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Animal Rescue
Background:
On January 31, 2011 the Piqua City Health Department executed a
search warrant at the One More Chance Animal Rescue & Adoption
facility at 125 Clark Ave. As a result, the building was condemned
and legal action was initiated against the operator. On February
11, 2011, all 104 dogs were released into the custody of the City
of Piqua.
Since the condemnation, the Piqua
Health Department along with the Miami County Animal Shelter and
multiple volunteers have worked to clean up the facility and have
been sheltering in place the remaining dogs. All of the dogs are
now being well cared for, given fresh food and water daily, pens
are cleaned daily, they are being exercised and socialized.
The Piqua Health Department with
support from the Miami County Animal Shelter and veterinarian
advice from Dr. Lisa Nadasi, DVM, is now formulating a plan to
remove the animals from the facility so they may be adopted into
good homes.
What do we Need?
We need volunteers to help feed, water, clean, and exercise dogs.
The number of volunteers has dropped off recently. We still need
help until all the dogs are removed. We also need bags of bedding,
our supply has diminished.
Volunteers - to feed, water, clean, walk dogs, and other misc.
jobs.
Hours are M-F 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM and Sat / Sun 10:00 AM to Noon
No one under 15 will be permitted as a volunteer.
All volunteers must sign a waiver form and sign in and out daily.
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Cleaned
Facility
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Animal Rescue Updates
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Photos
& Information on Dogs Available for Adoption at the Montgomery
County Animal Resource Center and Miami County Animal Shelter and
SISCA (Dayton)
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(Updated March 16, 2011)
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Photos
& Information on Dogs Remaining at 125 Clark Avenue, Piqua
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(Adoptions Will
Be Possible Once These Dogs are Moved to an Adoption Agency)
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(Updated
March 16, 2011)
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clicking the "Get Acrobat Reader" button below.
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Friday March
18, 2011
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I am pleased to report that all of the
dogs have been removed from the facility!! The remaining three
left today. One was adopted and the remaining two went to a
foster. I could never express enough gratitude to all the
volunteers and to those that donated supplies and resources to
this effort! This was truly a team effort.
I would also like to thank the
property owner, John Scarborough who understood the dire situation
we were dealing with and allowed us to stay in the building while
the dogs were relocated. He also paid for the utilities during
that time and then allowed us to donate the remaining supplies to
organizations that care for animals.
A final thank you to all my fellow
city employees who assisted in this effort along with the City
Manager, Fred Enderle and the City Commission for supporting our
efforts.
Amy Welker, Director of Health
& Sanitation
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Friday March
11, 2011
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We are now down to 16 dogs remaining
at the facility. The Miami County Animal Shelter will be assisting
those interested in adoptions this Sunday March 13th at an
Adopt-a-thon. The hours will be from Noon until 3 PM at the Clark
Ave facility. We hope to get the remaining dogs into good homes
within the next week. Many thanks to the outstanding volunteers
who have donated their time and energy into caring for these dogs.
A special thank you to the core group of volunteers who have been
team leaders, medical assistants, and cheerleaders! Those include:
Don, Jennifer, Dottie, David, Cindy, Liz, Stephen, Cathy, Julie,
and many more (and those I am forgetting!)!
Amy Welker, City of Piqua Health & Sanitation Director
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Monday,
February 28, 2011
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We now have 37 dogs remaining at the
facility. We are now asking once again for donations of bagged
bedding. Our supply has diminished.
We are also seeing a drop in the number of volunteers; we still
need help daily to support the remaining 37 dogs.
The Miami County Animal Shelter will be sponsoring a dog
adopt-a-thon at the Troy Superpetz on March 6 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Many of our rescue dogs will be featured.
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Wednesday,
February 23, 2011
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We are now down
to 55 dogs remaining. More
dogs were taken to the Miami County Animal Shelter this week and
are awaiting adoption. Also
dogs were taken to by The Society for the Improvement of
Conditions for Stray Animals (SICSA) of Kettering and Robyn’s
Nest Rescue.
We have been in
contact with officials from
Clark
County
, as they are now dealing with the Lower Valley Pike facility
operated by the same person. We
wish them luck and we support their efforts.
The number of
volunteers has slowed down, but we continue to have a strong core
group that generously donate their time each day.
Many thanks to all who have volunteered and donated to this
effort.
A special thanks
goes out to the students and staff of the
High
Street
Elementary School
for their kind donations this week.
Needs: Volunteers
especially during the week
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
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For anyone interested in possibly
adopting one of the dogs from the One More Chance Animal Rescue
facility, there are three options:
1) Visit the facility during the following hours (Monday - Friday
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM & Saturday - Sunday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon)
and sign up for the dog you are interested in adopting.
2) Call the Piqua Health Department at 778-2060 and inform them
which dog (by number) you are interested in adopting and your telephone number
3) Send an email of interest to dogrescue@piquaoh.org
listing which dog (by number) you are interested in adopting and your
telephone number
Once a dog is removed from the facility at 125 Clark Avenue to the
Miami County or Montgomery County facilities or another agency, you will be
notified. The actual adoptions will take place through one
of those facilities.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Care for the animals is continuing daily with a tremendous amount
of support from the community and a faithful army of volunteers.
18 dogs were removed this week. 10 went to the Montgomery County
Animal Resource Center and 8 went to the Miami County Animal
Shelter. The animals will be assessed by those agencies and placed
into their adoption process.
A log of the dogs removed will be maintained for viewing.
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