AGGIELAND® HUMANE SOCIETY NEWS

Aggieland
Humane Society News
®
Don’t buy love, ADOPT it!
Formally Brazos Animal Shelter
Annual Report
IN THIS
ISSUE
Spay/ Neuter
Rebates
107 Orphans
Saved
Disaster Relief
Planning
New NAME
and LOGO
Petsmart
Partnership
Wienerfest
Barkleaders
2012 Annual
Report
Imagine your Canine as a Barkleader
PLUS:
4 Legacy Making
Heroes
Choco, Pop Tart and Harley 2012 Barkleaders
Barkleaders: our new fundraising campaign.
Canines that raise the most monetary donations to support the orphaned
pets at Aggieland Humane Society become our spokesdogs for a year,
attending events, and receiving Barkleader outfits, prizes and a photo shoot.
From the Executive Director:
Kathy Bice
Board of Directors
President
Vicky Greene
Vice President
Molly Georgiades
Treasurer
Bob Strawser
Secretary
Darby Roberts
Board Members
Larry Johnson
Deb Zoran
Kris Fraley
Chantal Vessali
Kit Darling
Management Staff
Executive Director
Kathy Bice
Operations Supervisor
Leiha White
Accountant/HR
Linda Harvey
See our Pets in the Comfort of you Living Room:
Suddenlink “Adore Me
Adopt Me” Pet Show on
Home Source Cable Channel 14
KBTX TV “Pet of the
Week” News 3 at 5 pm
Fridays
Dear Friends,
It is good to be home in Aggieland. I was the founding Executive Director of
Brazos Animal Shelter, now Aggieland Humane Society. The last 10 years of
adventure have been in three other major animal welfare agencies in Texas.
I have had experiences in building coalitions and collaborating efforts to
change our animal welfare models to save more homeless pets. During
my travels, I adopted a dog who was injured and rescued on a highway in a
Texas city. Cherrianne had a leg that could not be saved. As her foster home
family, we grew to love this little three-legged terrier and later adopted her.
She’s no longer a statistic, she is my princess.
With the support of our community donors, we are adding more adoption
marketing and more medical rescue cases. Foster networking (for not yet
adoption-ready pets), adoption transfers, adoption marketing, social media,
and accessible spay/neuter options are some of the initiatives that have been
successful in other communities and can be successful here. We couldn’t
do it without our foster families, volunteers, and contributors like you.
In a move to give transparency to our monthly progress, we will be placing
our statistics on our Web site. We began using an Asilomar Accords report
for our new fiscal year, which began in October 2012. See our Web site for
detailed information on the pets we receive: www.aggielandhumane.org.
We have committed to using our resources to place every adoptable pet.
Our goal is to never have to euthanize because of lack of space. This is a real
change in paradigm. People who want to give up their pets must now make
a reservation. There is a fee, and we counsel about other options.
The Humane Team of Aggieland Humane Society looks forward to
increasing the numbers of lives saved every month thanks to your help.
Kathy Bice
Success Stories
Matilda “Tilley”
When I first met Matilda (Tilley) she was described to me as part kangaroo, and very
timid. But when she came home with me, it didn’t take her long to fit right in. She
found her “person” in my husband, Doug, and he is rarely in his bed or recliner without
Tilley pressed close to his side. My husband and I both have Type 1 Diabetes, and
late one night I awoke to find Tilley sitting on top of me, licking my nose. It startled me,
and in that moment I realized something was very wrong. My husband was having a
hypoglycemic seizure. If Tilley had not woken me that night, who knows what would
have happened. I will always hold Tilley in a very special place in my heart, and will
never know how to fully repay her - other than tuna and belly rubs, of course.
Matilda “Tildee”
We decided to look into adopting a dog from the shelter shortly before Thanksgiving. I went online and was looking at all of the photos, and I fell in love with a sweet
bulldog, Matilda. We made the trip to Bryan, and as soon as we saw her, we knew
she was something special. It was very important that she get along with our
youngest child of three. Matilda was fabulous! She was very laid back and easy
going- no jumping around and acting crazy. It was a done deal as soon as we
saw that! The big kids love her, and she is still excellent with the youngest. She’s
been stepped on, laid on, accidently kicked, and she never acts aggressive. She
just turns her head and looks at Rylan like “what the heck kid?” rolls her eyes, and
goes back to sleep. She is, hands down, the best dog I’ve ever had. She’s such a
sweet girl, and we just love her!
Louie
My boyfriend Ben and I had wanted a Corgi for years. After a long time of searching
local shelters, I finally saw a Facebook post from the Aggieland Humane Society
featuring Louie, a ten-week-old Corgi mix puppy, and instantly fell in love. Over the
past six months, Louie has impacted our lives more than I thought possible. We have
enjoyed every minute with him, and he has become the happiest dog I have ever seen.
