Animal Resort to Open in 2016

June 29, 2015 by Charlie London

Camp_Bow_Wow_logoCamp Bow Wow, the nation’s largest and most trusted dog day and overnight care franchise is currently building and will be opening a brand new location in Mid-City New Orleans, LA in early 2016.

Local restaurateur Herbert Dyer, known for the popular bar and restaurants, The Velvet Cactus, The Bulldog and Lager’s, along with his partners Angelle Crochet and Rusty White, will be bringing Camp Bow Wow to the Lafitte Greenway, in the heart of Mid-City.

Camp Bow Wow will be at 3301 Conti Street in New Orleans.  There will be a state-of-the-art custom facility with 10,000 square feet along with 3,500 square feet of outdoor play space for the pups. The Camp will offer 11 luxury suites, spacious cabins with comfy cots, dog pools and outdoor play equipment and a climate controlled atmosphere, among other great features.

If you are interested in learning more about this project or would like to speak with any of the Camp Bow Wow Mid-City owners or the building manager/contractor,  please contact Nicole at  [email protected]

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Illegal Breeders

November 16, 2013 by Charlie London

Article by Nita Hemeter

puppies

Dear Ms. Freeman and Ms. Ross,
We are writing you today about a serious issue in our community; one that impacts the safety and health of people and animals as well as the overall quality of life in our city. The issue is the illicit activities of “backyard breeders,” individuals who breed dogs on their property without proper oversight or licensure and sell them for profit. To help address this issue, we are asking you to actively support a law passed by the City of New Orleans that requires owners of intact animals to have a permit, and to publicize that permit number on any advertisements.

As you may have heard, Councilmembers Susan Guidry and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell sponsored and got passed into law (the New Orleans municipal code) changes to an ordinance designed to regulate the uncontrolled breeding of animals by irresponsible owners, including unlicensed “backyard breeders.” This law requires dog owners to spay or neuter their dogs or pay for a permit that allows them the privilege of having an “intact” (not “fixed”―spayed or neutered) pet. Each permit comes with a unique identification number. 

Section 18-309, part d of the ordinance also specifically stipulates that anyone who keeps an intact dog and breeds it MUST advertise that permit number in any advertisement where puppies from this animal are being placed for sale or adoption.

Yet, anyone looking at the classified section of the newspaper will see ad after ad of breeders who are selling animals―with no permit number listed. We understand that the ordinance does not require the media to include intact animal permit numbers in advertisements. But it clearly states that the breeders must provide them to you.

As the gatekeepers that determine what information does and does not reach the public, we beseech you to support this ordinance and require anyone advertising puppies in the “Puppies and Dogs For Sale” section of your classifieds to provide their permit numbers. If they do not have a permit number, all your sales people need to do is direct them to contact the LASPCA.

When you begin requesting the permit number, breeders that have previously flouted the law will be forced to register their animals in order to advertise. This step will also help educate anyone that is unwittingly breaking the law about the new permit requirement.

Your newspaper has a long history of helping to expose dangerous and illegal activities, and that is exactly what we ask you to do, now. This permit and the requirements surrounding it are vital to the public’s welfare, providing numerous benefits to citizens:

  • Many backyard breeders house their animals in cramped quarters in their homes or small urban yards, often without benefit of proper veterinary care. They do not want to register their animals, not only due to the cost, but also because the ordinance stipulates that animals must be kept in humane conditions and seen by a veterinarian once a year. This is a necessary step for the public welfare but an additional cost for these breeders.
  • Requiring sellers of puppies to provide a valid permit number would facilitate monitoring breeder compliance with the law and make it easier to determine if one of their animals were responsible for a bite or other attack. (Intact animals are nearly three times more likely to bite people than those who are spayed and neutered. Intact males are four times more likely to bite.)

  • It is a documented fact that individuals and businesses that “fly under the radar”―do not maintain proper business registration, sell items out of the backs of their vehicles or on street corners, etc.―are far less likely to obtain state and local licenses or pay sales tax and/or income tax on the gains from their sales. Backyard breeders often fall into this category, and requiring them to display their license numbers would help government officials prove they are netting profits from their activities.

  • Both these puppies and their intact parents often end up in shelters when their owners cannot sell them or breed them any longer, or when they escape their bondage. Here, they are often euthanized because they are unsocialized and/or in poor health. As a result, these unfortunate creatures do not become part of the very small percentage of shelter animals that are adopted and leave the shelter alive. This unhappy outcome has an impact on the public, whose taxes fund the parish-sponsored budget for housing and euthanizing stray animals.

Without the requirement of displaying their permit numbers, most breeders simply will not register their animals. They will continue breeding animals in unseen corners of the city, making profits off misery and evading paying their fair share of the revenue this city so desperately needs to provide services to law-abiding citizens and businesses.

 

The permit number is short and could be published with just a number symbol in front, e.g. #765432. Surely, requiring such a small addition to each advertisement would not put an undue burden on your advertisers? We would like to suggest that the newspaper might even volunteer to run that portion of the ad at no charge, absorbing the cost in consideration for the citizens that support their businesses.

The Advocate, Times Picayune and other New Orleans newspapers have always shown themselves to be concerned with health and safety issues. In fact, the founder of the humane organization that became the LASPCA― Eliza Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson―was the owner of the New Orleans Daily Picayune. Furthermore, your efforts to educate the public about responsible pet ownership have always been commendable, and we are very grateful for your assistance in the past. We are positively dependent upon it, now.

