感謝一錠除捐贈巴克50份藥錠 讓巴克園區狗狗有更好的生活品質
除蚤、修剪毛髮、體內驅蟲、給予預防針是狗狗剛救援時的基本動作。 這會讓他們在園區內有更好的抵抗力跟生活品質。 感謝一錠除守護了園區狗狗的健康,讓他們離幸福更近一步。 一錠除,三個月吃一錠,三倍保護三倍愛 1. 精心調配,適用不同體型狗狗 2. 餵食後1小時內開始殺跳蚤、2小時內開始殺壁蝨,可預防壁蝨媒介傳染病 感染風險。 3. 口服投藥更方便隨時可以洗澡、玩水,不必隔離 4. 一次解決跳蚤、五種以上壁蝨和毛囊蟲困擾 5. 一錠除不含農藥成分,是全球最先進安全的除蟲藥。 6. BRAVECTO 「一錠除」咀嚼錠是少數主管機關許可用於哺乳、懷孕及泌乳犬隻的動物用藥品。 7. BRAVECTO 「一錠除」咀嚼錠是第一個也是唯一可以口服一劑維持12週之久的治療方式,能快速又有效的殺死跳蚤與多種壁蝨。另外,也是目前治療控制犬隻毛囊蟲最有效與最受獸醫皮膚專科推崇的藥物之一。
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tim gorskiRescuer, Investigator, Educator, Filmmaker, and CEO of PACK Sanctuary ![]() I’ve recently been asked why I allow Taiwan dogs to be adopted overseas. Am I not contributing to the problems in other countries? A very valid question that at one time held a very black and white answer for me. Then it began to conflict me as the gray areas clouded my judgment. After living and working all over SE Asia for 15 years, where street dogs can be a real problem and shelter standards and resources are far below anything most would consider acceptable, I began to question my own authority. Fifteen years ago, when I started working with animals in Thailand and Cambodia, my answer would have been a resounding, “NO! We are not sending Asia’s problems to the USA. For every dog we send there, we condemn an American dog to death.” But a lot has changed in those 15 years, especially in countries like the USA, Canada, France, and Holland. Thus, so did my perspective. I’m an American. I have volunteered for many shelters in the USA. And I’ve worked several disasters which have flooded certain shelters beyond repair so let’s focus on the USA here. A lot has changed since Hurricane Katrina turned the world’s eyes on USA shelters and the way we keep our animals. In the 1980s, when I adopted my first rescue dog, The USA euthanized more than 20 million unwanted dogs and cats a year. That number has since dropped to just about 1.6 million nationwide, of those, 670,000 are dogs, and those dogs are usually the ones with severe behavioral problems, considered unadoptable. This means there is a shortage of very adoptable dogs in many of the shelters. Adoptions in the USA have increased by more than 56% in the past 5 years. It’s trendy to adopt in America, And the “dog pounds” of the past are now much more like educational community centers with dogs; dogs that need rehabilitation, which is where Zach Stow’s Marley’s Mutts prison programs come in. They educate the youth and they work hard to match shelter dogs with behavioral issues with tough prisoners and train the prisoners to become professional dog trainers. The program is wildly successful. Muttville specializes in hard to adopt elderly dogs with their Seniors for Seniors programs, adopting out over 1000 senior dogs a year. And the Taiwanese organizations Mary’s Doggies and Ahan specialize in placing Taiwan’s unwanted street dogs into good homes in California, a state that has virtually outlawed puppy mills and pet shop dog sales. In fact, California is the dog adoption Capital of the west. We have three PACK dogs living in lovely homes in the bay area now. But before I committed to really start focussing on overseas adoptions I wanted to make sure I knew what I was talking about. So I attended the Humane Society’s Animal Sheltering conference in New Orleans in May 2019 and met with and spoke with at least 30 global shelter representatives. I then went on an east coast and west coast shelter tour. I was shocked to learn that there are shelters all over the USA that are in fact starving for animals. 