Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Dogs in Joplin, Missouri need help now!

HIGH KILL GASSING SHELTER

http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/pitbullangels/May%2018/

All dogs/puppies in this album are available for adoptions as well as rescue; but private individuals interested in adopting should call the shelter (417-623-3642) OR email them at shelter@joplinhumane.org instead of e-mailing Lysa directly.

Unfortunately, she doesn't have time to answer so many individual e-mails about single dogs or puppies. Lysa is more than happy to work with anyone to get a dog/puppy but she is only one person and struggles with time constraints.

UPDATE from Lysa on Saturday, May 22nd: "BTW...we are now up to 826 animals for the month. We are really stuck because we have nowhere to move animals out to while pending rescue....Golden Paws is full. We have no drivers to get these dogs anywhere ourselves, and no staff to drive them. It is CRITICAL that rescues set up to get dogs out as soon as they are available, I have several dogs to vet next week...it is just crazy. Rescues that can arrange to pick them up and vet them themselves are my number one heroes!"

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Please keep in mind this is a high kill gassing shelter. A high volume of dogs/cats come in monthly (620 so far this month). 60 came in on Tuesday (May 18th). They need help as soon as possible. Please share this email with everyone you know. I know it's hard to digest that this many animals come into a shelter and so many are gassed but it is sad fact. The best way to help is to save one or more. Timing is truly of the essence in helping. Many people are upset by this method of euthanasia, which is completely understandable, but please be respectful when dealing with the shelter as the employees are very nice and want to help get as many out as possible.

Thank you for helping me network for this shelter.

Please contact Lysa Lysa Buehler ASAP at pitbullangels@yahoo.com if you can help save a life. Thank you!

Some of the dogs/puppies shown here are also on the Joplin, MO website which will have further info on each one: http://www.joplinhumane.org/adoption.html

Wyvonnia

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2063296&id=1412619308&ref=mf

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From: Lysa Buehler
Date: Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Subject: [KCRescue] (unknown)

I am attaching photos of more dogs at the shelter in Joplin that need out ASAP. We had more than 60 animals come in today; we are over 620 animals so far this month.

We are at the "euthanizing for space" point....I just cannot get them out to rescue fast enough. You can also check out our pet list at www.joplinhumane.org

Please note some dogs are marked as URGENT; but realistically they are all URGENT considering how quickly dogs are coming in.

Pictures were taken and posted quicly, contact me for specifics.

Please contact me immediately if you can help any of these dogs. I have also posted some dogs still on stray time in an attempt to get interest in them while they sit at the shelter waiting.

Sadly, VERY few dogs get reclaimed. If you can pull anyone, we need to know quickly.

If you pick dogs and confirm that you will take them, I will prepare a deferred transfer contract to put on the dog so we avoid any confusion.

Dogs that are available need out NOW....boarding may be available at Golden Paws Boarding Kennel for $3/day.

To cover our costs, we ask $10 for Distemper Combo, Internasal Bordatella and deworming with Strongid. If desired, HWT testing is available for $10, Rabies is $10, Health Certificate is $10. Dogs are treated with Frontline if we see fleas. Neuter prior to transport is possible, but boarding will be required outside of the shelter.