La vérité, c’est qu’ils ont tout fait de travers.  Au lieu de mettre la jambe cassée du pauvre chien dans un plâtre et la laisser guérir, ils l’ont amputé.  

Amputé par la municipalité

Pour lire la version française, traduite par Bihter :
http://france.myletsadopt.com/2009/11/29/alexandre-trois-jambes-et-un-grand-coeur/  

Alexander est présentement en pension, et a maintenant besoin d’un foyer temporaire en Turquie. Il pourra être adopté à une famille permante, qu’elle se trouve en Turquie ou sur un autre continent.

Les conditions d’adoption de Let’s Adopt! :

- La famille doit déjà héberger un autre animal (un chien, un chat, un cheval… les oiseaux, rongeurs, poissons et autres petits animaux ne comptent pas) ;

- L’animal que la famille souhaite adopter devra vivre à l’intérieur ;

- La famille intéressée devra envoyer des nouvelles de l’animal après l’adoption, avec si possible des photos ;

-L’animal que la famille souhaite adopter devra avoir un régime cru ;

-Il peut y avoir des conditions additionelles selon le cas de l’animal.

Pour plus d’informations sur le régime cru :

www.rawfed.com (en anglais)
www.rawfedcats.org (en anglais)
www.barf.ch/barf/ (en français)

 Bonne chance Alexander et surtout, merci aux membres dévoués de Let’s Adopt!

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Three Legs and a BIG Heart

Today, Let’s Adopt rescued a three legged dog in Turkey.

Alexander was a stray dog. He has been hit by a car and left unconscious on the side of the road. Someone called what we could call <<Animal Control>> in Turkey… I’d like to tell you that they took great care of him, but that would be lying.

Truth is, they did it all wrong. Instead of fixing the broken leg, they just cut if off.

Amputated by the municipality

Read the original article:
http://blog.myletsadopt.com/2009/11/29/alexander-three-legs-and-a-big-heart/

Alexander is currently in a pension. He will need a foster family in Turkey, and a final home, either in Turkey or overseas.

There are conditions for adopting an animal through Let’s Adopt!:

- Prospective adoptants should have at least one other animal under their care, and be able to demonstrate their ability to take care of animals through their history with this already existing animal (rodents, reptiles and fish don’t count)

- Should a prospective adoptant live in a home with a garden, he or she should guarantee that the animal to be adopted through Let’s Adopt will live inside the home as opposed to the garden only.

- Individuals who adopt an animal through Let’s Adopt agree to create a photograph album later on that contains images from the new life of the animal to be shared with all members of the network and to be published on our blog.

- Individuals who adopt an animal through Let’s Adopt agree to create a photograph album later on that contains images from the new life of the animal to be shared with all members of the network and to be published on our blog.

- The adopted animal must be fed raw.

- Additional conditions may apply in individual cases.

For information on a raw diet, see:

www.rawfed.com
www.rawfedcats.org

Good luck Alexander, and a BIG thank you to the dedicated members of Let’s Adopt! for giving him a new chance at life!

This chained husky, along with 96 others were rescued by spca ll, a no-kill shelters located in the province of quebec.

Yves Kirouac, the former guardian of these dogs, claimed that he loved his dogs and cared for them, in an attempt to clear his name. Outraged, 5 witnesses responded to the article by individually telling the truth about what was really happening to these dogs. 

 Cath

Les animaux affamés et déshydratés, comprenant une trentaine de femelles enceintes, vivaient enchaînés dehors sans accès à un abris convenable ni même à de l’eau potable.

Près d’une centaine de chiens saisis

Afin de se défendre et de laver son nom, Yves Kirouac, l’ancien gardien des chiens de traîneau, déclare dans un article de journal qu’il adorait ses chiens et qu’il les avait donnés à contrecoeur. Outragés, 5 témoins ont répondu à l’article, racontant une autre version complètement différente.

Apparemment, les chiens étaient sous-alimentés durant l’été. ”Certaines bêtes portaient même des plaies rongées par des vers…” raconte une femme, avec vidéos et photos pour appuyer ses dires.

Kirouac aurait également tué des vieux chiens à coups de pelle dans la tête. Des carcasses ont étés repérées sur le terrain, dans une fosse.

Les animaux saisis par la SPCA quitteront le refuge d’urgence dans les Laurentides et seront distribués entre plusieurs organismes au Canada et aux États-Unis pour y être soignés et stérélisés. Ils seront alors disponibles pour l’adoption.

Malheureusement, la SPCA Laurentides-Labelle affirme que ceci n’est pas un cas isolé et que des situations semblables ou des chiens de traîneau sont négligés sont régulièrement reportées au Canada, d’où le besoin immédiat de meilleures lois pour protéger les animaux.

Cath

We can be angry, and we can be hurt, but we must not turn away…Before we can change something, we must be willing to look at it!