90% of the shelters I visited were drastically under-dogged, some with just 30-70 dogs and rows of empty runs and kennels - a good thing, right? “Not if you want to stay in business,” says Gloria of Buddy Dog Humane Society, Mass. To my surprise, the more populated shelters of the southern states are now transporting hard to place pit bulls to northern shelters that are struggling to stay open. And even more shockingly, I learned that some shelters in the USA and the UK are actually actively breeding dogs to stay in business. Okay, what? “Hello,” I said into the microphone from the back of the room at the Animal Sheltering conference, “I have 300 Asian dogs in desperate need of good homes. They’ve been pining away in a makeshift shelter in a cobra infested jungle for 5-8 years. No one wants them here.” Sherri Franklin, CEO of Muttville, replied from the podium, “let’s talk.” Several organizations offered to work with me that week but only a few I felt were of the quality that met my own high standards of placement. Before our dogs go overseas, not only do they undergo training and foster home care, but I must know there is a pre-qualified adopter waiting. We have too much invested in these dogs. And the sad fact is, many of our dogs don’t belong in Taiwan, to begin with. Irresponsible breeding is out of control here. There are over 220,000 dogs bred in Taiwan a year, literally making it almost impossible to adopt dogs here. We have Mastiffs, Danes, Border Collies, Huskies, German Shepherds, and other cool and dry climate dogs. They don’t fair well in Taiwan. They develop serious allergies and skin infections from the tropical weather. These and the many 3-legged dogs (the misfits) are the dogs I wanted to focus on first because, well, if anyone knows what it’s like to be a misfit or a mutt, it’s us Americans. As is these reasons were not enough for me to reconsider my viewpoint, we still have some Taiwanese who adopt dogs for the dinner table. Yep, you heard me right. It’s not prevalent but it still happens. On March 15, 2018 ETToday reported 14 dogs were adopted and cooked up for din din. Petsmao News reported a similar story just weeks later with 18 dogs winding up in a butcher shop. This is why our adoption policy is very very strict in Taiwan. We vet our adopters very carefully and do frequent home-checks. We actively educate the public at pet expos and in classrooms and we do adopt locally when we can but the new government no-kill laws with zero plans for sterilization have created another problem far worse than I could have imagined. The reality is, Taiwan has more than 39,000 dogs and cats crammed into 60 or more shelters and the majority of the human population is still fixated on designer bred dogs for sale in pet shops. Huskies, Shibas, and Corgis are big right now. And we rescue them from bad homes. But we can adopt those out here in a day. The local dogs and mixed breeds pine away in the shelter for years. Over time, they literally lose their minds and either become feral or exhibit psychological stereotypic behavior. In other words, they sway and pace and growl and chew themselves like prisoners in a cell, because that's what they are. Sure we provide as much space and enrichment as we can but with 300 dogs and so little resources, sadly the human animal bond gets lost. So, why not give Taiwan's local dogs a second chance at life? Shelter life is not living; it’s existing. Why not send a cold climate dog that should never have been bred in Taiwan back to the climate where she belongs and with a good family? After all, this is one earth we live on and these arbitrary boundaries we draw in the sand are part of the problem, not the solution. Taiwan’s dogs are loyal, easy to train, and have very healthy genes. They are planet earth’s dogs and deserve a second chance, regardless of the lines we humans have drawn in the sand. We are all earthlings. TIM GORSKIRescuer, Investigator, Educator, Filmmaker, and CEO of PACK Sanctuary References:
