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SPRING 2015
NEWS
Remi & Robbie
Two dogs came to The Winnipeg Humane Society this past
winter with heartbreaking stories: one with a severed tail,
and one with a mysterious wound to the face. Their stories
are tragic but unfortunately not unique. Far too often,
animals come through our doors who require immediate
It’s time for
medical care and lots of love – your support is vital. you to register!
his medical treatments, he went to a It’s easy! It’s fun!
loving foster home to recover before
being ready for his forever family.
JUNE 21
Remi, (above, right), arrived at the end Our animals
of February. A big, goofy Rottweiler are counting
mix, Remi was the sort of dog we on you!
knew would get adopted right away.
Unfortunately there was one thing
holding him back from finding a home:
a bullet wound to the face. When Remi
arrived he had an injury on his cheek,
Robbie had a sweet disposition and initially thought to be a cut, but it just
the perfect pair of puppy dog eyes. wasn’t healing. Our vets thought it
The two-year-old lab mix was a might be an abscess tooth, though his
bit shy, and no wonder – he’d been dental exam revealed that a number
through a lot. Robbie was emaciated of teeth were broken. And there were
and heartworm positive, and had old bullet fragments in his mouth.
injuries to his pelvis. When he arrived Remi is lucky to be alive. If the bullet
his tail had been severed in some way had hit one centimetre higher it would
– perhaps hit by a car – so that it was have killed him. The care he received
only a short stump. at our clinic is thanks to your help.
Our vets got to work right away, Once he recovered, Remi received
gently cleaning him and tending to his training and assessment from our
injuries. During his assessment they behaviour team, and shortly after
discovered a pellet lodged in his flesh. he went up for adoption, the perfect
Despite all he’d been through, Robbie family brought him home.
was a sweet boy who loved attention. Your donations ensure that Robbie,
He bonded quickly with our clinic Remi and all other animals that come
team , and once he’d rested up from to The WHS get the help they need.
Buy your pets a treat and support WHS animals.
WHS Gift Shop! All Gift Shop
proceeds support
● Chuckit! Balls our animals.
Dog Toy $9.99–$11.99
Enjoy a fun game of fetch with
Chuckit! These high performance
balls feature a high bounce, high
visibility and durability. If your dog
has lots of energy, use the balls with
the Chuckit! launcher so you can
keep playing and having fun.
● Dirty Dog Doormat ● The Easy Walk® Cat Harness
$39.99–$44.99 & Lead $18.00
This mat magically soaks up 7 times It’s time to let your cat go outside in
its weight in water, mud and dirt. It a safe way. The harness is designed
is so much more than just a doormat to provide comfort to your cat as
- these mats can be used in cars, it puts pressure across the chest
crates, under litter boxes, food and instead of the throat, and the soft
water bowls. Your pet can also use nylon and stretchy lead flexes with
them as a cozy resting spot! each movement.
Rescue Foster
You help animals get critical medical
attention. Leonard was found locked Success Story
inside a garage in the middle of a Your donations support our
harsh cold snap. He’d gone days
without food, water or warmth. Our foster program, which helps
emergency response could hear his animals prepare to find their
howls as they pulled up to rescue
him. They brought him to The WHS
forever homes.
right away for treatment. You helped Edith and Matilda are two small breed
Leonard get a second chance at life! dogs who were both pregnant when
they came into our care. They needed
foster homes where they could stay
until their puppies were eight weeks
old. We had a hard time finding them
homes, until we posted about them
on The WHS Facebook.
Our caring supporters stepped
forward, and soon Edith and Matilda
were both in foster care. Thanks to
you, they’re getting the support they
need until they’re ready to find
forever homes!
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You help us
cause many
happy endings
Duke went missing back in
September from the Bison Drive
area. He was found months later
in St. Vital, and a Good Samaritan
brought him to our lost and found
department. Our intake staff were
able to match him with a lost report,
and Duke was reunited with his
very happy family in January.
Without your help, we wouldn’t
be able to cause many happy
reunions! Thank you!
When you sign up for Petplan Pet Insurance, The WHS
receives $30 per adopter who signs up! Not only does Petplan
provide a safety net for your own furry loved ones, signing up is also a great
way to donate to the animals. You help our animals by helping your own!
STER Thursday,
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August 20, 2015
Join us for the much loved
WHS charity golf tournament.
Register early before it sells out!
Register at winnipeghumanesociety.ca
or call 204-982-2041
PRESENTED BY
A unique day on the links FORE our furry friends!
Great prizes! Contests!
Hole activities! Awards dinner!
August 20, 2015 | BREEZY BEND COUNTRY CLUB | INDIVIDUAL: $225 | PATRON INDIVIDUAL: $250
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INVESTORS GROUP
You help WHS animals in many ways!
