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Michigan Humane Lobby Day - May 23 |
Humane Lobby Day 2017 will take place on
Tuesday May 23 at the state capitol in Lansing from 9:00 a.m.-3 p.m.
Join animal advocates from throughout the state to let your elected officials know what is important to you relating to animal welfare legislation.
Please RSVP and register by May 18
here.
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Dogs Playing for Life Workshop - June 8 & 9 |
Have you heard of dog playgroups?
Harbor Humane Society invites shelter staff and volunteers from throughout the state to their
free
Dogs Playing for Life
workshop to be held
June 8-9 at their shelter in We
st Olive, north of Holland.
The nationally-re
cognized Dogs Playing For Life program
"increases morale among both shelter staff and volunteers. Happy, healthy, and well-adjusted dogs are more appealing to adopters, and easier to care for. Staff and volunteers will be thrilled when length of stay and euthanasia rates are decreased." (Entire program
brochure is available here.)
Lana Carson, shelter director of Pound Buddies is Muskegon, writes "This is awesome! We had Dogs Playing for Life come in last year... It was incredible! We have been doing Dogs Playing for Life since June of 2016 and it has changed everything we do for the dogs and everything we know about the dogs! We cannot recommend this program enough! Anyone who is in sheltering needs to attend this training! We'll be there!"
June 8: 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. presentation, 2-5 p.m. hands-on playgroup
June 9:
9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
hands-on playgroup, 2-5 p.m. hands-on playgroup
A quick video overview of the
program can
be viewed here.
Please RSVP no later than May 30 to
Jen Self-Aulgur,
Harbor Humane Society
Executive Director,
616.399.2119 x118 or
executive@harborhumane.org.
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Just One Day - June 11 |
O
n
June 11,
animal shelters throughout the country pledge to not kill any healthy or savable* animals. For
Just One Day,
syringes will be replaced with cameras; the internet will be flooded with images of adoptable animals; adoption events, extended hours, and creative marketing will take place.
No matter what type of shelter or rescue you are, you can help save lives by taking
the pledge TODAY at
justoneday.ws/i-pledge
.
* "Savable animals" are those that have not been diagnosed with a terminal, incurable condition, or dogs have have been determined by a credentialed behaviorist to be unmanageably aggressive, and beyond hope of rehabilitation.
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About Michigan Pet Fund Alliance
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The single mission of Michigan Pet Fund Alliance is to stop the killing of healthy and treatable homeless cats and dogs in Michigan shelters.
MPFA is an all-volunteer
organization collaborating with shelter and rescue organizations to achieve No Kill through training, technical
assistance,
education and advocacy.
For more information:
877-FUR-PALS
(877-387-7257)
Contributions are tax deductible.
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