Hope to see you there!!
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Please make sure to mark your calendars and come by our booth to say hi.

SARS BC will be attending the 13th Annual Taste of Health vegetarian food and living fair will be held on Sunday, October 2nd from 11:30am-6:00pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre, located at 181 Roundhouse Mews, on the corner of Davie and Pacific in Vancouver, BC.

More details here

Last year Greg from John Fluevog threatened us to remove our post about the rabbit trimmed boots.  They said it was a mistake and they removed them.  So Greg, what will your excuse or LIE to us be this year?

Hope to see you there!! 
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We literally shudder when people tell us they are trying to find their pets a new home on Craigslist – This is why….PLEASE always do a home check/visit for any animal you are placing.

Beware of the Dangers of Using Craig’s List – from an email newsletter I receive:

Last week, Pasado’s Safe Haven received a chilling telephone call: two teenagers had thrown a cat from a car…

That act alone was horrible, but what we learned as the story unraveled was unfathomable.

The teenagers had responded to a Craigslist advertisement placed by a woman who was unable to continue caring for her three cats and needed assistance taking them to a shelter.

Crying as she bid farewell to her cats, she offered the teenagers $15 to take each cat and $15 to offset the cost of gasoline. The teenagers took the cats and the money. Once they were out of sight, they tossed one of the cats from the car. When the cat was too afraid to go into the underbrush, one of the teenagers kicked her until she limped away.

Fortunately, the twelve-year-old sister of one of the teenagers was in the car. Realizing how wrong her brother’s actions were, she told her mother what had happened. Her mother called the police, bravely reporting her own stepson. The cats were quickly located and the injured cat was rushed an emergency clinic by a Pasado’s staff member to get her the critical care she needed.  Though she was traumatized, the little cat named Abbey is recovering at Pasado’s and her outlook is good. She is hoping to find her forever family.   Please click here if you are interested in meeting Abbey.

The other two cats are with the little girl and her mother. While there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the boy for animal cruelty, Pasado’s is thrilled that his heroic sister and mother had the courage and integrity to speak up on their behalf. The boys who killed Pasado the donkey went on to commit other crimes and it is imperative to address disturbing behavior early on. While this sad story has a happy ending, there is always a risk with putting a pet on Craigslist. Some people purchase pets for vivisection or dog fighting. There are always alternatives – and Pasado’s strives to be a part of the solution.

As a community, we can stand together and let abusers know that animal cruelty is a crime. We cannot – and will not – tolerate it in our neighborhoods. When brave citizens have the courage to report animal cruelty, Pasado’s Safe Haven is there to answer the call. We are committed to the fight against animal cruelty, but we need your help now more than ever to continue our life-saving work.  Please click here and  make a donation today. Thanks to the support of readers like you, Pasado’s can continue to make a difference, one life at a time.

For many, many months in preparation of the gardening season, the SARS BC bunnies have been working hard producing our exclusive line of Rabbit Tea.

Rabbit Tea???  Not for you to drink silly…..it’s tea for your garden. 

Did you know that rabbit fertilizer is one of the best fertilizers available?  It is high in nitrogen, is clean and doesn’t smell.  Our rabbits were adamant that if they had to work to earn their keep, they wanted to do something that would be true to their values.  As vegetarians, they are also eco-activists and believe in going green.   We agreed whole heartedly and decided to help them in their plans to be a Zero-waste Rescue.

With that said, we’d like to introduce the Amazing Rabbit Tea.  For $2 you can buy 2 pounds of fertilizer to feed your garden, indoors or outdoors. Please email RabbitTeaSARS@gmail.com for more info.

My friends need help.

A couple of days ago, we were contacted by a fellow rescuer about 6 guinea pigs they recently trapped.  Believe it or not someone dumped 6 guinea pigs out into the bush in Port Coquitlam…..or at least we hope it was just 6 as that is all that they could find.

We think it may be a breeder getting rid of their stock as they are all males of various ages……and where are the females? 

Needless to say all are a bit frightened but friendly.   They have been treated for mites and will  be visiting our vet to have a few other issues checked.  Once that is done and they are settled, they will be looking for a forever home….this time they ask us to stress the *forever* part.  Like them, we agree…..being set loose in a forest to fend for themselves is no place for a guinea pig to be.

Until then, they are dreaming of  Home *wheet, wheet* Home

Click here to find out more!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Please save your bottles and pennies for the Small Animal Rescue Society of BC’s upcoming Bottle & Penny Drive, April 17, 2011. Thank you for supporting small animals in need by dropping off your returnables, pennies,and even Canadian Tire money at the
Burnaby Bottle Depot at 6893 E. Hastings St. on Sunday, April 17, 2011 bewteen noon and 3 pm!