Happy beginning of summer, everyone! We hope it’s a wonderful one for all. Here are the joyful success stories you made possible with your networking, donations, and kind hearts. We love our supporters and love even more showing you how we use your donations for good. Thank you! In this newsletter alone, we have exponentially helped almost two thousand animals.
If you’re new to our organization, we’re the people who catch the little guys before they fall through the cracks. Small rescue organizations, sometimes even one person small, are too little to get grants, or emergency funds, or a quick lift. We have been helping them with our Little Guy Grants since 2001, and hope to continue forever.
Bedford Cares
Lynchburg Virginia
We are proud to announce that through a big “Little Guy Grant” from our “Edith and Julie’s Spay and Neuter Fund at Tails of Joy“, we will be funding the Bedford Cares TNR program, helping to make it possible this year for them to spay/neuter and vaccinate their goal of one thousand cats. This prevents the birth of homeless strays, destined to suffer horrible short lives of desperation. And a lot of lucky strays taken in from the cold get adopted too!
Desert Dogs Rock and Rescue
Victorville, CA
Kona – Beautiful black pittie, hit by a car, found dying in a field, alone. Desert Dogs committed and we funded. We will keep you posted on this soulful boy.
Fix the Ferals of Bombay Beach
Bombay Beach, California
Tails of Joy paid for the “Friends of Bombay Beach” to bring the Animal Action League’s mobile spay and neuter clinic to Bombay Beach!
That means lots and lots of feral cats would get spayed/neutered, vaccinated and treated. We’re helping to slowly cut down on the feral population in this underserved, indigent community, sparing strays horrible short lives of desperation. We made a “Little Guy Grant” from our “Edith and Julie’s Spay and Neuter Fund at Tails of Joy“. We are so proud that we are treating Julie’s bequest exactly as she imagined, and will honor her legacy by using this fund for the good works exactly as she specified. Please think of us when you are thinking about your bequests. We do it right. Thank you.
UPDATE: Due to so much red tape by the city to allow the spay/neuter truck to operate for one day, the dedicated volunteers of Bombay Beach instead are trapping the strays and bringing them to the truck in the next town every week. That is certainly dedication that deserves our continuing support.
DOGS ON THE MOVE by Pawsitive4LIFE
Miami, FL
Saving Flipper
“Flipper is a sweet but scared Rat Terrier boy who has no interest from adopters. He is Ehrlichia positive, which is easily treated with antibiotics but adopters seem to shy away from adopting dogs who need anything extra. He cannot be neutered until this is cleared up so he will be released to us and neutered later.
We are rescuing him but need you to help with money for antibiotics, flea bath, transport to Central Florida and Paypal fees. We are rescuing a lot of dogs and need your participation to keep up this pace. Please donate and share.”
Of course we helped this sweet boy!
Six Dogs in Vidor, Texas
“Ms. Boosler,
My name is Hannah S. I am a volunteer at Vidor Animal Control. Two years ago, you helped a dog named Marla get out of Vidor’s kill shelter. She was an older hound dog that had a malignant tumor on her stomach. I am happy to report that she got adopted very fast, and she has been in the lap of luxury ever since. Her Owners absolutely adore her.
I am reaching out to you because I know that Tails of Joy focuses on helping animals in need, and I have six dogs that are in desperate need of help.”
Of course we helped. Meet the cuties below, along with Missy and Molly.
Wildlife SOS
India 
Wildlife SOS is the largest wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation group in India.
The project to bring an end to ‘dancing bears’ (read: Lives of conscription and torture) in India was successful because of the focus by Wildlife SOS on retraining the Kalandar people to have a new way to earn an income for their families. Instead of exploiting wildlife, they have learned new skills. Many of the women now create and sell beautiful handmade items. The Kalandar community historically ‘danced bears’ because they had no education and therefore no opportunities. Many of the children now attend school.
Tails of Joy sponsored ten backpacks for Kalandar children attending school.
Tails of Joy bought five sewing machines for Kalandar women.
Bears sure do love honey! SOS finds a way to keep them busy and entertained by building these honey logs and hanging them in their enclosures. The blind bears especially love them, as they get them up and moving around. Tails of Joy bought honey logs for the bears.
“Free the Bears Fund” volunteers brought along with them a wonderful innovation called Aussie Dog Balls, created to help equines with mental and physical activity. These balls are round and made of a hard, light material that can take a few thrashings. It has an opening on one side through which fruits and various treats are put in. It is then rolled into the enclosure and the enriching part is to see how many bears use skill instead of strength to get the food out. They love it.
Tails of Joy bought Aussie Dog Balls for the bears.
Sanjay, brought to ECCC in February 2017 following an intense emergency rescue operation, had spent more than fifty years in abusive captivity being exploited in ceremonies, weddings and processions. Besides suffering from partial blindness, his feet were in a pathetic state with cracked toenails and painfully swollen foot-pads, and he had a fracture in his hind limb that made even the slightest movement extremely agonizing. The cruel treatment meted out to him in captivity was evident from how meek and withdrawn he was around people. Since his rescue, Sanjay is slowly growing more confident and gradually recovering from his traumatic past, while discovering the joy of nutritious food and people that care about him.
