Pick MeMe!

My foster mom says that I am a snuggle monster. The only thing I might love more than snuggling is rolling over and attacking my toys. I have great litter box manners and I love other kitties. I am very brave. I found my way from an on ramp to a kind lady's house. She found me playing in her water fountain and let me come inside with her kitties. I soon learned I love other kitties and to chase toys around the room. It took a while for the road rash on my paws to heal, but I soon learned I love being spoiled rotten! It all became about me. Which is how I became named Meme. I am looking forward to meeting you! Recently spayed, I'm now ready for adoption. Email us at CCLASpets@gmail.com.

Meme is available for adoption through CCLAS. Adoption fees are always low - only $35. The fee includes a deworming treatment, an initial vaccination, flea prevention treatment, a collar with identification tag, a cardboard carrier, and an initial wellness exam with a second vaccination from participating local veterinarians. Please visit our website at http://www.cclas.info and our blog at http://cclaspets.blogspot.com/

URGENT: Shelter is full! 19 cats up for adoption. Only 12 cages.

The Lakewood Animal Shelter is at FULL CAPACITY with cats and kittens available for adoption. CCLAS has placed several of the adoptable cats in foster homes to free up cages at the shelter, but what we really need is to find homes for these sweet animals THIS WEEKEND. All adult cats at the shelter or in foster care are only $15 this Friday and Saturday! Everyone available for adoption has been either spayed or neutered, received an initial vaccination plus treated with flea prevention medicine.

Amazing cats like Hera, Quincy, Martha, Lizzy and Trouble are waiting for their furever homes...but they can't wait forever! Stop into the shelter between noon and 4:00 p.m. or visit our Adopt-A-Pet album, to see our current list of adoptables. Can you, or someone you know, rescue one of these felines, or maybe offer up a foster home?

Big or Small, We Have Your New Best Friend!

Animals are waiting at the Lakewood Animal Shelter to meet their new best friend - YOU! King and Hera are just two of the many homeless animals available for adoption.

King is a large, handsome boy. He's friendly, likes to play and gets along great with other dogs. A little nervous at the shelter, he can be a bit vocal when you first meet him, but that's just King's way of saying "HI!"

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King, collar 101

Hera is a gorgeous tortoiseshell Manx, with a unique shortened tail. She's friendly and gets along well with other cats, but has her "sassy" moments...and with a face that pretty, who can blame her?

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Hera, collar 130

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Hera, collar 130

King, Hera, and many others are available for adoption at the Lakewood Animal Shelter, located in the Cleveland Metroparks, on Cleveland Metroparks Drive (Valley Parkway) just south of the Dog Park. Adoption fees are always low - only $35. Includes deworming medicines, initial vaccination, flea treatment,  a collar with identification tag, a cardboard carrier, initial veterinarian visit with second vaccination from participating local veterinarians. Adoption hours are Tuesdays & Thursday 12 to 6, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 12-4. Please visit our website at http://www.cclas.info and our blog at www.cclaspets.blogspot.com.

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9th Annual "Hair of the Dog" Fundraiser

It’s time for an evening filled with DJ entertainment, open bar drinks, appetizers and fantastic raffle baskets, all while helping our furry friends! The Citizens Committee for the Lakewood Animal Shelter (CCLAS) is sponsoring its ninth annual ‘Hair of the Dog’ Happy Hour and Silent Auction on Thursday, May 23.

As always, 100% of the proceeds will benefit the animals in the community of Lakewood and allow us to continue our low-cost spay and neuter program.

Here are the detail you need to know to be a part of this awesome event!

When: Thursday, May 23 from 5:30 to 8:30
Where: Around the Corner, 18616 Detroit Ave, Lakewood
Admission: $25 per person (includes open bar and appetizers)

Every year generous local business and designers donate thousands of dollars worth of great products, gift certificates, art, and services. They help us continue our success in making the Lakewood Animal Shelter more than just another city pound. Through their generosity and your support, CCLAS is able continue our vital role helping to find homes for homeless pets, fostering abandoned and orphaned litters, and spaying and neutering Lakewood’s dogs and cats, in order to minimize the overpopulation of homeless animals on the streets and at the shelter.

