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When : October 16 th  Rain date October 17th

Where: Carolina Beach Lake Park

Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Come out for the second annual Salty Paws Festival. There will be arts and crafts, pet-owners’ education, microchipping, rescued pets for adoption, dog contests, raffles, and more. This event is sponsored for Saving Animals During Disasters.

Helpful Tips & Local Area Pet Resources

Animal Bites/Scratches

Brunswick County Animal Services is available 24 hours/day 7 days a week. To report an animal bite Monday-Friday 8-4:30PM  call 910-754-8204   Call 911 all other times.

Thoroughly clean the wound by washing with soap and tap water as soon as possible. A light scrubbing should occur during the wash. Then put a clean and dry bandage over the area. This treatment should not replace proper evaluation by a doctor.

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For After-hours Animal Emergency Service

Contact One of These Veterinary Emergency Hospitals:

Animal Emergency Clinic of Wilmington

5333 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
910-791-7387

Grand Strand Emergency Clinic

303 Highway 15
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
843-445-9797

A group is putting together a plan to take Brunswick County’s animal shelter off the health department’s list of duties.

Rescue Animals Community Effort, or RACE, Inc., is pursing nonprofit status and intends to make a formal pitch to take over the shelter’s operations in January to health board members and county commissioners.

“It’s going to allow us to bring volunteers in,” Cheri McLain, a resident of Shallotte and the group’s president, said Monday about the proposal.

McLain said the group is hoping that if the shelter is privatized, volunteers can do more work to promote adoptable animals and decrease the number of animals who are euthanized when they’re not adopted.

“I think we can really increase the adoption rate,” she said.

David Stanley, the health department’s environmental health director, said the county’s shelter adopts out about 1,000 animals in a typical year. It takes in about 6,000 animals a year.

He said the shelter’s annual budget is $800,000.

If a privatizing agreement were approved, the county would contract with the group and allocate it money to run the shelter. Health officials plan to meet with the group next week to start discussing how a privatized budget would work under an agreement.

Stanley said the health department still would be responsible for animal services, such as collecting strays and enforcing animal ordinances.

He said that for many health departments, the public health functions also absorbed adoption responsibilities.

Brunswick County Health Director Don Yousey said he does not think the health department should be involved in the business of animal adoptions. He said in the past, the agency has had to balance funding for services such as women’s mammograms when un-budgeted shelter needs came up.

“I don’t think those programs should be competing with each other,” he said.

Yousey said privatizing would mean the nonprofit group could recruit volunteers, which the county department does not do because of liability concerns. The group also could have the time to raise funds that the department would not.

“They can do better than we’ve done,” he said to board members Monday night.

By Vicky Eckenrode
Vicky.Eckenrode@starnewsonline.com

When: Sept 7-11 2010

Where : Legion Stadium
2131 Carolina Beach Rd
Wilmington, NC 28401

The swimming pool at Wilmington’s Legion Stadium is going to the dogs.
Proceeds benefit the Pender County Humane Society. This is a really fun event for the dogs. Bring water and whatever floaty toy your dog will chase! See ya there!

For more information call (910) 341-7863

Coastal Hounds
“Walk The Town”

When:  Saturday  October 9, 2010

Where:  Shallotte Middle School – Shallotte, NC

Time: Registration begins at 9:00 am

Length:  1.25 miles for the Bassett Hound Track
2.00 miles for the Top Hound Track

Our charity walk lets every dog have his day!
At the starting line, some participants are slobbering, others are scratching
themselves, and still others are sticking their noses in inappropriate places.
But their social faux pas are forgiving, because they have four legs, wet noses
and fur…and they’re walking to raise money for charity.

For more information email email us at coastalhounds@aol.com

We are proud to announce the 2010 benefit event for Adopt-An-Angel Animal Rescue! This year we are hosting a Bow Wow Luau & The Cat’s Meow FUN-Raiser event. The event promises to be an evening filled with fun, music by The Imitations, and lots of great silent auction items!

* EVENT: Bow Wow Luau & The Cat’s Meow Fun-Raiser, benefiting Adopt-An-Angel Rescue
* WHEN: 7:00pm, Saturday, August 28th, 2010
* WHERE: Banks Channel Pub and Grille, Wrightsville Beach, NC

Since 2004, over 4,325 cats/dogs have been rescued and adopted. Adopt-An-Angel has spayed and neutered another 2000, preventing their entry into the shelter in the first place. In 2009, Adopt-An-Angel adopted out 725 animals! There is no paid staff, it’s all volunteer, so every dollar goes to the animals. Please join us at the Bow Wow Luau & Cat’s Meow—a great Cause for Paws!

For more information about Adopt-An-Angel’s outreach program contact:
adopt@adoptanangel.net or call (910) 392-0557

Beginning today, the United States Postal Service is releasing 10 new first class 44 cent stamp depicting adopted dogs and cats.  The stamps are called Animal Rescue – Adopt a Shelter Pet.  They will be showcased in 20 stamp booklets and have 10 different designs.

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Stamps To The Rescue – Pet Adoption Postal Stamps Released

Can dogs get H1N1? As it turns out, yes dogs can get a strain of the virus and it may be coming here to the USA.  In fact, it may already be here.  The American Medical Veterinary Association reported last month that a cat in Iowa had contacted the H1N1 virus.

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Can Dogs And Cats Get H1N1?

Here is a neat video of a dog greeting his soldier “Dad” as he returns from Afghanistan.  Better have a tissue for the tears welling up.

Excerpt from: 
Soldier Greeted By Dog Upon Return

Dog Smarts:  Do you have a smart dog?  I ran across this thought provoking article online the other day and thought I would share it with you. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/pets/detail?entry_id=51503&tsp=1 There is no debating that a dog has varied levels of intelligence.  It depends on his breeding (genetics), his environment, social interaction and its owner – especially in

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Dog Smarts: Do You Have A Smart Dog?