Showing 8 posts tagged with "pet rescue"
We got this note from Terri Crisp with Operation Baghdad Pups with an update. Kind of funny - I once wrote a book report about her nonfiction book, Out of Harm's Way, in high school! Life comes full circle sometimes, doesn't it?
From Terri:
Thanks for the mention on your blog. Hope all is well on your end. I am in Kuwait right now. We got 4 dogs out of Iraq on Wednesday night and we will be bringing out another 4 on Sunday and I bring the last group of 4 on Monday. Once we complete this mission we will have brought 95 animals home.
From Terri:
Thanks for the mention on your blog. Hope all is well on your end. I am in Kuwait right now. We got 4 dogs out of Iraq on Wednesday night and we will be bringing out another 4 on Sunday and I bring the last group of 4 on Monday. Once we complete this mission we will have brought 95 animals home.
We received this update from our friends at Military Working Dog Adoptions regarding MWD Dexter C067's successful relocation to the US last week:
Military Working Dog Adoptions is unbelievably delighted to announce that MWD Dexter C067 has returned to the USA as of 30 December 2008!!
We were moved beyond words to witness the reunion between MWD Dexter and his former handler, MA1 Kathleen Ellison in Naples, Italy. Dexter's "doggy smile" said volumes which no words could ever convey.
Dexter and Kathleen's reunion and trip to the USA has been chronicled on the MWD website.
Take some time to experience the gratitude of Handler and MWD in their real life situation. Military Working Dog Adoptions was able to pay for Dexter's ride home because of your kindness and generosity in donating to meet the needs of America ʼs retiring Military Working Dog heroes! We thank you from the depths of our hearts.
Military Working Dog Adoptions is unbelievably delighted to announce that MWD Dexter C067 has returned to the USA as of 30 December 2008!!
We were moved beyond words to witness the reunion between MWD Dexter and his former handler, MA1 Kathleen Ellison in Naples, Italy. Dexter's "doggy smile" said volumes which no words could ever convey.
Dexter and Kathleen's reunion and trip to the USA has been chronicled on the MWD website.
Take some time to experience the gratitude of Handler and MWD in their real life situation. Military Working Dog Adoptions was able to pay for Dexter's ride home because of your kindness and generosity in donating to meet the needs of America ʼs retiring Military Working Dog heroes! We thank you from the depths of our hearts.
We have helped this organization in the past when they are transporting retiring military working dogs. If you are looking to adopt a smart, well-trained dog, military working dogs might be the answer for you! PetRelcoation.com offers a 10% discount on all military relocations -- this includes military dogs too!
Military Working Dog Adoptions is proud to announce the transport of retiring MWDs
Milly F607 and Freddy B108 to their "Forever Homes"!!
At present, the military requires the adopting family to pay transport costs for their newly adopted MWD family member. This factor alone can make a retiring MWD adoption cost prohibitive...SO...Military Working Dog Adoptions began accepting donations to underwrite the cost of retiring MWD transport! Your generosity makes these transports possible. Please remember us when making your donations, so we never have to say "No" to transporting a MWD Hero!
HELP US HELP THEM...DONATE TODAY!
Military Working Dog Adoptions is proud to announce the transport of retiring MWDs
Milly F607 and Freddy B108 to their "Forever Homes"!!
At present, the military requires the adopting family to pay transport costs for their newly adopted MWD family member. This factor alone can make a retiring MWD adoption cost prohibitive...SO...Military Working Dog Adoptions began accepting donations to underwrite the cost of retiring MWD transport! Your generosity makes these transports possible. Please remember us when making your donations, so we never have to say "No" to transporting a MWD Hero!
HELP US HELP THEM...DONATE TODAY!
Our paths crossed recently with a realtor by the name of Endre Barath, who buys and sells homes in the Los Angeles area, and found out that not only is he a pet lover, but he also donates a portion of all of his commissions on buying & selling homes to animal rescues. From his site:
You too can help be part of the solution. By selling or buying your home through me, you are assured that a portion of my commission will be donated to the LA-based non-profit 501(c) organizations, The Lange Foundation and Molly's Mutts and Meows.
If you're relocating to or from Los Angeles with pets and trying to find a realtor, he sounds like a great one to work with!
You too can help be part of the solution. By selling or buying your home through me, you are assured that a portion of my commission will be donated to the LA-based non-profit 501(c) organizations, The Lange Foundation and Molly's Mutts and Meows.
If you're relocating to or from Los Angeles with pets and trying to find a realtor, he sounds like a great one to work with!
From my friend Tim in Seoul comes this update regarding a new location for the Daejeon Dog Shelter. For more information, check out Animal Rescue Korea.
We had been having some problems with / delays in building the new shelter in Yangju. Basically those problems combined with Mrs Jung having to urgently move from the Daejeon property (her landlord has new tenants who want to move in right now) meant we needed to look for a new option for the Daejeon dogs (other than the Yangju land or the Samsong shelter, which cannot take any more dogs).
