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June, 2010 Fun with Fideaux |
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As a member of the Pet Therapy team, Golden Retrieve Luke took part in the Fun with Fideaux reading program on Tuesday night.
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Have you ever wanted to be a part of something great? |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 09:14 |
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The Southwest Louisiana Humane Society and Juvenile Detention Center has an ongoing program that pairs at risk youth with some of our shelter dogs which helps both the children and the dogs. The program is called, New Leash on LIfe.
The youth are taught compassion, responsibility, and friendship by taking care of the animals. The animals, in turn, are taught basic obedience commands and are given one on one human interaction.
We need volunteers willing to step up and help out 1-2 hours a week to help train the children to train the dogs and be a support system for them.
The sessions are typically 6:30-7:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If we could get 2-3 people to commit to one day or the other every week it would greatly help out.
Let me know if you are interested in this program.
Misty Richard
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  Hopefully, you do not need to justify a donation to the SWLA Humane Society and the 4 Paws Society!
But, if necessary, these two raffle items should accomplish sufficient justification!
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Saturday, 29 May 2010 11:46 |
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In concert with The People's Advocate, the SWLA Humane Society served as a co-sponsor along with the Calcasieu Animal Coaltion, of the 2nd Annual Family Violence Workshop.
The photos that follow are of the advance press coverage of the workshop, gues speakers the day of the workshop as well as some of of the attendees and volunteers.
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Preventing Family Violence Workshop this Saturday! |
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 The SWLA Humane Society is proud to partner with The People's Advocate and other groups to co-sponsor the "Preventing Family Violence" workshop to be held this Saturday, May 29th at Parra Ballroom at McNeese State University.
We are especially excited that nationally recognized expert, Lesly Ashworth, will be in Lake Charles from Thursday to Saturday.
Ms Ashworth's topic at Saturday's workshop as well as her message to the various groups she will meet with is “Making the link between animal abuse and domestic violence, strategies and programs that pair rescued animals with abused children."
Learn more about the conference at the People's Advocate Website.. Also, a printable flyer/registration form is available. |
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PREVENTING FAMILY VIOLENCE WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 29 2010 MSU-Para Ballroom
CEU & CLE Accredited $30 pre registration fee if paid by May 15, 2010 $40 registration fee after May 16, 2010
This year there is special emphasis on the link between animal cruelty and family violence, with discussions of treatments and programs successfully interceding in the cycle of violence and which help rehabilitate perpetrators who were once victims.
For more information, contact The Peoples Advocate or register on Facebook.
NEW LEASH ON LIFE
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 PM TO 7:30 PM
We train the kids to rehabilitate and train their dogs. Our project was featured on WWL TV out of New Orleans.
Here's the link: http://www.wwltv.com/news/Program-links-unwanted-pets-with-youth-in-trouble-83986967.html
If you are at all interested in participating as a trainer, please contact Sally at
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(480-9349) or Kelly at
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(661-9660).
FUN WITH FIDEAUX
Saturday, May 22 10 -11 AM
Central Library Please bring your favorite blanket and your extra special canine listener.
RSVP to Cathy 540-6300 or
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DOCTOR DOGS PET THERAPY
St. Pats Love visits
Sunday May 2 3 PM
Sunday May 16 3 PM
Sunday May 30 3 PM
Hope Therapy Center
Monday May 3 9:30 AM Jean
Monday May 17 9:30 AM Paula
Thursday May 6 3:30 PM Cathy
Thursday May 13 3:30 PM Jean
Thursday May 20 3:30 PM Susan K
Our therapy dogs will visit Tower Oaks Elderly Apartments May 14 - 11 AM. 222 Louie St & Villa Maria May 18- 11 AM. Any well behaved therapy dog is welcome to join us.
Amiee Newell/ Butler the Beagle & Pat LaFluer/Buffy the Papillion are new St. Pats. volunteers in training. Welcome!
Contact Susan Stanford at
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if interested in this program.
RABIES CLINIC
Animal control will have a rabies clinic held at the Burton Coliseum barn area May 22nd.
Contact
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New Leash on Life receives coverage from WWLTV in New Orleans |
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The new year, 2010, offers us great chances to touch many, many lives together.
SAVE THE DATE: MAY 8TH, 2010. ANTI-VIOLENCE WORKSHOP II -- PREVENTION.
