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PRESS RELEASE -
Hotline, 1-877-MILL-TIP
The Humane Society of the United States Launches First
National 'Puppy Mill' Tip Line
Dogs Don't Deserve Lifetime Confinement for the Sake of
Profit
(Dec. 3, 2009) - To help end the misery associated with
large-scale dog breeding operations known as "puppy
mills," The Humane Society of the United States has
launched a national telephone tip line and encourages
callers to report suspected cruelty or unlawful activities
involving such breeding facilities.
The hotline, 1-877-MILL-TIP,
is available to anyone with information of a possible
crime involving puppy mills - but particularly welcomes
information from those with "insider" knowledge, or from
law enforcement officials who might be aware of such
operations.
"Puppy mills are a national scourge," said Justin Scally,
manager of The HSUS' Wilde Puppy Mill Task Force.
"Hundreds of thousands of dogs across the country are
trapped in constant confinement their entire lives,
producing puppies to profit the puppy mill owner. This tip
line will be a vital tool to help free these dogs from a
life of abuse."
The Wilde Puppy Mill Task Force investigates puppy mills
and works with law enforcement, animal shelters and other
agencies to stop abuse and to ensure enforcement of
existing laws. The task force also provides expert
guidance to local, state and federal agencies in the
prosecution of animal abusers as it relates to the
operation of puppy mills. Since its launch in June, the
Task Force has assisted in the rescue of more than 1,200
dogs and puppies from abusive situations at puppy mills.
The announcement of the new national tip line comes during
The HSUS' 3rd annual Puppy Mill Action Week, which is
dedicated to educating the public about how to find a new
best friend without supporting the abusive puppy mill
industry. Puppy Mill Action Week runs Nov. 30 through Dec.
6, at the start of the peak holiday puppy buying season.
The Wilde Puppy Mill Task Force is named in honor of
Kenneth and Lillian Wilde, who donated a portion of their
estate to The HSUS to help dogs. Thanks to the Wildes, The
HSUS was able to expand the organization's capacity
to rescue more animals from the inhumane puppy mill
industry and to raise national awareness of the pain and
tragedy that can lurk behind the inviting visage of a
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TV Show - Oprah on the realities of
puppymills...
Friday, April 4 at 4:00 pm EST |
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Please pass the message on ... the more we can get people to open their
eyes to the horrors of puppy mills, the more chance we have to try and
reduce the number of animals they bring into the world.
On Friday, April 4 at 4:00 pm EST, OPRAH will air a show exposing puppy
mill horrors and working to educate the public on how to stop supporting
them through purchases of their "products" at the pet stores.
Please spread the word about this episode. Please watch the show, listen
to the stories, and open your heart to the atrocities these sweet animals
have to live with. Then, take action to stop the mills and the stores that
treat animal like cash crops.
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Spotlight on:
AABR Volunteer and Champion body builder Tracey Greenwood
From
OCT 2007 Flex Magazine... |
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Fighting for Fido |
 BY
JOSH MCAULIFFE
STAFF WRITER
02/04/07 |
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The phone almost never stops ringing at Dawn Karam’s Dickson City home,
and the ensuing conversations all seem to be about the same thing.
Story |
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The 1-yea-old
boxer pup was abandoned at the local SPCA with a
flesh-eating disease.
By EDWARD LEWIS elewis@leader.net | Aug
20, 2006 | 285 words, 0 images
SCRANTON – Two weeks of veterinarian care to stop a
flesh-eating disease has helped a 1-year old boxer named
King.
"He's doing fantastic," said Scranton resident Dawn
Karam, president of adoptaboxerrescue.com, an
all-volunteer charitable organization that rescues,
rehabilitates and finds homes for unwanted and abandoned
boxer dogs.
"To take a look at him two weeks ago and now; the
difference is night and day," Karam said. "King is in a
foster home in Scranton with three other dogs and a
2-year old baby. He couldn't be a nicer dog."
