European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Billy not Molg. Director of top Tom at North Shan animal league with husky and her titter. Tender Loving eare for Petsin waiting by Kay Bartlett associated pressm edit feel. A Calico Cai. Arrived by la i Rorn f a York City Ullh a $100 Bill around Lici 1 to Nole asked the Noil Short Ani league Al porn Washington by la Imd her a Good Horne the Anonymous Ovner knew thai this non profit Oiga million total supported by Volun my Mac steel Armi with 3-week of Puppy. Contributions never destroys an animal. Others do rat ave in such style. They Are simply Lind oils ice in the cold of night. No note no donation just a trusting dog wailing for an owner s return a a Luin that will never happen that final Pat if there was one was goodbye. And in that s not enough Loh Andle morph Shore has five vans hat daily go 1o dog pounds to Rescue animals on death the league spends j60.000 a year in Pound Lees alone gathering the doomed. Some a them anyway. What sets the North Shore animal league apart from other equally Noble operations throughout the United Stales is sheer volume us directors say it places Moio animals in Homes than any other shelter in the world. Consider these statistics it placed More than 43,000 animals in 1967. Although in can Only Kennel 400 animals at a time with another Tod in its Foster Home system. An animal s average stay at the league is less than three Days. The Kennel operation runs a s3 5 million deficit each year but its creative fund raising and direct mail campaigns pull in �5 million. The league spends Hall a million dollars a year placing ads and mails out Over 30 million pleadings to potential donors each year. It is open 12 hours a Day. Seven Days a week. The average contribution by adopters is �17. Desila the Good work the league s animal Loving stall is Quick to Point Cut that Mieir Ellort scarcely makes a Dent in the Slaughter of unwanted pets in the United slates the american humane society based in Denver estimates thai about 20 million unwanted dogs and cats Are put to death each year. The league works hard to educate people to neuter their Pels and its Credo is that there is no such thing As an Unada table air rat. It s their of to match the right animal will the right person they matched a deaf Dag with a Deal woman who was not Only Ablo 10 Leach it tricks by hand signals she also taught it to Baik Nisi As she had been taught to talk while the great meanly 01 their animals Are perfectly healthy lha league has managed to place Batons Dawyt vice in smell of tilt North Shaft Aromi three legged dogs a 12-Yoar-old Newfoundland a giant per Ncnees thai could t walk and a cat with a bladder problem. On one frothing Day recently a cat Lover named Donna t alien of Queens a came in and asked for the least adoptable cat. She look Homo 1 7 month old Calico with a prolapsed Eye when an animal has been Here for a Whita. The associates ask me to Kielp. Iii can gel its picture in the paper or Call in pet of the week that usually says belly Rosenzweig the director of adoptions who has worked at fio Sheller Lor nearly.20 years she s also a born Saleswoman As she roams the compound with Praise for this dog or thai cat. We Are All salesmen in a sense except Ihal our commission is tha satisfaction thai up to 300 dogs and cats Are adopted on some Days says Michael arms director of operations. Some big hound and Shepherd mixes Aii Amer icons As the league Calls the non Breed have been wailing five or sin mantis. Bui Iho league knows eventually someone win fall for one of these big mongrels. Some Breeds 10 Yorkshire terriers and poodles move so last they often never see lha inside of a Cage. Dillo purebred persian and siamese cats. Alan Cooper 24-year old graduate student in psychology and currently Kennel manager says that when he walked into the league live years ago. It was the Best thing he Ever did. He has soon cruelty and animal abuse bul also nobility he never expected. One Man came in one Day and asked Lor the us loot dog we had. He wanted to adopt if and he did recalls Cooper. Actually in was a 5 or a year old terrier a and in was so ugly it was almost another asked to Iho dog that had been there Iho longest. Another requested the fat Lesl cat a Blind Man specified he wanted the dog with the most Beauli Lul Oyes. When Cooper began Lam he drove Nool the vans that Rescue doomed dogs trom the pounds. Workers on Ihal duly usually Burn out quickly he said they re told they can Only bring 10 dogs Back and the Pound might have 40 dogs Ihal Are Gong to be put 1o sleep it s Ostul to make that Choice he says they usually bring Back 14 instead of 10. But they know there is no room Lor Amo " the North. Shore animal league is truly a National Page 14 the stars and stripes monday a
