Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread Kelley Saveika
This is a subject I've been interested in for a while, as I one day want to start my own sanctuary (with help of course). Best Friends is open to the public, and has no problem with people dumping - I have asked people who worked there and they said it wasn't an issue, and I asked what they would d

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread MaryChristine
they owe much of their ability to have a different attitude toward dumping to the fact that they have an enormous amount of land, they're out in the middle of nowhere so that they don't have folks just driving by every day, that they started out with a much-larger-than-usual core group of dedicated

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread Tad Burnett
In the past we have talked about shelters that call themselves NO KILL but as soon as the cat tests pos for FeLV it is KILLED I think we have just had such a case here in Mass It appears that a rescue went to pull a cat and get it on a transport to an adopter... The cat then tested pos. T

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread MaryChristine
absolutely, tad, and what's worse, is that it's still happening with FIVs, even, with less rationale. if so many vets weren't themselves ignorant of the research, and the fact that for many YEARS, all the textbooks and associations have said never to make a life-or-death decision on an asymptomati

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
They also receive a lot of funding and donations and have a dedicated board of directors. --- On Sat, 8/1/09, MaryChristine wrote: > From: MaryChristine > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject) > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 11:49 AM > they owe much of the

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread Kelley Saveika
Yes, I have thought about buying land in the middle of nowhere. Normally, however, that would bethe kiss of death to any sanctuary. It is very diffcult; fortunately I have time to work it out in my mind. On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:49 PM, MaryChristine wrote: > they owe much of their ability to ha

Re: [Felvtalk] (no subject)

2009-08-01 Thread Kelley Saveika
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Susan Hoffman wrote: > > They also receive a lot of funding and donations and have a dedicated board > of directors. Yes, but how much of that is due to the fact that they have been open to the public since the beginning? It seems a chicken and the egg thing to m

Re: [Felvtalk] for Kelley OT

2009-08-01 Thread Laurieskatz
Kelley, I am on an Ad Hoc committee regarding a new Animal Control/shelter manager and new shelter (ours was destroyed in a flood - the 5th largest natural disaster - last summer). We are making recommendations regarding the new manager and shelter. We are hoping to have a greater focus on the shel

Re: [Felvtalk] for Kelley OT

2009-08-01 Thread Chris
You might want to look at the No Kill Advocacy Center--in particular, the "No Kill Equation" at link below... http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/nokillequation.html Christiane Biagi Cell: 914-720-6888 ti...@mindspring.com Volunteer-St. Bernard Parish Animal Shelter http://www.flickr.com/phot