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2007 ACHIEVEMENT REPORT
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2007 PROJECTS
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and special reports)
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Supplied chew
toys to a chinchilla rescue in Michigan, 1/2007
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Transported
Ohio rescue overflow chins and the remaining 2006 PHFR
Project ranchies (8 total) to a chinchilla rescue
in Wisconsin that could accommodate and rehome them,
2/2007
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Transported
donated cages and 6 Michigan rescues to a chinchilla
rescue in Ohio where the cages will be put to use and
the chins accommodated and rehomed, 3/2007
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Paid for
emergency veterinary care for 4 anemic, lice-bitten
chinchillas that were brought to a chinchilla rescue in
Wisconsin, 5/2007
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Transported 5
Michigan rescues to a chinchilla rescue in Ohio that
could accommodate and rehome them, 5/2007
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2007
Pet Homes For Ranchies Project saved 24 ranchies
from pelting, 5/2007
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Paid for
veterinary attention and calcium and vitamin C
supplementing that saved
lives in a tragic case
involving the salvaging of 37 poorly, maloccluding
breeding chins from an unscrupulous pet breeder, 5/2007
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Transported
Michigan rescue overflow chins and 2007 PHFR Project
ranchies (14 total) to a chinchilla rescue in
Ohio that could accommodate and rehome them, 5/2007
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Paid for
emergency veterinary care for a
chinchilla with a leg break that was brought to a
chinchilla rescue in New Jersey, 5/2007
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Transported
13 ranchies from the 2007 PHFR Project to a chinchilla
rescue in Wisconsin where they will be placed into
loving forever homes, 5/2007
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Paid for
veterinary examination for a chin at an Ohio chinchilla
rescue that was underweight, maloccluded and had a
prolapse that the vet determined had lost muscle tone
and wouldn't retract; this case unfortunately required
euthanasia, 6/2007
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Retrieved 2
ailing chinchillas from a pet store after an animal
shelter sent them there where they were being offered
for sale at a fee
way below the amount that deters impulse buyers,
bunchers and hoarders, 7/2007
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Donated
supplies to a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin, 7/2007
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Transported 9
rescue chinchillas from Michigan, Ohio and Illinois to a
chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin where they will be placed
into loving forever homes, 7/2007
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Lent
assistance to a campaign addressing PetsMart's corporate
headquarters, to ask them to stop carrying chinchillas
in their national pet store chain and to refer to rescue
instead, 8/2007
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Picked up 3
rescues from upstate New York and Ohio that will be
rehabilitated and among those transported to a
chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin for rehoming, 9/2007
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Donated
supplies to a chinchilla rescue in North Carolina that
is active in taking in chinchillas after they're used in
hearing test studies, 10/2007
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Transported
13 chinchillas, including one ranchie, from Michigan and
Ohio rescues with overflow to a chinchilla rescue in
Wisconsin with the ability to accommodate them, 11/2007
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Paid for 6
neuterings for a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin, 11/2007
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Sponsored
5 chinchillas being cared for at rescue, 12/2007
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ADDITIONAL AND SPECIAL REPORTS
2007 was another very busy year for Matilde's Mission. We posted
our charity on goodsearch.com,
contributed an article to Animal
Friends Croatia, and members of our board of directors sponsored
rescue chinchillas in New Zealand and England.
MM continued saving ranchies from being pelted, see
the 2007 Pet Homes For Ranchies Project for details and photos,
and we launched the entire International Chinchilla Rescue and
Rehoming Network (ICRN)
program to assist pet chinchilla rescues and the chins they
serve.
The ICRN Project
Manager created an online animal handling course for animal
disaster rescue volunteers that will be used by ACT,
"Animal Crisis Team (ACT) is a not for profit (501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to providing first responder emergency
services to the companion animals in areas stricken by natural
disasters. ACT is committed to providing effective and organized
immediate assistance and care to animals in disaster areas
within hours of the initial disaster."
Our advising DVM, C. Glikis-Scott of the Birmingham
Veterinary Clinic in MI, offered verbal and email
consultation on several urgent and unusual cases that were sent
her way, including one of our biggest rescue projects of the
year that involved giving assistance to a herd of maloccluding
chins; that story is told in detail here.
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