Furry Friends: Speaking Out for Animals

“Wag’N” Donates pet masks

Carol Monaco, with Marketwise Insights, Inc., recently nominated Greater Brighton Fire to receive pet oxygen masks through a company called Wag’N. Brighton Fire was selected and Wag’N has donated pet O2 masks through a program called “O2 Fur Life” that provides the necessary equipment for pet rescue breathing. Greater Brighton Fire is one of only 14 fire departments in the State who have received pet O2 masks through this program. Five kits were donated through the program, which provides for one set of three masks for each of our five fire stations. Each kit contains three masks of different sizes for various size pets. The kits have been placed on the fire engines and crews have been trained in using the masks. Thank you to Carol and Wag’N for the generous donation.

In Colorado we are fortunate to have a robust animal cruelty statute that allows animals to be cared for by animal care and control agencies when their owners have shown that they are unwilling or unable to do so. When it looked like Colorado House Bill 1124 might restrict these important animal impound provisions and make it more difficult for organizations like ours to help animals in need, we grew very concerned.

Without the impound statute, animal care and control agencies would either have to rely on a patchwork of local animal control ordinances, or they may not be able to take custody of abused animals when they need our help the most. Happily, House Bill 1124 was defeated. Now, as the Dumb Friends League works with other animal care and control agencies in the state to preserve the ability to help remove abused and neglected animals from the owners inflicting the suffering, we hope to have your support.

Several recent cases in Colorado have made us even more vocal champions of the animal impound provisions, including a case we told you about last December. Malachi was brought to the Dumb Friends League after spending years as a sled dog in a substandard commercial facility near Hartzel, Colo. He and 100 other severely neglected dogs were rescued last December by the Park County sheriff and the State Bureau of Animal Protection.

Malachi, adopted by Paula Conwell of Frisco, Colo., is now a sled dog of a different sort. Pampered and protected, he loves ski joring with his new four-legged family and friends.

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