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101 W. Broadway Ave.,
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865-740-9188
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You can
HELP
Special Needs Animals
EBONY
Ebony
is a little girl who was in a horrible car accident.
A nice man rescued her and rushed her to the Vet.
She lost her left eye and had a fractured jaw. Now
she needs a loving Furever Home. Call 742-3070
Special Needs Animals like Ebony are Dogs, Cats or Horses that need more than just the basic
Vet care to get adopted into their Forever Home.
They may have a broken paw or have a disease that
needs special care. These are animals you can't just
ignore as Animal Lovers but you don't have funds in
the budget for the special care they need. This is
where YOU can help.
Read
more...
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Click on logo
above to go to the
PPAW Website
P
Paws Low Cost
Spay/Neuter Clinic
PPAW has a great SPECIAL going on right now. If you
have a 40lb dog or above they will Spay or Neuter it
for $5.
Please give them a call for more info
865-856-7729
and
10 worst Excuses NOT
to Spay or Neuter a Pet
The top reasons people don't have their pet spayed or
neutered is that they can't afford it
and access to care at convenient clinics.
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And the Winner is...
What are the most
popular pet names? For the second year in a row
the name "Max" has taken top honors as the
nation's most popular pet name according to
research by Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI).
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"Recycling Saves Lives"
because
Good Guys Recycle
The
Blount County Humane Society's
Recycling Saves Lives Program helps us
fund our Animal Cruelty Investigations.
If you don't recycle PLEASE start now.
We have Recycling Centers at the
Maryville Wal-Mart,
Lowe's
and
Foothills Mall.
Our Recycling Centers accept
Aluminum Cans, Newspapers, Magazines, Phone
Books
and
Cardboard.
For more info on how to get your
Home, Business, Club or Organization
saving lives by recycling please contact us
865-742-3070
humanesocietysteve@yahoo.com
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Do Our Pets Love Us?
We know how we feel
towards our pets, but do they experience the same
emotions toward us? Or is the bond simply a mixture
of instinct, dependence and social role?
In short, do our pets really “love” us, as we
understand it? In a word, the answer is yes,
according to clinical evidence. Food does play a
large role in feelings of affection between pet and
owner. But dog does not live by biscuit alone – and
neither does a cat's affection depend solely on
treats. The mere presence and/or touch of a
preferred person has been shown to reduce the heart
rate of these animals – a sign of bonding. (The same
is true with horses.)
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All
Animal Lovers should check out
the info below
to
help make
Blount County a
No Kill Community
The Blount
County Humane Society is striving to build a
Safe Shelter where the No Kill Philosophy will
be followed and
we need your HELP.
No Kill means that you put the life of the
animal above the human convenience known as
"Animal Control".
The Blount County Government is in
the process of building a Shelter
(Pound) where 70-80% of the dogs and
cats will be
KILLED to
provide Animal Control
The organization recruited by
the County Government to raise 100%
of the funds for this
"Municipal Kill Shelter"
is the Smoky Mountain
Animal Care Foundation.
Please don't support this
Kill Philosophy.
Only support Shelter Efforts
that are
committed to the
No
Kill Philosophy.
Please join the Blount County Humane
Society's No Kill Revolution and
help us build a SAFE No Kill Shelter
for the animals of Blount County.
The 3
links below are highly recommended for anyone
who would like to see Blount County become a
No
Kill County
Learn more
about the
No Kill Revolution
going on in
Blount County
A National
Tragedy
We
are a nation of cat and dog
lovers. But the shelters we
expect to
provide these animals
with a second
chance are instead
killing millions of
them every
year. And for far too long,
we
have been told that there is no
other way. More than that, we have
been told that the killing is
exclusively
the public's fault.
That shelters—
through no fault
of their own—are
merely
performing the public's dirty
work—with skill, compassion, and
dedication. Nothing could be
further
from the truth.
From
entrenched bureaucrats who
are
content with the status quo, to
uncaring shelter directors hostile
to
calls for reform; from
agencies mired
in the failed
philosophies of the past
to
those who have internalized a
culture of defeatism—the roadblocks
to No Kill are substantial, but not
insurmountable.
We have a choice.
We can
fully, completely and without
reservation embrace No Kill as our
future. Or we can continue to
legitimize the two-prong strategy
of
failure: adopt a few and kill
the rest.
It is a choice which history
has
thrown upon us. And a
challenge that
the No Kill
Advocacy Center is ready
to take
on. The No Kill Advocacy
Center
is the nation’s first
organization dedicated solely to
the
promotion of a No Kill
nation.
No
Kill Advocacy Center..Nathan
Winograd
Redemption
Don't
forget to order a copy of Nathan
Winograd's book Redemption: The Myth
of Pet Overpopulation and the No
Kill Revolution in America, which is
being called "powerful,"
"inspirational," and a "must read
for anyone who cares about animals."
Redemption is the story of animal
sheltering in the United States, a
movement that was born of compassion
and then lost its way. It is the
story of
the “No Kill” movement,
which says we can and
must stop
the killing. It is about heroes and
villains, betrayal and redemption.
And it is about a social movement as
noble and just as those that have
come before. But most of all, it is
a story about believing in the
community and trusting in the power
of compassion.
