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ARF member Steve Foley will be speaking at this event about flying rescue missions. He will also be be arranging ground transportation between Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) and the school for anyone who wants to fly in and attend. Be sure to RSVP if you'd like to attend and note whether you'll be flying or driving. If you're flying in, call Steve at 774-275-0711 for ground transportation...and please plan for an 8:00 arrival.”

See the flyer here.

From last year's event:

A group of children watched closely as Karen Smith demonstrated how to approach an unfamiliar dog, walking up slowly and curving to the right just before she reached a large, furry Akita. The dog greeted her with a nuzzle and audience members lined up to get their turns at practicing "pet etiquette." More than 50 children got their first lessons in respecting and understanding animals yesterday as the Massachusetts School of Law hosted its second annual Animal Rights Day.

While pet trick, police dog and agility demonstrations were geared more toward the children, the event also featured discussions on the prosecution of animal cruelty, no-kill shelters, the practice of animal law, the rescue of a pit bull and animals as property for adults. About 300 people and several bassett hounds, poodles, bull dogs and border collies traveled from all over New England to attend the one-of-a-kind event.

The law school started hosting the symposiums after professor Diane Sullivan of North Andover started a popular animal law program at the school. "She's become nationally known," school spokesman Kirby Smith said. "Programs like this are a part of how she is educating people."

Hi everyone,

It looks pretty windy out there so I am sure some of you are wondering if you want to fly to Flying W today. The runway there is 1/19 and the winds are likely to be gusting to 30 kts by the time we show up. The nearest TAF is at KPNE (KVAY shows similar winds):

KPNE 241154Z 29011KT 10SM SCT110 07/M04 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP137 T00721044 10089 20067 53032

KPNE 241130Z 2412/2512 30012G22KT P6SM SCT050 SCT120 BKN200
FM241400 31016G30KT P6SM BKN050
FM241900 32014G24KT P6SM SCT060
TEMPO 2419/2422 BKN060
FM250200 32012KT P6SM SKC

So, we are going to move this event to tomorrow at 10am. If you and your plane can handle the wind today, feel free to fly there and leave your donations at the airport office.

Thank you!

Julia
ARF

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It's always a good time to visit the Flying W Airport with its Avion Restaurant, and this special one-time event makes it even more worthwhile, particularly for dog owners and animal lovers!

Animal Rescue Flights (ARF) is teaming up with The Northeast Pilots Group (NEPG) and MOMS (Making of Miracle Stories) of Hammonton, NJ for "Paws For A Cause" to collect much needed supplies for Georgia animal shelters.

MOMS so far has rescued 80 puppies and dogs, some who were literally 3 minutes from gas chambers, by bringing them to the Northeast in vans where adopting families are waiting.

Instead of sending these vans back empty, we want to collect donations of old blankets and bags of dog food which are desperately needed by these shelters.

Please join us for lunch at the Flying W Airport (N14) this Saturday beginning at 11am and bring whatever you can in the way of old blankets and bags of dog and puppy food.

As a bonus, you can get 15% off your lunch bill by downloading and !

This event is one the whole family can appreciate and enjoy. Please invite family and friends to come along. Reservations for lunch are suggested by calling (609-267-8787). This event is open to anyone.

Additional information:

Our "Paws For A Cause" fly-in event is scheduled four days before a gala event for 900 people including retired professional athletes, and some of the Rescue Ink members. It will be held at St. Joseph Elementary school in Hammonton, NJ on January 28th from 630pm - 830pm in the school auditorium. The grand finale will be a video production showing the animal's "walks to freedom" starting behind the "prison wall."

FOR ALL ARF PILOTS AND GROUND CREW WITHIN DRIVING/FLYING DISTANCE OF ANDERSON, SC:

The Anderson County Animal Shelter is in dire need of puppy food! The shelter has already taken close to 150 puppies already since the beginning of the year and its NOT puppy season. The shelter does not have a puppy food supply and they are scrambling to feed all these pups on a very limited budget.

The shelter is also in need of blankets for moms/pups so they don't have to be on the concrete floors while nursing. This shelter is 501c3, so all donations are tax deductable.

If you are local and can foster, it would be greatly appreciated!

FOR ALL ARF MEMBERS WHO CAN'T GET THERE IN PERSON BUT WANT TO HELP:

Via Paypal, you can make a monetary donation to rhonda@freedomtraintransports.com. Rhonda has an amazing team of drivers that transport dogs every weekend from the area. She works very closely with the Anderson shelter to save as many animals as possible. I can ASSURE you that your money will go towards the food or blankets this shelter needs.

If you would rather reach the shelter to talk about donation, email Michelle Shead mshead@andersoncountysc.org or call the shelter at 864-260-4151.

We are working on a rescue flight to get two dogs in Anderson, SC to Roanoke, VA and Manchester, CT. The petfinder.com posting with the details is at:

http://forums.petfinder.com/viewtopic.php?t=159306&sid=de961ed9fb60efd85b4b5900da713395

The passenger info is:

Name: Spots (to Roanoke, VA)
Breed: Dalmatian
Age: 5 months
Gender: Male, altered
Size/weight: 30-35 lbs.

Name: Maikki (to Manchester, CT)
Breed: Australian Kelpie
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female, altered
Size/weight: 20-25 lbs.

Please let me know if you are able to help with any part of this transport.

Clark

Amy from Echo Dogs White Shepherd Rescues contacted us about "Samson", a five month old pup she has been fostering until he could be adopted to a forever home.

Samson's time has come!

This will be a two step process beginning with his transport to southern Connecticut, then after an overnight layover, he continues to Baltimore-Washington Airport where his adopters will be eagerly waiting!