Home .Site Updates About, Achievement Reports FAQ's Disclaimer, Copyright, Contact Pet Chin Rescue & Rehoming ..International Chinchilla Rescue Network (ICRN) Quotes For Compassion Saving Ranch Chinchillas ..Pet Homes For Ranchies: News, Information, Photos Make A Difference ..Change by Choice Show You Care, Donate ChinCare: Educating Chinparents MM promotes positive activism, not AR extremism, see: Correcting Misconceptions and Defining Terms 2007 ACHIEVEMENT REPORT Read the full report on saving ranch chinchillas: 2007 Pet Homes For Ranchies 2007 PROJECTS (additional and special reports) Supplied chew toys to a chinchilla rescue in Michigan, 1/2007 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 Transported donated cages and 6 Michigan rescues to a chinchilla rescue in Ohio where the cages will be put to use and the chins accomodated and rehomed, 3/2007 Paid for emergency veterinary care for 4 anemic, lice-bitten chinchillas that were brought to a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin, 5/2007 Transported 5 Michigan rescues to a chinchilla rescue in Ohio that could accommodate and rehome them, 5/2007 2007 Pet Homes For Ranchies Project saved 24 ranchies from pelting, 5/2007 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 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 Paid for emergency veterinary care for a chinchilla with a leg break that was brought to a chinchilla rescue in New Jersey, 5/2007 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 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 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 Donated supplies to a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin, 7/2007 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 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 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 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 Transported 13 chinchillas, including one ranchie, from Michigan and Ohio rescues with overflow to a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin with the ability to accomodate them, 11/2007 Paid for 6 neuterings for a chinchilla rescue in Wisconsin, 11/2007 Sponsored 5 chinchillas being cared for at rescue, 12/2007 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 Leader 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.