Thank • Manitoba Public Insurance designates a
corporate denim day and employees buy
• Wyatt Dowling Insurance Brokers
selected The WHS for their casual
You!
stickers so they can wear jeans to work. Friday contributions. They donated an
They raised $757.70 through this initiative! outstanding $2,060!
• Thanks to St. Andrews fitness girls’ • Piston Ring Service held a Christmas
club for foregoing presents and donating fundraiser in support of the animals for
National Cupcake money to the animals instead. the third year in a row. We are extremely
Day raised over • Behind Closed Doors raised $3,648! appreciative for your support!
$15,000 for animals Thank you to St. Vital Mall for putting
in need! on a wonderful event and thank you
to everyone who bought tickets and
• Lifetouch Canada
supported The WHS!
• Pattison Outdoor
• Kildonan Place held its annual “Carving
• Lord Roberts Community Centre
for a Cause” Halloween pumpkin carving
• K.I.D.S. Incorporated
contest. Teams from QX104, CKJS and
• Selkirk Animal Hospital
The Winnipeg Free Press competed on our
• Ecole Golden Gate Middle School
behalf and raised $996.30 in total. The
• Community Venture Charleswood
QX104 team won the People’s
• Ecole Belmont
Choice award!
• Pet health insurance
• Thank you to Co-op Grant Park for holding
• Federated Insurance
a Christmas raffle and raising $320!
• Hastings School
• Thank you to Starbucks Combined 4-H
• Investors Gro up
Club for selling Cheesecakes at their
• Tuxedo Animal Hospital
local fundraiser and raising $215 for the
• Elmwood High School
animals.
• Holiday Mountain
• Thank you to Angelique and Athena who
• Lilac Bakery
organized a Hat Day at their school and
• The Cupcake Corner
raised $375 for the animals!
• Corydon Animal Hospital
• We have the best supporters! Cousins
• University of Winnipeg Pre-Vet Club
Jordan and Olivia raised $90 for the
• NAV CANADA
animals last summer by selling handmade
loom bracelets!
• Thank you to CG Power Systems
Canada for fundraising at their company
celebration! They are amazing and raised
$1,990!
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Thanks!
Cars For Andrea Prymak
Shelley Herbert
Critters
Christopher Higgs
Thank you for
Win C. Li
donating your old
Nolan Jemison
clunker to help
Vivan Gibson
WHS animals!
Helen Searcy
Call Associated
Auto Auction at
204-895-9790 to Critter
donate a vehicle Caretakers
Salvador Costa Your support means
Dianne Bloomfield so much! Thank you
Louise Ramikssoon for donating your
James Reinson birthday money to
Laurie The WHS.
Goodbrandson Emma Thiessen
Mary Anne Kiss Owen Hoepper
JORDAN AND Robert Johnston Mya Swarychewski
OLIVIA Henri Leclaire Campbell Kuryk
Bluewater Sound Rosemary Boules
Inc. Houston Ariana Balharry
Your School Frank Johnson
Mary E. Ball
Abby Nyklon-Pouliot
Julia Lazareck
Spirit Helps Dale Niemi
Felice Zalik
Catherine St.John
Natalie Jensen
Animals Kimberly Mosionier
Jacqueline Hodges
Keelan Whiteway
Alison Pettigrew
• Elmwood High School’s Student Council Victor Rozyk Daniel Gauthier
gave The WHS a $64.80 donation! Kris Bulat Abgail Gallagher
• Thank you to Nordale School for having Tim Wilkinson Brett Trinkies
a hot chocolate and popcorn sale and Kelly Faubert Mary Oduro
raising money for the animals! Geri Johnson Gind Wiszniowski
• The Grades 7 and 9 students at Hugh Sara Mousseau Meg and Archer
John MacDonald School raised money Stefan Kattner Grant
by cooking and serving lunch to the rest John Yellowlees Cadence Loiselle-
of their school, and then donated the Louis Holubowich Shire
proceeds to The WHS! Paul Sparling Tatyana Chancy
• The children from Earl Grey Children’s Darryl Kehler Matheson Pachal-
Centre sold necklaces, bookmarks and Adam Carlson Stewart
bracelets as a fundraiser for The WHS. Leslee Watt Adyson Downey
• Thank you to Birds Hill School for Daniel K. Scott Zoe’s Birthday
collecting donations for the animals! Cynthia Fines Veronica Keeler
• Acadia Junior High School held a ANGELIQUE & William Horsefall Nicole Hutchinson
fundraiser and raised $305 for the ATHENA WITH Maria Racciatti Declan Dermedt
BUSTER
animals! What great support! Sieglinde Brown Kale Cleary
• Thank you to the students at Ecole Donna Graeff Maksym Russo
Golden Gate Middle School for holding Isaac Callejas
a bake sale for the animals. Darrell Chouinard
Erin McElroy
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Update
Beat the
Heat
Planned Giving
All legacy gifts, large and small enable us to do more
to help animals in need. If you are planning to leave a
gift to The WHS in your will, please let us know. We really
would like to be able to thank you for your generosity
and compassion.