King was dropped off at the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter in Plains
Township on Aug. 4 suffering from a flesh-eating disease
called mange. Thousands of tiny, eight-legged critters
called mites were eating away at King's flesh, causing
several bald spots on its body. |
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Just some of the AABR
Awareness events we have been to this year... 2006 |
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Kings
Park Day, NY |
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Kings
Park Day, NY |
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Pet
Expo, PA |
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Kings
Park Day, NY |
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Chick-fill-A Fundraiser, PA |
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Kings
Park Day, NY |
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Broadway Barks, NYC |
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Broadway Barks, NYC |
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Broadway Barks, NYC |
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Feb 2006
The Jaycees have made AABR its
Charity Partner for 2006.
We are honored with this award.
They even created an AABR t-shirt with proceeds going to
help our dogs. |
Dawn Karam,
President of AABR, will be speaking at the 2006 PA State
Jaycees Board.
The meeting is at the Radisson
hotel at the Lackawanna Station hotel in Scranton PA Feb.4th
2006 at 2 pm.
An adoptable dog will be there
and it is open to the public.
The Jaycees have made AABR its
Charity Partner for 2006.
We are honored with this award. |
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THANK YOU Madison Lampe |
 Jan
2006
THANK
YOU Madison Lampe for your very successful fundraiser at Braxtons. Madison
hand made little heart shaped frames and took people's pet's pictures and
put them in Valentine frames. All to support AABR.
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was totally Madison's idea and we are so grateful to her for doing this for
all the Boxers in need. She raised $101.00 in 3 hours with sales and
donations.
She also did a home visit for
Magnum on Sat and called me to tell me she would even let the home take care
of her Boxer, Isabella! |
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Ebay Dec 16, 2005 -on Live
Pet Listings |
Current Update on Live Pet
Listings |
Dear Pets Community Members-
We are hoping to launch a Live Pets Classified Format early next year. The
listings would not be transactional and there would only be a listing fee.
We are also looking into allowing non-profit animal shelters to list animals
for adoption for free.
I would love to know what our active community members think about this new
category. We are also considering Pet Services in this format as well -
grooming, walking, etc..
Please feel free to reply to this thread or email me directly at pretz@ebay.com
Thanks!
Lori Pretzer
Pet Supplies Category Manager
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pretz@ebay.com
View Listings |
Report
Dec-19-05 18:31 PST
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your additional feedback. While we had hoped to be able to
find common ground on the issue of facilitating local shelter adoptions on
eBay.com, it appears that sentiment among our members is strongly going the
other way. In short, the dominant point of view we’ve heard is that you do
not want pet listings – whether for adoption from shelters or from
commercial breeders – on eBay.com.
Consequently, we
will not pursue the idea further.
We have initiated a preliminary discussion with Betsy Saul, President of
Petfinder.com – a site that many of you suggested – to talk about possible
ways we might work together. We will let you know what we find out.
Sincerely,
Lori |
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8/2/05: In The NEWS
- "Boxer
twice bitten by snake, but unbowed", St Petersburg, FL |
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03/20/05 -
Adopt A Boxer Rescue
will be at
the Northeast Pet and
Breed Rescue Expo sponsored
by the Hillside
SPCA (Pottsville,
PA)
. It is being held on
March 20, 2005
from
9:00 am
to
4:00 pm
at the Union Fire Company Field House on
Pine Street
in
Hamburg,
PA.
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03/19/05 - The Easter Bunny will be at Braxton's
Animal Works in Wayne, PA
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03/10/05 -
Paisley was featured on TV at 10:00am 03/10/05, the NBC 10! Show. |
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December 23, 2004 - Report from Robyn Kelly and I had a great day
Sunday at Pet Smart. We took some pictures, and would like to share
them with some other people who might be interested in an adoption day.
Pets Plus can schedule time as well. Pet Smart will donate to the rescue if
adoptions are generated from the store. We talked to many people today
and gave out information on the site as well as the dogs. Penny and
Sergeant were our spokes dogs.
Any way it was very positive, Kelly will be sending the donations up
this week. In January we hope to do coloring with kids, the kids will
be able to color a boxer face and take it home. I believe our next date is
January 15. (Click on Pics to enlarge)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Additional Information Contact:
Jamie Meadow,
Co-founder
Adopt A Boxer Rescue
nyboxerrescue@yahoo.com
Dawn Karam, Co-founder
ADOPT A BOXER RESCUE
Adoption Organization Gives a Future to Homeless Dogs
December 10, 2004 – HARRISON, NEW YORK…
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization, opened
its doors to help save homeless boxer dogs. Based in Harrison, New York,
the organization covers all of the Adopt A United States via the
Internet, rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming boxer dogs.
