FAQ for Stray, Wayward, & Lost Pets

FAQ for Stray, Wayward, & Lost Pets (via @SEPRR) http://j.mp/FAQLostPets

When anyone finds a Wayward Pet, the course of action is straightforward:

Part One: Finding the Pet's Owner:

1- Secure & safely isolate the animal. Provide a quiet warm location with Bedding, Water, something to chew on, and basic food.

2- Call, Text, AND Email the Contacts on the Tags. (Do all 3!)

3- Visit any vet clinic;Scan for a Microchip. (If there is a MicroChip, the Vet will often secure the pet until it's owner arrives. Your work is done!)

Note: In ITP Atlanta, PetSmart is open on Saturdays. Pets Are People Too behind Ansley Mall is open 24/7.

4- Take Some Pictures and then Empower Your Posts! 15 minute Social Media Primer for Pet Rescuers: http://bit.ly/ngw1c5

5- Post the pictures to a Public Album. (Note: FB requires a user login even if the Album is Public. Google+ is truly public, not requiring a login. Hence, post the photos to G+. )

If all these efforts fail:

Eventually, you will have to take your Wayward Pet to Animal Services. When doing so, Stress to Intake Personnel the Pet is a Stray and NOT "Owner Turn In"

Want to know more? Owner Turn-In's can be Euthanized the same day. Strays have a 7 Day hold / owner recovery period. After which time, the animal is "reviewed" (the "Review Date") given a list of circumstances that may or may have anything at all to do with the disposition or health of the pet, the pet can then be euthanized on or after the Review Date. Groups like BHVF raise money so the Pets can be held for adoption after the Review Date has passed, however there is a finite number of pets that can be held for an extended period of time, and the number varies based upon available resources of money, space, fosters, and volunteers. So fostering is a good way to help these pets live and find a home. Usually all the pets need is a bit of extra time to find a home. Policies can and do vary over time.

Part Two:  Rescuing the Pet after surrender to Animal Services:

• If you plan on making sure the pet survives or is more easily rescued, please consider administering a round of shots before surrendering to Animal Services. Rescues spend most of the funding on vet bills for pets that contracted a condition in animal control. Why? Animals are not usually given shots in any animal control. Fulton County often will thanks to BHVF funding & other grants, but you will need to double check before you turn them in. 
  
  
  Want to know more? Processing in Animal Service is a legal requirement that clears any claim of title the prior owner may have had if the prior owner fails to recover the animal within the Owner Reclaim period. This is enables the animal to be adopted by new owners without the possibility of the prior owner suing for custody of the pet.
  
  
• Identify a Foster with a Rescue Group Willing to Foster the Pet.
• Apply to become a Foster

- Angels is a very good organization that handles cats & dogs of any age/breed/mix (Fostering with Angels)
- Friends of Fulton County Animal Services now has a solid fostering program Contact Robbie Caban, FCAS Volunteer Coordinator for an application.

• Promote the Pet to find a Rescue or Foster: Use this article to empower your Social Media reach and save your new Furry Friend!

Want to know more? Rescue groups focus their efforts on homeless pets on death row in Kill Shelters. While Atlanta Humane Society does kill some pets during the intake process, it is not considered a Kill Shelter. The difference is simply the level of killing that takes place.  View 2009 Animal Control Statistics for GA here.  Even with so-called No Kill Shelters, consider the fate of a pet that arrives after the No Kill Shelter is full? That animal will likely be redirected to a "Kill Shelter" unless immediate fostering/rescue resources can be secured. 

Suffice it to say, that given limited resources of rescues, if the pet is not already on death row, a rescue will not be able to bring (or "pull") the pet into their network without you personally stepping up to foster the pet.

Simply opening your home to the pet as a foster parent and shuttling them to/from adoption events is sufficient.

Find a pet rescue near you: For your own sanity, find a rescue with pet adoption events close to your home.  Visit the larger pet stores near your home and ask the store manager for the rescue groups contact info that hold events at that store. Then apply directly to those groups, then pull the dog yourself as a qualified foster into the rescue. Make sure they have frequent adoption events so you can show off your foster! 

When Apply to become a Foster, ask the Rescue for all the items the pet will need: A kennel, animal ID#, a supply of food, existing health records, medications, leashes, the direct link on the website where the pet is listed (petfinder.com/petharbor.com etc), schedule of remaining vet appointments, location of the vet, and a list of upcoming adoption events.



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For our Furry Friends!

Bryan "Beau" Grant

Director, SE Pet Rescue Railroad

Co-Founder, Fix Georgia Pets
#PetRescueTwitter Admin: @FCASPets @SEPRR @ANGELSRESCUE @FIXGAPETS @DOGBITECON @TRIBEDOGS

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Save Homeless Pets Once & For All! Support 3 years of Free Spay & Neuter!
Detailed Policy Proposal http://j.mp/3YFSNGA via @bryangrant

Ginny Milner's Rescue's Current Dogs for Adoption!

Please visit FixGeorgiaPets.org here!

Thanks for supporting Spaying and Neutering as a solution to save Georgia's homeless pets!

To learn more about a statewide initiative for policy reforms, please visit: http://j.mp/3YFSNGA

Take 15 Minutes to LEARN TWITTER FOR RESCUE: Twitter Primer for Rescue & non-profits http://bit.ly/ngw1c5 #petrescue via @seprr & @tribedogs 

Fostering 101 via @angelsrescue ! Pass it on to those interested in hands-on helping #petrescue! http://j.mp/foster101

Got Faith? Earth, Animals, & Biblical "Stewardship"http://ow.ly/78Qcf #petrescue via @seprr

For any donations to help us spay and neuter Georgia please send it to:

ACRF/Spay and Neuter Georgia

P.O Box 76323

Atlanta, Georgia 30358


Please share the word for these lovable, yet homeless, dogs! 


