Board of Directors

Bonnie Ravenscraft President

Karen Kratzer Vice President

Jan Chapman Treasurer

Kathie Krueger Secretary

Board Members

Janet Scanlon Marre Ruebusch Pam Patterson

Barbara Brown Membership Chair

Lori Fair Mark Kotzbauer

WebMasters

Friends of the Shelter, Inc. SPCA KY

July/August 2019 Volume IX Issue 4

Booths, Donors 2

Grant County Shelter

3

Calendar

Membership

4

Inside this issue:

Friends of the Shelter,

Inc. (FOTS) is an all-

volunteer 501(c)(3)

organization, a Society

for the Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals

(SPCA) Kentucky

Paw Print

TO: Our Sponsors, Vendors,

Donors, Guests and Members

FROM: Friends of the Shelter

and all the animals

We had a very successful PetFest 2019 be-

cause of all of you. We want to thank every-

one who attended. I hope you had as much

fun as we did. The weather cooperated

even if it was a little hot.

Dog-Abilities held some fun

contests for the dogs. Here’s

the Best Costume winner.

We love that Pet-

Fest is a showcase for adoptable

animals. We had 3 county shelters

and 7 rescues. Many cats and dogs

found their forever home.

The Silent

Auction tent

had some-

thing for

everyone.

TriState Noah Project had

Captain Jack visit PetFest

and he was a big hit.

SPONSORS

Doggie Paddles Experience HempWorks CBD

Faithful Friends Pet Memory Center Feeders Pet Supply

Florence Veterinary Hospital Furry Friends Resort & Spa Joseph Subaru of Florence

Kae9 by Design Linnemann

Lulu’s Pet Pantry Ohio Alleycat Resources (OAR)

PetSuites PetValu

Stull Design & Mfg TriState Noah Project

UCAN Your Pet's Favorite Sitter

We had so many wonderful Sponsors this year. (Highlighted ones had booths) Inside is a list of the other booths and

companies who supported us. We

would like all of our members to recog-

nize that these companies are a big part

of our success. Please visit their busi-

ness and use their services to show your

support of them.

Check out our Post PetFest page for more great pictures of the event. https://www.friendsoftheshelterky.org/Events

See everyone next summer for PetFest 2020!

Mark Your Calendar—June 28, 2020

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OUR PETFEST SUPPORTERS Listed alphabetically

BOOTHS

(excluding sponsor booths)

Adoption First Animal Rescue KY Alisa Unleashed Blu Harmony Essential Oils Boone County Adoption Wagon Dog Abilities, Dae Grodin Embellish Her by Missy French Bulldog Village Rescue Frankies Furry Friends Grant County Animal Shelter Granted Expressions Hebron Animal Hospital Hebron Chiropractic K-9 Kookies Lucky Tales Rescue Making Changes with Essential Oils Ohio Pet Sanctuary Owen County Friends of Ani-mals Pampered Pets Animal Rescue PawPrints Animal Rescue Pet2Vet PetPeople Enterprises Pet Psychic – Carrie Kenady The Barket Place Thirty One – Courtney Tabor Wattycat Designs Wiggles & Wags 4H

DONORS

Almost Home Pet Resort Biggby - Florence BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse Blue Marble Books Boone County Animal Shelter Cheesecake Factory Chipotle – Burlington Cincinnati Museum Center Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Zoo COSI (center of science & industry) Crunch Fitness Dart Rush Dee Felice Café Devou Golf Course FC Cincinnati Fantastic Sam’s Feeders Pet Supply Five Seasons Family Sports Club Frisch's Big Boy Gayle Courtney Gold Star Chili - Burlington Hidden Valley Golf Club Lazer Kraze Linneman Pet Services Louisville Mega Caverns McDonalds Nancy’s Patches Pampered Pets Panera/Covelli Party Source Perfect North Slopes PetPeople Enterprises PetSuites Pies & Pints - Cincinnati Primavista Rejuvenation Rising Star Casino Sam’s Club Shoot Point Blank Skyline Chili Snappy Tomato Burlington Stull Design & Mfg That Special Gift The Barket Place Trader Joe’s Washington Square World of Golf

We asked Kathleen Ritzi, Grant County

director since September 2017, to tell us

her story:

The Grant County Animal Shelter contin-

ues to grow and improve. I have been

with the shelter since 2010 as a part time

employee and shortly thereafter became

a full time employee. At that time and un-

der the previous director our euthanasia rates were

over 50% for dogs and cats. We were euthanizing at

staggering rates each week. We shortly began imple-

menting spay neuter clinics twice a month for dogs

and cats.