To let us know you have included The WHS in your Will, or for further
information on how you can include The WHS in your Will, please contact:
Christine Boult, Director of Development at 204-982-2029 or email;
christineb@winnipeghumanesociety.ca. We’ll be delighted to hear from you!
We spayed over 500 cats
in February for Beat the
Heat, funded by PetSmart
Charities. Thanks to all who
Ledy finds her
participated – you prevented Forever Home
countless unwanted strays Ledy came to The WHS in
from hitting Winnipeg’s July, and it quickly became
streets this year! clear that she was a very
Spaying and neutering your pets not special pup with a lot of
only reduces overpopulation, there
are many healthy benefits involved, energy!
too - such as reduced risk of tumors Our behaviour team spent lots of
and cancer, especially if the surgery is time with her and recognised her
done before the first heat cycle. potential – she was a smart girl who
Your donations support SNAP, The learned quickly. But she kept getting
WHS’s ongoing subsidized Spay And overlooked. She became more
Neuter Program. Low income families stressed the longer she was in the
can apply for SNAP to get their cat shelter. Ledy’s true personality shone
spayed or neutered for around $30. when she spent time in a foster
home, where she relaxed and played
SNAP also applies to other animals with her foster brother.
and to those living outside of Your donations help our behaviour
Winnipeg. To see if you qualify, team work with dogs like Ledy
call SNAP today! to prepare them for their forever
homes. Ledy was adopted soon after
204-888-SNAP returning from foster. She is a clever
pup, thriving and getting lots of love!
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WHS Free
Speaker Series Shop
The WHS is pleased to announce it
will be hosting a free Speaker Series
that covers a variety of animal-
Humane
related topics. Buy Local!
June 25 at 6:30PM Spring is here, and with
Arthur Schafer it comes the opportunity
‘Humanistic to purchase fresh, farm- Here are some markets to
Reflections on to-table groceries from look forward to this season:
Animal Welfare’ farmers’ markets.
• The Forks Farmers’ Market
• West End Community Market
Professor Schafer is Director of You can be an advocate for animal • West Kildonan Community Farmers’
the Centre for Professional and welfare simply by buying meat that’s Market
Applied Ethics at the University of been humanely raised at local farms. • Health Science Centre Farmers’ Market
Manitoba. It’s easy to be a champion for the • West Broadway Farmers’ Market
Mark your calendars for upcoming ethical treatment of farm animals • Wolseley Farmers’ Market
sessions (speakers TBA): – go to a farmers’ market and talk • Red River Farmers’ Market
•September 17 to local producers about how their • Wellness Institute Farmers’ Market
•October 22 meat is raised! You can also sign up • Transcona Biz Farmers’ Market
•November 26 for a CSA (community supported • Le Marché St. Norbert Farmers’ Market
agriculture) program, where fresh • River Heights Farmers’ Market
produce will be delivered right to • Gas Station Arts Centre Village Market
your door. • Main Street Farmers’ Marke
Visit the Farmers’ Market Association of Manitoba online at:
csamanitoba.org for more information.
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We provide a look into our shelter and Rai s e Title Matching Street Team
show campers how we help animals Sponsor Gift Sponsor Sponsor
here find new and happy homes. Thanks to
Call 204-982-2046 or visit: every one of
winnipeghumanesociety.ca. our sponsors!
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Help The WHS
You can use The WHS Air Miles card when you
shop for items on our Wish List and help our animals!
For a full Wish List visit: winnipeghumanesociety.ca
For the Animals Behaviour
• Canned cat and dog food • Gentle Leader head collars size large
• Newspapers and extra large
For the Office • Kongs and Kong Wobblers
• Laminating Sheets Clinic
• Binder clips and blue/black pens • Used medical equipment
Adoption • Towels (bath size preferred)
• Yarn for our volunteers who knit the Foster
animals blankets. If you would like to knit • Heating pads
blankets, the ideal size is 2’ x 2’. Blankets • Starfrit kitchen scales
can be dropped off at any time. Kenneling Staff/
• Plastic bags General Duties
• Liquid laundry soap
• HEAVY DUTY garbage bags
Request a hard copy of The WHS Air Miles card!
Email donations@winnipeg humanesociety.ca Phone 204-982-2041
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GENERAL FAX: 204-663-9401 you, just email: donations@ •429 cans of cat and kitten food
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