We are working to make sure that this year's workshop will offer Counselors and those needing CEU credits the opportunity to earn those credits by attending. Stay tuned for more details...
I. ST. PAT'S "DR. DOGS" PET THERAPY VISIT SCHEDULE
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Happy 2010!" Susan Stanford, Team Leader --
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Please let me know if you can make any of these dates.
St. Pats hospital visitation schedule:
January 3 3PM Sunday Love visit Pierre and ???
January 17 3PM Sunday Love visit Pierre & Ramone and ???
January 31 3PM Sunday Love visit Samone & ???
Hope Therapy Center:
January 18 Monday 9:30 AM???
January 14 Thursday 3:30 PM Trevor
January 21 Thursday 3:30 PM ???
January 28 Thursday 3:30 PM ???
II. NEW LEASH ON LIFE
Write to Beth Zilbert for more details at
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The program begins refreshed on January 5th, at 6:30pm with our regular Tuesday and Thursday evening training sessions with the kids and their dogs. Two of our crew of four have been adopted, the second to go to his new home this week. We will pick out at least one new dog, and look for opportunities to bring our wonderful dogs to public events. Anyone interested in learning how to train the kids to care for their dogs and be a part of this amazing project, contact Beth to get a volunteer application and answer your questions. Trainings run for one hour, every Tuesday and Thursday, from 6:30 to 7:30pm.
III. FUN WITH FIDEAUX LIBRARY READING PROGRAM
CATHY SEALE, TEAM LEADER
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Come with your storybook-lovin' pooch to the Ernest St. branch of the Calcasieu Public Library on the last Saturday of each month from 10-11am. Kids will read books to your pal, and then get to pet them and play with them when they finish each book. Bring a comfy blanket to lay on, it's a great way to spend an hour on Sunday morning. |
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Chris and Christa Move On |
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Written by Beth Zilbert
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Friday, 09 October 2009 23:09 |
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Lake Charles, LA: After a nationwide search, Steven Gainey, a soldier returning from 13 months of active-duty service in Afghanistan and his fiancé, Krista, have chosen two dogs that are in the New Leash on Life project at the Calcasieu Parish Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) to complete their new family. Theresa Schmidt with KPLC reported on the adoption in a news story aired on October 10th.
New Leash on Life is a rehabilitation and training program based at the JDC. New Leash on Life is a cooperative project run jointly by two Calcasieu Parish Police Jury agencies – the Office of Juvenile Justice Services and Calcasieu Parish Animal Services, and the Humane Society of Louisiana, SWLA Chapter. Dogs rescued by Animal Services come to live with the kids residing at the JDC. The kids then volunteer to learn how to rehabilitate and train the dogs in basic obedience, getting the dogs ready to be adopted by a new family.
“We searched, and searched nationwide websites for months looking for just the right pair of dogs to adopt. When we saw Chris and Crystal, we fell instantly in love. The fact that they were in the New Leash on Life project made them an even more perfect fit for our new family.” Said Krista, excitedly.
The kids at the JDC care for the dogs in New Leash on Life on a daily basis: cleaning their kennels, feeding them, taking care of their basic and medical needs, and teaching the dogs that interaction with humans can be good. The kids are learning marketable skills that will help them with their future career goals, and they are offering a great service to the Calcasieu Parish community.
“The presence of the dogs helps calm the kids. When they are working their dogs, they are learning real skills that can benefit them in every aspect of their lives. The training program employs only positive reinforcement, no punishment, which helps the kids learn how to problem solve in a positive and productive way.” explained Dane Bolin, Director of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Juvenile Justice Services.
Once the dogs pass a basic obedience test, which their juvenile trainer takes them through, they are then put up for adoption. More than three dozen dogs are living happily in new families as a result of the hard work of the kids participating in the New Leash on Life.
“There is no more fundamental rehabilitation program or effort that can be made than to reach out a hand to offer love and affection, versus pain and punishment. The kids are doing more for these dogs than any other basic obedience class ever could.” Said Beth Zilbert, President of the Humane Society of Louisiana, SWLA Chapter. Chris and Crystal, the brother and sister pups that are being adopted by the Gainey family, will be living in Fort Polk, running every day, and staking their claim to their own spot on the family couch. Not a bad new beginning for all involved. |
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 In a courtroom full of those who love animals, Aaron Simoneaux was sentenced today by Judge Kent Savoie for brutally killing a dog on New Year's eve.
