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REAL RESCUE REVIEW

No.1

November 2001

Hello Friends and Supporters,

We decided to do a newsletter to let everyone who has been so helpful and supportive know exactly what we are about and what we are doing. November is gratitude month for many groups so we thought this would be good for our group too.

Real Rescue, Inc. began on March 2nd, 2001, when Chris incorporated us and did all the paperwork for the 501 (c)(3) Non-profit tax status which we later received. Chris and myself had both always tried to rescue whatever creature seemed to be in need of help. We became friends in 1997 and began helping each other do to more rescues (two head ARE better than one and four hands are better at holding a struggling pup or skunk !!!!). We had a lot of fun on these adventures and married in August 2001. Now we were a bonafide Rescue family in need of incorporation and non-profit status. Chris did all the tedious paperwork to make us “legal”. More importantly, it provide us with an opportunity to solicit donations so that we can help even more animals, reptiles, birds, and any other creatures that need the help of a human hand.

Last week-end, November 10, 2001 was our first day as being the rescue group at the Petsmart Adoption Center at the store at NW 63rd and May Ave. We had completed their paperwork some time back and were approved to be one of the rescue groups that are allowed to use their Adoption Centers at the various stores. We are scheduled for the second Saturday each month at the store at NW 63rd and May and the second Sunday of each month at the new store at 1-40 and MacArthur. So mark your calendars and drop by. We would love to see you there!!!

During our first Adoption week-end and the help of want ads, we found excellent, responsible homes for five kittens. In early September a good friend of ours, Anne P., had called us saying that a friend of her son̓s had found a mother cat and 8 babies in a park in Midwest City. The boy, Josh, had been kind enough to rescue the family and bring them to us. The mother was very thin and the babies (about one week old) were all thin. She had heroically continued to care for them all even though she was starving herself. She is beautiful and very tame and sweet. The babies were all sweet and with good food and care grew into beautiful young cats.

We are thrilled to have them in loving family homes where they will be neutered and kept as indoor family pets. The mother cat is still with us and we will hope for a wonderful home for her. She is mild-mannered and a very pretty solid shiny black short-haired.

We also found good homes for a mixed breed puppy that we rescued off of a busy street and a very sweet abandoned adult dog.

We are very careful to screen a prospective home and make sure that the family knows the importance of adopting a pet. We also make sure that they have the proper environment for the animal that they are interested in adopting. Finally, and most importantly, we discuss the love and attention that the animal needs and assess if this is the family that can provide these things. Our first commitment is to the animal that has been entrusted to us.

We loved meeting all the animal loving people that frequent the Petsmart stores. And, we are so grateful that Petsmart provides such a wonderful community service as their Adoption Centers.

We want to say a special “Thank-You” to our friend Ellen Brand who has been such a help to us in so many ways during these early days of Real Rescue, Inc. She has donated time, money, skills, and anything else we needed during our formation. She came to Petsmart on Saturday and Sunday both and helped us with our new adventure. She is a true gift to animals (and the people who love them) and has worked for them in many arenas for many years.

There are so many people to thank for their help and support that we cannot do it all here but stay tuned for further issues. Hopefully we can continue to do updates and keep all our friends informed of our progress. Thank you for all the donations. If you have not received one, your 501(c)(3) receipt should be enclosed. Please think of us when you can. Our greatest cost is veterinary care, and mostly we need funds for that purpose. If you would like to sponsor the spay or neuter of one of our adoptable pets, please let us know. Basic vaccinations, disease testing, worming and neutering averages around $100-$200 depending on age and size of the pet. And then, well then, a pet is ready, and forever anxious, for a loving home!

Dana and Chris Venters

“Where is man without the beasts? If the beasts were gone, men would die from a loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man.” Chief Seattle 1854