Tails of Joy bought fun hanging food nests for Sanjay and the elephants.
As I always say, helping animals always helps people too.
Helping to Get Three Dogs Out of Lebanon
We were once again able to help our flight attendant/rescuer friend Cynthia bring abused dogs to the US from Lebanon. Charm, who has an amputated front leg, Mia, whose front foot is cut off, and Patchi, who is older. We know they’re all going to get good care and happy forever homes.
German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County
Southern California
A great organization that always has way too many of these wonderful dogs, we always help when we can. These two emergencies were; a beautiful little puppy, Bucky, showing up full of buckshot, and the severely neglected Olivia. Of course we helped immediately.
Guide Dogs of America Auction
Guide Dogs of America is hosting an online silent auction through BiddingForGood from June 1 through June 11, 2018. Be sure to check out their great items, and support all the amazing work they do. Tails of Joy, and our friend and board member Leon Wagner’s Seven Colonial provided some great auction items too. If you get outbid, you can buy the items on our websites. Go and bid!
At-Choo Foundation
California
When dogs are in city shelters with extreme medical conditions, they usually don’t make it. City shelters don’t treat animals in need. Rescue groups wanting to pull such animals first need to find the money for treatment, to then get them well enough to be adopted. The At-Choo Foundation commits medical funds to dogs in need in city shelters.
They take them from this:
to this
That is worth our support. Our good friend Elaine Seamens does a great job with her foundation.
DOGS ON THE MOVE by Pawsitive4LIFE
Transport #167
Miami, FL to the Midwest
We are again proud to help our rescue friends get on the road with another big crowd of amazing dogs, taking them out of the overcrowded Miami shelter to forever homes in the midwest.
DOTM transport #167 is ready to get ON THE MOVE with 15 amazing dogs headed to the Midwest to find their forever homes ❤ We have one that is HW positive, two bonded pairs, and older senior dogs. There are many owner surrenders, as well as owner confiscations, fearful, abused & neglected dogs, dogs with URI and other illnesses and injuries. Dogs are all sizes that range from 7 lbs to 78 lbs (see list below).
DOGS:
Crispy A1951571 10 year old female Maltese 18lbs. Casper A1951563 10 year old male Maltese 14lbs. Chuchi A1953328 8 year old female chihuahua 14 lbs. Chucho A1953329 2 year old male chihuahua 14 lbs. Osito A1207219 10 year old male poodle 14 lbs. Melo A1953740 8 year old male pug mix 23 lbs. Nena A1953874 2 year old female long hair chihuahua mix 19 lbs. Lucy A1953028 2 year old female chihuahua mix 16 lbs. Tony A1954719 10 mos old male terrier mix 17 lbs. Tyson A1945372 2 year old male Australian kelpie mix 55 lbs. Shaq A1946290 2 year old male rottie mix 60 lbs. Troy A1929568 3 year old male lab mix 52 lbs. Tom A1949833 4 year old male retriever 47 lbs. Jane A1946748 4 year old female lab mix 78 lbs. Maurice A1951623 1 year old maleGerman Shepherd 67 lbs.
Wildlife Works Inc.
Wildwood PA 
Our facebook Peep Kris Azzarello had a birthday wish and we were more than happy to contribute to Wildlife Works, a volunteer-based, non-profit organization
serving Westmoreland County and surrounding areas, dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of distressed wildlife and the promotion of responsible attitudes about the preservation of native species, habitat, and the environment.
Angels In Training Senior Dog Sanctuary
Southern CA
We all have a soft spot for the seniors. I personally love them more than anything. They have brought me more joy and life lessons than anything else in my life. At Angels In Training, they rescue elderly dogs from cold, painful and lonely deaths in high-kill shelters by providing a sanctuary where their medical, nutritional and social needs are met.
Beautiful Fae, at Easter this year.
Lisa and Rufus
NEAR – Northeast Avian Rescue
Upstate New York
Mutt Match LA
Southern CA
We always donate to this great rescue organization whenever we can. They do spectacular work, and are the best at making the perfect match between adopter and pet.
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION RIGHT NOW!
Halteman’s Haven Rescue
Texas and Arizona
A small rescue, and sanctuary, specializing in special needs cats. We got a lovely email of thanks:
“Thank you so much for your donation. This means the world to us. This will be used this coming week for spay/neuter for Mama Gray, Jeremiah, Messina, Skinny, BF, and Alastor to get most of them ready for adoption.” Wonderful.
Much Love Animal Rescue
Southern CA
We are always happy to donate to this excellent organization. Much Love Animal Rescue exists to rescue abused, neglected and homeless animals from the streets and shelters of Los Angeles and place them in loving homes. Much Love is a 100% non-profit organization run primarily by dedicated volunteers who offer their time and resources to house, train, transport and care for these animals. Since its inception in 1999, Much Love has placed over 3,500 animals into loving homes.
ADOPTABLE AND AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW!!
Southern Souls Animal League
Eufaula Alabama
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Thanks everybody. Happy summer!