Another Korean rescue group recommended we visit a shelter in Cheonan/Asan run by Mr Hee Tae Park. On Saturday after we visited the Daejeon shelter Hyunjoo, Eileen, Sofia and myself visited Mr Park's shelter (it's actually in Asan, about 20 mins by taxi from the Cheonan Asan train station - the KTX travels straight there).
It is a great shelter, Mr Park owns a huge area of land on top of a hill. It's quite steep to drive up there from the main road but he has heaps of space and no close neighbours, plus his shelter has been there for a number of years (so we are never going to have the landlord or council issues we have experienced with Daejeon and Samsong). He has absolutely no shortage of space to accommodate more dogs.
He has around 150 dogs (of all shapes and sizes - we met Golden Retrievers, Huskies, Afghans, Pointers, Labs, Spaniels, Beagles, Schnauzers, French Bulldogs, you name it) plus about 50 cats.
The shelter is really well set up, it is arranged into separate areas for:
- the large dogs (large fenced areas they can run around in plus kennels for when it is cold or wet);
- medium sized dogs (same set up as the large dogs)
- small dogs (some areas are the same as the above set up, others are indoors)
- cats (enclosed)
- quarantine / medical area (his vet also visits and does some surgeries on location).
He even has a pool for the dogs to exercise & swim in during the summer. He also has CCTV cameras set up so that all the various enclosures can be monitored 24 hours from the office/accommodation area.
I took a bunch of videos, but unfortunately it was dusk when we arrived so they are too dark to see properly. I will take more next Saturday during the day.
Mr Park lives at the shelter and has one assistant as well, a really nice young guy who also lives in accommodation there. Mr Park makes his own dog food with fresh chicken, vegetables, herbs and berries per a recipe approved by his vet.
We spoke to Mr Park for about 3 hours (his English is not too bad, but most discussions were via Hyunjoo to make sure there were no misunderstandings). He seems to be a really nice man who genuinely cares about animals. Joon from the Itaewon cat shelter has known him for over 10 years and she recommends him very highly. He is looking after a number of her cats at the moment.
Mr Park agreed he could take the Daejeon dogs on the following terms:
- he can take the dogs next Saturday and accommodate them temporarily in two spare greenhouses he has (both are the size of the one at Mrs Jung's shelter in Daejeon), once he has upgraded / extended his existing enclosures he will move the dogs to their permanent areas (he estimates it will take around 3 weeks);
- we pay him an up-front amount for him to upgrade / extend his existing facilities to accommodate 70 new dogs;
- we pay him a regular monthly amount to cover food and hiring one additional person to look after the dogs (his view is that 75-80 dogs per carer is manageable, but any more than that means they are not being properly cared for);
- if we bring any adopters to the shelter then the 50,000 won adoption fee is deducted from our monthly payment;
- if we can get anyone to donate money to the shelter then that is also deducted from the monthly payment;
- once we have arranged 50 adoptions from the shelter we don't have to keep paying the monthly amount (although I think we should still assist with the cost of food + encourage donations if we are in a position to do so).
We think this is a fair arrangement.
So we will be moving the Daejeon dogs to Cheonan/Asan this Saturday (6th of December). We really need help loading and unloading the 70 Daejeon dogs onto the two 5 tonne trucks we have arranged - anyone who can assist us we would be greatly appreciative.
We will need to visit the shelter slightly earlier on Saturday to make sure we have enough time to load and unload the dogs, allowing for travel time. So the arrangements will be:
- any volunteers coming from Seoul we will meet at Seoul train station at 7.30am to catch the 8.00 am KTX train;
- anyone else we will meet at Daejeon train station at 9.00am;
- the trucks will arrive at 10.00am at the Daejeon shelter and we are allowing about 2 hours to load the dogs and cages onto the trucks;
- driving time is about 2 hours from Daejeon to Cheonan/Asan;
- a couple of people may be able to ride with the trucks but the rest of us will take the KTX from Daejeon station to Cheonan Asan station (it takes about 20-25 minutes on the KTX);
- if the trucks arrive at the new shelter around 2.00pm that should give us plenty of time to unload the dogs and get them settled into their temporary accommodation;
- we are holding our second fundraiser for the shelter in Daejeon itself (at the Brickhouse) on Saturday night so we will be travelling back to Daejeon afterward, everyone is obviously welcome to join us if you can make it!
I would really encourage you to visit the new shelter - its is a great facility and they have such a wide variety of dog and cat breeds that I think we will be able to arrange regular adoptions much more easily (especially as they have so many different breeds of dogs, big and small).
We will also be paying for Mrs Jung's long-overdue back operation (and the post-operative care). She will be out of action for 2 or 3 months recovering from that. Mrs Jung won't be involved in caring for / managing the 70 Daejeon dogs once they have been relocated to the new shelter.
Anyone who is able to assist us on Saturday (you don't all have to help load and unload dogs, even if you would just like to visit the new shelter or say goodbye to Mrs Jung you would be most welcome).
Please contact me by return email or on 010 8940 5233 if you can help out.
Cheers
Tim
We had been having some problems with / delays in building the new shelter in Yangju. Basically those problems combined with Mrs Jung having to urgently move from the Daejeon property (her landlord has new tenants who want to move in right now) meant we needed to look for a new option for the Daejeon dogs (other than the Yangju land or the Samsong shelter, which cannot take any more dogs).
