Funny Friday! 25 LOL Pets and Animals From Around The Net

Valerie — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:31 +0000

I admit it, I’m a StumbleUpon addict. And an animal junkie. Not to mention, laughing is one of my favorite past times. So, I’ve decided to put together some of the many pictures of pets and animals that have made me laugh for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Albert Einstein

10 LOL Dogs

Valerie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:06:12 +0000

I needed a smile today, so I thought I’d share what I found….10 Lol Dogs for your Lol-ing pleasure. Enjoy!

“If there is no heaven for dogs, then I want to go where they go when I die.”

-Anonymous

New Poll- Do You Allow Your Pets On Your Furniture?

Valerie — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:25:19 +0000

Everything tastes better with pet hair in it!

Gwinnett Pet Food Bank Moves to Lawrenceville, GA

Valerie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:51:07 +0000

Denny and I have been volunteering with Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen for a few years now, but Tom Wargo has been running this charity since 1997, assisting people with pet food and supplies when they need them most. This keeps so many pets out of the high kill shelters here in Gwinnett. Here’s a great news story that Gwinnett Daily Post recently did on Daffy’s: Click Here

Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen has moved from Lilburn to Lawrenceville, and are opening a new and used pet supplies (and much more) shop on Wednesday, 1/25/2012. Their location is 134 S. Clayton St. Suite 104, Lawrenceville, GA (on the lower level of the Lawrenceville Square shopping center, pretty much right underneath Metro Thrift Store. Turn onto Nash St. between Long John Silvers and Lawrenceville City Hall and look for the roll up garage doors and green awnings).

Here is some history to give you an idea of how far Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen has come.

History of Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen/The S.O.S Club of GA

In this economic downturn, people are having a hard enough time caring for their families, keeping their house, and keeping their family happy just to be together. People are learning to get back to the basics. Feeding peoples pets are a basic need. For some though, this basic need is not met. This is why we don’t want them to worry about how to feed and care for the pets and tearing that family apart.

1997 – 2007

Started SOS Club in 1997.
SOS Club was the first pet food bank in the country to help individuals with pet food.
Tom handed out pet food and supplies from his truck.
Handed out over 50,000 lbs of food in 10 years.
All food was purchased by Tom or by his friends and family.

2008

Tom created Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen, after his dog Daffy.
Opened first warehouse in September.
Handed out over 50,000 lbs of food and supplies.
Had over 350 clients needing assistance.
Fed over 21,000 meals.
Assisted in getting over 50 pets spayed/neutered.

2009

Handed out approximately 500,000 lbs of supplies in Georgia alone.
Have over 750 clients in need at (3) locations in Georgia.
Have assisted Animal Controls and Rescues in need with over 100,000 lbs of food and supplies.
Serving over 60 counties in Georgia.
Assisted in starting over 50 pet soup kitchens across the country.
Through media, let the country see the need for pet food banks.
Got stories in every local paper and news media in Georgia, stories in (3) national magazines, articles in papers across the country, listed on national pet websites, awards for outstanding public service, and listings on state agencies websites.
Sponsored by National Pet Food Corporations.
Recognized and Listed by National Pet Organizations.

2010

Establish (15) Daffy’s across Georgia to help those out of reach now.
Distribute over 1,000,000 lbs of supplies in Georgia.
Find over 1500 clients to assist.
Supply over 4,000,000 meals to pets.
Assist in over 2500 spay / neuters in Georgia.
Have volunteers give back to Georgia at 5000 hrs per month.
Create better living situations for pets and their families.
Devote more time to our other programs.

Our programs are limited by our budget. As most of you know, our funding goes a long way. We run all these programs on individual donations and local support. We do not receive government grants or corporate grants.

The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. – Hebrew Proverb

In Celebration and Memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Valerie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:36:57 +0000

Some quotes and wise words spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction … The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.”

“Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. He is distinguished from animals by his freedom to do evil or to do good and to walk the high road of beauty or tread the low road of ugly degeneracy.”

“Don’t let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can hear God saying to America “you are too arrogant, and if you don’t change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I will place it in the hands of a nation that doesn’t even know my name. Be still and know that I’m God. Men will beat their swords into plowshafts and their spears into pruning hooks, and nations shall not rise up against nations, neither shall they study war anymore.” I don’t know about you, I ain’t going to study war anymore.”

“Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness”

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

“Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.”

“Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.”

“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”

48 Small Terriers and Shih Tzus Taken In, Ready For Adoption Soon! Athens, GA

Valerie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:21:03 +0000

I saw this story the other day on Fox 5 News and just know all of these dogs will be adopted into wonderful homes in due time. It’s great to hear (and pretty surprising) that these dogs are all in good health, even though this sounds like a hoarding situation. The story below comes from Online Athens

Adoptions begin Tuesday for four dozen homeless dogs

By Merritt Melancon – merritt.melancon@onlineathens.com

Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 – 12:07am

The collection of small dogs confiscated from a Barnett Shoals Road home Monday won’t be available for adoption until Tuesday, but Animal Control officials have already seen a lot of interest from people who want to adopt them.

“We’ve gotten a number of calls from people who are interested in these dogs,” said Athens-Clarke Animal Control Superintendent Patrick Rives.

The 48 dogs, mostly shih tzus and small terrier mixes, were impounded Monday after their 47-year-old owner died of natural causes in her home.

About half of the dogs, mostly the nursing puppies and pregnant dogs, were turned over to local rescue groups, including Athens Canine Rescue, Helping Paws Rescue and Circle of Friends Animal Society, Rives said.

The two dozen or so that are held at the Athens-Clarke County Animal Control Shelter are getting bathed and groomed by volunteers to make them more comfortable and ready for adoption.

“They are in surprisingly good shape, considering,” Rives said.

By law, Animal Control has to hold the dogs through Sunday evening to make sure that none of the former owner’s relatives claim ownership, Rives said. The department is closed Monday and will start offering the dogs for adoption Tuesday, he said.

“We won’t start scheduling adoptions until Tuesday,” Rives said. “But we are accepting the applications now on a first-come, first-serve basis, so anyone who is interested should submit an application.”

People interested in adopting a dog can call (706) 613-3540 or visit the animal control department’s website at www.athensclarkecounty.com or follow the link at www.athenspets.net and download an application. Fax the application to (706) 613-3545 or drop it off in person on Thursday or Friday at 125 Buddy Christian Way.

The Animal Control Department is closed to the public on Wednesdays.

Photos of the dogs have not been posted on athenspets.net, but a list of some of the impounded dogs is available at www.athensclarkecounty.com.

“It’s no coincidence that man’s best friend cannot talk.”
Anonymous

10 LOL Cats!

Valerie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:28:39 +0000

These LOL cats made me LOL, so I thought I would share!

The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn’t just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names… – T.S. Eliot

Pet And Animal People To Follow On Twitter part 2

Valerie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:41:13 +0000

I love Twitter. I have met so many new contacts, gotten tons of great tips, recipes, and learned of places and things I never knew existed! Here is part two of Pet and Animal People that I like to follow on Twitter. I suggest you follow them, too!

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. (Reply to friends who chided him for delaying them by stopping to return a fledgling to its nest.) -Abraham Lincoln