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ATTENTION Your pet or any homeless or lost animal that you find cannot be delivered directly to the Friends For Animals Adoption Center on Kirksey Dr. All incoming animals must go to Animal Control first ( the dog pound below FFA. Friends For Animals goes to Animal Control and saves as many animals as space will allow at the adoption center...which is limited . All adoptions must go through Friends For Animals. We wish we could save them all!
PLEASE vote each day through July 26th Win Up To $20,000 for Burke County Friends for Animals
Proposed Bill Allows For Immediate Euthanasia Of Animal That BitesApril 29, 2009 : 3:50 PM North Carolina Residents: Contact State Senators to Oppose H.B. 1063 By Best Friends Staff To North Carolina Residents Only: North Carolina is considering legislation to amend the rabies law to require animal control to immediately euthanize an animal that bites a human without a minimum holding period if the local health director or Animal Control Officer declares the animal to be a stray or a feral. Is Your Pet At Risk? This bill could impact any pet that becomes lost and bites a person out of fear or cats that belong to managed colonies. Please contact your state Senator and ask them to oppose H.B. 1063
An effective email or phone call to legislators needs 1. Your name and address Legislators and council members want to know that you are one of the people they represent. 2. Ask for specific action Use the following information or your own words: Ask your state Senator to oppose H.B. 1063. Ask that the bill require a minimum holding period for all animals so as to allow owners or caretakers to claim the animal and prove the pet is properly vaccinated against rabies.
Dog Licenses available at Animal Control on Kirksey Drive below Friends For Animals Adoption Center / Shelter. $4 and proof of rabies vaccination (the number) is the only thing required. PET TAX / ANNUAL $10 for fertile pet and $4 for spayed or neutered. Five or more dogs in a kennel (confined in an
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Phone: (828) 433-1115 Email: bcffa2@bellsouth.net
417 Kirksey Drive PO Box 1884 Morganton, NC 28655
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Let's work together right here at home in Burke County to create a more humane and caring society. Showing compassion for animals makes a better human being...and a better world.
2009 FFA Calendars SOLD OUT! We want to thank the creative and talented people who created such a wonderful, inspirational and informative works to represent FFA and to earn money to give to the welfare of the animals at FFA. You made us proud! Sylvia Milne Editor-In-Chief Eva Justice-Photographer Priscilla Wallace-Writer Katherine Lee-Designer Special thanks to Sharon Coley, Peg DeMarco,Isaac Hoff,the Hoppers,Kay Lewis, Sandy Nutbrown, Diana Rath, Chip Saunders. Thanks to Catawba print and Mail Inc. And special thanks to Denise Clay www.deniseclayphotography.com 828-397-6055
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Burke County Phone: (828) 433-1115 Email: bcffa2@bellsouth.net 417 Kirksey Drive PO Box 1884 Morganton, NC 28655
To protect your pet on the Fourth of July, take these precautions:
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(Adoption fee: $95.00) Includes all vaccinations appropriate to age AND spay / neuter. Can you PLEASE find a place in your home and in your heart for a precious pet that really, really needs a home?
Big hugs to Marcia Carswell for making this video for us. Special Thanks to Jennifer Reece.
ECONOMY CRUNCH SPECIAL ! CATS $50.00 / KITTENS $75.00 Includes all vaccinations appropriate to age AND spay / neuter.
SAVE A LIFE!
IF you think you don't like cats ...You've never known one.
Don't forget to stop by Animal Control below us on Kirksey Drive to check out the pets on death row. These pets are euthanized if not claimed or rescued. If you see one you want to adopt, Friends For Animals can rescue the pet for you so that you can adopt it. Approximately fifteen to twenty five animals are euthanized daily at the Animal Control shelter due to too many homeless animals and not enough room to save them all.
SAVE ONE...UNTIL THERE ARE NONE !
Shortly after Sheriff McDevitt took office, Friends For Animals Humane Society of Burke County, NC and The Animal Control staff destroyed the animal gas chamber !
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Buy a $25.00 raffle ticket and YOU COULD WIN this car!
(Tickets available at Friends For Animals on Kirksey Dr. and other places to be announced.) 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air / 2 door / Hard Top / V8 / 4 speed trans.
Jim and Chris Hayes will be donating a part of the proceeds from this car to "Friends For Animals" Humane Society to help save and medically treat homeless animals of Burke County. WOW!
You must order your tickets from Friends For Animals by sending a check or money order...OR you can purchase by visiting the Adoption Center on Kirksey Dr. Phone: (828) 433-1115 Email: bcffa2@bellsouth.net 417 Kirksey Drive PO Box 1884 Morganton, NC 28655
If you send payment by mail, Your ticket(s) will be mailed to you promptly.
