Acadiana Humane Society will be participating in the Krewe des Chiens 11th Annual Mardi Gras Dog Parade on Saturday, February 14, 2009. The parade will start rolling in downtown Lafayette at 2PM. The Krewe des Chiens is a large fundraiser for all local animal rescues. Please come out and support Acadiana Humane Society and other area animal rescues!
We are currently collecting donations of Mardi Gras beads and other non-edible throws that our volunteers can throw out to the parade goers. Linda at Bridge Storage on Ambassador Caffery has been kind enough to be a drop off point for donations to our animal rescue. If you have any Mardi Gras beads, stuffed animals, or other non-edible throws to donate, please stop by Bridge Storage on Ambassador Caffery and look for our donation box there. If you would like a tax donation receipt, please leave either your buisness card, or your information with Linda, and we will mail one out to you.
You may also drop off donations of cat & dog food, as well as pet food for small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, cockatiels, etc.), litter boxes, litter scoops, cat litter, dog & cat toys, dog & cat treats, hand held brooms and dustpans, Advantage, Frontline, pet carriers, wire crates, small animal bedding, and other pet supplies that you think we can use for our foster animals. To see a specific list of soome of our needed items, please check out our needs page on our website.
We are also looking for volunteers who would like to walk in the parade with us. We need two adults to carry our banner, four adults to help with security, a few adults to walk adoptable dogs, and adults and supervised children to pull wagons and throw beads. Please contact Sue via email if you can help with the parade.
To view more photos from last years Dog Parade, please check out our Flickr site.
Come see us at the dog parade!
PetSmart® and Hill’s® are proud sponsors of the PetSmart Charities “Second Chance for Love Adoption Weekend”. The weekend adoption event takes place Friday, February 13, thru Sunday, February 15, 2009, in all U.S. PetSmart® stores. The goal is to find homes for more than 13,500 pets in need.
Adoptors will receive FREE with each Cat or Dog Adoption “The Guide for Lifelong Health” To assist New Pet Parents on caring for their new family member every Cat & Dog adopterwill receive: “The Guide for Lifelong Health” (a $30 value, in-store only) provided by Hill’s®.
A $7 coupon toward a bag of Hill’s Science Diet® dog or cat food, as well as additional PetSmart® savings on supply items. (both offers valid in U.S. Only)
We will be at Petsmart on Johnston Street in Lafayette, LA, on Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15, from 11am to 4pm on both days. Check out our list of adoptable pets on the “Adopt Me!” page of this blog and come meet your next forever best friend!
Meet Bacardi and JB – they consider each other their Best Friend Forever.
They play together, groom each other, hang out together and sleep together. Bacardi is the more talkative of the two. They both love to chase after the moving little red spot produced by those popular “Pet Laser” lights.
Both cats are about 3 years old. Bacardi is a dilute peach-grey torbie girl, JB is a typical brown tabby boy. They were rescued from a hoarder situation in Baton Rouge, LA, in 2007. Both cats get along with other cats and dogs that don’t act agressively towards them. When they want attention, they will come seeking it, but they are not lap cats.
We’d like to see Bacardi and JB be adopted together to the right person/home that understands cats. We are offering them at a special 2-for-1 adoption fee. If you’re interested in Bacardi and JB, email info@acadianahumane.org or call (337) 668-4484.
