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What’s Under There?
What’s Under There?
Holiday Cat and Kitten Specials!
Black and black/white kitties only $15 in November!
Did you know black cats wait the longest to be adopted from shelters? Adopt any black or black/white kitty for only $15 through the end of November.
This little kitten was dropped off at the Shelter in a little christmas sock. Thank you to volunteer Enjel for the photos!
OAS is Hiring!
Oakland Animal Services is looking to fill two full time positions – an Animal Control Officer Supervisor and a Registered Veterinary Technician. Please see posts for more information about these opportunities.
Animal Control Officer Supervisor Announcement: Animal Control Supervisor Ann Oct 10
Registered Vet Tech Announcement: Veterinary Technician Ann Oct 10
Thank you to Maddie’s Fund!
Oakland Animal Services thanks the Maddie’s Fund for their support! The Foundation supported OAS through a grant and through funds raised in their first annual Maddie’s Matchmaker Adoptathon in 2010. OAS participated in the Adoptathon and adopted 132 animals in just two days! This event encouraged us to find new ways to increase our adoption numbers. For example, OAS will have an adoptathon this weekend for 25 small dogs for $25 each! We are expecting a big turnout and homes for many of our little dogs who have been waiting for homes for weeks! OAS also has a free “Wise Whiskers” program to adopt senior cats for no fee!
Maddie’s has also encouraged and supported OAS to evaluate its data on an annual basis. This data is now available here.
Oakland Wildlife Center Still Needs Help!
Oakland Animal Services works very closely with Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue Center to handle the many sick/injured wild animals we get each year. Yggdrasil desperately needs to find a new location for their wildlife rehabilitation and education efforts. If you can help, please contact them.
Kramer
Update 4/13/11: We just learned from Harvest Home that Kramer died today. He was a fixture at Oakland Animal Services for several years. He will be missed.
Original Story:
Kramer is a taiwanese fighting cock that the Shelter confiscated during a cock fighting bust about five years ago. He had an injury to his head during a fight. Kramer recuperated but was never quite right. He sleeps standing up, drinks upside down and has trouble staying balanced. Shortly after Kramer arrived, we introduced him to a personable red hen named Chicken Little. He was quickly infatuated with Ms. Little and followed her everywhere.
When Chicken Little died, Kramer went into a deep depression. He stopped eating and wouldn’t get up – we were sure he was dying. However, fate intervened…that same day a citizen surrendered a scraggly easter chick who had been dyed pink. She had grown out of the “cute” chick phase and was a gangly, long legged white chicken and her adult feathers were coming in. We decided to introduce “Pink” to Kramer. We set her down next to Kramer who was lying on the cement with this head drooping down. Pink went up to him and Kramer suddenly hopped to his feet! In seconds, he was years younger and truly a happy rooster. He strutted around the courtyard and showed off his new chicken. He followed around his new girlfriend every day. She adored him to….if Kramer was put back inside before Pink, she would literally wail until she was reunited with him.
Pink, a broiler chicken – a type of chicken who has been genetically altered to grow quickly and extremely large, grew and grew. Soon, Pink was enormous and began having trouble walking and holding up her weight. Broiler chickens have a very short life span. We found Pink dead in her cage yesterday morning with Kramer draped across her. Once again, Kramer is alone and is going into a depression. We are now working fast on finding him a new mate.
UPDATE: We sent Kramer to Harvest Home to be surrounded my girlfriends. He has been reunited with Doris – the disabled chicken. Doris used to live at Oakland Animal Services and used to flirt with Kramer all of the time. However, Chicken Little got a little too jealous of Kramer’s advances so Harvest Home took her in. Now, Kramer and Doris are back together again!
Babies of Easter Rabbits
Each year, about this time, we start seeing baby bunnies in the Shelter. This is often because people get a couple of baby bunnies for Easter and then a few months later one or both of these rabbits have a litter of babies. The gestation period for a bunny is only 30 days and they can become pregnant again in only half an hour after giving birth! These babies end up in local shelters like ours. We encourage people to spay and neuter their bunnies! This will not only prevent more bunnies but will also improve the behavior of the bunny. We currently have close to 40 rabbits and need to find them homes. If you’re interested, please come visit – especially on the weekends when our wonderful volunteers can introduce you to them. We partner closely with Save a Bunny to help us find placement for the many rabbits we get. Please consider donating to them.
Story: http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/08/24/too-many-bunnies-at-the-oakland-animal-services-shelter/