means the cat cannot be hoisted. Let sleeping cats lie is another strict rule.
Visitors pay US$8-$12 an hour for the cat service. There can be 10-16 well-brushed and shampooed cats hanging out. After a thorough hand wash, the visitor can pet and play with the cats, or just relax by watching the cats while having a coffee. Many cat cafés also seek to raise awareness of cat welfare issues. Posters are put up for abandoned cats seeking homes. Pet dumping is a big problem in Japan, where about 240,000 homeless cats and 160,000 dogs are gassed each year, according to government data.
Editor’s note: While doing the research, I was surprised to find there’s actually a cat café in Hong Kong, my home city!
WORLD NEWS
This double-sided cat menu introduces customers to the cafe’s “feline staff”
Invasive animal testing conducted on chimpanzees may be coming to an end. Using captive chimpanzees for animal testing began in the United States in the 1920s.In the 1950s, the Air Force started breeding them for the space program. In the mid-1970s, the importation of chimpanzees caught in the wild was banned due to concern for the preservation of threatened species. But in the 1980s, chimpanzees were used in AIDS research, which turned out to be unsuccessful. Recently, Roscoe G. Bartlett, a Republican Representative from Maryland, .has introduced bi-partisan legislation which, if passed, will finally put into action plans to phase out invasive research on these magnificent great apes in the United States.
Rep. Bartlett believes that these experiments are unnecessary. Furthermore, he does not believe that these experiments ethically, financially or scientifically justify the significant humane costs in using primates for research. Underlining the fact that we now have a much greater understanding of how invasive biomedical research on primates greatly affects them adversely, and in order to protect the researchers that need to physically restrain the animals while they are undergoing research (which causes them tremendous stress), Rep. Bartlett stresses in his article that alternatives, such as in-vitro methods, by-passes the need for using “whole” animals.Fortunately, many scientific breakthroughs have lessened the numbers in primate research. More up-to-date technologies across the board have shown that “whole” animal research is becoming increasingly less necessary.
This scene will never be seen in North America. While having tea or
coffee, or even noodles, customers are surrounded by cats, some on
the chairs and some on the table! Yet, this is not uncommon in
Japan. The world's first CAT CAFE was opened in Taiwan in 1998,
but became famous in Japan and has attracted many Japanese
tourists as well as domestic visitors. In Japan, the first cat cafe was
opened in Osaka in 2004, and Tokyo now has at least 39 cat cafés.
This is attributed to the fact that in Japan many apartments forbid
pets. The cat cafés provide relaxing companionship in what may
otherwise be a stressful and lonesome urban life.
A scene in the only cat café
in Hong Kong
Two young ladies playing with
two cats in a cat cafe in Japan
New Pending Law Regarding Research on Chimpanzees (US)
Cat staff serving humans in a cafe!
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HUMOUR TIME
THE UGLIEST BABY
A young woman was traveling with
her infant son on a train when a
man walking down the aisle
abruptly halted in front of her, did a
double take, and exclaimed, "That's
the ugliest baby I've ever seen."
The woman burst into tears, the
conductor who heard her crying
tried to console her.
"Don`t worry about what
inconsiderate people have to say;
they're just being uncouth. Here's
a banana for your monkey."
EASY VEGETARIAN
COOKING
Savory Apples ‘n Onion
This was once a pioneer favorite. Take 2 large apples
(they are in season right now and are very cheap), wash
and chop into cubes. Do likewise for a large sweet
onion (also inexpensive). Double the amounts if you are
having a guest. Saute in a pan over medium heat –
adding occasional small dashes of salt, cumin, balsamic
vinegar and the tiniest pat of butter (vegans can use
olive oil). When the onions are clear, you’re done. Yes,
it sounds weird, but it’s delicious. You’ll want to have
something to go with this that has some protein, like a
garden burger or a brown rice packet, both of which you can microwave. Apples ‘n onions only takes about 10 minutes, a few dollars and it’s delicious as a topping for rice or even by itself for a light snack.
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