Pat, Lyn, April, Linda, Lesley and Pard all went to the shelter this weekend on Saturday, June 28th, from 11 am to 2 pm. Please come by and visit us and the dogs who are going to get good walks and visitation from all of us and you on the Saturdays to follow since the Good news for our friends and readers is that the shelter is now open at least from 11 to 2 on Saturdays and the Volunteers are there to rave about the adoptees at the shelter. By the way, we have quite a few dogs available as well as cats and kittens, if they haven't already gone to Petsmart. Ivana and Smokey Joe are all at Dr. Ford's and we will be updating this info. They are still in need of homes but we have removed them from the shelter and gotten their checkups, vaccinations, and all that stuff. Lilly Belle, of that same group, has been adopted into a very fine home. We have also added Josey and Eddie and Jerry from the Second Chance Pet Partner Program on the petfinder site. At Animal Medical Center we have posted 5 kittens as well as Copper, Todd, the Tew Family puppies (including Lou, R 2D Tew, Pooh and Roo--Foo has been adopted).
We have volunteers who keep this site updated daily. However, sometimes adoptions take place at the shelter that we don't know about for several days. If a dog or cat is listed with a tag number and is at the City of Jackson Animal Shelter as stated in the individual paragraphs given each dog or cat, feel free to call the shelter at 601.960.1775.
Right now we have some fine dogs up for adoption who are being fostered by Nancy Rothe. She has any dog you could hope for at her home. She always makes sure that they are all up to date on vaccinations, spay/neuter, heartworm treatment, socialization, and all the best that a dog lover can provide. Please get in touch with her at 601-825-4798 or email her at ngrothe@bellsouth.net.
Our history, from old shelter to new shelter at 140 Outer Circle: 1. The City Shelter moved to the new facility off Woodrow Wilson near Hawkins Field . You drive down Woodrow Wilson until you see the sign for George Kurtz Gymnasium,then you turn right on Gymnasium Road, then look for Outer Circle and turn right. Follow that road across the railroad tracks and turn right into the parking lot of the new shelter. We love this new facility because we sweated our selves out to get it, the city approved it, and the dogs and cats and whatever else shows up there (horses, snakes, emus) have a climate controlled environment with enthusiastic attendants catering to these animals needs.
Again, if you forgot, we need NEW volunteers to help with all we do. Our volunteer contact is Nancy Rothe at 601-825-4798 or email her at ngrothe@bellsouth.net . We know we keep mentioning this, but it's just so very true. We need volunteers who would like to do what we do: walk the dogs at the pound, help find homes, educate the public about our spay/neuter programs, get the cats to Petsmart, clean the cat cages at Petsmart. We need people who want to become proactive in the community as volunteers in our organization. We need people who are fearless about asking for monies for our adoption programs and city shelter needs and are not afraid to throw their selves amidst the eternal needs of homeless pets.
If you'd like to be pet person just for a little while as we try to find homes for the homeless we need you as an FP(foster person). Fostering a dog or cat is a wonderful way to teach children how to help those in need and how to be responsible for the life of another living being. Also, to those of you who have just one dog and you fear that they are lonely while you are at work all day, nothing keeps your beloved lonely one company like a thankful and willing foster dog. Call Lyn Crawford at 601.405.2437 if you would like to help.
All city shelter dogs and cats are spay/neuterable through our fine program with Jackson Friends and various vets in town. One of our newest vets, so generous with her time to our cause is Dr. Angela Peterson at Animal Health Center in Madison, Ms. Also, Dr. Dana Ford has been offering her skills to this cause as her new practice at Canton Road Veterinary Hospital grows by leaps and bounds in the northeast Jackson, Ms, area. Mr. Michael Randall at the Randall Veterinary Clinic (Byram, Ms) has committed quite a bit of his time to our spay/neuter program. He introduces each of our rescues to all of the other dogs and cats at his clinic and assesses each rescue as to adoptability and temperament. Some of our longtime participating vets are Dr. Troy Majure and his rotating staff of wonderful vets at AMC (Animal Medical Center) and one of our long-standing clinics donating their time and talent to Jackson Friends is North State Animal Hospital. Two of our newest are Oakdale Vet Clinic and Forest Hill Vet Clinic. I just met Dr. Jonathan Mitchell (with Forest Hill) . A very positive guy with a fine vet clinic. Also , All Creatures Great and Small in Madison has continued to be most generous with their time and talents with our program for quite a while. Dr. Glenn with the Hinds Community College Vet Tech program which spays and neuters our pets during the academic year. The person to call for spay/neuter for pound pets is Greg Rothe at 601-825-4798. We thank these vets for everything they have done for these many years for this community and applaud their loyalty to this fine program. We also highly recommend them for your other pets, too.
To make tax deductible donations, send checks written out to Jackson Friends of the Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 13486, Jackson, Mississippi 39236-348.
