This is a photo of a couple of pals.
And that’s why they are in the spotlight of “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap.”
Jessica Hodnett tells the story of this pair of ol’ buddies.
“These are both rescues from the City of Arlington shelter. Jaxon the Boxer and Roscoe, aka Monster Kitty. The best breeds are definitely rescued. Roscoe was part of a litter I fostered and he and Jax have been best friends since he was just 3 weeks old.”
Makes you warm just to think about these two being friends.
[To nominate your slumbering critters for the spotlight of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap, send photos and info to [email protected]. Remember, we publish these photos to encourage insomniacs and, in this case, to encourage people around the world to understand that being able to get along is a blessing in life.]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE SPCA
AND HERE IS YOUR BUSLOAD OF TULSA DOGS
The SPCA of Texas is having a 75th anniversary celebration from noon to 3 p.m.
Sunday at the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center, 2400 Lone Star Drive, in Dallas.
Yep, 75 years. Founded in 1938. The SPCA press release reads, “On September 22, 1938, Emilie Schuyler and a group of prominent Dallas citizens obtained a state charter of incorporation. This officially makes the SPCA of Texas, then known as the Dallas Animal Protective League, the oldest and largest animal welfare agency in North Texas.”
So, on Sunday, this free family-oriented and critter-happy festival will include food, crafts, a pumpkin patch photo booth, birthday cakecutting, music, a trick-or-treat table and something that nobody even dreamed of in 1938 -- a bounce house!
See adoptables at spca.org. That’s Cheyenne, by the way, a dog with a great smile. Obviously, she’s wearing her party face.
NOW, ABOUT THOSE TULSA DOGS -- The SPCA of Texas issued the
release Friday afternoon. The shelter took in 61 dogs from the Humane Society of Tulsa.
Why was the transfer needed? Because suddenly Tulsa was full - two commercial breeders closed down and surrendered the dogs to the Humane Society. The Humane Society, in exchange, took 10 rabbits from the SPCA and will work to find homes for them.
The SPCA has 30 more rabbits -- they all were from a recent cruelty case seizure.
[LARRY ASIDE: So, ladies and gentlemen, what can we draw from this event. Yes, that is correct, not all the puppy-breeding nitwits are in Texas and not all the people who are cruel to rabbits are in Oklahoma. See, the states of Oklahoma and Texas are closer together again even after that shellacking in the Cotton Bowl a week ago.]
As you can see in one photo, the dogs arrived by the busload and one of ‘em looks like he or she might be a Beagle-type. Then there’s that little cute puppy. Probably bewildered, but certainly being socialized.
The Tulsa dogs are now at the SPCA’s Perry Animal Care Center in McKinney and at the SPCA of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas.
Types of pups include Jack Russell Terriers, Shih Tzus, Lhasa Apsos, Boston Terriers, Dachshunds and Chihuahua/Pug mixes.You can see more photos HERE. And you can see how to help the SPCA HERE. See the Humane Society of Tulsa Facebook page HERE.
Why did the breeders hand over their inventory?
The answer, from Gina Gardner, president of the Humane Society of Tulsa reads, “Last year, Oklahoma passed the Commercial Breeders Act. It requires breeders with more than 11 females register with the Department of Agriculture, have annual inspections and pay annual license fees. Due to this new legislation, more and more breeders are choosing to simply close their operations.”
[LARRY ASIDE: Texas has a breeding law, too. This is a LINK to a description. Dumping doesn’t happen in Texas? Consider the story of a year ago when 92 purebreds were dumped on roads in Flower Mound and Denton. Here’s the LINK to an NBC5 story from last year. You’d think that by now someone would have noticed that a breeder was out of business and needed to be charged with animal cruelty. We know. Not all breeders are bad people. But the yutz (that a word?) who dumped these dogs on a road at night would hardly have spent the past year being fitted for a halo.]
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