Diane Leigh & Marilee Geyer

It`s a dangerous world out there, and everyday, in cities across the nation, dogs and cats by the thousands end up on the streets…

The book I`m gonna talk about today, ONE At a Time- A Week in an American Shelter starts with these words…I personally was in tears by the end of the introduction… I had to stop multiple times because I was crying so hard. Best and worst part of the book are the photos. Seeing their faces and looking into their eyes made it personal, and it makes you feel helpless. So you are gonna ask me… why are you suggesting us this book? To make us Sad? Are not we surrounded by enough sadness already? Some of my friends on facebook tell me the same thing all the time…Pia, we can not even watch/read the the things you post till the end… Cause it makes us sad… But we can not runaway from the facts or the horror that`s surrounding us… You can be hurt but you can not turn your head away. You have to make a decision… So ARE YOU IN???

Authors Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer spend a week in a shelter in Northern California in order to document the lives of animals. The book tells the 75 stories of individual dogs and cats that come to the animal shelter during the week. All of these cats and dogs are here to find a home. Some will be reunited with their family, some will move to a new and hopefully permanent and loving home, and some will be euthanized. They are to be commended for telling a very difficult story in an honest and non-biased way. It’s heartbreaking to know that some dogs and cats have no chance of adoption and are euthanized simply because of their unpopular breed or age or health condition. Some happy adoptable animals succumb to kennel stress and the personality problems it causes. I found myself looking at the end of each story to see the outcome before I even started reading about the animals. Is he/she adopted or euthanized??? There is not enough money to care for sick animals or time or staff to socialize animals with behavioural problems. It is often a losing battle. The authors make it clear that much of the blame lies on irresponsible people who don’t spay or neuter their animals. You begin to realize how hopeless the odds are even at the most well-run animal shelter. Many more animals arrive than can be adopted. You need to be strong to read this book. You’ll fall in love with some of the animals and learn they did not survive the kennel but there is joy in knowing many do find new homes. The book selects several animals to feature and there is a picture or two. All are beautiful animals who deserved a chance that many never got.

And there was Kelly who broke my heart into million pieces… A beautiful, eight years old golden Husky mix who was found by the control officer in the shelter`s play yard, probably left by her guardian because the shelter was not open at that time. Her guardian came few hours later for signing her to the shelter adding that she is such a great, loving dog, who gets very well children. The staff was dumbfounded. If Kelly was such a great dog, why her guardian gave her up? Apparently in her current home she was primarily a yard dog, sleeping in the dog house and being fed outside in the mornings. Back in the kennels, she was devastated. Her grief was unmistakable. She did not eat, would not look up at anyone who stood in front of her kennel, did not lift her head as her photo was taken. After three days, it was clear that she was not going to bounce back from the trauma of being abandoned; puppies, even street dogs, do better in the shelter, having never known a home. It is the ones who had a home-the ones who have lost the most- who suffer the worst. Her suffering sealed her fate=EUTHANASIA…

Here are some general statistics from the book:

• 6 to 8 million lost and unwanted animals entered animal shelters nationwide last year. 3 to 4 million animals were euthanized in animal shelters last year. This means one animal is put down every nine seconds.

• Euthanasia in shelters is the leading cause of death of healthy dogs and cats.

• 1 in 3 animals will have a home that lasts their entire lifetime.

• 20% of animals currently in homes are adopted from shelters.

• 25% of dogs in shelters are purebred.

• A companion animal is lost every 30 seconds.

• Only 2% of lost cats who enter shelters are ever reunited with their families. Only 16% of dogs are reunited with their families.

• The length of time that most surrendered animals have been in the home before being surrendered is less than one year.

Leigh and Geyer ask this question “ How do we End this TRAGEDY?”

Here are the answers they come up with.

What You could do:

• Keeping current ID on animals and ensuring that they are kept safe, do not become lost

• Spaying and neutering to help overpopulation

• Getting an animal when you are absolutely ready

• Adopting a homeless animal from a shelter/rescue group

What Shelters could do:

• Identification and microchipping programs, (An ID tag and microchip could save countless lost animals)

• Low cost spay and neuter

• Pet parenting classes and animal behaviour help

But most importantly we need to create communicate communities that killing is not an acceptable answer, animals have value and beauty as beings with a sacred spark of life and spirit.

When describing it to several people, I was asked why I would want to torture myself by reading such tragic stories. The answer is that every pet owner (past and present) in the country NEEDS to read this book. It should be required. Too many people just don’t know what happens when they don’t spay/neuter their dogs and cats, or when they drop off their pets at a shelter because they are moving, or “tired of the animal,” or some other unacceptable reason for giving up a pet. Euthanasia (even gas chambers) does happen to millions of animals each year. Turning away from this reality is a betrayal of the animals. If they must go through it, we can be strong enough to know about it and face it.

