2007 YEAR IN REVIEW
We were busy last year saving animals and focusing attention on providing additional services to the community. In 2007, we found new homes for 522 homeless animals�a 13% increase over 2006 - and cared for an additional 80 � all surplus animals from the county shelter that our volunteers worked hard to find homes for. And, because our felines are rescued from Placer County Animal Shelter it�s important to tell you that our adoptions were 37% of their total feline intake number. These numbers are proof that our program� designed to reduce the euthanasia rate in Placer County�is working.
Volunteer hours totaled 6,859 or 3.2 FTE's (not including cumulative hours from foster care providers or mobile adoption sites) and again we assisted local school children earn community service credits while teaching them about kindness to animals, the animal-human bond and the importance of proper pet care, including spaying/neutering.
Currently, our foster homes are lined up and ready to take care of the hundreds of kittens that arrive each year. It�s our low-cost spay/neuter voucher program that helps keep these numbers down. Last year alone, we provided 115 pet owners with these vouchers.
Our one-eyed kitten Jay, found a new home since we wrote our winter newsletter but Phyllis still awaits hers after raising her kittens this past season. She�ll be safe with us until she meets her match - no matter how long that takes. Your donations help us do that.
Besides the animals that will seek shelter at our sanctuary, there is still much work to be done to protect animals from abuse and neglect - to teach respect for the environment and everything in it. This year brings new challenges. The economic downturn has already affected us with cost increases in food, medical supplies and miscellaneous expenses. We anticipate a decline in adoption rates and an increase in our service as more people are forced out of their homes and separated from their pets. Unlike Hurricane Katrina, the housing crisis is a man-made 'disaster'. but a disaster none-the-less.
Even more than ever before, your donations are important to us. We are forever grateful for your support as we travel this road together.
Rosemary Frieborn, President
NEW LAW PROTECTS ANIMALS
Penal Code 597.7(a) states: "No person shall leave or confine an animal in any unattended motor vehicle under conditions that endanger the health or well-being of the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or lack of food or water, or other circum-stances that could reasonably be expected (emphasis added) to cause suffering, disability, or death to the animal."
The code further states: "Nothing in this section shall prevent a peace officer, humane officer, or an animal control officer from removing an animal from a motor vehicle if the animals safety appears to be in immediate danger from heat, cold, lack of adequate ventila-tion, lack of food or water, or other circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability, or death to the animal."
A peace officer, humane officer, or animal control officer is authorized to take all steps that are reasonably necessary for the re-moval of an animal from a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, breaking into the motor vehicle, after a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible.
| Placer County Animal Control 530.886.5500 | Placer County Sheriff�s Dispatch 530.886.5375 |
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Rocklin Animal Control 916.625.5434 | Rocklin Police Department 916.625.5400 |
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Roseville Animal Control 916.774.5090 | Roseville Police Department 916.774.5116 |
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Auburn Police Department 530.823.4222 | Lincoln Police Department 916.645.4040 |
