Pet Connection

[clevermanka]

From maibe:

To those that care about the homeless pets in Kansas City:

We have had a small tragedy at The Pet Connection. Yesterday, we were the victim of a crime that will have grave costs to our pets or for those that we are not able to rescue. Our trailer and all the supplies for building 8 new dog and cat rooms was stolen. I am so sad, disappointed, and everyone at our facility is feeling a little defeated. Jason Huff and myself got most of the supplies donated and spent 2 days loading it all for TPC so that the cost would be minimal. Replacement value of our loss: $4000. We were going to start construction over Thanksgiving. Jason and I cancelled holiday plans with our families so that we could build these much needed life savers. Our Christmas gift to the homeless pets was an important one. We estimate that these rooms will help us successfully house and rescue 15-40 additional pets each month. Almost 70 percent of the rescued dogs at our facility were scheduled to be euthanized in area shelters simply because of space constraints.

If anyone can send additional funding for this project, we would really appreciate. If everyone we have helped this month, would send $5......that would be about $3000. If everyone on this list sent $5, that would be $35,000. We need help. Please send your pledge today. I know that together, we can make this horrible turn of events seem small.

If we do not receive a rally from our friends, we will not be able to complete the project until much later. I'm turning away about a hundred animals a month, please help me. We need these resources to be available as soon as possible. We needed them yesterday.

Please cross post to anyone that may be able to assist.


Jason Huff
Director of Operations
The Pet Connection
jason@thepetconnection.net
www.thepetconnection.net
913-671-PETS
5918 Broadmoor
Mission KS 66202
OPEN HRS: Tues - Sunday 9am-8pm Monday by appt only
Low cost obedience instruction, low cost microchipping
Low cost spay/neuter
Adoption

Comments

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Reposting...

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I emailed Mr. Huff to find out if checks should be made out to him or if they can be made out to The Pet Connection. I'll update this post as I get more info.

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Please also ask him if they accept PayPal, and if not to please consider setting up an account. That would make it easier for out of town folk to give without having to deal with the mail.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ah-ha. They have something called iGive set up. Go to the main website (linked in the post) and click on the link in News & Events: "The Homeless Pets Have Been Robbed". From there, click the Donate Page link at the bottom of the information.

And to the right of the Donate Page is a PayPal link with a big yellow DONATE button. Yay!

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Yay! Ok...somebody knows what they're doing so far as charitable giving; good deal!

[grnvixen.livejournal.com]

They are right in our backyard (almost literally) and I've watched their good works for years. I'll go by and donate directly on my way home from work tonight. If anyone would like to send a donation, and have trouble with the online setup, send me the check and I will be happy to drop it off personally.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_luaineach/]

That is so craptastic. With the work I do with the cat shelter, I know exactly how needed supplies are -- and what a HUGE difference they can make -- and so I can't imagine the suck they must feel to find it gone. Boo. :(

[slinka.livejournal.com]

How low is that? Donated.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thanks, hon.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

People often suck. A lot.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thanks, darlin'.

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

I can't believe how shitty that is. I'm not too flush right now, but I donated $20... I figure every bit helps. Poor pussies and pups. :(

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm sure they appreciate it.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I hope they get their stuff back AND a lot of donations. Did my part.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I doubt they'll get their stuff back, but if everyone passes this along and even a couple people on each f-list donate a little bit...

[skyflame.livejournal.com]

I was part of a volunteer effort who last month went to Pet Connection and helped with painting, drywall, shelves, etc.

It's disheartening to do that and then see this in the news a month after the fact.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Looks like a good opportunity to honor our departed Maybe.

Thanks!

[royal-spice.livejournal.com]

I posted about this also, from an email I got, before I saw your post. I'm dropping a cash donation in the mail.

It sucks to work that hard to get all the materials and then have them swiped...I agree with your tag for this post. :/

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

*hug*

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad to hear this is making the rounds.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Their Donate button uses PayPal, so I popped 5.00 over to them. Not a big amount, but if many people do it they should be able to recover.

[tattooedartgirl.livejournal.com]

WTF is wrong with people??? stealing from animals..unbelievable