Top 10 Austin Pet Heroes of 2011
A Variety Of Pets Media based in Austin, Texas is comprised of radio shows and documentary videos highlighting heroes and pioneers. These individuals share their lives with two or more pets. The radio show portion has been featured in three magazines in two years and received an award in 2010.
Everyday individuals associated with non-profit rescue organizations devote great passion to furry or feather family members. Today these HEROES are being honored for their contributions.
#10 Humane Heroes are children under fourteen to young to volunteer. The Austin Humane Society created this program to empower children interested in helping the sheltered pets.
# 9 Therapy pet parents know the value of having their pets provide comfort to children, adults or patients. Of course, the therapy is also shared with family and staff members. Love-A-Bull’s program is called The Pit Crew and PAWS of Austin also offers Pet Therapy programs.
# 8 Stray cats share our communities. Feral Cat Feeders travel to cat colonies ensuring these living creatures are feed while other individuals have cats visit them in their yards. Click here to watch one man feed feral cats in east Austin. Everyday, these dynamic feeder heroes roam the neighbors of Austin.
# 7 Feral Cat Trappers believe TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) is the only humane and logical method of lowering the feral cat population. In July, Austin Humane Society’s medical team spayed their 20,000th feral cat. One of Street Cat Rescue‘s missions is fixing (spay/neuter) feral cats.
# 6 Transporting pets from kill shelters to foster care is a rewarding experience. Pawsitive Karma Rescue is one of many rescue organizations seeking individuals to participate in relocating furry family members to a save environment. Beware, this adventure has become addicting to some pet lovers!
# 5 Volunteers who walk dogs or cuddle cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, birds, hamsters, and gerbils housed at rescue organizations are heroes. It is a fact when individuals pet dogs or cats their stress level or blood pressue is lowered. All of these pets have personalities. Watch this video of the birds housed at Austin Avian Rescue and Rehabilitation. Great joy is encountered by these magnificent individuals while comforting pets.
# 4 Volunteer office assistances send e-mails, answer inquiries, and complete data entry duties along with other vital tasks. Non-profit rescue organizations can only survive when individuals offer their skills and expertise to ensure furry and feather family members are adopted to caring responsible individuals and families.
# 3 Trained volunteers were deployed to disaster areas such the Bastrop wildfires this year. Do you have an emergency plan in place to save you and your furry or feather family members? You should! PAWS of Austin is one non-profit organization ready for action.
#2 Foster Pet Parents save lives. These individuals and families open their hearts and homes to care for health or ill loving creatures. The members of Austin Animals Center’s Project Starfish posted stories of their adventures at this website. Several non-profit organizations such as Shiba Inu Rescue of Texas, Wee Rescue, From The Heart Rescue, and others rely totally on foster pet parents because they do not have an actual facility.
# 1 Responsible Pet Parents have there furry family members spay or neuter. In Austin, Animal Trustees of Austin offers low cost spay/neuter surgeries while Emancipet offers both low cost and free surgeries. Watch this short video of Emancipet’s new mobile clinic and the clients they serve.
There are over a hundred non-profit pet rescue organizations within the Austin, Texas area. Click here to review the list of partners currently associated with Austin Animal Center. The rewards of being a hero are limitless. By volunteering you share your expertise, gain new skills, meet new friends, and help furry or feather family members.
Come join the fun in 2012.
Top 5 Austin Pet Rescue Pioneers of 2011
A Variety Of Pets Media based in Austin, Texas is comprised of radio shows and documentary videos highlighting heroes and pioneers. These individuals share their lives with two or more pets. The radio show portion has been featured in three magazines in two years and received an award in 2010.
Unique events and programs within non-profit rescue organizations are saving pet lives thanks to pioneers. A Variety Of Pets Media offers a standing ovation to numerous individuals for following their dreams and making significant contributions to furry family members.
#5 Directors of pet welfare organizations realize the enormous value in creating clinics or rescue groups to save pets. Animal Trustees of Austin offers two clinics within one small building while Ferret Waystation, Austin Guinea Pig Rescue, and House Rabbit Resource Network focus on caring as well as adopting small furry family members. These are just a few of the numerous organizations around Austin.
#4 Staff members of non-profit organizations shared their dreams to directors and board members knowing pets would be saved and adopted. Sheltered dogs are trained and cared for by inmates at Kyle Correctional Center thanks to PAWS Shelter and Humane Society’s Cell Dog Program.
#3 Coordinators ensure pet rescue group events and programs operate efficiently. These individuals have taken great ideas and expanded upon them. One foster home based rescue group is the Texas German Shorthair Pointer Rescue which has a coordinator in Austin. Kids-N-K9‘s pairs at-risk youths with sheltered dogs in Williamson County. Click here to watch and hear the Kids-N-K9s’ coordinator discuss the mission of this exceptional program.
#2 Adoption counselors are the first to speak to potential adopters and review applications. When dealing with a foster home based rescue group be prepared for home visits and reference checks. They have invested time and money for pets to being enjoying a life of comfort. The adoption process does take time to verify pets are matched with the appropriate individual or family. From The Heart Rescue and Blue Dog Rescue are just a couple of non-profit groups with admirable counselors.
#1 Volunteers for their endless efforts in overseeing and creating events or programs uniting sheltered pets with their new life long partners. Austin Animal Center offers Desperate Housecats, an adoption event held on the third weekend of each month, while the Hard Luck Hounds is a daily adoption endeavor.
It takes a team to oversee new programs and events. The pioneers mentioned in this article are but a few of the hundreds continually making a difference for pets within our communities. All rescue groups continuously require a variety of donations and additional volunteers. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Pioneers within the pet rescue world are magnificent!
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