Liberty Humane Society

Scotty Eckert Update
We're sure you all recall that this past summer, on July 28, Scotty Eckert, a very dedicated LHS Volunteer, ran in 24-Hour Around-the-Lake Ultra Marathon in memory of her son, Michael Eckert. As a tribute to Michael's love for animals, Scotty dedicated the proceeds to Liberty Humane Society. LHS was extremely touched by Scotty's generosity, and continues to be so as the donations keep coming in. To date $4,385.51 has been raised through Scotty's cause for LHS.

Scotty, we cannot thank you enough, and we hope you know that you and your family have a special place in our thoughts this Thanksgiving.
Posted: Nov 30, 2006

Dog Playpen Success!
The Dog Playpen is a Success! Thanks to a group of hard-working volunteers and ALL of your generous contributions. We are proud to say that the Dog Playpen is part of the Interim Expansion! It will be located on the north side of the shelter (parallel to the off ramp from the NJ Turnpike). Finally, we'll have a space where our dogs can play off-leash (burning off excess energy!) and where prospective adopters can socialize with them one-on-one in a safe, confined environment.
 
The Dog PlayPen has been high on the shelter's wish list for a long time, so please be on the lookout for it very soon! Thank you again for your contributions!
Posted: Aug 31, 2006

LHS Raffle Success!
At the conclusion of our very exciting 50/50 raffle, we took in a total of $4,037 - more than last year, and the year before that and the year before that! And the winner is ... Dave Miller! In our opinion, Dave Miller is all right. He insisted on keeping only $1,000 of his $2,018 winnings, donating $1,018 back to the LHS! Many, many thanks to all of you who sold tickets, but especially to Ginger Kipps who sold Dave Miller the winning ticket, and on whose behalf Dave is donating the $1,018 back to LHS! Way to go!
Posted: Jul 31, 2006

LHS Seminar a Success!
LHS sponsored a seminar on Friday, June 9th. Illegal Dogfighting -A Primer for Investigators.  The event was a great success with an impressive turnout!! There were thirty Law Enforcement and Humane Law officials in attendance.  The speakers were excellent and very informative. Law enforcement officials stated that this seminar would help with leads towards detecting and investigating not only animal fighting but also other illegal activities that are usually associated with dogfighting including drugs and weapons trafficking, illegal gambling and other crimes.

LHS is proud to provide a service like this to our community! We would like to thank our speakers Scott Giacoppo and Richard J. Gallo for offering their time for such a good cause. We would also like to thank the Jersey City Police Academy for providing a conference room to hold the seminar.
Posted: Jun 22, 2006

Hamilton Park Festival (and adopt-a-thon) -Results
The Liberty Humane Society would like to thank everyone who offered their time to volunteer at the Hamilton Park Festival this past weekend including Andy Krochalk, Lily Kwok, Charity Ramey, Debbie Botha, Joelle Peterson, Mary Schneider, Linda DEsposito, Leah Jacobson, Jennifer Vaughn, Barbara Srivastava and Laura Friedman.  It was a really nice day to be out!  Unfortunately we did not have any adoptions but Nelly drew a lot of attention as did the cats.
 
On the positive side, we suspect that at least a few of the people will be calling or coming by the shelter to check out either the animals they met or look for someone more in fitting with their personality. We also sold a few calendars, raffle tickets, and bracelets, and got about $100 in donations.
Posted: Jun 22, 2006

Congratulations Niki!
On Saturday at the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey's annual conference, Shelter Manager Niki Dawson was announced as the next President of the Federation, the statewide federation whose mission it is to promote unity among the various animal welfare groups in New Jersey. Congratulations, Niki! We're so proud of you!
Posted: Apr 2, 2006

LHS Blood Drive Success!
LHS would like to thank Marg Hastrup for all her hard work in setting up LHS's very first blood drive on April 15th! Thanks to her efforts, we managed to collect 8 pints of blood to donate for emergency use in the community! Way to go Marg!!
Posted: Apr 22, 2006

Congradulations LHS!
The Humane Society of the United States has recently awarded a scholarship to LHS to attend the annual Animals in Disaster conference in Washington D.C. this May, as well as a $500 stipend to cover expenses. This is in direct response to LHS's hard work and dedication in the Katrina disaster relief effort.  Congratulations, LHS!
Posted: Apr 15, 2006

Are you caring for a feral cat or know someone who is?
The LHS is considering starting a feral cat e-mail network for caretakers in Jersey City, and the surrounding area, and we would like your feedback! The network would be used to send out alerts if an ear-tipped cat is brought into the shelter, to bring experienced trappers and novices in the same neighborhoods together, to send out requests for assistance, such as help with recovery space when doing TNR or feeding a colony for a caretaker who is away, and for sharing information. For instance, winter is officially here and you can order a great feral cat shelter from Indy Feral at http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=shelters.

Please let us know your thoughts and help us make Jersey City a better place for our feral cats and their caretakers!
Posted: Mar 30, 2006

Volunteer Meet & Greet - A Success!

We would like to thank everyone for coming out to the volunteer meet and greet on Tuesday at The Merchant! It was a lot of fun and a great turn out!!! It was a pleasure to finally meet in person and to catch up with those we had not seen in some time!  Thank you to all who signed up for a committee, we will be in touch soon to start more formally developing these committees.

Are you caring for a feral cat or know someone who is?

The LHS is considering starting a feral cat e-mail network for caretakers in Jersey City, and the surrounding area, and we would like your feedback! The network would be used to send out alerts if an ear-tipped cat is brought into the shelter, to bring experienced trappers and novices in the same neighborhoods together, to send out requests for assistance, such as help with recovery space when doing TNR or feeding a colony for a caretaker who is away, and for sharing information. For instance, winter is officially here and you can order a great feral cat shelter from Indy Feral at http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=shelters.

Please let us know your thoughts and help us make Jersey City a better place for our feral cats and their caretakers!