I suggested at that time when people surrender litters

of puppies or kittens they should be required to either

sign up the mother to be altered or surrender her as

well. My suggestion was taken and quickly imple-

mented. Surprisingly people were on board with the

strongly suggested new rule. I

held two clinics a month send-

ing 30 or more pets to each

clinic to be altered. As time

went on, our numbers began to

steadily drop. Last year we took

in 316 dogs and 280 cats, quite

a decrease since 2010 and it’s

been steadily declining each year. We con-

tinue to do our spay neuter clinics, have

an active TNR program in our county each

month, educate owners, and offer pro-

grams to assist the general public with al-

tering their pets.

We also work closely with a few rescues

that help us with sick/injured and pregnant

animals. We have several fosters within our network

that are willing to help raise kittens or puppies that are

a little too young yet to be adopted if rescue can not

be found. We also have several volunteers that come

in weekly to walk and socialize the pets to help them

become more adoptable as well.

In 2018 our numbers for the year were 96% live re-

lease rate on cats and 95% live release rate on dogs.

It’s been a slow but steady process making improve-

ments each year as time passes. We have not had to

euthanize due to space in several years, a

healthy and social animal should not die

just because there is no room.

The shelter is always happy to welcome new volunteers, our email address is ani-malshelter@grantco.org

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More ways you can Support FOTS:

Follow us and Like us on Facebook. Share our posts. Friends

of the Shelter, Inc./ SPCA KY

Join Kroger Community Rewards. Visit their website and designate

Friends of the Shelter #AJ627 as your charity of choice.

Go to smile.amazon.com and select Friends of the

Shelter Covington as your charity. It’s the same as

shopping on Amazon except part of your purchase goes to our organization.

Use the Chewy link on our website for your first purchase from

them. They will donate $20 to us for each new customer. Great

prices on pet food! Tell your friends.

Visit https://www.friendsoftheshelterky.org for more information

ABOUT US

Our Mission: Friends of the Shelter, Inc.—SPCA KY is a volunteer organization

whose purpose is to oppose cruelty in all forms, encourage humane handling

and care of animals, advance spay/neuter programs, promote animal shelters

and strive for responsible adoptions and ownership. Please visit shelters and

encourage your friends and acquaintances to consider adopting one of the

many homeless pets. They come in all ages, sizes, types and colors.

Meetings: FOTS meetings are held the last Tuesday of each month - 7:00 pm

at the Florence Government Center on Ewing Blvd. We meet in Room B on the

lower level. All members are invited. We hope to see you there. There is no

meeting in December.

Memorial Plaque Program: Pay tribute to your beloved pet with a name plate

on the FOTS memorial plaque in the lobby of the Boone County Animal Shel-

ter. To add your pet’s name or that of a friend, contact Bonnie Ravenscraft at

859-371-8380.

GRANT COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

Friends of the Shelter, Inc.—SPCA KY

P.O. Box 93, Union, KY 41091-0093

Address Service Requested

Address:

County Shelters

A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Kentucky

Non-Profit Org.

US Postage Paid

Florence KY

Permit #200

Boone County Animal Shel ter

5643 Id lewi ld Road Bur l ington KY 41005

(859) 586-5285

Gal la t in County Animal Shel ter 4550 Hwy 455

Sparta KY 41086 (859) 643-3647

Campbel l County Animal Shel ter

1989 Poplar Ridge Rd Melbourne KY 41059

(859) 635-2819

Grant County Animal Shel ter 218 Barnes Road Wil l iamstown KY

41097 (859) 824-9403

Kenton County Animal Shel ter

1020 Mary Laid ley Dr Ft . Mi tchel l KY 41017

(859) 356-7400

Pendleton County Animal Shel ter

1314 Bryan Gr i f f in Rd But ler KY 41026 (859) 472-5400

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Mark Your Calendar

We’re on the WEB

www.friendsoftheshelterky.org

July 4th—Independence Day (take care to protect your pets from

noise) 23rd—Clear the Shelter Day

30th—FOTS Meeting

August 1st— Universal Birthday for

Shelter Dogs who don’t know their birthday

17th—National Black Cat Appreciation Day

24th—Campbell County Field Day 27th—FOTS Meeting