Louie is the kind of dog who can turn anyone’s day around in less than 30 seconds. We
can’t imagine our life without our little dog, and we are so grateful that the Aggieland
Humane Society helped him find us.
Bronson
It was early April 2011 when my husband and I decided to get another dog as
a companion for our two-year-old Doberman. We originally intended to find
an adult dog to bring home, but when we walked into the shelter, my eyes
immediately fell on a puppy, Bronson. Although my husband wasn’t sure, I was
in love with Bronson’s big brown eyes and white “sock” feet. When we brought
Bronson home, my Doberman was a little unsure of how to treat his new “friend,”
but today, Bronson and Jethro are best friends. Bronson is the happiest, most
loving dog I’ve ever gotten the chance to be around. All of our guests joke that
they want to take him home. Thank you Aggieland Humane Society for saving
my beautiful Bronson from an uncertain life as a stray, so that he could find his
forever home with us.
2012
At A Glance
1,763
Saved and Placed
Adopted, Returned to Owner,
Adoption Transferred
714
Spay / Neuter Rebates
98
Active Foster Families
269 Pets fostered / 12, 432 hours
500
Active Volunteers / Community Service
Hours Served 6993
164
Tagged and Microchipped Pets
Returned to Owners
Success Numbers
2012
Intake
Total
Owner
Surrender
155
178
12
345
Public Drop
Off / Stray
686
352
20
1058
Animal Control
Intake
891
500
41
Returned
Adoption
60
21
2
83
Born in AgHS
Care
18
41
5
64
Total* 1810 1092
80
64
64
1496
3046
5% variance in numbers due to information
technology issues that have been resolved.
2012
Outgoing
Total
Adoptions
700
474
48
1222
Return to
owner
431
38
1
470
Transfer
Out
59
6
6
71
616
487
33
17
11
Euthanized*
Died
Total** 1823 1016
52
1188
28
88
52
2979
Our goal is to place every adoptable healthy social pet.
988
Lost and Found
Calls Logged
Euthanasia numbers include owner surrender euthanasia
requests, rabies testing, dangerous or feral animals, or sick
and injured pets without foster homes.
The Aggieland Humane Society does Rabies Control Authority
duties for public health and safety of College Station and
Brazos County Which impacts our numbers.
Financial Report
2012 Financial Report:
We have just completed our annual audit and are proud to report that
we are in sound financial condition. At the beginning of 2012 we made
major program adjustments to our budget to bring expenses in line with
projected income. As you can see, we rely on donations, both monetary
and in-kind, to do much of our work to help the orphaned pets in
Aggieland. Because of this strong community support, we are able to
accomplish our mission. Our tax return (IRS 990) and the annual audit
are available on our Web site: www.aggielandhumane.org.
Public Support Revenue:
Mail campaigns, unsolicited public support, memorial and
tribute donations, donations through our Web site, grants from
foundations, gifts from estates and life insurance, donor advised
funds in the Brazos Valley Community Foundation and two events:
Wienerfest and Barkleaders.
Program Services Revenue:
Adoption revenue, return to owner fees, surrender fees, microchip
and Brazos County tag revenue, the City of College Station and
Brazos County shelter fees for services, volunteer orientation fees,
and t-shirt and merchandise sales.
Other Revenue:
Investment gains, oil and gas revenue, and other.
Total Income
$1,362,501
Total Expense
$1,200,519
11%
26%
45%
Fees for Service
Other
Contributions
18%
In Kind
11%
7%
Animal Care
82%
Fund-raising
Administrative
Aggieland Humane Society
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Formally Brazos Animal Shelter
107 Orphans Saved
Spay Neuter Rebates for our
Brazos County Pet Owners
Fluffy, the cat, can be pregnant three or four times this spring and summer.
Her kittens, grand-kittens and great-grand-kittens can easily equal 50
cats. If Fluffy is spayed before the spring breeding time (NOW or very soon
in Texas) we can prevent the suffering of litters of unwanted, orphaned
kittens. If you are feeding a FLUFFY, please spay her in February.
If your neighborhood FLUFFY is feral (wild) or abandoned, please rent a
humane trap from the Aggieland Humane Society and take her to your
veterinarian for her rabies vaccination and spay. This is call Trap, Neuter,
Release (TNR). Wild or feral cats should have an ear tipping done so
everyone in the neighborhood, animal control officers and animal shelters
can see that the cat is spayed or neutered already.
In addition to making many unplanned kittens, male cats can transmit fatal
diseases such fatal diseases as Feline Leukemia and Feline AIDS in the cat
fights and breeding process. So in addition to his strong odors, a male cat
can be a problem boy unless he, too, is fixed (neutered) by a veterinarian.
Neutered male cats make fine and loving companion animals.
This Christmas event was a
success!
