Week of 2/5/12 Humane Happenings

What rewarding few weeks we had at Desert Haven Animal Refuge, the NO-KILL domestic sanctuary owned and operated by the Sierra County Humane Society!

Tudor

DHAR most senior feline, Tudor, was adopted recently. The “Old Boy” is enjoying the last chapter of his long life in Phoenix AZ. Maggie-Girl is settled in her forever home in TorC. Riley, the fun loving kitty everyone had fallen in love with, is starting his new life in Washington State. His plane ticket and adoption fee were both covered by then-work campers Carl and Linda Schmidt who also generously covered half of the adoption fees of Tudor and Maggie-Girl to facilitate their adoption. Loverboy, a feline who has resided at DHAR for the past several years, is the latest little guy to be adopted from DHAR. The latest news from Dogtown: Blue now lives in Albuquerque. Freedom moved to her new home in TorC and Cinder has found his place-in-the-sun in Elephant Butte. Bosom-buddies Chowder and Isis were adopted together and are now enjoying the excitement of country life with their new family in the mountains of southwestern NM.

 Jim Seery work-camped at the sanctuary in early 2011. He adopted Sparky from DHAR before he left to attend his daughter’s college graduation in Michigan last spring. Jim is back and everyone who worked with him last year is thrilled to have him back for a few more months. Jim continues to demonstrate his loyalty to Desert Haven and all its creatures. When he realized that Shadow the female black lab, was still at the sanctuary, he made it his goal to facilitate her adoption. Shadow was less than three months old when she arrived at the sanctuary in 2007. She had been discovered by accident one morning inside a tightly locked enclosure completely surrounded by a seven foot fence. She was frightened, dehydrated and starving. She was hurt but with no broken bones, even though it was obvious that the small pup had been thrown over the fence days earlier. Our black lab girl needs her own loving home and Jim is pledging to cover half her adoption fee to facilitate her adoption. Thanks, friend!

This week’s wish list: Handymen needed. We have a wire fence to build and a wooden fence to mend. Our Catzebo needs a complete make-over. We need patio blocks or someone to lay a couple of small cement slabs. We have other projects ready to go. If unable to give a hand, could you donate material or funds to help with the projects? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

 Contact us at 575-894-2639 or 813-716-2033. E-mail us at weR4pets@gmail.com. Visit us at www.DesertHavenAnimalRefuge.com.