Friends of BCAS - Weekly Email 9/1/11

Below is the contents of the weekly Adoptions & Newsletter email sent out on 9/1/11.

---

Hello, fellow Friends of BCAS volunteers!

Please spare a moment to read the following announcements:

• BURL.CO. PET EXPO: The 6^th Annual Burlington County Pet Expo will be held near the Burlington County Library on the 1^st of October, 2011. The shelter and volunteers, and tons of other animal organizations will be there, so save the date! Our fellow volunteer Barbara ( barbaramoosathome@verizon.net ) will be organizing our presence there, so let her know if you can help out. Further volunteer details are pending.

• BCAS KITTENS STILL NEED HELP: At last count, the shelter still has TEN LITTERS of bottle-feeder kittens. That is an overwhelming amount, and the staff is unable to handle it on top of their regular duties (while still remaining sane). Fosters are needed more than ever! Please contact the shelter directly at 609-265-5842 if you are able to foster kittens, and spread the word about this need! Visit the shelter's website here for more contact info: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ148.html

• HELP HEARTWORM-POSITIVE SOFTIE: Softie (D-43271), a gorgeous shepherd mix at BCAS, has tested positive for heartworm. Heartworm treatment is expensive and the shelter's funds are very limited, so it's up to us animal advocates to help out. The Burlington County Animal Alliance frequently takes care of special medical cases such as this when the shelter cannot, so please consider donating to BCAA (http://www.bcaaofnj.org) for Softie's heartworm treatment!

• SHELTER CAT UPDATE: The cat volunteer program is still on hold for now, but there have been no new confirmed cases of the feline distemper that has swept the shelter since last week! That hopefully means the cats are past the worst of it, and we may be able to start visiting with our feline friends again as early as next week :) Due to the recent huge influx of bottle-feeder kittens, once our cat volunteer program is back up, the shelter would love to have volunteers helping feed the babies!

• VOTE FOR OUR SHELTER: The Animal Rescue Site is giving away thousands of dollars in grants to shelters with the highest votes here: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3 - Help us have a chance to win the grand prize of a $5000.00 grant by clicking the link, searching for Burlington County Animal Shelter, and voting for us! You can vote once every day until the contest ends on Sept. 18th.

---

...Thank you! And now, without further ado...
Just some of the wonderful animals adopted this week:

Don't be alarmed at the short list this week! I'm quite sure I'm missing a whole bunch, so expect a really big list next Thursday! :)

The Cats:

C-42289 Danny, C-42694 R.J.

The Dogs:

D-43210 Princess, D-43322 Hot Diggity, D-43334 Burrito, D-43525 Duffy

We are the volunteers of the Burlington County Animal Shelter. We do our best to make sure our shelter's animals are happy and ready for adoption.
We love new volunteers, and so do the shelter kitties and doggies! Learn more about us here: http://fobcas.blogspot.com