SWLA Humane Society President Beth Zilbert represented the SWLA Humane Society as well as the many animal coalition partners present in asking the Judge for an appropriate sentence. In doing so, Beth alerted the judge that over 400 signatures had been obtained asking for a severe penalty. She also quoted statistics detailing how animal abuse relates to domestic violence. (These statistics are provided below).
Simoneaux was sentenced to 7 years and ordered to attend an 18 month IMPACT bootcamp program as well as receive counseling and achieve his GED. If Simoneaux fails the IMPACT program, (Intensive Motivational Program of Alternative Correctional Treatment) he will have to serve the entire sentence. At the very least, he will serve 18 months.
The SWLA Humane Society wishes to thank District Attorney John Derossier and his office for their diligent efforts in prosecuting this case.
Judge Savoie and John Derossier both made very positive comments as to the presence of those who attended the sentencing hearing.
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Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence |
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Facts About Animal Abuse & Domestic Violence
In association with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Why it Matters
- 71% of pet-owning women entering women’s shelters reported that their batterer had injured, maimed, killed or threatened family pets for revenge or to psychologically control victims; 32% reported their children had hurt or killed animals. [1]
- 68% of battered women reported violence towards their animals. 87% of these incidents occurred in the presence of the women, and 75% in the presence of the children, to psychologically control and coerce them. [2]
- 13% of intentional animal abuse cases involve domestic violence. [3]
- Between 25% and 40% of battered women are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets or livestock should they leave. [4,5,6]
- Pets may suffer unexplained injuries, health problems, permanent disabilities at the hands of abusers, or disappear from home. [7]
- Abusers kill, harm, or threaten children’s pets to coerce them into sexual abuse or to force them to remain silent about abuse. Disturbed children kill or harm animals to emulate their parents’ conduct, to prevent the abuser from killing the pet, or to take out their aggressions on another victim. [8,9]
- In one study, 70% of animal abusers also had records for other crimes. Domestic violence victims whose animals were abused saw the animal cruelty as one more violent episode in a long history of indiscriminate violence aimed at them and their vulnerability. [10]
- Investigation of animal abuse is often the first point of social services intervention for a family in trouble. [4]
- For many battered women, pets are sources of comfort providing strong emotional support: 98% of Americans consider pets to be companions or members of the family. [11]
- Animal cruelty problems are people problems. When animals are abused, people are at risk. [12]
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An important request from Beth Zilbert |
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DEAR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND CAMPAIGNERS AGAINST VIOLENCE:
On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Judge Savioe will be holding the sentencing hearing for Aaron Simoneaux -- the man who plead guilty to felony animal cruelty
for the brutal slaying of a miniature chow last year around the Xmas/New Year holidays.
As you may recall, from both local and national news coverage of his horrific crime, he took a samurai sword to the friendly and docile dog and hacked it to death
while a number of people -- including children -- watched.
Study after study has shown that crimes like this against animals are indicative of a person's propensity for violence against women and children in their home.
This man is dangerous, and not just to animals.Additionally, this kind of brutality should not be punished with a warning or suspended sentence.
We are asking all supporters of the fight to rid our parish of all forms of domestic violence to join together on Wednesday, October 7 at 8:45 in Judge Savoie's
courtroom to show our support for the toughest sentence allowed by law: 10 years.
*Please come to the courthouse located at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Kirby Street and show your support for real justice.*
*We cannot bring in signs or placards to the courthouse, but we can wear our t-shirts that show the organizations that we are members of and that we support.
(If you don't have a t-shirt, you can come to my office, 607 Ryan Street, and you can get a Humane Society T-shirt with the wonderful Ghandi quote on the back) *
We are a coalition of organizations supporting justice for victims of violence: Humane Society of Louisiana-SWLA Chapter, The People's Advocate,
Four Paws Society, Hobo Hotel for Cats, and Lake Area Animal Hospital.
We look forward to your support and your voices -- to help end violence in Calcasieu Parish. Please call with any questions, thoughts, ideas, etc. 436-3475
Most sincerely yours,
Beth Zilbert
Director of the People's Advocate
President of the Humane Society of Louisiana -- SWLA Chapter |
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