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ESSENTIAL DESTINATIONS

MONTH: May 2007

Shelter news

 

The Pigs As Pets Association, of Fort Myers, Florida, and The Pig Preserve, of Jamestown, Tennessee, on April 14, 2007 announced that they "have joined forces and will now be known as The Pig Preserve Association," headquartered in Fentress County, Tennessee. PAPA, founded in 1998 by Lana Hollenbeck, has focused on education, outreach, and placement of cast-off pigs at sanctuaries. The Pig Preserve, of Jamestown, Tennessee, founded by Richard and Laura Hoyle in 2006, "is a 100-acre natural preserve, which will eventually provide a home for approximately 400 rescued pigs of all breeds," Richard Hoyle said, "including miniature pigs and domestic farm pigs."

Laura Maloney, executive director of the Louisiana SPCA since 2000, will in August 2007 follow her husband Dan Maloney to Melbourne, Australia. Dan Maloney, general curator of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans since 1999, is moving to Zoos Victoria. The Maloneys won extensive recognition for improving the zoo and Louisiana SPCA, and then rebuilding them after Hurricane Katrina. A 17-year employee of zoos and the Aquarium of the Americas, Maloney markedly escalated Louisiana SPCA efforts to stop cockfighting and dogfighting. Her successor has not yet been hired.

The Best Friends Animal Society is managing the Pets Alive sanctuary in Walkill, New York, at least through June, after the March 19, 2007 death from cancer of founder Sara Whalen, 64.

"Sara was a one-woman band with a heart of gold, a will of iron, more than 500 homeless animals, a small local staff, and no succession plan," explained Best Friends president Michael Mountain.
"Things had deteriorated badly during her illness. Shortly before the end, members of the board asked if we could come to the rescue. We'll be coming up with a series of options for the future of Pets Alive," Mountain said, noting that "The sanctuary has enormous potential to do good," with a strategic location at the edge of the New York City metropolitan region.