Wilbourn Way News - December 2007

2007-12-11T13:43:06Z

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I love my cat, but...

Report from Martin Library

The National Feral
Cat Summit

Cisco Wishes You Merry Christmas!

Need any last minute Christmas gifts for cat lovers?

Carole's Cat Store now offers Express Mail Overnight and Priority Mail 2 day shipping options to serve last minute Christmas shoppers. Order as late as December 21st for Christmas Eve delivery.

Cat News Highlights:

ASPCA announces nation's first Mobile Crime Scene Investigation Unit
and first Anti-Cruelty Institute

New York Care2 member mobilizes over 49 thousand signers to protect animal rights in Puerto Rico

Neighborhood Cats and In Defense of Animals announce protest rally against NY/NJ Port Authority on Tuesday, December 18th

TheAnimalRescueSite.com's daily click program needs you!

ZooToo House� launches major effort to improve shelters nationwide - Supporters can help their favorite shelters win BIG DONATIONS, top prize is a million dollar makeover!

See the Cat Tales page for the lyrics to "The Twelve Days of Christmas for Cat People" and the link to "A Few Famous Cat Lovers," a terrific article

Carole videos on YouTube: Wilbourn: Free consultation with the cat therapist, is a short video about Carole's class by the producers of the Meow Mix Acatemy. Click this link to display a page offering various recent videos of Carole.

Click this link to view Carole in Mo Rocca's Cat Lady of the Month interview and in new professional video segments from Carole's Meow Mix Acatemy class.

New fun items on the Fun With Cats page

Wilbourn Way News upgrades email system

ASPCA announces nation's first Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation Unit and first Anti-Cruelty Institute

NEW YORK, 12/11/07: Today, on NBC's Today Show, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals introduced its new Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation Unit, the nation's first, which will bring state of the art forensic investigation and emergency medical capabilities to the fight against animal cruelty.

In another "first", Ed Sayers, ASPCA's President & CEO, also announced that ground will be broken in February 2008 for the nation's first Anti-Cruelty Institute. Scheduled to open in 2010, the Institute will be dedicated to educating veterinarians and law enforcement officials with the specialized training necessary to recognize and respond to animal cruelty.

New York Care2 member mobilizes over 49 thousand online signatures to protect animal rights in Puerto Rico

Nadia Donato, a Puerto Rican New Yorker, was so appalled by the news she learned, though her Care2 Animal Welfare group, about the massacre of 80 family pets by housing authorities in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico that she started a petition calling on the Governor of Puerto Rico for a governmental investigation and the prosecution of those responsible.

She started with a goal of 1,000 signatures. She began building support within Care2, and then at other sites, and then was noticed by ABC News and the International Herald Tribune. As of December 6th, there are over 49,000 signatures. Congratulations to Nadia. She is another great example showing that we all can make a positive difference in the world if we care2.

To read Nadia's story

To sign her petition

Neighborhood Cats and In Defense of Animals announce another protest rally against NY/NJ Port Authority's Feral Cat Policies on Tuesday, December 18th

Carole has been very upset recently about the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's inhumane and counterproductive plan to euthanize hundreds of feral cats in and around John F. Kennedy International Airport, a Port Authority facility. She attended the November 15th protest rally and was glad to see a strong turnout. But, the Port Authority has not announced any change in their inhumane policy.

Therefore, her friends at Neighborhood Cats and In Defense of Animals are calling for another protest rally on Tuesday, December 18th from Noon to 1:30 p.m., at the headquarters of the Port Authority, located at 225 Park Avenue South (between East 18th and East 19th Streets, just north of Union Square) in Manhattan.

You can get the latest information about the coming protest and past efforts to change the Port Authority's policies at the Neighborhood Cats web site.

TheAnimalRescueSite.com's daily click program needs you!

Every time you visit the TheAnimalRescueSite.com web site and click on the "click here to donate" button you help generate advertising revenues that are distributed to a number of fine animal rescue and rehabilitation organizations. All profits from their store likewise benefit the non-profit animal service groups.

Carole has been hearing from friends recently that The Animal Rescue Site has been having difficulty maintaining the visitation and "clicks" that fund their great work. She finds this difficult to understand because they make it so easy. She signed up for their daily reminder email.

Another way to remember would be to make their site your browser's home page. That way, when you open your browser, you would be reminded, "Did I click today?"

Anyway, Carole suggests you help them out. A click a day doesn't take much effort and it will really help the animal welfare cause.

ZooToo House� launches major effort to improve shelters nationwide - Supporters can help their favorite shelters win BIG DONATIONS, top prize is a million dollar makeover!

Animal lovers can earn points for their local animal shelters by being active members on Zootoo.com, a new opinion-sharing website for pet lovers. The 20 shelters that earn the most points will all receive cash prizes, with an advisory board selecting the most deserving shelter to receive a million-dollar makeover.

The 20 shelters that accumulate the most points between October 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008, will be eligible to win the makeover or runners-up cash prizes. Please spread the word about this exciting contest to the shelters in your local area so they can muster their supporters to participate on their behalf.

Shelters will be able to win the makeover by encouraging their supporters to become active members on Zootoo, the only opinion-sharing web site that allows all pet lovers to help each other by sharing their knowledge. When first-time visitors go to Zootoo.com, they will be given the option of selecting a shelter to support. Then, every time they visit Zootoo.com - whether it's to review a product or service, share an opinion, post a photo, or refer a friend - they will automatically earn points for their designated shelter.

The Zootoo House Advisory Board, which consists of Thompson, Bill Meade from Shelter Planners of America, Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, as well as other experts in the pet industry, will personally conduct site visits of all 20 shelters to evaluate their needs and how Zootoo House can best facilitate enhancements. The shelter deemed most deserving will win a makeover valued up to one million dollars. A second shelter will win a $10,000 cash prize, and the 18 other top shelters will each receive $5,000.

Additional details and a complete list of rules for the shelter makeover program are available at http://www.zootoo.com/makeover.

Fun With Cats:

Check out the new items on Carole's Fun With Cats page. See funny cat pictures, links to streaming media fun, cat jokes, nonsense...

Wilbourn Way News upgrades email system

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