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Friends of the Animal Shelter - FOTAS!

VIDEO of MACY - Pit Bull Mix - White with Black - Posted 2/20/2010

WATCH A SHELTER DOG VIDEO

Click on this VIDEO OF MACY Pssst...Once the page opens you'll need to click on the "View Video" link.

MACY is very smart, gentle natured, and a bit shy. This female Pit-X is approximately 1 to 2 years old. She gets along with other dogs, but is timid of cats. She has a gentle mouth, loves playing ball, learning new things, and being pet and loved. The video above shows how quickly she taught herself to walk up the agility A-frame (usually takes coaxing/training for most shelter dogs). Macy is up-to-date with routine shots.

As of March 3rd, MACY is still at the Jackson County Animal Shelter (Case ID: K0191) on So. Pacific Highway (Hwy. 99) in Phoenix, Oregon. Visit the shelter between 11 - 4 Mon to Fri. and 12 - 4 Sat to Sunday to see him or other abandoned/stray pets, or call 541-774-6654 for more info.

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What brought you Southern Oregon and Ashland area?

Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS)

is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1990 to support the programs of the Jackson County Animal Shelter (JCAS), located in Phoenix, Oregon. The FOTAS mission is:
- Increasing pet adoption at the Jackson County Animal Shelter
- Improving the quality of life for the Shelter's animals
- Promoting spay and neuter of domestic animals

Do You Want To Help Animals & Support FOTAS?

Please call 541-774-6646 or check the www.fotas.org website if you are interested in getting involved in FOTAS volunteer and foster programs, donating to FOTAS, or learning more about our Board of Directors. (Please do not use this ARC site's message/comment areas to ask specific questions/leave messages for FOTAS).

Animals at the Jackson County Animal Shelter usually come from one of two sources:

Pets are either given up by guardians who cannot -or will not -keep them, or they are rescued strays. Our animal shelter is the only public shelter in Jackson County, and accepts strays as well as owner "surrenders." However, although people generally believe the animal shelter is a county-funded agency, our shelter does not receive any money from the General Fund.

How Does FOTAS Help the Shelter Animals?

Volunteers with Friends of the Animal Shelter help the animals by:
- Searching for qualified homes through both shelter-based and off-site adoption programs
- Exercising, loving, and in other ways keeping the animals healthy and in good spirits until a good home can be found
- "Fostering" select animals in their homes short-term when circumstances require
- Helping facilitate adoption counseling at the shelter (specially trained volunteers only) and being trained as "puppy walkers"

Funds donated to FOTAS are used in several ways. Here's three examples:
- When the shelter lacked sufficient funds to buy the projected amount of innoculations for a new "puppy season," FOTAS raised money to purchase the needed material
- A "WOW" program presently exists, meaning that some older or special need animals may be selected to have their shelter adoption fee (normally $80 for dogs/$65 for cats) reduced (to $55 for WOW dogs, and $40 for WOW cats), with FOTAS making up the monetary difference
- Some shelter animals requiring medical care may have their vet and hospital bills paid through the FOTAS medical fund.
- And, there's much more, naturally...

In addition to direct care and adoption promotion, FOTAS volunteers provide administrative, fundraising, and outreach services. The Shelter staff rely on our volunteers to help with these critical functions, so that the staff has more time for direct care of the animals.
What products, services, information or resources would you like to share, offer, give, sell, or exchange locally or regionally?

FOTAS Also Hosts Special Fund-Raising Events, including:

- The Annual Puss 'n Boots Costume Ball (in October)
- Dog Washes in Ashland and Medford, Oregon (during the summer)
- The Jacksonville Mutt Strut (in May)

The Friends of the Animal Shelter volunteers are also on-hand helping during the Low-Cost Shot Clinics (and Low-Cost Nail Trims) held at the Jackson County Animal Shelter on the third (3rd) Saturday of every month, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please describe any projects or businesses you'd like to develop locally or regionally, if any?

FOTAS Would Like To:

- Increase the number of animal "foster parent" volunteers
- Continue to attract and maintain committed volunteers who are available to be on-site walking and playing with the dogs and cats at the animal shelter every week
- Encourage all pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
- Continue to receive monetary donations that make the lives of shelter animals so much more pleasant. Donations make our work possible - and successful. If you'd like to volunteer with FOTAS or help in some capacity, please call 541-774-6646.

NOTE: Animals shown in our photos and videos may been adopted previously. Call or visit the Jackson County Animal Shelter on Hwy. 99 in Phoenix, Oregon, for up-to-date information. Click SHELTER VIDEO to learn about the animal shelter.
What is your primary website, social network or blog?
http://www.fotas.org
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=24517055887&ref=ts

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At 7:34am on February 3, 2010, Brian Self said…
Ya'll need any help over there at your animal shelter?

Sincerely and respectfully,
Brian

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A FURRY VALENTINE'S DAY GREETING

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Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) has already begun celebrating its 20th Anniversary today, February 14th, 2010. It's a drizzly, overcast day but several volunteers have been playing in the agility yard with dogs, while other volunteers are cuddling cats and teasing kittens with feathers in the cat room at the Jackson Coun

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Posted on February 14, 2010 at 1:55pm —

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February is National Spay & Neuter Month

FOTAS Helps Provide Discounts For Pet Spay and Neuter Drive in Southern Oregon



The Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) is busy preparing for spring when pet breeding is at its peak. As usual, FOTAS is joining forces with SNYP (Spay and Neuter Your Pet) to offer the February month-long Prevent A Litter discount program. That means pet owners can

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Posted on February 6, 2010 at 5:06pm —

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VALENTINE FUNDRAISER for FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER - FOTAS

2/3/2010

Greetings!
Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS) is very pleased to now have a page presence on the Ashland Resource Center (ARC). We really want to "grow" awareness about our programs and increase community participation in helping the shelter animals.

So, 1st, FOTAS invites you to check out our ARC page, and become a FOTAS "Friend" on ARC. On that page you can:

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Posted on February 3, 2010 at 4:17pm —

 
 

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