CATS, CATS, CATS! Shelter Partners takes the month of June to celebrate our Feline Friends. Amador County Animal Control & Adoption Center is proud to be an active participant in the Million Cat Challenge, a joint project of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and the University of Florida Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program. This creative and humane program was initiated with the goal of helping shelters across the country implement successful alternatives to the euthanasia of healthy cats--by at least one million a year. Our animal community already has many of the initiatives in place that help meet the challenge locally. Learn much more about the whole project at www.millioncatchallenge.org. You needn't be an animal shelter to help. Individuals and organizations can make a donation to this worthy effort through their Website. Meanwhile, why not participate directly on a more personal level? Improve your life. ADOPT A CAT.
CALENDAR of EVENTS
2016
JANUARY 
ADOPT a WORKOUT
PARTNER

FEBRUARY
ADOPT 'THE ONE'
 
MARCH
SPAY and NEUTER AWARENESS
 
APRIL
TRAP/NEUTER/RELEASE

MAY
Find your MISSING PET
 
JUNE  
FELINE FRENZY

WHISKERS & WINE 
Friday the 17th
 
JULY 
ADOPT a SENIOR PET

AUGUST
$9 for 9 LIVES for 9 DAYS

SEPTEMBER 
ADOPT your MVP

BARK in the PARK
Saturday the 24th

OCTOBER  
ORANGE & BLACK
All Treats, no Tricks

NOVEMBER  
GIVING THANKS 
Animals and their people

DECEMBER  
Bring JOY to your WORLD
LINKS
STILL NOT CONVINCED?
Here are some links that might persuade you to adopt that kitty.
 

The cat as the great communicator
 
FIX at FOUR: The alternative to LUCK.
We urge you to enrich your life by adding a cat to it but don't forget, reducing cat population in the first place is a crucial component of the ongoing effort to save more animal lives. Shelter Partners join Best Friends Animal Society in urging you to spay or neuter your feline and canine friends as early in their lives as possible. Don't rely on luck: FIX AT MONTH FOUR (fixatfour.com).
And a reminder: FELINE MULTIPLICATION TABLES, Math, not luck

HOW KINDNESS WORKS: 3 kitties say "Thank you!"
These three adorable felines have benefited from the special services offered at the new "facility that love built" for fellow partners A-PAL Humane Society and Tri-County Wildlife Care, located at 80 Ridge Road | Suite B. Generous support from donors and volunteers at A-PAL and TCWC have made it possible to give more animals-in-need, both domestic and wild, a fair chance to thrive. People wanting to visit the new facility are encouraged to call 209.223.0410 (A-PAL) or 209.283.3245 (TCWC). For details on sponsorship and volunteer opportunities at the new facility,visit pawspartners.org.


 
DEXTER: A handsome tabby found wandering and sick with a chronic upper-respiratory infection that scarred his airway and left him with loud, rasping, and difficult breathing. Dr. Alison Pillsbury of Acorn Hills Animal Center is working hard to clear the scarring so that he will be able to breathe more naturally and lead a healthy life when he finds his adoptive home. That face should get him one in no time.
ZELDA: Turned in to our shelter after her owners found her with a broken jaw and a severely swollen eye; injuries they were unable to pay for. With financial support from A-PAL, Dr. Casey Gregory of Jackson Creek Veterinary Clinic surgically repaired her broken jaw. The eye was found to be intact and has healed, thanks to six weeks of medication. Zelda has already found a fantastic new home.
KC: A sweet, tiny dilute tabby
female, had been in a couple of homes before landing at the shelter. Our staff realized she had a problem with her kidneys and asked A-PAL to help. Dr. Mitch Dial of Jackson Creek Veterinary Clinic diagnosed her with a rare hormone deficiency, Diabetes Insipidus. KC can enjoy a normal life with medication (costing $1 a day) to control her condition. She will be available for adoption soon.

DO YOU HAVE A GREAT ADOPTION STORY FROM OUR SHELTER? 
We'd love to hear from you. Send your story, with photos if you have them, to Lisa Peterson.
petreher1@yahoo.com


WHAT CATS SEE: A Favorite!


Doing what we can to inspire you to ADOPT a CAT from 
Amador County Animal Control & Adoption Center

Help us build our BARN
PHASE 2 of the original building plan for ACAC & AC's new facility called for a barn. That part of the plan was set aside once PHASE 1 was completed, until a recent endowment from the estate of a local and generous animal benefactor got things moving again. Specifications for the new barn are being reviewed now, but more money will be needed to get it built. If you would like to help, you can make a tax-deductible donation to the Amador County Community Foundation, and specify in writing that it is for the Amador County Animal Control BARN. Donations can also be made online at the Amador Community Foundation website.

If you have questions, contact the Foundation at 209.223.2148.

Thinking of being a VOLUNTEER?
If you would like to join the dedicated ranks of volunteers at Amador County Animal Control & Adoption Center, you can view or print a Volunteer Application here, on the Amador County Website. Final applications must be submitted on the county's original pink form, so you will need to pick up an original at Amador County Animal Control & Adoption Center, 12340 Airport Road, in Martell. They will walk you through the process.

Note: Volunteering is good for your Heart, but the benefits don't stop there. One of our new volunteers has lost 16 pounds since she started walking dogs six months ago. 

The proverbial Cat in a Dress






Funny? Beautiful? Adorable?
If you have a great animal-related photo,
we would love to share it. Send it to 
Sabeth Ireland, and we will post it here.
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