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Mitchell Animal Shelter

We have free access to an on-line webinar on July15 on using video and You-Tube to raise funds for our shelter. If anyone can watch and learn how to do this it could help raise awareness of the needs of our organization and lead to new donations for our humane programs.

I you can help please get in touch. Thanks

ART FOR ANIMALS SAKE
Fine craft and art sale to benefit
Mitchell County Animal Rescue, Inc.
Carolina Theater, lower street, Spruce Pine
Friday & Saturday, August 7 & 8, 10-5 pm
Sunday August 9, 12-5

Adopt A Shelter Cat Month

June was Adopt A Shelter Cat month at Mitchell County Animal Shelter. We waived adoption fees on all adult cats in order to save lives. Twelve adult cats were adopted this month, as compared to only one adult cat during the month of May 2009. MCAS feels all the cats went to good homes with the financial means to care for the cats. All the cats were altered, tested for feline leukemia, fully vaccinated and de-wormed, micro chipped, plus went home with a free bag of Hill's Science Diet and a month of free medical insurance coverage.

Dr Stacy Jones of Cane River Veterinary Wellness Clinic had offered to neuter any adopted male cat for free during June. However, all the adults were females but one, and he was previously altered.

One adult cat now remains at the shelter. That leaves 18 dogs and 27 cats needing a home in our shelter today. For information on sponsoring a shelter pet for adoption call MCAS at 765-6952. Saving the life of a shelter animal is a great act of kindness.

Help stop puppy Mills

Make a Call to Help Puppy Mill Bill Clear Next Hurdle

Legislation to help crack down on puppy mills in North Carolina is pending in the State Senate Finance Committee and we need your help to get the bill passed. Your state senator, Joe Queen, serves on this committee, and it is critical that your senator hear from constituents like you who support the bill. S. 460 would require licensing and inspections of puppy mills and require that humane standards be created and followed in these facilities.
After a Wayne County puppy mill raid in February, The HSUS had to help cover the approximately $75,000 clean-up costs because the county didn't have the money to deal with so many animals in such terrible condition. Dogs at these mass-production facilities are often stacked in filthy wire cages, with no veterinary care or human interaction, and they are treated not like pets but like a cash crop. Meanwhile, puppy mill operators continue to churn out puppies for sale in pet stores, over the Internet, and directly to the public, while depriving the state of millions of dollars in sales and income tax revenues.
TAKE ACTION
Please make a brief, polite phone call to Sen. Joe Queen at (919) 733-3460 to urge a YES vote on S. 460. When you call, remember to leave your name and address so it is clear that you are a constituent. You can say:
""Hello, my name is [your name] and I am calling from [your town] to urge [legislator's name] to vote YES on S. 460, legislation to regulate puppy mills. These large-scale production facilities sell hundreds of puppies a year to unsuspecting consumers across North Carolina, often without charging sales tax or paying income tax. In February, a Wayne County puppy mill was raided nearly a year after authorities received consumer complaints about purchasing sick and dying puppies. This bill would protect animals from cruelty, protect consumers from purchasing sick or genetically defective animals, and bring substantial missing tax revenues to the state. Thank you."
After making your call, please share this message with your friends and family in North Carolina so they can take action, too.
Thank you for all you do for animals.

Sincerely,

Mike Markarian

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. Do you believe your puppy may have come from a puppy mill? If so, please click here to tell us your story. Be sure to provide as many details as possible

Adopt a Shelter Cat Month

June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month and to celebrate Mitchell County Animal Shelter has waived the adoption fee on adult cats in order to save lives. On June 1 there were 45 cats at the shelter. During the month of January only 26 cats were surrendered. The contrast in these numbers helps emphasize the importance of spay neuter for all animals.

Every month Mitchell County Animal Rescue offers affordable high quality spay neuter clinics. Male cat neuters are only $35, with female cats and all dog alters are $50. Rabies and distemper shots are $6 at time of surgery. Male Cat Day is coming up soon and the surgery will be only $20.

Here is a link to The Potter League in RI, where many Mitchell County Animal Shelter dogs find great homes:

http://www.potterleague.org

Click on Dogs and see Squirt, Little Bear, Chaos, Otis, Hubba, Dodge, Coco and Zazzy who were transported from us last Sunday. These dogs were saved through donations from animal lovers in Mitchell County.

Also click on the news link and read about their new green building.

Get Coupon, Help Shelter

Here's a great way to get a Purina pet food coupon for your pet and help our shelter pets at the same time. Just go to:
http://www.giveabowl.com/home.aspx?LI=1 answer a few questions about your pet and print the coupon. If you don't want the coupon yourself, give it to the shelter. We can use it for our pet food bank.

When the coupon is redeemed, Mitchell County Animal Shelter receives a $1 donation from Purina.

Patricia Beam, Executive Director, Mitchell County Animal Rescue, spoke to the Rotary Club of Spruce Pine on Thursday, May 14 about the many services of MCAR.She is shown here with "Hotshot", a Jack Russell terrier, recently brought to the shelter, and assisted by Rotary President Ronnie Boone, as Hotshot selected two winners in a fundraising drawing, who are Cane River Veterinary Wellness Clinic of Burnsville and Hal Purason of Charlotte. Hot Shot was adopted by Bill & Brenda Sparks. The MCAR website is: www.mcar@petfinder.com.

Beautiful kitty still needs good home!, click here

Mitchell County Animal Rescue
Jonas Brothers Concert Tickets Raffle

Friday August 21, 2009 in Charlotte, NC
Package includes 2 Concert Tickets, $25 Chili's Gift card &
$20 Walmart Gas Card
Drawing: Tuesday Aug 4 at Mitchell County Animal Shelter
Ticket Price $5.00
You do not have to be present to win
All proceeds to benefit Mitchell County Animal Rescue
Tickets available at the animal shelter.

Also this Saturday
Mayland Writers Group will be selling raffle tickets at Walmart
for a $300 Walmart gift card, autographed books, artwork.
Numerous prizes and winners. Ticket price $1
Also available at the animal shelter.

Help us raise funds to care for the homeless animals in the shelter.

Spay/Neuter Program

Mitchell County Animal Rescue is proud to announce that in 2008 a total of 471 pets were spayed or neutered through our low cost, high quality monthly clinics through The Humane Alliance of Asheville. Local vets also participated in Spay Day USA. This is an increase of twenty-one pets altered in 2007. None of these figures include shelter pets, which are spayed or neutered before adoption.

Kathy Barrows, MCAR President says "Hundreds, if not thousands of unwanted litters were prevented from being born without a home or someone who can care for them. We are so proud of all the pet owners who stepped up and became responsible for preventing their pets from reproducing and adding to the pet over population in our area."

Through no fault of their own, many adorable puppies and kittens and grown pets also wind up in Mitchell County Animal Shelter needing and deserving a good home. In 2007 over 1100 pets were surrendered by Mitchell County residents. Attached is a photo of Poe, an American Bulldog and Lab mix puppy who is in the shelter today.

To sign up your pet for next month's clinic low cost clinic, just stop by the shelter Tuesday through Friday 10:30am to 4:30pm, or Saturday 10am to 3 pm. Cost is $35 for male cats, and $50 for female cats and all dogs. If your pet is current on rabies vaccinations, just bring your certificate for us to copy. Rabies shots are $6, and also $6 for distemper shots. Your pet's appointment will be another day on a Monday. Shelter staff will be glad to assist you.

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Patricia Beam
Executive Director
Mitchell County Animal Rescue, Inc.

P.O. Box 308
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
828-766-7348
Shelter 828-765-6952
fax 828-765-6765
Our pets are on-line
www.mcar.petfinder.com