Voices For Ella

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(No One Can Do Everything - But Everyone Can Do Something)

You are all "Voices for Ella"! Thank you so much for helping us to rescue & help animals in need, in Ella's name. I know that she is so pleased with what her story has accomplished so far - you all are amazing.

Voices for Ella currently has a cause we are trying to raise funds for:

This group of tiny precious kitties: From: .*.*Adopt-A-Bull*.*. Date: Jun 6, 2008 4:48 PM

PICTURES LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM : ) Long story short, these babies were rescued out of a wooded lot on a busy street (Jupiter in NW Palm Bay) where some feral cats have started a small colony. So far we have managed to pick up NINE kittens, and the caregiver of the colony swears she counted about FIFTEEN MORE!! There are also approx. 12 adult cats that need to be spayed/neutered and released (TNR - Trap-Neuter-Release).

First things first, we need to get the nine kittens we have in our care vetted so we can place them, and recycle the funds to help the rest of the cats over there.

This is us meeting our Rescue Summer Challenge - someone came up with the idea that every rescue needs to save a life outside of their element over the Summer - here's ours! From Pit Bulls to Kittens, saving a life is saving a life!

You can donate towards their care through the paypal link below, or contact me at [email protected] for other ways to donate. You can also donate directly to the Vets office where they will be getting vetted - again, please contact me at [email protected] for that information. It will cost us $56.00 per male kitten, and $76 per female to get fully vetted. (With the 6 females and 3 males we have, it averages $70 a kitten)

If you are interested in adopting or fostering any of these little tykes, please e-mail me at [email protected]! No one out of Florida please... if you live out-of-state and are looking to adopt or foster - check out WWW. PETFINDER. COM : )

Thank you so much for all that you do!

Music:

We must all be Ella's voice. Please share your thoughts, opinions, and any helpful advice, so that we do not let her story disappear.

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Movies:

Ben Stein on the animal victims of foreclosure...

Television:

HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website

HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website

Books:

E-Book "Compassion Is A Choice", by our friend, T.E. Sutton. This is a truly WONDERFUL book. I HIGHLY recommend it!

Click Here for more information and to order.

Click Here Tiffanys (the authors) Myspace page.

Heroes:

