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What We’re Looking Forward To in 2024 and New Year’s Ins and Outs
Erika and Steven catch up with each other about their holidays, including everything they watched, and talk about what TV, movies, music, etc. they’re excited for in 2024. Then they do some personal ins/outs for the new year.
If you want to share any culture you’re excited to experience in 2024 or your ins/outs for this year, email us at whataboutyourfriendspod@gmail.com.
Hosts: Erika Ramirez and Steven Othello
Producer: Sasha AshallSubscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Stitcher
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Austin Pets Alive! | Fireworks Can be Scary for Our Pets
Jun 27, 2023
In the US, 4th of July has the second highest number of reported lost pets. Keep your furry family safe this year by:
- Keeping all pets inside.
- Reducing stress by running music or white noise.
- Keeping their collars on with updated ID tags.
- Updating their info on their microchip at found.org.
If you come across a lost pet, there are simple steps you can take BEFORE going to a shelter. We know you’re trying to do the right thing when you bring them to a shelter. But this year more than others, shelters across the country are extremely full. You could make a huge difference by helping this pet find its home without taking attention away from other shelter pets. Instead try these few steps:
- POST THEM: Snap photos and on Austin Lost and Found Pets on FB, Nextdoor and the Neighbor app.
- WALK THEM: Walk the pet around the area you found them to see if you run into someone looking for a lost pet.
- CHECK THE CHIP: Go to a vet or pet supply store to see if they can check the microchip.
- REPORT THEM MISSING: File a found pet report on the Austin 3-1-1 app!
Many lost pets are not far from home. With your help, families can enjoy July 4th with their furry friends by their side!
Don’t have pets but still want to help? Visit our donate page to make a gift that helps keep all of our shelter pets safe this 4th of July.
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Austin Pets Alive! | Letter from Dr. Jefferson: Tornado Help
Mar 22, 2022
I hope this finds you and yours safe after last night’s scary weather event.
With multiple tornado touchdowns in Central Texas and morning reports today of damage, we wanted to reach out to let you know how we fared and what we’re doing to support response efforts.
Firstly, our animals and facilities were unharmed. Our Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) shelter, which as you probably know faces challenges, weathered the storm well! With our recent equipment upgrades and overnight staff additions, the teams were able to prepare the animals and facility ahead of the weather, as well as quickly mitigate any pooling water as storms hit our area. Thank you to our amazing staff and volunteers on the ground last night.
Secondly, Austin Pets Alive! is offering assistance to local, county, and state government emergency operations teams as they assist with recovery efforts following yesterday’s tornadoes. We are concerned that many pet owners could be facing difficulties and pets could be struggling, displaced, and at risk. Through our Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (P.A.S.S.) program, we will assist with finding temporary homes, food, and other pet need for people with pets affected by the tornadoes.
Need help?
Need help or know someone who needs help with pets affected by last night’s tornadoes? Email us at [email protected] or call us at 512-961-6519.
Want to help?
Join P.A.S.S.
Our P.A.S.S. program, which we coordinate our community crisis response through, depends on peer-to-peer support so we are always looking for those willing to help other Austinites to join our Facebook group. Join us today to support our post-tornadoes response efforts for Austin-area people and pets.
Donate
You can also support all of our in-house programs, services, and support for people and pets in need by making a donation here.
Thank you for all you do to support people and pets!
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Austin Pets Alive! | Letter from Dr. Jefferson: Properties Update
Jan 20, 2022
Hi everyone! And a happy new year! I hope this finds you and yours well. I wanted to reach out today to provide an update on where we stand with our plans for APA!’s campuses, land, and facilities.
As a reminder, your voices were heard in November as you helped us get the APA! Resolution passed with Austin City Council. In that resolution, the city council directed us to work with the City of Austin staff to determine an intake percentage number based on those animals at risk of euthanasia. We continue those discussions with the city and will have an update to share with you in February.
While we remain hopeful that we will finally reach a new agreement with city animal services and sign a long term lease to keep a small portion of our operations on our Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) campus as soon as possible, we are excited to be exploring our expansion regardless of the TLAC outcome.
The APA! Board of Directors and some other amazing volunteers have been utilizing their connections to help us find Austin properties to purchase and expand our footprint. Right now there are a couple of potential properties we are looking at and because the property is, of course, at a premium in Austin, we are looking at properties with existing buildings we could adjust to fit our programs and services – and also properties with mostly open land. Based on what we find and can afford, the APA! leadership team is working on different solutions with a group of architects to puzzle together which programs and services would fit where and how best to maximize each scenario of property combinations for lifesaving.
What this means for APA! team members and supporters is that change – but exciting change – is on the horizon very soon. By this time next year, we could potentially have 4 locations, including TLAC and Tarrytown! With this expanding footprint we are making sure that each potential place provides a drastic improvement to what we have now. We know that a shelter needs to serve the purposes it should – not mass housing in uncomfortable kennels but getting each animal who needs us most the care, support and rehabilitation they need to get them ready for a home (whether it be foster or adoptive home) and out of kennel as quickly as possible!
We will continue to keep you informed of our property progress and your support we’ll need during this exciting time. Thank you as always for being part of this amazing lifesaving community for people and pets.
Ellen