Animal sheltering in the United States: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/animal-sheltering-united-states-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow Pet Adoption Statistics: The Numbers Behind the Need https://news.orvis.com/dogs/pet-adoption-statistics-the-numbers-behind-the-need Taiwan’s Government Statistics 107年全國公立動物收容所收容處理情形統計表 https://animal.coa.gov.tw/download/resources/A20190100004_pdf.pdf?fbclid=IwAR30t7qgg2gsmI6b34M6-G2gjhIEs0hmA6cDA66w3JPXKnRbFgokWMiUc1o Adopted Dogs Eaten in Taiwan https://pets.ettoday.net/news/1130829?fbclid=IwAR1bRn_CiX567dX3A0AjijUGtD8hYkfd9MiuQy4f8ZlXECin42stUutODLg https://petsmao.nownews.com/20180319-72121?fbclid=IwAR2FZUWvYGAxkG1ARe6j2O3m-cz_BbQhijUxBzp_56TvWcgUat9kiAmJTkk Dear PACK,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video of Pepsi and her transformation under your care. You are doing so much good for so many animals. Thank you! Angel continues to do very well. While I promised Caroline (my dog-rescue advisor) that I would not make a final decision for a month (I tend to be a bit impulsive in matters of the heart) I know that I will keep her. She is a total love and is very happy here. Last night I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, and when I entered the bedroom this sweet sight awaited me. I have been spreading the word about AHAN and PACK as best I can in my day to day life. As you can imagine, Angel attracts a lot of attention wherever we go, so I always tell people as much about her story and your remarkable work as much as I can. My neighbor is in contact about finding a dog to adopt. As long as you keep up this work I will continue to support you. I just made another $250 donation. Warm wishes, Susan
In April 2019, while working on elephant cruelty investigations, PACK CEO Tim Gorski came across a dying street dog seeking refuge in a residential garage. The owners of the house wanted to help but really didn't know what to do. The nearest vet is over an hour away. Tim agreed to take Pepsi to the vet to be treated, vaccinated, and neutered. Tim then helped the homeowners adopt Pepsi by teaching them proper care. This is the result of that minimal effort just 3 months later.
PACK cannot save animals and educate people without your support. YOU made this happen. 今年四月,PACK執行長Tim Gorski在泰國進行受虐大象調查時,遇到一隻垂死的浪浪Pepsi,倒臥在一個民宅前的垃圾堆中。民宅屋主想要幫忙,但卻不知道該怎麼做,而最近的獸醫大約要開車一個小時。Tim決定幫助Pepsi, 帶他到獸醫那裏診治,打預防針並結紮。接著再帶Pepsi回到民宅主人那裡,教導民宅一家人如何照顧受傷的Pepsi。透過影片,你可以看到Pepsi這三個月的轉變。 沒有您的贊助捐款,PACK便無法幫助傷病動物,獲得妥善的醫護並安置動物到最合適的家。您是推動PACK營運和救援生命真正的幕後英雄! 因為您,我們才能持續幫助更多無助的毛孩們! PACK月營運至少一百萬。目前醫療債款15萬仍未還清,同時醫護費用仍持續增加當中。外加最近接獲太多棄養未結紮案件,每一隻狗在台灣的血檢、心絲蟲藥和結紮費用加起來將近一萬元。需要大家一起分享幫忙更多生命! Holland has been working hard to fix their stray dog problem and it finally paid off! The Netherlands has officially become the first country without stray dogs. Hopefully, other countries with similar issues will follow suit as Holland shows the world that it can be done! June 14th, 2019
By Cedric Jackson Contributor at Animal Channel Homelessness is a huge problem for animals all over the world. There’s no way to exactly count how many stray dogs there are But the World Health Organization estimates that about 200 million around the globe do not have a home. What’s more, there’s no real easy solution to this problem. As stray dogs continue to have babies, the world is simply unequipped to handle the sheer influx of them. Sadly, that means having a home and a family isn’t going to happen for the vast majority of pups. “This problem has escalated to the point where it would take decades of a concentrated spay-neuter program in a city like Houston to begin to reduce the numbers,” said Peter Zheutlin, a rescue dog advocate. “The shelters are not often high priorities for governments either when they’ve got competing demands from the school department, the police department, the fire department, parks, sanitation. Who speaks for the dogs?” Click here for full story and find out at Animal Channel. Soulik’s journey to his forever home