Click here to preview some of the lots highlighted on our Facebook page.

This event draws more than 100 local supporters and raises up to $5000! The auction will feature a range of gift packages, including distinctive merchandise and services, animal-related products, dinners, and tickets to cultural and sporting events.

This is the best silent auction in town!  Check out our website at www.cclashappyhour.com or visit www.cclas.info/events to purchase your advance tickets!  All tickets purchased in advance will come with three complimentary Chinese auction raffle tickets.

oh Mickey you're so fine!

Mickey was found wandering the streets near Lakewood Park when a good samaritan brought him to the shelter late last week, recently neutered and vaccinated, this dashing fellow is ready to meet his forever family. Ask for collar 49.

Mickey is available for adoption at the Lakewood Animal Shelter, located in the Cleveland Metroparks, on Cleveland Metroparks Drive (Valley Parkway) just south of the Dog Park. Adoption fees are always - only $35. The fee includes a deworming treatment, an initial vaccination, flea prevention treatment, a collar with identification tag, a cardboard carrier, and an initial wellness exam with a second vaccination from participating local veterinarians. Adoption hours are Tuesdays & Thursday 12 to 6, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 12-4. Please visit our website at http://www.cclas.info and our blog at http://cclaspets.blogspot.com/

Foster home needed for littermates ASAP

CCLAS is desperately looking for a foster who can help nurse Thelma & Louise back to good heath. Both have fatty liver disease, from being abandon on the streets of Lakewood too long. CCLAS will cover their medical cost - daily duties include force feeding in a quiet comfortable environment. Currently they are living in a board member's small bathroom. Can you help? Leave a message below or email CCLASpets@gmail.com.

Why Ohio needs better laws regarding breeding to protect companion animals

A lot of people are learning today about the unfortunate situation in Richland County regarding the nearly 280 Chihuahuas and 40 Shar-Peis that are being removed from deplorable conditions at the Windsong Acres Kennel.  Autumn Ziemba of FOX8 was able to report first hand about the heartbreak for the dogs, volunteers, and kennel owners.

Although charges will not be filled on the kennel owner due to the sad fact that she's dying in hospice of terminal cancer and her husband passed away suddenly this weekend, it doesn't change the reality that she took advantage of Ohio's relaxed laws regarding when it comes to breeding. 

A similar scene of today unfolded approximately three years ago in New Jersey. According to a press release by the Associated Humane Societies of New Jersey, "The scene was disturbing, but not entirely unexpected for Bruce Sanchez, General Manager at Associated Humane Societies’ Tinton Falls Animal Care Center -- over 200 little Chihuahuas stacked up in two-foot by two-foot cages and Shar Peis, some sick, many unkempt and all seemingly oblivious to their lifestyle." While the press releases focuses on the heartache and well being of the dogs, there are many unflattering warnings about the abusive nature of the Windsong Acres Kennels and by Edith Buchko. One post on http://dogrescuerslife.blogspot.com stated that she was convicted of animal cruelty in 1991 and in 1996; her ability to sell with AKC papers was terminated.

Regardless if Edith Bucko truly cared for the dogs or thought of them as products to sell, she knew if she moved to Ohio she would be able to "continue her breeding business as usual" due to Ohio's lack  "...any zoning or number restrictions."

Ohio legislation is consider a bill S.B. 130, which is also been coined by New Beginnings Animal Shelter of Pickerington, Ohio,  the "Puppy Mill Breeder Protection' Bill." Hopefully the story about Windsong Acres Kennel in Ohio will shed some light on why we need reasonable regulation and oversight when it comes to breeders of companion animals in Ohio.

Sources:

http://fox8.com/2012/08/16/nearly-300-chihuahuas-rescued/

http://dogrescuerslife.blogspot.com/2010/02/horrible-breed-just-moved-to-cleveland.html

http://www.ahscares.org/showarchive.asp?id=515

http://www.sharpeiforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11286&p=146218

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/companion-animal-breeding/article/1355

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1973505&l=ade207b184&id=145437162135878

Photo Credits:

Lisa LaRose

Post by Dawn Pyne

CCLAS active volunteer, and former board president

Member of Lakewood Animal Safety Welfare Advisory Board