Hi Mary Christine . . .thank you for sending this . . .I'm going to try to figure out how to "do" the chat . . .
Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "TenHouseCats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FeLVTalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: OT: Chat Week Events at Pethobbyist.com > the full schedule--all species, all topics is here: > http://www.pethobbyist.com/ChatWeek7.html > > the cat-specific schedule (including Feline Digital Photography with > Helmi Flick tonight) is at > http://www.cathobbyist.com/CatChat7.html > > a special note about a chat that it'd be nice to have FeLV parents at > is this one: note the last two sentences in the first paragraph: > nationwide adoption guarantee for all healthy shetler cats... (which, > to my mind, includes FIVs!). The next step will be to save the sick > and injured pets in animal shelters nationwide. seems like that's > where we need to stand up, huh? > > Thursday March 3 > > Rich Avanzino of Maddies Fund > Building a No-Kill Nation > Thursday, March 3, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium > Widely recognized as a visionary and "outside the box" thinker, Rich > Avanzino has had a major influence on the nation's animal welfare > movement. As President of The San Francisco SPCA from 1976-1999, > Avanzino led San Francisco to become the first City and County in the > nation to offer an adoption guarantee for every healthy shelter cat > and dog (1994). This unprecedented guarantee prompted statewide > legislation (California's Hayden Law) and sparked other cities, > counties, and states to follow his example. The vast majority of the > City's sick and injured shelter animals were saved as well. During his > twenty-two year tenure as President of The SF/SPCA, Avanzino brought > euthanasia rates down to the lowest of any urban center in the nation. > He also created adoption, animal behavior, feral cat, and spay/neuter > programs that have become models for the nation. Avanzino's > demonstrated leadership prompted Maddie's Fund founders, Dave and > Cheryl Duffield, to hire him as the foundation's first President in > 1999. The family foundation is helping to fund the creation of a > no-kill nation. The first goal is to help fund a nationwide adoption > guarantee for all healthy shelter cats and dogs. The next step will be > to save the sick and injured pets in animal shelters nationwide. > > As one of the no-kill movement's most articulate spokespeople, > Avanzino has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street > Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, People Magazine, Parade > Magazine, ABC's 20/20 and Person of the Week on the ABC Nightly News. > > if anyone needs more information, let me know--belinda was at the > rescue panel chat on sunday, so she can tell you it's not that hard to > access the chats! > > MaryChristine > >