Ginny Milner's Rescue's Current Dogs for Adoption! http://j.mp/AmhUJ7 #petrescue #atl #ga #gapol

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Fred 

Beagle Male

2 yrs.

Moses

Black Lab

Mix

Male

2 yrs.

Duke

Bloodhound-Redbone mix

Male

2 yrs.

Duke - Red Bone Bloodhound

 Dutchess

Hound Mix

Female

1-1/2 yrs.

Thunder

Husky Mix

Male

2 yrs.

Oreo-Rex needs your help! Donations and Prayers

Please crosspost!! 

Use this link to find ways you can help Rex beat this! Lab #petrescue Pup fostered by @angelsrescue Battles PARVO at @thevillagevets PLZ donate to save REX! http://j.mp/saveREX #decatur #ga

I am fostering a beautiful 3 month old lab mix pup who already fetches, has a wonderful disposition, loves kids, and gets along with any other creature he meets.


He went down with Parvo Sat evening. He went into the ICU Sunday AM at Village Vet's in Decatur. The docs at Village Vets have been provided very good updates on his condition. He was great until this afternoon, fighting the virus, and keeping a great plucky attitude towards the fight he is waging.  

30 minutes ago, Dr. Alford @thevillagevets, called with an negative update report.  He is regressing. 

PCB =35; White Blood Cell is .49 (POINT 49 VERY LOW)   Some vomiting. Diarrhea PRAY FOR HIM.   BAD news folks. 

He is in reasonably good spirits. The vets say this is a a very good sign, but his labs, the vomit, and diarrhea speak to the continued severity of his gaurded condition.

They are working up an estimate for doing Baytril, Plasma transfusion, anti-Diarrheal, IV Fluids, Potassium, anti-vomit.  These will give him the arrows in his quiver to wage this fight. 

To Offset the extreme expense, please consider donating to the rescue group who isunderwriting this effort to save him, Angels Rescue- http://angelsrescue.org/#donate and label as "Rex-Oreo-Parvo" during Checkout.

Please share his Facebook  Photo Albums by linking here: http://j.mp/FB-REX

Thanks for all you do! 

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Bryan "Beau" Grant, Director

SE Pet Rescue Railroad

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Whitehouse Petition to End the need to euthanize millions of homeless pets

Our First Dog, Bo, needs 25,000 signatures by Nov 22 for the Federal government to devote review andprocessing to this cause. PLEASE HELP!

We put this up on the White House's new petition Site! Please share in THE Twitter! Woof!
Sign Petition to Whitehouse.gov Ending Euthanasia of Homeless Petshttp://wh.gov/TDX via @seprr #petrescue
Please also visit the GA version of this same effort:

Stop Killing #HomelessPets in #GA! Provide 3yrs FREE #SpayNeuter! http://j.mp/3YFSNGA #petrescue via @seprr

We respectfully request legislation be brought forth outlining the means to end killing homeless pets in local animal control facilities. This legislation should to set forth a program of very low cost or even free spay & neuter for a minimum of 3 yrs to reduce the population of homeless pets.

Other states can adopt this proposal, since the status quo is parallel in most of other states. Please stop wasting tax dollars in Georgia, needlessly killing homeless, adaptable pets! 

• 90% Adoptable Homeless Pets

• 7% owner reclaim

• 10% adopted

• 12% Go to "Rescue"groups

• 61% KILLED

"These people just don't get it," she said. "There will never be enough homes for all the animals that are produced at today's rate. Never. The answer to this problem is strictly spay and neuter."  

"The linked Petition for Georgia, contains a complete proposal of a means to pursue this goal, This program will reduce pets in animal control by 40% and reduce by $40,000,000 annually in Georgia in related tax expenditures. Georgia euthaizes 300,000 homeless pets per year costing citizens taxpayers over $100 million annually. Unfortunately Georgia’s numbers are in line with most other states." 

Created: Oct 23, 2011

FAQ - Signing the Petition on Whitehouse.gov 
1- Create an account:The site asks only for your name, zipcode, and email address. In theory, this means that US residents should be signing. 


2- The site will send you an email to confirm the account. 


3- After you click on the confirmation link, you are now able to sign. 


4- If you did not get the email, check your spam buffer or trash folders. This is most likely where the email was redirected. Otherwise, open up a gmail account and use that email address. gmail rocks anyway.. so you will enjoy having it.. for free. 


FAQ - Why ONLY GA? 
SEPRR, based in Atlanta, GA, has direct access to officials and lobbyists in GA. We are right down the street. SEPRR DOES NOT RAISEFUNDS. Therefore, SEPRR does not have any budget to pursue this change in other states. The most likely path to success is changing a State's Dept of Ag policy towards this issue. Legally, the Federal Government has very little to do with any of this. 


FAQ- So why do a White House Petition: If you DO want the Federal Government to look into this crisis, this is a very accessible means of starting that process. So please SIGN IT! Furthermore, attracting National and perhaps International Attention to this will smooth the way for efforts on the State level. 


FAQ If you wish to start a similar project for your own state, please contact us @seprr via twitter so we can coordinate creation and promotion of the effort. Thus far, no rescuers in other states, after 4300 signatures, have stepped up, but several have complained, asking why we are only addressing GA. 

An outline for GA is here: http://j.mp/nylWna