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Mitchell Animal Shelter

23rd Annual Art For Animal's Sake
Exhibition and Sale of Art/Craft
To Benefit
Mitchell County Animal Rescue and Animal Shelter
at Carolina Theater
Lower Street in Spruce Pine
Sat. Aug 14, 10am to 6pm
Sun. Aug 15, noon to 6pm
Your purchases go to support MCAR's work
with abandoned and neglected animals!
(Image by Margaret Cogswell)

Teach Kids to Care

Helping stray, abused, and abandoned animals in our community is our number-one goal. But rescuing, sheltering, and adopting animals isn’t enough. We also need to teach our youngest citizens the basics of responsible pet care and the value of treating people and animals with kindness and respect. That’s why your support for our Adopt-a-Classroom program is so vital.

For each $30 contribution you make to our Adopt-a-Classroom program, you’ll provide an entire elementary-school class with KIND News, an award-winning classroom newspaper that teaches children kindness and respect for animals.

A subscription to KIND News includes nine monthly issues, September through May. Each issue comes with 28 copies of the newspaper and a teacher’s guide. Teachers also receive a mega-sized calendar poster of fun facts and tips and have access to reproducible worksheets that reinforce lessons in kindness and responsibility. Please help us teach our children to care by adopting classrooms today!

To sponsor a classroom contact MCAR at 765-6952 for more infomation.

To get a FREE subsciption for your Mitchell County classroom for next fall contact Patricia Beam at mcardirector@bellsouth.net or call 765-6952. She needs you full name, the grade you teach, your school name and your email address or phone number.

Mitchell Co. Animal Rescue could use your help! Check out the following information courtesy of:
Acme K9 Services: Items needed by local animal shelters.

Animal shelters all over the country are, and sad to say almost always, at full capacity. Most are running on a limited budget and rely heavily on donations. If you take the time to make a visit to a shelter you can't help but want to do something to help those animals in need. Some shelter needs are obvious, some are not. Helping may not be as hard as you think.

1. Old blankets. They can be cut up to use in cages with smaller animals or left whole for the larger animals. All dogs and cats love things to lie on. People often throw these away, but shelters love them. Check yard sales, too. Often, people sell them very cheap.

2. Food. Dog food, cat food, or any other kind of animal food for the type of animals your shelter takes in. When the budget is stretched food is needed badly. Both dry and canned food can be used. When a dog or cat is full it helps them get through a scary situation. Mother's milk replacements are available in many pet stores.

3. Treats. Dogs and cats love to get a treat but often these items are cut back when the budget at shelters is tight, and that is almost all the time. Treats are often on sale at stores and can be purchased at a very reasonable price. All kinds are appreciated. Rawhides are a great treat for dogs!

4. Towels. When towels wear out give them a new life at your animal shelter. They love to get clean towels and the animals don’t care if they are worn or have holes in them! Animals are often brought in cold and wet and towels are needed. Sometimes, they just want something to lie on. Towels are very versatile. They can be used as blankets, be used to dry a wet animal, or be used to clean messes the animals make at the shelter.

5. Placemats. Tired of your placemats? Cats love to lay on them and the vinyl ones can be used under food dishes. Cloth ones can be used as small bedding. They don't care if they are worn or stained.

6. Toys. Often animals alone in a cage want something to play with. Who wouldn’t? Check with your shelter and see what kind they are in need of. Most shelters take toys but some do not. Toys wear out very fast and need to be replaced often. Again, as with treats, toys are one of the first items to be cut when money is tight. Squeaky toys, stuffed animals and even balls are favorites.

7. Food dishes. Animal shelters go through many dishes on a regular basis. They get worn out, pushed around, and broken. New ones are also something that isn't expensive to give.

8. Litter and Litter Boxes. Most shelters have lots of cats and change litter often. They can always use more litter. Litter boxes are useful because they are always getting in more cats and kittens.

9. Cat or Dog beds. If you have them, if you see them on sale, or if you know someone getting rid of theirs the shelter desperately needs them. Comfort of the animals is important. They provide a warm, soft place to sleep and relax.

10. Leashes and Collars. Shelters use them to walk animals, and sometimes give them away with adoptions. They aren't very expensive, but when you go through so many, the cost adds up for the shelters. All sizes are needed and used.

11. Laundry detergent. Towels, blankets, and other items need to be washed. Laundry detergent comes out of the shelter's budget. Fabric softener is also welcome!

12. Grooming items. Animals need to be bathed, brushed, and taken care of. Items to help groom them are needed. Brushes, combs, shampoos, even animal nail clippers are useful items.

13. Newspaper. Newspapers can line the bottoms of cages for puppies and kittens. Just save your papers and drop them off at your local shelter.

14. Time. Do you have some spare time that you can donate to go and walk animals, or play with them? Can you help care for, or feed them. You can also volunteer to foster an animal that desperately needs it. Shelters are overcrowded and the staff is in need of help. Most shelters love to have volunteers. When the staff is busy running the shelter the animals may go without the attention they need and want. If you have the time you can make a big difference for the improvement in the quality of a cat or dogs life. Even a few hours a week can be a big help to your local shelter. We all wonder how we can make a positive difference in this world. Here is your opportunity. The shelter and the animals will be grateful.

15. Cash. Every shelter could use cash donations. Every single dollar helps. They help stretch the shelter's budget. In most situations, these donations are tax deductible.

Contact your local shelter. They may need things that aren't listed here. Shelters that take in other animals may have special needs that you maybe able to help out with. Your local shelter will be happy to let you know what they need. It takes very little to make a difference in the lives of animals. It also just might make a difference in yours!

Thanks so Much! MCAR PO Box 308, Spruce Pine, NC 28777

Twenty Five Years

Mitchell County Animal Rescue, Inc. is twenty-five years old (that's one hundred seventy in dogs years to you and me). The Animal Shelter opened fifteen years ago also. We are celebrating twenty- five years of caring and sheltering for the animals of our county. Now through the rest of the year all dog and cat adoptions fees are only $25. All pets are spayed or neutered before going home. Adoption fee includes micro chip permanent ID, vaccinations, de-worming, adult dogs are tested negative for heart worm and cats are negative for feline leukemia. Plus each pet goes home with a bag of Hill's Science Diet. Our goal is every homeless pet in Mitchell County is home for the holidays.

Another way we are celebrating is half-price spay or neuter for the pets of Mitchell County residents for only $25. Pets must be current on rabies and distemper vaccinations. Total vaccination fee is $18 if your pet needs vaccinations. Prevention is the only solution for unwanted litters.

Mitchell County Animal Rescue understands that there are some pets in our area that were adopted before the shelter was built. If you have a pet that was adopted at the old drive in threater building on an adoption day please let us know. We would love to have a photo of your pet and hear your story. We have a special treat for your senior citizen pet.

Shelter hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30am to 4:30pm, Saturdays 10am to 3pm. Our phone number is 765-6952. You are welcome to stop by anytime and visit. We are making a difference everyday.

DO THE MATH

TWO UNCONTROLLED BREEDING CATS

…PLUS ALL THEIR KITTENS

…AND ALL OF THE KITTENS, KITTENS, KITTENS, WILL ADD UP TO. (IF NONE OF THEM ARE NEVER SPAYED OR NEUTERED)

YEAR ONE 12 CATS

YEAR TWO 66 CATS

YEAR THREE 382 CATS

YEAR FOUR 2,201 CATS

YEAR FIVE 12,680 CATS

YEAR SIX 73,041 CATS

YEAR SEVEN 420,715 CATS

YEAR EIGHT 2,423,316 CATS