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Summer 2011
The cold winter days have finally decided to make way for
more sunny ones, which means lots of fun things are ahead for the Kentucky
Humane Society (KHS)!
Always a hit, Dog Day at the Park is back again this year.
KHS will be at Louisville Slugger Field on April 27 and June 1 to enjoy a
baseball game with the Louisville Bats, our wonderful supporters and their
four-legged friends. The stadium welcomes dogs on these special days only, and
the cost of their ticket directly funds the KHS mission of helping needy
animals in our community. Stay for the entire game or just a few innings and
enjoy the company of many of Louisville’s other pet lovers!
One of our favorite events, the Waggin’ Trail Walk for the
Animals, is just around the corner. This year’s event will be held on May 21 at
E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park and is sure to be a great time yet again. In
addition to the walk we will also have agility and behavior training
demonstrations, contests, vendor booths, entertainment, food and activities to
ensure a great day. A registration fee of only $25 will get you an official KHS
Waggin’ Trail t-shirt, but we also encourage you to fundraise as much as
possible. As one of our largest events of the year, the Waggin’ Trail provides
a large portion of the much needed funds necessary for our mission to be
successful. With your help, we can help even more animals each and every year!
And finally, it’s time to get your photos for the 2012 Pet
Calendar Contest. Check out the entry form included in this issue of the Paw Street Journal! It’s a staff
highlight to see the fun and creative photos you come up with! All entries will
be included in next year’s calendar regardless of whether your furry friend is
chosen as a “pet of the month” – so give them their moment in the spotlight!
We hope to see you during at least one of our events. These
offer us a chance to have fun, enjoy our pets and enjoy one another while also
actively helping homeless animals in our community.
Regards,
Lori Kane Redmon
President/CEO
P.S. Be sure to mark your calendars for our Main Campus
Grand Re-Opening on May 14! Lots of activities for you and your pet are in
store!
Spring 2011
Things never seem to slow down at the Kentucky Humane
Society (KHS), and this year has been no different! The landscape of animal
welfare is constantly changing and, as the oldest animal agency in the state, we
continue to be a leader for your pets. Every day I reach out to people in our
community who may not know how active KHS is in Louisville, not only for homeless
pets but for owned pets and pet owners. I am incredibly proud of our growing, proactive
programs and the people who make them possible – from the dedication of the S.N.I.P.
Clinic (which performed its 35,000 surgery last month!) to the behavior
programs that encourage responsible pet ownership to the thousands of animals
we care for and find homes each and every year. It is our responsibility to do
what is right for the people and animals we serve and make our community better
for our four-legged companions.
So as I sat down to write this letter, I looked back through
past Paw Street Journal issues to see how we’ve grown over the years. I came
across this snippet from just last year:
You
have probably often heard the saying “it takes a village.” When people say
this, they are referring to people coming together for a cause, to improve the
life of someone, to make a difference. I am proud that our community is making
positive strides in our treatment and the value placed on companion animals.
There is still much work to be done to truly end the suffering and homelessness
of pets, but I am confident we have the momentum to continue moving forward for
their sake. Maybe the saying should be “it takes a community” – our community.
I still believe this to be true, and we cannot make change
without your help. We have made significant progress in our community and, with
your continued dedication, I am certain we can achieve even more.
Though it was not the right decision for our organization to
take on Metro Animal Services, we are still here for those animals when they
need us. We will continue to transfer hundreds of animals for adoption or
rescue. We will continue to work behind the scenes offering spay/neuter
surgeries at the S.N.I.P. Clinic. And, most importantly, we will continue to build
proactive and positive relationships to better serve the needs of the animals,
not only now but for years to come.
Regards,
Lori Kane Redmon
President/CEO
Working together to improve the lives of animals & people
Fall 2010
Things never seem to slow down at the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS).
Construction crews are busy with the renovation project of our Main
Campus in south Louisville. Our new East Campus is growing with great
successes in adoptions, summer camp and behavior training classes and
our S.N.I.P. Clinic continues to spay and neuter thousands of owned
animals in our community.
We continue to identify community needs in regard to the welfare of
companion animals and strategically address the most effective way to
have a positive impact. Our most recent program expansion is with
Trap-Neuter-Return(TNR), which targets a reduction in the population of
un-owned cats in our community. Through this program, KHS provides
humane traps to area residents, allowing them to safely capture and
transport cats to our S.N.I.P. Clinic for surgery. After surgery, the
cats are released back to their original locations – unable to reproduce
and thus reducing the populations through natural attrition.
