Archive for May, 2009

29 May

Updates from Philly

From the Daily News:

New director for PSPCA chosen
May 23, 2009
After a three-month search for a new leader, the Pennsylvania SPCA on Tuesday will go back to the future by appointing Sue Cosby its new executive director, sources tell the Daily News.
Cosby served the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association as chief operating officer from June [...]

20 May

CNKP: Petition Drive Update

May 2009
No-Kill Petition
The “No-Kill” petition drive’s first weekend was a great success! Five teams of volunteers were all over Philadelphia gathering support from other pet lovers and taxpayers. CNKP volunteers attended the Trenton Arts Festival, the Olde City Sidewalk Sale, a Yoga Unites Event at the Art Museum and the Italian Market Festival! [...]

18 May

PSPCA: “Animal Control? Meh… never mind”

From the Philadelphia Daily News at this link:

Stu Bykofsky: Gimme shelter: Is PSPCA prepared to bail out?
May 18, 2009
By Stu Bykofsky
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Columnist
AFTER FIVE MONTHS of running animal care and control in Philadelphia, and running into a buzz saw of criticism, the Pennsylvania SPCA is trying to mend its ways, but has serious [...]

16 May

Found it

16 May

PSPCA back at it again in Monroe County

After PSPCA abruptly fired several employees at their Monroe County shelter, then weeks later closed the facility with less than 24 hours’ notice (throwing the entire local rescue community into a tailspin)… and then putting the building up for sale (a move which produced withering criticism from the public)… PSPCA is now back to searching [...]

16 May

No-Kill News from Philadelphia

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Things have been pretty quiet on the surface in Philly, but Citizens for a No Kill Philadelphia and City Council members Jack Kelly and William Greenlee have been hard at work behind the scenes.
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City Council Resolution

May 7, 2009
Resolution
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to examine and investigate the [...]

06 May

Nap happy

04 May

Quote of the day

“When you are separated from a soul mate, you miss your partner every minute of the day and most days are nothing more than a torture of aching and needing. The soul mate connection is unlike a conventional relationship for, in these cases, the pain of separation doesn’t lessen. Some days it feels as if [...]

02 May

Quote of the day: Gandhi

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“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
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~ Gandhi

01 May

Simple Pleasures

With today’s pessimistic economic outlook, many  are beginning to feel the “blahs” even as spring pours forth with promises of hope and renewal. Many folk are disappointed by the need to cut back on vacation plans, trim planned purchases or delay backyard makeovers.
True, we may need to scale back on what we do, but is that [...]


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