CORBIN... You good dog, you! is three years old and has been at the shelter over a year looking for a home. He loves children. He is so sweet and calm and has the most beautiful blue/grey eyes. He will play fetch until the cows come home and his beautiful blue eyes just light up when he sees a ball. Corbin walks great on a leash. Very nice & calm doggie for your home.
TRAINED! (CELL DOG SCHOOL) Wendy Dalmatian/Terrier Mix
Wendy needs and deserves a forever home...
ZALEY – Small Basenji/Terrier mix – 1 year old female, 30 lbs. Hi! I am Zaley and my sister Zanie and I have lived in the shelter since we were 6 weeks old. I am a bit timid and shy but have blossomed in the New Leash on Life Program. Everyone tells me I am very pretty, dainty, and sweet. I am also very smart and am learning my manners, obedience and agility quickly. I am very affectionate with people, love children, and enjoy playing with other dogs, but most of all I love to cuddle with my trainers. I am a true home body, will always be very loyal and never stray. I am so excited for my new family to adopt me – I will be forever faithful and will be the most loving companion they could ever hope for.
All pets available for adoption are also available to foster. When you foster a deserving animal, you are giving them the home experience they need to be able to become MORE adoptable. Plus you are getting them out of the population of the shelter so that they can get more attention and care. This is a wonderful thing to do for a precious innocent animal who deserves a second chance to live.
Show Your Love... Save Lives  If each one of us do something as an individual, we could become an animal welfare army.  
Most of the great cruelty shown by men comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come. ~Albert Schweitzer Toni Davis , Director Teddi Stamey, Assistant Director Ed Davis, Senior Cruelty Investigator Dee Schaller, Volunteer Coodinator | ||||||||||||||
SHELTER HOURS MONDAY- CLOSED TUESDAY - FRIDAY: 12 NOON - 5:00 PM SATURDAY: 10 AM -5PM SUNDAY: 2 PM - 5 PM Buster's Bus
Donated by the Bush Foundation Transports animals from the Burke County Animal Control building to the Adoption Center where they are examined by a veterinarian, neutered and given needed vaccinations. It also takes animals to Petsmart at least 4 days a month for adoptions.
2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles "Chip" Saunders, President Peg DeMarco, Vice President Sharon Coley, Secretary Jan Billings, Treasurer Sam Avery, Ed Davis, Greg Hoff, Kay Lewis, Marie McClure, Sylvia Milne, Gresham Orrison, Marsha Riddle, Judy Stubbs
For their dedicated service to BCFFA, THANK YOU to the departing board members David Campbell, Janice Rostan and Mary Ellen Wiese.
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS: Hon. Walter Church, Sheriff John McDevitt Ex-Officio Board Members: Toni Davis, Teddi Stamey *The Board of Directors meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Adoption Center. Starting in February, 2009, the Board of Directors will meet the 4th Wednesday of each month. Meetings are open to the public.
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Too many homeless, hopeless animals... Of the more than 30 million puppies and kittens born in the U.S. each year, only one in 10 finds a permanent home, according to the American Humane Association. The rest die of cruelty, starvation, disease, poisoning, or accidents, or they end up in a shelter. Less than 35% of shelter animals are adopted. Some 6 to 8 million adoptable dogs and cats were euthanized (humanely killed) last year. The primary causes of this tragedy: people who fail to have their pets spayed or neutered, and who abandon or give up pets because of lack of commitment to training the pet. Sterilization of companion animals is the key to reducing this tragedy. Communities that have established sterilization programs have seen the number of pets euthanized drop by 30 to 60%.
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| The Adoption Center management work closely with city and county to end cruelty to animals. All donations, including Membership fees are tax deductible (501c3 tax exempt organization).
Senior Cruelty Investigator
Ed Davis Edward Davis, 59, of Pete Brittain Road, Morganton, passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. Services were held by Heritage Funeral Service & Crematory of Valdese.
Anyone with information about criminal offenses against animals which have occurred within Burke County's jurisdiction should contact CID at (828) 438-5506. You may also e-mail any pertinent information to the attention of CID. Crimestoppers is prepared to receive your information twenty-four hours a day at (828) 437-3333. You could be eligible for a cash reward, and you do not have to submit your name.
Contact Animal Control (828-584-2627) if you have a legitimate animal cruelty or neglect complaint. Your identity will be kept private. County Animal Shelter: www.burkesheriff.org/animal.htm or come to our Adoption Center at 417 Kirksey Drive, Morganton, NC
THE ANIMALS NEED YOU Volunteers for: Greeting the public with a friendly smile, asking "How can I help you"? and answering telephone! To help out weekends with the adoptable animals we take to To help with Fundraisers To walk the dogs To provide FOSTER homes for pets Volunteers need to check the "Upcoming Events" to find out which dates they need to come to the FFA shelter / adoption center for their volunteer training. We all want to be the best we can be if we are going to represent saving lives.
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