Because
of the increasing incidents of animal abuse
and the direct correlation between children
who abuse animals and grow up to become
abusive adults to both animals and people
and because of the ever expanding pet
population Wags to Riches Animal Rescue has
worked to develop and refine an education
program designed to teach kids to be
respectful of animals, to be responsible pet
owners and to understand rescue and how they
can save animals too.Contact us for more information!
Our
Merlin Scholarship Fund Committee
is
proud to award our first ever scholarship to
Adrienne Culver. This scholarship is awarded
to students who will be in their 2nd year of Vet.
Tech. classes at YVCC in the Fall of 2009.
Wags
to Riches Volunteers were honored for the
Yakima
Red Cross Real Heroes for 2009
Animal Rescue Heroes - Donna Prime Donna Prime is 84-years young and while she can no
longer go out and physically rescue animals, she has
been the adoption coordinator for two local rescue
groups. Donna has facilitated and arranged the
adoptions of nearly 1,500 animals over the last six
years. Many days she spends 10 or more hours on her
computer sending emails and phoning potential
adopters. She gives them the personal time and
attention, making sure that these animals are placed
in the right homes. She is making a difference in not
only the animal's lives but the people who adopt them
as well.
Animal
Rescue Heroes - Wags To Riches Animal Rescue
and Sanctuary On September 16, 2008 Chad, Andrea and
Copper, swerved to miss a possible
elk and went down a 150ft. cliff on a forest
road in Yakima County. After the jeep came
to rest Chad woke Andrea up and got her out
of the seatbelt and climbed back up to the
road. After 4 times going back to the bottom
with the light on his cell phone, Chad was
unable to find their beloved Copper.
Wags to Riches volunteers heard about the
story and 5 days after the accident, four
volunteers, Bob Chism, Kim & Kris
Wertenberger and Jennifer Berndt-Ray went
back to the crash site to search for Copper.
They fanned out and started calling his name
and heard barking in return. Copper was
scared and wasn't willing to come out from
his "safe" place. Bob contacted
Chad and Andrea to let them know that they
have indeed found Copper. Once Copper heard
Andrea's voice he came out from hiding and
came up the cliff. Without these volunteers,
Copper would have not have found his home
and had such a happy ending.
Wags
to Riches Cook-a-licious Book-a-dishes
Cookbook!
Purchase
your cookbook here
and
we'll ship it to you!
If you would like
to order more with reduced shipping
please contact us!
Lance
Tormey, of KIT Radio, is looking for donations
of plastic dog houses.
During the
Fall and Winter Lance searches for dogs that are
out in the cold and wet weather without shelter
and will give the dog houses to the animal's
owners. If you have an unused plastic
doghouse (easy to lift over fences) then please
contact Lance at Gap West Broadcasting (509)
972-3461 or call us at (509) 453-4155 and we
will get in touch with him for you. THANK
YOU!!