AABR is run completely by volunteers all of
whom have had extensive experience working with other rescue groups. Their
financial needs are met by donations. “What makes AABR different then the
others” said Jamie Meadow, LVT, volunteer and co-founder of AABR, “is our
commitment to each dog for the life of that dog”. Continued Meadow, “We
encourage each adoptive family to give us updates, contact us if there are
ever any problems –become part of our family.”
Dawn Karam, volunteer and co-founder of Adopt
A Boxer Rescue states “our goal is not just to place dogs in homes. Our
goal is to place the right dog in the right home”. Said Karam, “before
adoption, our dogs live with foster families. That allows us to know the
personality of each dog. We want the adoption process to be as smooth for
the family welcoming the dog into their home as possible”.
Dogs come into AABR from shelters and pounds,
from former owners, and as strays. A vet sees each dog and any medical
problem a dog may have is corrected. All dogs are spayed or neutered prior
to adoption and all are brought up-to-date on vaccinations. Said Meadow,
“we’ve had dogs come to us with untreated fractures, emaciated, close to
death. And we’ve had dogs that are in perfect condition that for unknown
reasons are no longer wanted by their former homes”. The foster family
evaluates each dog and any behavioral problem is addressed.
Internet users are encouraged to visit the
AABR site where a picture and story about each dog is posted. If someone
would like to adopt a dog, they fill out an on-line application. Once the
application is approved, a volunteer visits the home. “We’ve had people
joke that adopting a dog from us could be likened to adopting a baby,” said
Karam. “And… they’re right! We want the revolving door lives some of these
dogs have had to stop – we want each home we adopt our dogs into to be their
last”.
Adopt A Boxer’s plans for the future are
heartening. Along with rescuing and placing boxer dogs, their site will
also include a ‘discussion board’ for present and future boxer families to
share their experiences, discuss their dogs and get help when needed. “The
best way to help any dog stay in its home is to educate the people that live
with it,” said Karam. “You can have all the love in the world in your
heart, but if you don’t understand this breed, if you’re having a problem
with training and you feel that you have no where to go for help, then
chances are pretty good that you’re going to begin to think about giving up
your dog”. And Meadow agrees, “we’ve become involved in situations where
the family felt completely alone with a problem. Once we were able to give
some advice, the problem was resolved. Education is definitely the key”.
A link to AdoptABoxerRescue.com can also be
found on the national pet adoption site, Petfinder.com and New York’s
animalallianceny@earthlink.net. If
you are interested in volunteering in your community, call or e-mail info@adoptaboxerrescue.com.
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Adopt A Boxer Rescue volunteers Karen and
Jenn from
PA, were on FOX News Thursday, Dec 2nd, at 7 and 8am to promote Adopt
A Boxer Rescue!
It was filmed at Braxton's in Wayne PA
Adopt A Boxer Rescue
Awareness!!!!
Well, it was quite an adventure, Press
Dude! Jenn and I arrived at 6:20 AM. We had one
spot at 7:41 and one at about 8 ish. We filled Rich Britton in on what we
do as volunteers for AABR and who each of the dogs are and what's their
story.
Jenn went with Max first. Cara, Buster and I was on the other side of the
host, Rich. It was great coverage. She got to tell how to adopt, our dire
need for foster homes, need for transporters and the great qualities of the
Boxer. Also, if you want a dog that is a total couch potato then don't get
a Boxer. Each segment was about 2 minutes so we got to say a lot of
valuable information.
Also, said not to buy a puppy for Christmas or as a present for anyone
but to adopt a dog from a rescue group. We stressed the new web site and it
was on the bottom of the screen the entire time. The second segment was
just as informative. Each segment Max, Cara and Buster were on. It was the
first time FOX ever did it that way and they really liked this way. In the
first hour after the segment we had already 700 hits on the web site and a
total of 9 new apps, 6 of which were for Buster.
I 'm sure all the hits were not from the FOX coverage but hopefully it
helps get the word out about us.
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