| Program can help owners find lost pets
After a week, several animals have been reunited with their owners thanks to a new lost and found program implemented at the Wayne County Animal Shelter. Wayne Animal Shelter Director Justin Scally said the program is meant to be a two-way street for the county's pet owners. If someone loses an animal, they can fill out a lost pet form at the shelter, which is located at 900 Brick St. Or anyone who finds a lost animal can also fill out a form that will hopefully reunite animal and owner. Although the shelter has also begun a program to improve its adoption rate, Scally said lost animals are just as important. "It's not all about adopting. Sometimes it's about reuniting when a pet runs away," he said. If a pet owner loses his animal, Scally said he should remember to search in the neighborhood, check the local newspaper for the found animal listings and consider placing a lost animal listing.
VHS Provides Tips on How to Keep Your Pets Safe in a Disaster Situation
EVANSVILLE - In a disaster situation, pets are not allowed inside most emergency shelters, so the Vanderburgh Humane Society wants pet owners to know what to do to keep everyone in their family safe. You are recommended to keep your pet's vaccinations current and to have a disaster preparedness kit for each of your pets. That should include: (from supplied VHS pamphlet) spare leash and collar for each pet pet carrier or cage for each pet two-week supply of food and water non-spill food and water bowls toys and treats current photos of each pet medications and dosing instructions vaccination and medical records cat litter and shoebox sized litter pan pet first-aid kit pet first-aid manual Safe places in disasters: At home - bring pets inside to a place you can leavethem if they cannot evacuate with you. Avoid windows. Consider easy-to-clean places like kitchens, bathrooms, utility rooms. Keep cats and dobs separately, even if they normally get along.
Letters: Transportation, pets, etc.
Re "Private funding could spell relief," commentary, March 7: I have been reading recently about public/ private road projects in other states and have feared the day that these snake oil salesmen would come to sully the roadways of California. Now I see that these economic right-wing radicals are starting their public relations drumbeat here to lead us down the path to infrastructure disaster that could be even wider in scope than the energy deregulation disaster, a kindred idea to this. These deals are not based on competition, as Richard G. Little asserts, but a public giveaway of this nation's public infrastructure to private interests. Orange County had to stretch itself fiscally to buy back Highway 91 because the project was a disaster. A recent study by NW Financial, a New Jersey-based municipal finance firm that advises governments on public financing projects, concluded that the state of Indiana would lose out on significant amounts of revenue that would have gone to public projects and instead went to a foreign corporation.
Uganda: Treat Pets to Clear House of Fleas
FLEAS breed close to man, especially in dust, cracks in floors and in car-pets. They require high humidity for their development. Fleas are blood suckers and their bites cause skin swelling and itching. Human fleas are vectors of tapeworms. Control measure .
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