To help visualize the problem, consider the following information. If
one female cat and her offspring are never spayed/neutered, they can
produce up to 420,000 cats over a seven year period! With numbers like
this, it is easy to see that this program will help to significantly
reduce the homeless cat population in our area.
To have an even greater impact on this issue, KHS recently partnered
with Alley Cat Advocates and Louisville Metro Animal Services for a one
day Catsnip-a-Thon, where more than 200 un-owned cats were spayed or
neutered at no expense to the resident bringing them in for surgery. The
Catsnip-a-Thon was funded by Animal Care Society, No Kill Louisville,
Pet Groups United, Shamrock Foundation and individual donors. This
multi-agency event is a great example of the collaborative efforts
between local animal welfare agencies working together to improve the
lives of animals and people.
Regards,
Lori Kane Redmon
President-CEO
It Takes a Community
Spring 2010
Dear Friends,
In my role as President of the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS), I am
frequently in the community talking about KHS programs and services. As I
meet and speak with people, the conversation almost always includes
their pets. I am shown pictures of their beloved cat or dog on their
cell phone and hear stories of how much joy their pet brings to their
life. These conversations are delightful to hear and remind me of how
the work that KHS does impacts not just the animals we serve, but
equally the
people and families that adopt and love them. Many of these pets are the
very ones that KHS works tirelessly every day to save, to heal their
wounds and to mend their broken hearts.
In the last several years our community has made significant progress in
the treatment and value placed on companion animals. A record number of
people are adopting a cat or dog, bringing them into their homes to be a
part of the family. More people are choosing to spay or neuter the pets
already in their homes, realizing that unwanted litters of puppies and
kittens adds to the suffering of animals. People are participating in
behavior training classes to strengthen the communication and bond with
their dogs. And more and more children are learning about caring for and
loving dogs and cats.
This progress is not only seen in the statistics here at KHS, but
through the statistics of other rescue groups and animal welfare
organizations, all working to make a positive impact on the animals they
vow to care for.
You have probably often heard the saying “it takes a village.” When
people say this, they are referring to people coming together for a
cause, to improve the life of someone, to make a difference. I am proud
that our community is making positive strides in our treatment and the
value placed on companion animals. There is still much work to be done
to truly end the suffering and homelessness of pets, but I am confident
we have the momentum to continue moving forward for their sake. Maybe
the saying should be “it takes a community” – our community.
Regards,
Lori Kane Redmon
President-CEO
New East Campus Location Extends KHS’ Reach to Save More Lives
Spring 2010
Dear Friends,
The Kentucky Humane Society has worked tirelessly for more than 125 years to improve the quality of life for animals and our community. We have celebrated great successes in our proactive programs and we are currently expanding and renovating our Main Campus in south Louisville to do an even better job of caring for the animals and people we serve.
Each year we push ourselves harder to accomplish more for the animals. We have another exciting project that will reach more people and save more pet lives, the opening of our new East Campus at 1000 Lyndon Lane. With its high visibility and popular area near the Westport Village shopping center, this new location will offer adoptions, behavior training, humane education programs, Doggie Daycare and grooming.
At our new East Campus, potential adopters will find it easier and more convenient to choose the “adoption option.” Our behavior training program will serve more dog owners, providing them the tools and knowledge they need to build a strong, lasting relationship with their four-legged friend and to resolve problem behaviors before they give up and surrender a pet to a shelter. More children will learn to be responsible and kind through our expanded Summer Camp and Humane Education programs. Doggie Daycare and grooming services will help support our mission programs by providing
funds that go directly back to the animals in need.
Our community continues to take positive steps toward responsible pet ownership and the problem of homeless and neglected pets. A record number of homeless pets are finding a second chance at a happy life through adoptions and more people are choosing to spay/neuter the pets already in their home. The human-animal bond has been recognized as important to the quality of life, and children are being reached and taught the value of pets and their impact on our lives. I am proud that KHS has been a part of this progress and I am committed to continuing to improve the lives of animals,
people and the community through our work.
Regards,
Lori Kane Redmon
President-CEO
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