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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 740.1 | | AKA::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Thu Sep 03 1987 10:26 | 5 |
| How do you become an SPCA volunteer? There's no phone number for
them in Worcester, but I find it hard to believe that they've neglected
a city of that size. Is there a national chapter I could call to
find out?
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| 740.2 | Lookup under "M" ? | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Thu Sep 03 1987 17:37 | 2 |
| Years ago the equivalent organization used to be MASSACHUSETTS Society
for the Prevention of Cruety to Animals.
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| 740.3 | Checking... | MARRHQ::KORCHNAK | | Thu Sep 03 1987 17:38 | 2 |
| I'm going ask the shelter director if there such a number. As soon
as I find out, I'll let you know.
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| 740.4 | Never thought of 'M', but... | AKA::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Fri Sep 04 1987 10:01 | 3 |
| Nope, in the Worcester phone book I have here there is a MSPCC
(children) but nothing for the MSPCA.
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| 740.5 | Long distance call to Boston | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Fri Sep 04 1987 10:38 | 4 |
| MSPCA headquarters in Boston has a number to call for information
on "Volunteer Opportunities." The number is: (617) 522-7400 [it
is also their main number]. I'll bet they can put you in touch with
their counterpart in the Worcester area.
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| 740.6 | | AKA::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Tue Sep 08 1987 10:45 | 5 |
|
I called the number and there is no SPCA in Worcester! Can you believe
it? There is an Animal Rescue League, but they are not affiliated
with the SPCA. Has anyone ever volunteered for the ARL?
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| 740.7 | 2nd Night as a Volunteer | MARRHQ::KORCHNAK | | Tue Sep 08 1987 16:23 | 31 |
| I'm going to ask the director of the area SPCA if there is any place
in your area to volunteer as soon as she returns from vacation.
I also want to tell you how my first night of volunteer adoption
counseling went!
Since I'm new there, I got to have a few dogs walk me, and assist
a few people in selection of animals. The first woman and her 2
girls I assisted wanted kittens. This one section had 25 kittens
- 5 in each cage! And they wanted to see 1 particular kitten - the
shyest one in each litter! That proved to be VERY exciting! Ever
try to open a cage to get ONE kitten out without ALL of them darting
for the door! I completely lost it, and all 5 kittens were bouncing
as fast as they could out the cage! The woman and her 2 girls helped
to capture the 4 other ones, while I held the 1 they wanted to see!
And of COURSE THIS wasn't the one they wanted! They wanted to see
another one in ANOTHER cage! Needless to say, Scene 2, part 1 was
acted! And this cage was hysterical! There was this little grey
kitten - about 7 wks old, that would crawl up the bars like a spider!
He and another tiger striped one would jump about half a foot and
just hang there! They were SO cute! Especially when you open the
cage!
I went and looked at all the other cats there. It was really sad.
They were pretty depressed, and would probably make GREAT pets,
given they were away from their current environment. They all had
good dispositions -- ALL 18 of them!
I already can tell this is going to be an interesting learning
experience!
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| 740.8 | ARL and MSPCA cooperate, they don't compete | TOKLAS::FELDMAN | PDS, our next success | Fri Sep 11 1987 19:07 | 14 |
| Re: .6
A few weeks ago I caught the last few minutes of a radio talk show
with a representative from the Animal Rescue League. Apparently,
the two organizations try not to get in each other's way when it
comes to servicing an area, so that they can maximize total coverage
throughout the state. So it's not surprising that there's no MSPCA
given that there is an ARL. I imagine that the MSPCA will still
do things that the ARL isn't big enough to handle (litigating animal
cruelty cases, perhaps?). I don't know anything about volunteering
for the ARL, but I imagine their primary goals and ideals are similar
to the MSPCA's.
Gary
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