Your news & updates from
Animal Care Sanctuary
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A Thanksgiving message from our Executive Director Terri McKendry! |
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YEAR-TO-DATE
STATISTICS
As of Nov. 30, 2021:
Adoptions: 890
Fosters: 107
Fosters-to-Adoptions: 44
Spay/neuter surgeries: 3,678
Wellness appointments: 2,292
Total Clinic Visits: 5,970
Clinic Transports: 627
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Animal Care Sanctuary is excited to once again partner with Staffworks for its Save a Life Campaign! Through this initiative, Staffworks will match each donation to ACS up to the first $10,000 and will then donate $500 for every $5,000 donated up to $160,000. In total, ACS could receive up to $25,000 from Staffworks because of YOUR generosity! Please consider donating on Giving Tuesday and in the month of December to help ACS reach the maximum match to help as many homeless animals as we can!
After dedicating last year’s campaign to new communals in our cattery, this year’s Giving Tuesday and Save a Life Campaign will serve our special canines who need a little more help finding new homes.
Most of the dogs that ACS receives are truly wonderful animals. But, as part of our mission to all doggos, sometimes these canines come from terrible situations in which their mental scars run deeper than their physical ones. Abuse, neglect, and abandonment can result in behavioral issues with dogs that lead to aggression, extreme timidness, and separation anxiety. Unfortunately, these traits make them harder to adopt, and are accentuated the longer they stay in a kennel or shelter.
That’s why this year’s campaign will raise money for new outdoor kennel fencing as well as special staff training for Dogs Playing for Life, a special program that effectively tackles these critical issues shelter dogs face with a novel, hands-on approach that revolves around opportunities to play in groups – every day!
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Dogs Playing for Life
From the Vet Team!
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This unique, groundbreaking program will require training for our staff as well as new equipment and fencing for outdoor play areas to implement the program. We are so excited to start this next chapter to help find homes for ALL dogs, including the dogs who need a little extra help – like Enzo.
Enzo is a sweet three-year-old doggo who has problems meeting new people (relatable, right?), and he’s also extremely energetic to the point of being obnoxious. He gets so excited that he roughly bumps into people and mouths them, which are no-nos if he wants to easily find a home. Staff members are working hard to teach him basic obedience commands, and Dogs Playing for Life will take his training to the next level with its programs, playgroups, and more play areas.
From a veterinary standpoint, just as with humans, a dog's physical and mental health go hand in hand. A dog who is very stressed out (as is common in a shelter) is more likely to have a weakened immune system and be more likely to get sick. Stressed dogs also exhibit obsessive compulsive behaviors such as pacing, self-trauma, fence chewing, and more. Pacing can make it hard to keep a dog at a healthy weight. Fence chewing can cause dental trauma. Self-trauma behaviors can include licking or chewing to the point of causing self-inflicted wounds.
Having the ability to provide more enrichment can help decrease this stress. Having our staff learn new techniques to work with challenging dogs can help decrease length of stay, which will in turn decrease the stress on the dog.
ACS also wants to thank Staffworks for allowing us to be part of the Save a Life Campaign once again! As the only Pennsylvania-based shelter involved in the campaign, we are extremely proud to have been selected for this amazing opportunity once again.
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ACS teams up with Bissell Pet Foundation
for Empty the Shelters!
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From December 6-20, BISSELL Pet Foundation will be hosting their last Empty the Shelters event of 2021, and ACS is a part of it! BISSELL will be sponsoring reduced fee adoptions at over 200 shelters in 40 states! Shelters are extremely full at this time of year so our goal is to help alleviate the overcrowding and bring holiday cheer to thousands of pets! Many more details will be available soon on our Facebook page!
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Sanctuary Story
Tingaling
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Tingaling was a staff favorite at Animal Care Sanctuary for her easy-going, loving personality.
She arrived at Animal Care Sanctuary after she was rescued from an overwhelmed household of 92 (yes, NINETY TWO) other cats. ACS was able to take in 24 others along with Tingaling, with the rest of the felines being dispersed to other shelters.
Tingaling's personality instantly shined. She loved people, doggos, kittos -- pretty much everything and everyone. She also loved riding on shoulders, and could often be spotted riding on the shoulder of one of our cattery caretakers as they cleaned communals.
Due to her past, she grew up to be tiny and petite, despite her being 5 years old, and she also had no teeth, which made her tongue stick out in the most adorable fashion.
Despite her adorable habits and wonderful personality, Tingaling still waited for her new home for 7 months, and she was the 3rd to last feline from her rescue group to be adopted. However, at the end of November, she FINALLY found her new family and, true to form, she loves all of her new people and furry family members. Happy Holidays Tingaling!
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Support the Businesses that Support ACS! |
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Gola Osteria brings you a fresh spin on classic Italian dishes. Gola has a unique and expansive dinner menu that includes homemade pasta, sauces and seasonal ingredients. They have a full bar with a well-curated Italian and Finger Lakes wine list and a rotating selection of both inventive and classic cocktails.
Oh, and did we mention that proceeds from some of the dishes are also donated to Animal Care Sanctuary?
Sam, the owner & Chef, and his wonderful staff, are animal lovers, supportive of animal rescue, and have rescues of their own. Sam has decided that Gola will make a donation to Animal Care Sanctuary every time patrons order certain items on the menu. Reservations are highly recommended, please call (607) 273-0333 or use the OpenTable link online. Learn more at www.golaosterio.com!
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What if your hot cup of morning Joe could wake you up and also help a good cause? Now it can! ACS has partnered with Java Joe's Roasting Company to offer coffee bundles and more to support Animal Care Sanctuary!
Learn more by clicking the video link on the right, or by checking out the image below! We ship ANYWHERE in the United States.
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ACS Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! |
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Our donors, foundations, businesses and corporations allow the Animal Care Sanctuary to continue to do great things in the world of animal rescue.
With over 25,000 social media followers on Facebook, Instagram,Twitter and our website, our patrons and followers are interested in supporting companies who take animal welfare seriously.
Please consider joining the Animal Care Sanctuary’s list of sponsors if your company, club, business values animal welfare and wants to help make a positive impact in our society.
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Need Christmas gifts? Visit the ACS Online Shop! |
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Add some ACS swag to your Christmas list! We have special edition Dean Russo shirts available in all kinds of sizes, styles and colors.
Deck out your pet in ACS gear, too! Check out our leashes and collars, as well as all the other items we have available on our online shop!
Each purchase goes back to the care of the homeless animals here at Animal Care Sanctuary and finding them happy, loving, forever homes! Available anywhere in the USA!
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SUPPORT ACS BY DONATING VIA OUR AMAZON WISHLISTS!
Click on the buttons below!
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As a Monthly Donor, you are providing a gift that can be used for animals in their hour of need. Your donation will help ACS rescue pets from overcrowded kill shelters, inhumane conditions, hoarding situations and puppy mills. Your support will help us make more future animal rescues possible, as well as give us the resources we need to provide those animals with the attention and medical care that they need to be adopted. Monthly donations provide security to assure that ACS always has the resources needed to provide for animals at a moment’s notice. To become a monthly donor, please sign up online at www.animalcaresanctuary.org or contact Terry McKendry at tmckendry@animalcaresanctaury.org.
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