With your support, we can ensure unlicensed breeders are held responsible for the problems they cause. We can begin enforcing this law, which the entire City Council and the Mayor already supported and passed. The signatories of this letter – and in fact the thousands of people across this city who benefit from enforcement of this ordinance – support you with readership, purchase of your papers and patronage of your advertisers. We ask for your support, in return, on this vital issue.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts regarding this request and will gladly work with you to help implement and promote this measure. Should you have any further questions about the ordinance, please reply to this email.

 

Please contact Nita Hemeter to see how you can help or for more information

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ANIMAL ORDINANCES

May 13, 2013 by Charlie London

The New Orleans City Council recently passed legislation regarding animal ordinances in Orleans Parish. The updated laws went into effect on March 22, 2013 and include pertinent information for any pet owner in Orleans Parish. The ordinances are currently being enforced by the Animal Control division of the Louisiana SPCA.

Highlighted below are some of the new ordinances that may directly affect you as a pet owner or resident of Orleans Parish.

The updates to Chapter 18 Animal Ordinances include:
•Updated fees for Intact Dog Permit
•Annual license requirements for pets
•New definition to know: Community Cats
•Revised rabies vaccination requirement
•Expanded laws regarding animals in vehicles
•Stray hold period for animals brought to the shelter is reduced from 5 to 3 days
•Expanded definition of illegal owning of exotic animals which includes roosters
•Unlawful tethering (chaining) of dogs prohibited unless done in a humane and specified manner
•Requirement that privately owned indoor/outdoor cats must be microchipped or ear-tipped
•Protection of pets required during extreme weather advisories which include heat, freezing, tornado, tropical storm or hurricanes

To view and/or print the full list of ordinances regarding animals in Orleans Parish or to see Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to the revised legislation, please visit www.la-spca.org/ordinances.

A hard copy of the ordinances can be requested by writing to Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70114. Please send $2.00 for printing and postage.

For more information, please call 504-368-5191 or email [email protected].

Woofs and Wags,
Ana Zorrilla
CEO
Louisiana SPCA

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Bead Dogs on Canal

May 10, 2012 by Charlie London

by Charlie London

I decided to take the streetcar home after today’s BlightStat meeting and spotted bead dogs on a truck. I grabbed the photo above with my iPhone

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Dog Parks

April 20, 2012 by Charlie London


Have an Opinion About
Dogs in Parks?

Please see below for dates and locations of a series of community meetings that the Neighborhood Engagement Office is holding in partnership with NORDC to discuss the issue of dogs in parks. Public input is needed at any of the meetings listed below. All meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. If there are any questions please contact the Office of Neighborhood Engagement, (504) 658-4965.

Monday, April 23
· District D: Norman Mayer Library, 3001 Gentilly Blvd.
· District E: East New Orleans Regional Library, 5641 Read

Tuesday, April 24
· District B: Latter Branch Library, 5120 St. Charles
· District A: Robert E. Smith Library,
6301 Canal

Wednesday, April 25
· District C: Holy Angels Church, 3500 St. Claude Ave
· District C: Cut-Off Recreation Center, 6600 Belgrade Street

The City of New Orleans Capital Projects Administration is currently working to design a process to recommend sites for one dog park and one dog run in each council district. At this time, it is seeking public input through an online survey now available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2VZC2L7. This 5-minute survey will be available until Friday, April 27, 2012. All New Orleans residents interested in the topic are encouraged to participate.

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Black Friday Special from the Louisiana SPCA

November 23, 2011 by Charlie London

Black Friday Special from the Louisiana SPCA

Black Friday has become synonymous with deals and shopping. The Louisiana SPCA (LA/SPCA) is adding to the fervor with a special Black Friday offering for pet adoptions. This Sunday, November 20 – Friday, November 25 all black animals will be available for a special adoption fee of $25.

Unfortunately, black animals are often overlooked when potential adopters peruse the LA/SPCA adoption selection. This was made more apparent after a large adoption event Friday November 11 successfully placed 80 new pets in forever homes and when the dust settled, the LA/SPCA adoption floor was filled with black animals.

Black Dog Syndrome is a well-known phenomena in the animal welfare arena. It is the fact that black dogs and cats are harder to find homes for than their lighter colored counterparts. Whether it is bad photos, bad lighting, or simply a matter of blending in, black dogs and cats are passed by while their golden, white, grey, brown and lighter counterparts find new homes.

This week the LA/SPCA has 15 black dogs and 19 black cats looking for a forever home. With this special promotion, hopefully each will find one in time for the holidays. LA/SPCA adoption hours are 12pm-4pm Sunday and 10am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. All standard adoption procedures apply including a meet and greet with all two-legged and four-legged friends and landlord permission for pets. Adopters MUST purchase a six month supply of heartworm preventative to qualify for special pricing. The LA/SPCA is closed on Thursday in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

The LA/SPCA wants to get the word out to “adopt, don’t shop” when picking your next pet. There are hundreds of animals waiting for you every day at your local animal shelter. For more information about this and other adoption programs at the LA/SPCA, visit us online at www.la-spca.org.
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The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is an organization devoted to improving the lives of animals and eliminating the homelessness, neglect and abuses that signal animal suffering. Chartered in 1888, our history has been paved with an understanding that only through an improved human-animal ethic can we better the lives of companion animals and that of our community. Our programs and services are infused with the highest standards of care and compassion.

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