I would like to dedicate this post and this song Coldplay-Fix You to all the Rainbow angels. Sorry, we could not Save you!

www.novoiceunheard.org

Love,

Pia

Hi everyone and welcome to Let`s Adopt Canada!

My name is Pia Pinar Ercan. I am a 35 year old Turkish origin who`s been living in Montreal for 6 years. Before coming to Montreal, I worked at the science council of Turkey (I have a degree in journalism but I did nothing with it professionally), then I ran a bed&breakfast with my partner in Montreal for 5,5 years. Now at the at the age of of 35 I am following my heart and my dreams to be a professional chef. Cooking is my passion. One of the things I love about cooking is that it’s creative – I’m mixing flavours, colours, things that go well together on a plate. Cooking is also an act of love, and a way to show caring. I believe strongly that food prepared with love has the ability to pass that love along. This January I am going to start the culinary institute so wish me good luck on my new journey

Cooking for my Friends

I am a dreamer…I believe that I stretch my mental capacities beyond their bonds by dreaming, thinking, visualizing and always making plans for the future. You know what they say “Dreams are like stars…you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.”

I’m a total music junkie. I live and breathe music, and always listening to it everywhere I am. I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t listen to music. This summer I bought myself a turntable and I started collecting vinyls. I collect vinyls from 70`s and newer funk groups, jazz, blues, rock etc. I also like going to live shows, jams sessions every chance I got.

Throughout my life I have been involved with animals- dogs, cats, reptiles, squirrels, birds even a falcon (when I was a kid my father brought home an injured falcon, which he took him to a vet and got him operated, we took care of him for 2 months in our house).

But the biggest influence in my life was my dog, my soul mate Balki who passed away this January. We spent the most amazing 16 years of our lives together. I believe that dogs/cats they are like tattoos, they live an indelible mark to our souls. We will never ever forget the joy they brought to our lives.

Me and Balki

After my Balki passed away I wanted to channel my grief by helping the four legged angels in need, I felt like I love to help out and just donating and volunteering for my local shelter somehow was not enough. I found Let`s Adopt Turkey on facebook, I finally found the right the group of people where I can share my passion, my love for animals. That`s where I found the right platform to be the voice for the voiceless.

I want to make a difference in the world by spreading the word about rescue animals and this is my calling. My dream in the future is, to have all the puppy mills shut down.

I hope everyone who visit this blog will go out and do their own good because they see it is possible for even just one person can make a big difference.

I want to post news links, opinions, product reviews, interviews, anything I think is relevant and will be of interest to the readers. Please feel free to leave comments, your feedback is highly appreciated

If you would like to see more of our ideas for this blog, feel free to join our ever-growing Facebook group “Let`s Adopt Canada

Love,

Pia

Cath

 
About Catherine

My full name is Catherine Méthot.

I’m a 17 year old Canadian student from Northern Ontario. I lived 12 years in Quebec and my primary language is french, but I also understand and write in english. 

Some of my interests are music, concerts, sketching, reading, writing, photography and outdoor activities. I have a great passion for animals and it lead me, a few years ago, to get implicated in animal-related issues.

I always wanted to help, to heal, to save every living creature and thought of becoming a biologist or a veterinarian. Although I don’t think that heavy studies are a good idea for me, I know I will always be able to make a difference by EDUCATING, and being an editor of this blog is the perfect opportunity to do so. 

Now, I can write and help animals at the same time.

I consider myself as an open-minded, curious and creative individual, but also very shy with a self-esteem to work on. This is why this experience means I’m probably going to get out of my comfort zone, but I hope to be able to make the most of it and learn as much as you do.  

Take care!  

Cath  

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À propos de Catherine 

Mon nom complet est Catherine Méthot.

Je suis une étudiante Canadienne de 17 ans ayant grandi au Québec et résident présentement dans le Nord de l’Ontario. Ma langue maternelle est le français mais j’ai également appris à communiquer en anglais.   

J’aime la musique, les concerts, les arts visuels, la cuisine, la lecture, l’écriture, la photographie et les activités en plein-air. Ma grande passion pour les animaux m’a poussée a m’impliquer dans diverses causes reliées au bien-être animal.

J’ai toujours voulu aider, soigner, sauver tout ce qui vit et plus jeune, je croyais vouloir devenir biologiste, infirmière ou vétérinaire. Je ne crois pas que ce soit une bonne idée pour moi maintenant, mais quel que soit mon futur, je sais que j’aurai toujours un moyen de faire une différence : par le biais de la senbilisation.  

Ma participation à la rédaction de ce blog me donne la chance de fusionner mon amour de la composition a celui des animaux.

Je me considère comme une personne créative, sympathique et ouverte d’esprit, mais aussi timide. J’espère que cette expérience me fera grandir, apprendre et repousser mes limites.

Maintenant que vous en savez plus sur moi, bonne lecture!

Cath