Spay and Neuter Rebates
DISASTER RELIEF
Receive a $20 rebate when you get your pet spayed or neutered in
January or February of 2013!!
Disaster Relief Planning is alive and well in Brazos
County. The plan takes into account that Port Arthur will
bus and transport people and pets in need to Aggieland
in the event of a coastal evacuation for Hurricanes.
We’ve
planned
sheltering
for
both
people
and
animal
in
the
same
location,
called
co-sheltering. People with pets will be on the same
property, but in different buildings. If you are interested
in becoming a “Disaster Relief Volunteer,” contact us at
[email protected] for more information.
There are FEMA incident command online trainings and
certifications that you can begin right away. We are proud
to be involved with the Texas A&M University College of
Veterinary Medicine teaching program on preparedness
to ensure that our graduating veterinarians will be well
versed in disaster relief for their future community
leadership roles.
Submit your proof of
vet bill to:
Aggieland Humane
Society
PO Box 392
Bryan, TX 77806
OR
Fax your vet bill to:
(979) 822-0411
Top Cat
The submission deadline
for the spay or neuter
rebate is March 10, 2013
and you must be a Brazos
County resident and have
a local Brazos County
address on your vet
invoice.
Spay and neuter: It is
the right thing to do!
Our Mission
The Aggieland Humane Society, formerly Brazos Animal Shelter, provides:
Humane shelter, care, and placement for stray and unwanted animals,
Promotes the human animal bond, and
Promotes responsible pet ownership to enhance the quality of life for the people and animals in our community.
Our Vision
To be a leader among animal welfare organizations in Texas.
Legacy Heros
They left a legacy.
Jimmy wanted to surprise his lovely bride of many years with a
kitten for her birthday. We arranged an introduction, and the little black
orphaned kitten was the perfect gift and became part of their family.
Our friends Jimmy and Gladys placed the agency in their will and
years later the gift became a reality. We are grateful for animal lovers
like them who look into the future and think about helping “those that
cannot speak for themselves” by supporting the Aggieland Humane
Society. I am proud to have known both Jimmy and Gladys Parker.
Endowment Initiated by friend Janie……
Janie Moore was passionate about helping orphaned pets. She
moved from Bryan to Kansas where she built a local animal
shelter. Years later, Janie came home to marry her former high
school sweet heart, widowed Henry Moore. They enjoyed a
special romance before he passed away.
When I met Janie she was living in a home off Dilly Shaw
Tap Road and on one visit we drank ice tea, talked about
special animals and animal shelters, and we shared the porch
with her pet rooster “Buddy.” She talked about her intention to
leave our animal shelter in her will.
Janie indeed left an endowment fund of more than $30,000
at the Brazos Valley Community Foundation for the Brazos
Animal Shelter, now Aggieland Humane Society! We are proud
to have the perpetual fund to help orphaned pets and plan to
build it in the future.
In 2012 we added a $4,500 gift to the fund from a matching
challenge from the Fries Family Foundation. Thank you to all
who made the match possible!
Martha Holligan’s Surprise
Martha left us the oil and gas mineral rights in her will in the early
2000’s. We knew that the mineral rights would only have value if they
were leased or oil and gas were produced. We placed the minerals on
the balance sheet for $1 and placed the will in our files.
Fast forward to 2012, our friend and attorney, Ernie Bruchez, now oil
and gas specialist extraordinaire, helped us secure a mineral lease of
the 125 acres. Now we wait for Martha’s gift to bear more fruit and
help save orphaned pets! Ernie wrote the founding documents to our
agency in 1981, and we appreciate his continued support.
If you have mineral rights or producing properties remember the
orphaned pets in your plans.
Kathy Bice 2012
Remember the Aggieland Humane Society in your will.
6th Annual WienerFest
The 6th Annual Wienerfest, Aggieland Humane Society's
biggest annual fundraiser, was a tremendous success
that truly celebrated the human-companion animal bond!
At Wienerfest 2012, we hosted more than
6,500 people; had 300 canine participants
and raised more than $24,000 to support
Aggieland Humane Society's mission.
T h e continued success of this event would not be
possible without the generosity of our corporate and
individual sponsors. You or your business can make
a substantial
difference in the lives of stray and unwanted animals in
our community
and be a part of one of the most unique events in the
Brazos Valley through a Wienerfest sponsorship!
SAVE THE DATE, and join us for Wienerfest 2013 on
Saturday,
October
5,u2013
at Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater.
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PetSmart Partnership Promotes
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RIBBON CUTTING PHOTO Our wonderful ribbon cutting with the Chamber of Commerce was in November. If you have not been out to visit, we encourage you to make the short trip to the country, at 5359 Leonard Road, Bryan, Texas. 5359 Leonard Road • P.O. Box 392 • Bryan, TX 77806
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Our New Name…..New Business Model….New Location 979.775.5755
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