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by MAAN Posted on August 16, 2016

2016 Spay / Neuter Challenge

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Our spay / neuter challenge was a big success! Thanks you to, in just two weeks we were able to raise $1,035 to spay / neuter animals in Pontiac and Inkster!

You made memorial donations, anonymous donations and many fabulous general donations!

It costs us approximately $15,000 to maintain our sterilization program yearly. Thank you for helping us spay and neuter more animals so there are fewer unwanted litters!

Inaugural Fur Ball was a wonderful night!

Ronnie McNeir of The Four Tops performs at the inaugural Fur Ball.
Ronnie McNeir of The Four Tops performs at the inaugural Fur Ball.

Thank you so very much to everyone who attended the very first Fur Ball. What a night! The fundraising total will be coming soon after we get word of the wonderful company match donations from The BLS Group, a division of UBS Financial Services!

Thank you to Wow!

Thank you so much to WOW! Internet – Cable – Phone!

Thomas Barnes, a local WOW employee spearheaded a Pet Outreach program for MAAN another local rescue groups.

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Look at how much food / supplies he and his co-workers collected for the animals! AMAZING. http://www.wowway.com/home

Doghouse / Bowl Promotion: A Huge Success ~ Thank You!

Thank you to our wonderful supporters who helped us collect 50 doghouses and 100 steel bowls for animals in need! Thank you also to Pet Supplies “Plus” in Bloomfield Hills for offering the houses and bowls at a very reasonable rate for animal lovers who wanted to help Pontiac and Inkster dogs!

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Keep Your Pet Safe!

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Our Dear Pam

by MAAN Posted on August 16, 2016

Rest In Peace, Pam

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Our beloved Animal Care Network Manager Pam Porteous has unexpectedly passed away. To say we are devastated is an understatement.

Pam was a warrior and an angel for the animals, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She was one in a million. Thousands of animals were saved thanks to her dedication to the Animal Care Network. Like the many animals we serve, we will never forget her.

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Helping The Outdoor Animals

by MAAN Posted on August 16, 2016

FOOD ASSISTANCE 4-2015

 

 

“Why do they even have a dog?”

The Animal Care Network has been asking the same million-dollar question that everyone else wants answered… Guard dog? Burglar alarm? A possession? Status? All of the above? We do not know the  answer and we probably never will, nor do we condone or understand.

THEY CAN, THEY WILL AND THEY JUST DO!

The Animal Care Network is a volunteer-based program. As volunteers, our organization has no authority to confiscate or remove animals. We have to rely on our animal control agencies/officers and law enforcement to issue citations or tickets.

Our volunteers are out on the streets every single week, witnessing these sights on a regular basis. We are just as angered and upset by it as all of our supporters. We take our program very seriously and do not give up until a situation is remedied or improved, and we do not back down. We are persistent and will do recheck after recheck, which results in many times getting the animal surrendered.

It is not illegal for a dog to live outside on a chain, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Therefore, in many of the situations, we have to educate, spay and neuter, hand out literature and improve the environment and living conditions for the individual animals we visit, making it a practice to not forget about any animal. We also do not leave animals behind if the owner will surrender or if they are on the streets, abandoned or running stray.

We rescue every single dog and cat that we can, and we work closely with Oakland County Animal Control/Sheriff’s Department if the conditions are beyond education and assistance. Any cruelty addresses that we encounter/post are ALWAYS reported to the authorities.

It is not in the makeup of Animal Care Network teams to just walk away and leave a bad situation. Some addresses we work on for years. We all lose sleep over these animals, dogs and cats alike!

We post these stories to let the public know what is going on out there, to provide everyone with the truth. This is real life for dogs and cats everywhere, not just our target areas.

ACN Weekend #4 problems

 

The Animal Care Network teams run into all kinds of situations while checking on backyard dogs. Volunteers do their best to educate, assist, rescue and remedy the situation. Water is a huge problem, so many of these dogs are so thirsty that they will drink three or four bowls of water while the team is there.

Tangled dogs are another problem. Volunteer stress to the owners to give these dogs time off the chain, whether it be going for a walk, letting them run around the yard if fenced or bringing them inside for a break from the monotony. Sadly this does not happen and often
times it is the team that finds the dogs so tangled they can barely move.

Tight, heavy collars and chains are also a problem and the teams try to offer other options for that as well.

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