Join Us For Bingo at Hamburger Mary's!
April 15th, 7 - 9 pm
at 19 NW 5th Ave, Portland
Come out and join us for a fabulous evening at the famous Hamburger Mary's Charity Bingo! Hamburger Mary's offers an array of food and beverage items at their bar and grill and bingo is called by one or more of Hamburger Mary's renowned drag queen divas!
Bingo cards are just $20 and prizes will be provided by supporters of Multnomah County Animal Services. We hope to see you there!
Please note: We'll only be able accept cash for bingo cards (no checks, credit cards, debit cards), so please be prepared with cash donations.
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March 2012
MCAS Quarterly Newsletter
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Welcome to Multnomah County Animal Services' quarterly newsletter! We're excited to update you about the many things we're doing in our unique open-door shelter.
We appreciate your support and we want to keep you in the loop about the gains we've made in caring for our community's stray, abandoned, neglected, abused and surrendered animals. As we strive to keep improving our Live Release Rates and community access to our services, we hope to use this newsletter as a way to share our success stories and let you know how your license fees support the shelter.
This second edition includes news about the MCAS shelter and several rescue stories. We hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share it or pass it along to the other animal people in your life!
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MCAS Earns Re-accreditation
|  In 2006, MCAS was the first shelter in Oregon to be accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). This is an accomplishment achieved by only 15% of vet clinics in the US and Canada. We're pleased to announce that MCAS has just earned its AAHA re-accreditation. You can read more about it in our press release. |
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Greater Visibility for MCAS!
|  As a result of some very generous donations, you may be seeing a little bit more of MCAS around town! First, we'd like to thank The Friends of the Shelter who generously donated a Ford Transit van to the MCAS shelter for transporting animals. Funds were also provided to "wrap" the van with graphics so while it's making its way around town, we can spread the word about MCAS. We'd also like to thank Meat For Cats & Dogs, who generously donated a billboard for MCAS near the Hawthorne Bridge. (You might be familiar with the sign- it used to say "smile" on one side.) They also donated a year's worth of pre-movie advertising at the Laurelhurst Theater. Donations like these are so valuable to MCAS, as we're working to improve our visibility in the community we serve. We genuinely appreciate such generosity. |
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Freeway Rescue
|  The first phone call came in at 10:18 am on the morning of Monday, January 23rd. It was quickly followed by dozens of frantic phone calls about a dog running loose on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84. Police and four Multnomah County Animal Services units quickly responded. Working together with police, MCAS officers Jason Bryant, Tom Landaker, Marc Rose and Vicki Havlik eventually managed to rescue the loose dog from the median of Interstate 205 near Prescott and Sandy. You can view a video of the rescue at KATU.
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Other Notable Rescues
|  We see a lot of happy endings here at the shelter. But when we have rescue stories that are really remarkable, we like to share them with supporters.
POLLY ANNA
Pictured right, are before and after photos of Polly Anna, a darling little Pomeranian mix who was in terrible shape when she first came to MCAS on December 9th of 2011. She was almost completely bald with extremely inflamed skin over her whole body. Our MCAS medical team diagnosed Polly Anna with a severe case of demodectic mange, which is caused by microscopic mites that infest the hair follicles. Mange is common in neglect cases.
We're happy to report that Polly Anna has been nursed back to health by one of MCAS's own vet techs. Molly J. (CVT) fostered Polly Anna and provided her with specialized care. After more than two months, Polly Anna's skin and coat have become healthy again.
MELLOW
You may have caught this next story on the KOIN Local News. This rescue case involved a puppy named Mellow who came into the shelter with an open head wound, a fractured skull, and fractured ribs. Mellow was removed from his owner's custody and the accused was brought up on several criminal charges. Despite horrible treatment in his early life, Mellow is a very sweet and affectionate puppy who captured the hearts of shelter staff. After recuperating with one of MCAS's wonderful foster families, we adopted Mellow out to a loving, new home. You can view the KOIN story here. The criminal case against the alleged abuser is pending court action.
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MCAS Plan to Save More Animal Lives
|  In December 2011, we launched our exciting, new MCAS Plan to Save More Animal Lives. The plan's goal is to save more animal lives by increasing the shelter's Live Release Rate. Live Release Rate is the combined number of all shelter animals that are reunited with their owners, adopted into new homes, or transferred to other adoption partner agencies. Live Release Rate is the national standard for measuring lifesaving success in a community's animal shelter. We have set specific Live Release Rate goals for dogs and cats. Our strategies are to: - Focus our staff, resources, and volunteers on programs that save more lives.
- Improve customer service.
- Create a strong voice in the community to "tell our story."
Here is a link to the full Strategic Plan to Save More Animals. |
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New Intake Kennel Videos Help Lost Pet Owners
|  We're pleased to announce a brand new service for people searching for their lost pets in Multnomah County. MCAS is now creating videos of the lost cats and dogs in our intake kennels and posting the videos on our web site. It is our goal to reunite as many lost animals with their owners as possible. We strongly recommend that people come out to the shelter in person whenever possible, but we hope that having this service available between visits will be helpful for owners of lost pets. |
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Available for Adoption: Smiling Iris
|  Our cuddly girl, Iris, truly thinks she is a lap dog and is searching for a forever home. Her former owner lost his job and his home, so he had to return beautiful Iris to our shelter. Iris is active and lively and very affectionate. She lived with children and was sweet to newly met children as well. She knows sit, stay, come and down, but could use a little brush-up on some skills. Pitbulls benefit most from ongoing playtime with other dogs and Iris is no exception. She had lots of social interactions during her first 4 years. Her dad brought her to work and she got along with everyone. Iris rides well in a car, is crate trained and is used to running beside her former owner when he was biking or skateboarding. Her favorite toys are Kongs and nylon bones. Her least favorite thing is cats. She is about 4 ½ years old and weighs 53 pounds. |
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| Multnomah County Animal Services is constantly striving to achieve greater things for the animals in our community. We rely on the support and dedication of volunteers, foster caregivers, donors, staff and community members. We invite you to get involved today.
Sincerely,
Your friends at Multnomah County Animal Services |
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