An Interview with Sheri Cappu Cino Sheri: The first time I met Soulik was during our photoshoot. He was the most gentle out of the dogs Pack brought out for the event. That day was super busy and I honestly didn’t have much time to really get to know the dogs so that time I didn’t yet know I wanted Soulik to be my family. The decision came after I fostered him for couple of days during PACK events. He was such a well behaved boy I couldn’t believe it!! As my landlord doesn’t allow pets I was worried of any damage but it turned out I didn’t need to worry. Soulik came house trained! He only does his business outside and after realizing he doesn’t chew or scratch any of the furniture I let him freely wander around the apartment and sleep wherever he pleased (the couch mostly) for the rest of his stay. Then I thought if no one will adopt this lovely boy during the upcoming events I will make sure he doesn’t go back to the sanctuary. Amazingly no one saw what I saw in Soulik. Maybe because he is black. Or is 7 years old. Or because he is missing an eye. so a promise is a promise, I moved to a more suitable home and Soulik is now my baby boy. Tim: What makes volunteering fun or important for you? Why do you do it? The number of dogs in shelters in crazy high, I really want to help them find a good family. I’m trying to help people see the value of non “pure breed” dogs, how they make an amazing pet and are very unique. The word pure breed actually makes no sense anymore anyway. All so called pure breeds nowadays are really mainly inbred or cross-bred manufactured designer dogs. Tim: Why animals? Sheri: I like animals. Humans are sometimes disappointing. Dogs never seem to disappoint me. They don’t judge me or criticize me, at least not to my knowledge. I come home to unconditional love every day. Tim: Why would you foster a dog? Sheri: It’s very rewarding to foster and see your foster dog learn and adapt to city life or family life, get more comfortable by the day with human attention and genuine love. I was very lucky to foster Bella, the sweetheart, before. It was an absolute wonderful time! She’s a dream, that cutie. I would say we have a lot of really good times. It’s amazing to see each dogs personality and slowly starting to understand their behavior and body language. Tim: What made you adopt a mix breed? Why not just get one from the pet shop? Sheri: I ALWAYS had mixed breeds. To me they are way more special. Pet shops have a lot of unhealthy puppies that come from puppy mills. Taiwan has something like 600 backyard breeders and puppy mills, many of them illegal. The dogs often live in filth and get minimal care, and it’s purely for profit. It is a business and they are a product to be sold. There is no love involved. That doesn’t sit well with me. No one should support that. Tim: How is your experience since you've adopted? How has it changed your life? Sheri: We’ve been very happy with Su, he is a very good therapy dog after a long day. I would say there is a lot more laughter and joy in the house with him. It’s hard to stay in a bad mood when you come home to a sweetie like Su. We need more foster parents to help the shelter dogs adjust. Flea and Tick Season is upon us and our 300 animals are at high risk of catching some serious blood diseases if we don't treat them for these parasites. Currently, our veterinarian debt is 200,000 NT (almost $7000 USD) and Bravecto, the flea and tick medication of choice, costs another $7000 per year for 300 animals. Without proper treatment, our dogs can end up with serious blood diseases which renders them unadoptable.
Please consider a donation or recurring donation to help us treat the animals and place them in happy homes. 春日雨季跳蚤壁蝨肆虐,巴克數百隻毛小孩們血液隨時皆可能遭受害蟲叮咬感染,有的毛孩已開始嚴重搔癢。我們目前仍努力籌措二十萬醫療債款,眼下無多餘資金另外花費二十萬購買整年度跳蚤口服錠Bravecto。毛孩們需要您即刻捐款援助,也歡迎您向獸醫購買,立刻直送。若沒有足夠跳蚤藥錠,毛孩們血液一但感染變非常難以送至溫暖的新家。 即刻捐款救助毛孩點以下連結。敬請考慮定期捐款幫助營運照護更加永續。
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