Another Korean rescue group recommended we visit a shelter in Cheonan/Asan run by Mr Hee Tae Park. On Saturday after we visited the Daejeon shelter Hyunjoo, Eileen, Sofia and myself visited Mr Park's shelter (it's actually in Asan, about 20 mins by taxi from the Cheonan Asan train station - the KTX travels straight there).
It is a great shelter, Mr Park owns a huge area of land on top of a hill. It's quite steep to drive up there from the main road but he has heaps of space and no close neighbours, plus his shelter has been there for a number of years (so we are never going to have the landlord or council issues we have experienced with Daejeon and Samsong). He has absolutely no shortage of space to accommodate more dogs.
He has around 150 dogs (of all shapes and sizes - we met Golden Retrievers, Huskies, Afghans, Pointers, Labs, Spaniels, Beagles, Schnauzers, French Bulldogs, you name it) plus about 50 cats.
The shelter is really well set up, it is arranged into separate areas for:
- the large dogs (large fenced areas they can run around in plus kennels for when it is cold or wet);
- medium sized dogs (same set up as the large dogs)
- small dogs (some areas are the same as the above set up, others are indoors)
- cats (enclosed)
- quarantine / medical area (his vet also visits and does some surgeries on location).
He even has a pool for the dogs to exercise & swim in during the summer. He also has CCTV cameras set up so that all the various enclosures can be monitored 24 hours from the office/accommodation area.
I took a bunch of videos, but unfortunately it was dusk when we arrived so they are too dark to see properly. I will take more next Saturday during the day.
Mr Park lives at the shelter and has one assistant as well, a really nice young guy who also lives in accommodation there. Mr Park makes his own dog food with fresh chicken, vegetables, herbs and berries per a recipe approved by his vet.
We spoke to Mr Park for about 3 hours (his English is not too bad, but most discussions were via Hyunjoo to make sure there were no misunderstandings). He seems to be a really nice man who genuinely cares about animals. Joon from the Itaewon cat shelter has known him for over 10 years and she recommends him very highly. He is looking after a number of her cats at the moment.
Mr Park agreed he could take the Daejeon dogs on the following terms:
- he can take the dogs next Saturday and accommodate them temporarily in two spare greenhouses he has (both are the size of the one at Mrs Jung's shelter in Daejeon), once he has upgraded / extended his existing enclosures he will move the dogs to their permanent areas (he estimates it will take around 3 weeks);
- we pay him an up-front amount for him to upgrade / extend his existing facilities to accommodate 70 new dogs;
- we pay him a regular monthly amount to cover food and hiring one additional person to look after the dogs (his view is that 75-80 dogs per carer is manageable, but any more than that means they are not being properly cared for);
- if we bring any adopters to the shelter then the 50,000 won adoption fee is deducted from our monthly payment;
- if we can get anyone to donate money to the shelter then that is also deducted from the monthly payment;
- once we have arranged 50 adoptions from the shelter we don't have to keep paying the monthly amount (although I think we should still assist with the cost of food + encourage donations if we are in a position to do so).
We think this is a fair arrangement.
So we will be moving the Daejeon dogs to Cheonan/Asan this Saturday (6th of December). We really need help loading and unloading the 70 Daejeon dogs onto the two 5 tonne trucks we have arranged - anyone who can assist us we would be greatly appreciative.
We will need to visit the shelter slightly earlier on Saturday to make sure we have enough time to load and unload the dogs, allowing for travel time. So the arrangements will be:
- any volunteers coming from Seoul we will meet at Seoul train station at 7.30am to catch the 8.00 am KTX train;
- anyone else we will meet at Daejeon train station at 9.00am;
- the trucks will arrive at 10.00am at the Daejeon shelter and we are allowing about 2 hours to load the dogs and cages onto the trucks;
- driving time is about 2 hours from Daejeon to Cheonan/Asan;
- a couple of people may be able to ride with the trucks but the rest of us will take the KTX from Daejeon station to Cheonan Asan station (it takes about 20-25 minutes on the KTX);
- if the trucks arrive at the new shelter around 2.00pm that should give us plenty of time to unload the dogs and get them settled into their temporary accommodation;
- we are holding our second fundraiser for the shelter in Daejeon itself (at the Brickhouse) on Saturday night so we will be travelling back to Daejeon afterward, everyone is obviously welcome to join us if you can make it!
I would really encourage you to visit the new shelter - its is a great facility and they have such a wide variety of dog and cat breeds that I think we will be able to arrange regular adoptions much more easily (especially as they have so many different breeds of dogs, big and small).
We will also be paying for Mrs Jung's long-overdue back operation (and the post-operative care). She will be out of action for 2 or 3 months recovering from that. Mrs Jung won't be involved in caring for / managing the 70 Daejeon dogs once they have been relocated to the new shelter.
Anyone who is able to assist us on Saturday (you don't all have to help load and unload dogs, even if you would just like to visit the new shelter or say goodbye to Mrs Jung you would be most welcome).
Please contact me by return email or on 010 8940 5233 if you can help out.
Cheers
Tim