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Critter Days
We want to Thank Wal-Mart, Lowe's and
K-Mart
for being good friends and helping us achieve
our goals of a safe No Kill shelter for Blount
County.
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Free To A Good Home
Free to a Good Home
is
saying you
JUST DON’T CARE
about what happens to the precious
creatures that are in your care.
Free to Good Home
ALWAYS
means a DEATH SENTENCE to an animal in your area
even if you find a home for every single one of your
little critters.
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Humane Society
Wish List
1. New or Used Single or Double
Axle Utility Trailer
2. New or Used Small Horse
Trailer.
3. New or Used Outdoor Dog
Kennels.
4. New or Used 5 to 9 cubic ft. Chest Freezer
5. New or Used Large or Medium
Plastic Dog Houses
If
you can help
please call 865-742-3070
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To report cruelty call
865-742-3070
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If you would
like to become
a Foster Parent for one
of our Critters
Please contact our
Foster Coordinators
David
& Amy Wietlisbach
amywietlisbach@aol.com
Featured Pets in need of
a Foster Home
Marco and Polo are brothers but couldn't
have more differences in their personalities. Marco
is outgoing and Polo is shy. They both need to be
fostered but in different homes so Polo can come out of
his shell.
Marco is about 25lbs and Polo about 20lbs. Please
contact us If you think you have what it takes to help
give these two rascals the TLC they need to find their
FOREVER HOME
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Dogs Deserve Shelter
One of the most common animal cruelty calls we get
is that there is a dog without a dog house out in
the rain or cold. Shelter from the elements is one
of the most basic needs of a dog. Most of the
people who have these dogs are low income and cannot
afford to go out and buy a suitable dog house.
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All
Natural/Organic Healthy Pet Food
For more info click on Logo
The Blount
County Humane Society is now a member of HealthyPetNet.
Healthy Pet Net is a great company dedicated to the health and
well-being of your beloved pets.
What's even better is that when you purchase products we
make a commission that helps us rescue and feed more
dogs and cats and brings us closer to our No Kill
Shelter.
Please check out our HPN website link above. If you
have any questions
or if
you would like to enroll yourself or your Animal
Organization in Healthy Pet Net as a way to bring in
much needed funds for your many humane projects please
give us a call.
Steve Phipps 865-742-3070
Terri Lane
865-607-5116
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The
Blount County Humane Society
has been chosen as a full time adoption partner at the
new Maryville
PETSMART. This
means we will have many of our adoptable pets on site at
PETSMART
7 days a week for you to come by and fall in love with.
PETSMART
is a great company and works only
with Animal Rescue Groups to provide adoptable
animals to the public. They are really committed
to getting homeless dogs and cats adopted and
we would like to encourage everyone in the
Humane Society Pack to support their efforts by
patronizing their new store in Alcoa. This type of
adoption program is essential to our goals of
making Blount County a No Kill County.
Although we have Cat adoptions every
day at
PETSMART
our BIG
adoption day is Saturday.
That's when the Dogs come out to play. We call
this our Saturday Dog Days an we need a lot of
help to get our critters adopted.
Volunteer Opportunity
Bekah Scarbro will be heading up our
adoption program at
PETSMART.
She will need a lot of help making this program a
success so if you would like to volunteer and help find
our Critters a great home please give them a ring. This is a wonderful opportunity to really make a
difference in the life of a deserving Dog, Cat, Puppy or
Kitten by helping them find their Forever Home, so we
hope to hear from you soon.
Bekah's Contact Info
E Mail:
KilmersMOM@yahoo.com
Phone: 865-556-5868
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One of my favorite
pictures.
I thought I would share it with you...SP
We need land to
make our
DREAMS come true. If you can
help with a gift of land where we
can build our Shelter,
Spay/Neuter Clinic, Large
Animal Rescue/Rehab and
Wildlife Rescue/Rehab
PLEASE contact us at
865-742-3070
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...Words
of Wisdom!
When Henry Bergh, founder of the
ASPCA, was asked to take over the New York City Pound to
Kill Dogs and Cats and have the ability to levy fines for the breaking of
animal control laws...he refused. Henry believed that
Animal Protection was fundamentally at odds with Animal
Control. He believed that Animal Protection was a tool
to champion and protect life, not to end it. Henry
understood implicitly that Animal Welfare and Animal
Control were two separate and distinct movements, each
opposing the other on fundamental issues of life and
death. Henry was unwilling to abandon Animal Protections
principles so far as to encourage the tortures of Animal
Control...We should feel
the same today with a 75% Kill Rate in our Nations
Pounds!
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...Words
of Wisdom!
"The bottom line is that as long as
people believe that killing homeless pets is one of those
"necessary evils" that can never be stopped, then it will
never be stopped." Michael Mountain...Best Friends Animal
Society
"If we don't put an end to the
senseless killing of healthy adoptable pets, we run the
risk of finding there is no room for us when it is our
turn to enter heaven" Bruce Langlois DVM, Veterinary
Director Remote Area Medical
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Humane
Society No Kill Shelter Drawings
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Team up with Blount County's NO KILL Shelter
Effort...We're
the Good Guys!
