1. Leafleting for the CVA
2. Mastiff Day at the Dog Museum
Booths and presenters with
information on properly caring for large and giant breed dogs.
Information on rescue and adoption of Mastiffs and similar breeds, with
booths from some unusual breed rescues.
START will be there. Sunday, September 30, 1:00 to 4 or 5:00 pm
(to be determined), at the Museum of the Dog in Queeny Park.
3. Canine Carnival
Hosted by the
APA,
this annual doggy event will take place in Tilles Park on Sunday,
October 7, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will be games,
contests, information booths, and rescue groups. START will be
there. Let us know if you'd like to help with our booth.
4. START Monthly Meeting for
October
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 pm, at the
Brentwood Community Center. Humane Investigator, Bob Baker,
will talk about his former undercover work while a member of the
Humane Farming Association.
He will also discuss his work investigating puppy mills for the ASPCA.
Please bring an
Auction item to donate to our two theme baskets. See #7 below.
5. Hands/Paws on Kirkwood
Bring your canine companion for an
off-leash social and pet blessing! This free event is open to
the public and will be held at the Kirkwood Baptist Church,
at the corner of Adams and Woodlawn. It takes place on
Saturday, October 13, from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. (The blessing
of the pets will be from 10:00 to 11:30 am.) For
all the details, be sure to check
http://www.kirkwoodbaptist.org/_events. (Details like, no
puppies under four months, no unaltered dogs, no pinch collars, etc.)
6. Halloween Costume Party for Dogs
Booths with information and games for the dogs.
Prizes for best costume. Hosted by the
Gateway American Pit Bull Terrier Club. Sunday,
October 14, 3:00 to 5:00 pm, at the Museum of the Dog in
Queeny Park. Cost is $5 per dog. Games are
free. START will be there. Let us know if you'd like to help with our
booth.
7. Trivia Night for Weimeraners
The
Heartland Weimeraner
Rescue is hosting a Trivia Night, Saturday, October
20, at Assumption Church, 4725 Mattis Road, in
South County. The doors open at 6:30 pm, and the
trivia begins at 7:00 pm. The price is $18 per
person, $144 per table of eight. To reserve a
seat/table, call Lesley Hunt at 314-275-2124, evenings
and weekends; or 314-485-6412, workdays.
8. An Evening for the
Animals Silent Auction
Saturday, October 27, 6:00 to 9:00 pm, at the Regional Arts Commission
(6128 Delmar). START's biggest annual fundraiser
is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. Soooo, WE NEED PEOPLE.
The following is our Wish List for the Auction. We need:
# Volunteers to help
decorate and to set up the tables with the auction items and their bid
sheets
# Volunteers to staff the
admission table
# Volunteers to help serve
the food and clean up tables as needed
# Volunteers to help clean
up at the end
# Donations of gift
certificates, gift cards, gift baskets, etc. Gift certificates, cards,
and baskets could be from restaurants, grocery stores, sporting events,
hair stylists, dog groomers, gyms, movie theaters, video rental, pet
supply stores, maid service, etc. We have a tax-exempt letter you can
give to the businesses if they need one. Just let us know and we can
e-mail/mail it to you or directly to the business.
# Donations of one item
relating to either theme: "A Night at the Movies" or
"Companion Animals." START will put
together two theme baskets to auction, and we'd like members (and
non-members) to donate some item that fits any aspect of these themes.
It could be a DVD or package of popcorn or box of Raisinettes for the
movie night. It could be a dog chew or a bird toy or a bag of cat litter
for the companion animal basket. Use your imagination; it needn't be
expensive. Please bring your item to the
October 9 Monthly Meeting.
There will be a buffet dinner and dessert, drinks, prizes for best
costume, trick 'r treat goody bags, and a whole range of auction items to
fit any budget. Tickets are $15 in advance, or
$20 at the door. Call or e-mail START to reserve your tickets.
B) Mars Candy Involved in Vivisection
Just when you thought animal testing couldn't get any more asinine
(remember the juice companies testing their products on animals so they
could make health claims?), I think we may have hit an all-time low:
Mars Candy Company torturing rodents for who knows
what inexplicable reason. Mars -- the makers of M&Ms, Mars bars,
Snickers, and a host of other candy -- performs outlandish and perverse
experiments on mice and rats. When you give it even a cursory thought,
there can be no rationale for a confectioner to be involved in
vivisection. Go to the
PETA alert page to tell Mars what you think of them.
C) New PETA Campaign
D) Make Your Community Coyote-Friendly
The
API (
Animal Protection Institute)
continues to campaign on behalf of coyotes.
Their website has resources to help communities cope
with coyote "problems."
E) Alicia Silverstone Too Hot for
Houston!
A
hot new veggie ad featuring Alicia Silverstone in the
imagined buff is apparently too much for the cattle state to handle. (
I
guess they're not so tough after all.)
F) US Court of Appeals Upholds Illinois
Ban on Horse Slaughter