Animals that we have helped...VOICES FOR ELLA IS JUMPING FOR JOY!!!...We have sponsored our very first Death-Row pull...
His name is NOAH...
Our good friend, Ashley, at "Adopt-A-Bull", pulled Noah from death row 04/17/08. Noah was Heartworm positive. Through Voices for Ella, we raised $200 to give Noah his Heartworm treatment.
Noah was our first HW positive dog rescued from deathrow. (Voices for Ella is responsible for naming him AND sponsoring him/paying his pull fee! : )
Noah will not be able to go home until his treatment is completed. Contact me at [email protected] if you live in Florida and are interested in adopting sweet Noah!.
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THANKS FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO!(No One Can Do Everything - But Everyone Can Do Something)
And then there is sweet Jade...
Date: Apr 29, 2008 12:05 PM
PLEASE HELP! Jade was picked up by a very kind person on the side of a busy street. Only when the dog jumped into their car did they see the extensive damage she had endured. Our best guess, and that of the Vet, is that she was used for dog-fighting bait. Aside from the huge slash on her neck which we're unsure about - that's what the majority of her puncture wounds point to! She had to be rushed straight to the emergency vet and get stitches and staples in her neck and leg. She has been nothing but a sweetheart the entire time, and even gets along with her fosters dogs and cats! Being that it was a weekend and the Emergency vet was the only one open, we now owe $600.00 towards her care. Please donate, even if you can only spare $1.00... every little bit helps! You can donate securely through the paypal link below, or contact me at [email protected] for other ways to donate.
And - YOU ALL DID IT! You came through with flying colors - THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping us care for these animals in need.
Just some "food for thought" for you...
Scarlett, the cat...
A story taken from http://www.petplace.com/cats/scarlett-a-mother-with-the-hear t-of-a-lion/page1.aspx, written by Eamon Lynch:
George Washington once said, "All I am I owe to my mother." Those of us who can say that are lucky, and as we commemorate our own mothers this year we also celebrate all mothers – especially those who have risen above average and made a place in our hearts by their selflessness and courage.
When we think of courageous mothers, who can forget Scarlett? She was the New York stray cat who touched the hearts of people throughout the world by using five of her nine lives to save her kittens, one by one, from a burning garage in Brooklyn, NY, and badly scorching herself in the process.
The firefighter who rescued Scarlett that day on March 30, 1996, a 17-year veteran named David Giannelli, had saved a dog from a similar fire 10 years earlier and brought it to the North Shore Animal League America shelter in Port Jefferson, Long Island. They treated the dog and named it Blaze.
"Dave never forgot what we did, so he turned to us," says Marge Stein of North Shore, where Scarlett underwent three months of life-saving medical treatment. "He got the cats together in a box and asked if could he bring them in."
When Giannelli placed Scarlett in the box with her kittens, she counted them with her nose, even though her eyes were swollen shut and her paws burned. She was named Scarlett because of the red patches that could be seen through her singed fur. The kittens were unable to open their smoke-damaged eyes and one later died. Scarlett sustained severe scorching on her face, ears and legs. She had to have the tips of her ears amputated and her eyelids were burned off.
It's been five years since the fire and five years since Scarlett was named the most famous cat in America. "There are two Scarletts that everyone can remember," says Stein. "It was a very remarkable experience. I've been here a very long time and had my share of stories that caught the media's attention, but nothing ever came close to the story of this amazing cat."
So, how is Scarlett now? "Fat," laughs Karen Wellen, the New York City writer who was chosen to adopt Scarlett four months after the fire. "She's great. She has scars and she doesn't have a lot of fur on her face. She has streaks up and down her paws where she was burned in the fire. And she has to have her lidless eyes lubricated three times a day. But she's really in great shape."
Calls About Scarlett Deluged Shelter
When the story of a cat with the heart of a lion became public, well-wishers deluged the shelter. "For months our phones rang so much they would have burned your hand," Stein says. "We got calls and letters from around the world, South Africa, France, England. They all wanted to know how she was doing, and many wanted to adopt her or the kittens."
More than 7,000 letters were sent to the shelter and more than 1,200 people wanted to adopt the cats. The shelter asked people to write a letter explaining why they wanted to adopt Scarlett. The Board of Directors made their choice after reading a letter from Wellen. In her letter, Wellen wrote of a terrible car wreck she survived in 1989 and how during her recuperation she lost Moffit, her family cat of more than 21 years.
"The physical and emotional pain I have endured through these years has made me a more compassionate person," she wrote. "And I vowed that if I ever allow another cat to enter my life it would be one with special needs."
Wellen wanted Scarlett as soon as she opened the newspaper and read the story of her heroic rescue. "I was in love with that face. I just found the fact that she had the courage to go through what she did so amazing," she says.
Scarlett's New Life
Since her adoption, Scarlett has lived mostly at Wellen's parents' house in Brooklyn, with frequent visits to Wellen's Manhattan apartment. The four surviving kittens were adopted in pairs, and Scarlett saw them only once, about a year after the fire.
"Scarlett wasn't interested in the kittens at that point," Stein says. "She held them when she needed to and then she let go. That's also something folks have to learn. When to hold and when to let go. She saved their lives then maybe thought, 'Let them make their own lives'."
Not that she is missing her brood. "Scarlett is very much a happy cat and receives love and attention from Karen and her parents," Stein says. "She comes back here [to North Shore] to have her eyes examined. She was here recently to have her teeth cleaned."
The amazing story of Scarlett has spawned a family of sorts: Wellen remains in regular contact with the families who adopted Scarlett's kittens and with the firefighter who saved them. But despite a pregnancy scare not long after the fire, there will be no more kittens: Scarlett was spayed several years ago.
According to Stein, it was important that Scarlett went to a home that had no other animals. "After her recuperation Scarlett had developed the attitude of a diva," she laughs. "She realized she had become a celebrity. She would not do well with another animal in the house. She was a star."
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Please take a moment to visit this brave young mans myspace - he has Leukemia, and is trying to gain 1 MILLION myspace friends! Help him reach his goal!!
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Please visit http://www.dotsphinx.com/lightacandle and light a candle in Ella's section. Thanks, Susan!
EARTH DAY - 04/22/08
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