Helping to raise awareness by sharing news and information is the first step towards taking initiative to help rescue and save lives of sheltered animals and do our part for animal stewardship.
Stewardship of all natural creation, i.e., the environment, people, and animals, is a responsibility of caring, not abusing. It is our obligation as human beings to care for our fellow creatures -- not only people but also companion animals, farm animals, and wild animals -- with mercy and compassion. Grammy Award winning artists, Emmylou Harris and Sarah McLachlan, set great examples for animal rescue and stewardship; Emmylou Harris actively provides shelter and adoption for rescued pets with her organization, www.bonapartesretreat.org, and Sarah McLachlan is active in her support of the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to protect animal welfare. To follow by thier good example, please join us with the action to learn about animal stewardship, rescue the lives of sheltered pets, and actively support animal welfare organizations.
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"The recession with the loss of homes and jobs � has resulted in many families having to leave their pets behind. Add budget cuts to city & county departments, and animal shelters all over the country are in severe crisis. Euthanasia has become the tool of choice to control homeless animal population by our local government animal control departments � and even some animal advocacy groups." - http://la4animals.wordpress.com/
According to ASPCA "Approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized (60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats). Regarding the severity of the homeless pet population, it is impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the United States; estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million." http://www.aspca.org/about-us/faq/pet-statistics.aspx
Humane Society (HSUS) reports 3-4 million per year
According to Consumer Freedom, focusing too much on media and advertising for fundraising promotion rather than investing more funds and efforts into finding suitable homes for sheltered cats has sadly resulted in allowing the killing of a staggering 95.9 percent of the adoptable pets in taken into certain shelters in 2011. [Although the organization claimed that they only kill animals who are injured or sick, in 2005 police caught its employees dumping recently killed animals that were healthy and adoptable just hours before.] http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012/07/killer-new-stats-on-peta-highlighted-with-sunset-strip-and-times-square-billboards/ http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
According to Bett Sundermeyer, President of No Kill Houston, Mandatory Spay/Neuter Laws (MSNL) have exacerbated shelter kill rates. When MSNL were proposed in Los Angeles, and these laws were passed in February 2008, the statistics show that, immediately after passing MSNL, kill rates began to rise in L.A. Before the passing of MSNL, the kill rate had been steadily declining because of city funded programs providing affordable spay/neuter services and incentives to sterilize pets. But after MSNL were passed, for the first time in a decade, impounds and killing increased; dog deaths increased 24 percent and cat deaths increased 35 percent. Los Angeles County now kills 22 times as many animals as Lake County, CA; and kills 104 times as many animals as Calgary, Canada per capita; both of which do not have MSNL. www.nokillhouston.org http://www.theamericandogmag.com/politics/effects-of-mandatory-spay-neuter-laws
Responsible stewardship of animals is the obligation of every pet owner to provide care for their pets. The following links provide some basic guidelines for pet care:
Comprehensive Pet Care Details:
The ASPCA provides detailed guidance for care of various pets, dogs, cats, horses and more: www.aspca.org/Pet-care
Spay or Neuter Your Pets: SpayUSA.org(FIND A SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC. SpayUSA provides referrals to over 1,500 low cost sterilization programs and clinics nationwide.)
ADOPTIONS:Click into any of the following organizations to adopt a sheltered pet and save the life of an animal.
www.BonapartesRetreat.org (Artist Emmylou Harris is the founder of Bonaparte's Retreat Pet Adoption, which was created to rescue unadoptable dogs from the Nashville Humane Association.)
Humane Society-US (HSUS) (HSUS is an excellent resource for pet rescue and adoptions, and is the nation's largest and most effective animal advocacy organization. Artist, Colbie Caillat is an active supporter of HSUS, and Rock for Learning artist Melanie Silos supports HSUS for "Fair Treatment of Animals [CA Prop 2]")
MuttNation Foundation (Miranda Lambert founded the MuttNation Foundation, which raises money for animal shelters across the country. The foundation also puts on the annual Cause for the Paws benefit concert.)
[More Organizations in Process.]
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NPO SOS:If you are a Non-Profit Animal Rescue Organization and would like the Rock for Learning Animal Rescue Initiative team to help your community outreach campaign to save lives of shelter pets [Contact us here].
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MUSICIANS ACTIVE IN SUPPORT OF ANIMAL RIGHTS, RESCUE & WELFARE - And LOVE their animals:
Melanie Silos, Sarah MacLachlan & friends, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris - www.bonapartesretreat.org (pet adoption), Robert Plant, Heart, Francis Dunnery, Colbie Caillat, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Elton John, Eddie Van Halen, Gene Simmons, Pink, Matchbox 20 (Sidewalk Angels Foundation), Incubus (MYF), Skinny Puppy, Gypsy Kings, Rise Against, Midtown, Indigo Girls, REM, The Cars, Prince, The Smiths, The Sugarcubes, Blur/Damon Albarn, The GoGo�s, Sir Paul McCartney, Avril Lavigne, Queen, Moby, Joan Jett & the Black Hearts, Fuzztones, Grace Slick--donates money from "White Rabbit" to help rabbits, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, X, B52�s, Psychedelic Furs, Pretenders, Earth Crisis, Judas Priest, Nirvana, System of a Down - Serj Tankian, 51 Aces, Helsik, Sugarwall,
And More: http://ukanimalrights.net/music.php
AND MANY MORE.
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ANIMAL RESCUE INITIATIVE: Action To Save the Lives of Sheltered Pets 
