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LAWS enters finals of Aviva Community Challenge contest After surgical recovery, antibiotics and pain medication, CJ Sparrow is on the mend and purrs his appreciation on a daily basis. Please feel free to contact the shelter to enquire about CJ Sparrow.
learn what toxicities and hazards to avoid in order to keep your pets safe over the holiday season: • http://www.petpoisonhelpline. com/pet-owners/seasons/winterholiday-pet-poison-tips/ • http://vetmedicine.about.com/ Keep pets safe over holiday sea- od/toxicology/qt/toxicplants.htm son • http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ The holidays can be a very happy cliented/holiday.aspx and fun-filled time of year. Having an animal fall victim to the toxici- Holiday hours ties of the holiday season is not hapIn preparation for the holiday py nor is it fun-filled. season, LAWS hours of operations Many toxicities that occur over will vary slightly over the holidays. the holidays are from unknown cul- Our holiday hours are: prits. • Tuesday, Dec. 24: closed at 3 Please see the links provided to p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 25: closed • Thursday, Dec. 26: closed • Friday, Dec. 27: return to regular business hours of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Tuesday, Dec. 31: closed at 3 p.m. • Wednesday, Jan. 1: closed • Thursday Jan. 2: return to regular business hours of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. From all of the staff, volunteers and animals at LAWS, we wish everyone a very happy holiday season! Lanark Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) is located on Glenview
Road, just off Highway 43, about 2 kilometres west of Smiths Falls. The shelter is open Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Write to us at P.O. Box 156, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 4T1 or contact us at 613-283-9308, or email at shelter@lanarkanimals. ca. Visit our website at www.lanarkanimals.ca. Please also check out www.AdoptADog.TV featuring some of our canines up for adoption. If you have lost a dog or cat please check our website or phone or visit the shelter. If you have found a dog or cat please visit our website to find the number of your local animal control officer.
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Lifestyle – Lanark Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) would like to extend our gratitude for all of the support from the community during the Aviva Community Challenge over the past few months. Because of the community votes, LAWS has succeeded in entering the finals for this amazing challenge which means an automatic $5,000 from Aviva Canada Inc. and the opportunity to win up to $150,000. The winners will be announced on Jan. 28 so stay tuned. LAWS takes in the abandoned animals in the community and provides shelter, food/water and care to those animals. Quite often costly emergency veterinary care is required for these animals as well. This emergency veterinary care was recently required for one of LAWS’ newest resident cats, CJ Sparrow. CJ was brought to the shelter by a concerned citizen who had noticed this young guy wandering in the cold on his property. When the gentleman got a closer look of this guy it was noticed that CJ’s right eye was badly damaged and he was quite thin. The concerned citizen brought CJ to the shelter and CJ was immediately taken to the veterinarian for immediate attention. After examination, the veterinarian assumed that CJ had been kicked in the head by a horse or cow as his right eye needed to be removed. In addition to his damaged eye, his upper jaw had been fractured to the point where the hard pallet in his mouth needed to be sutured closed.
DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS IS FEB. 28TH, 2014
CANADIAN AID FOR CHERNOBYL
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FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Families Helping Families With your support we hope to provide 750 impoverished families with staple food items.
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Will provide toothpaste, toothbrushes and hygiene products to orphans, invalid children and needy families.
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Host Families needed for Summer 2014. Contact Rhona 613-342-2709
Are you new to the neighbourhood? Had a baby? Planning a wedding?
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Will provide 60 lbs of quality staple food products for children, poor families and the elderly living in radioactive contaminated areas in Belarus. These food boxes will be hand delivered to those in most need by volunteers from Brockville and area in March 2014
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Will provide urgently needed medicine and hygiene products to orphanages & hospitals OR support our orphan programs designed to better prepare children for life after institutional living through education, sports, agriculture and computers.
500
Will support our orphaned and disabled children initiatives; providing food, education, medicine and a safer environment than living on the streets or will help support a family with a disabled child.
To: Canadian Aid For Chernobyl, P.O. Box 244 Brockville, Ontario K6V 5V5, or contact Dave Shaw at 613-342-8747 or cheque can be dropped off at Alan Browns Downtown Brockville.
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