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Metropolitan
Our Sponsor Dog
with Puppies Behind Bars
The Metropolitan Dog Club is pleased to announce that our sponsor puppy, Metropolitan,
was born on October 9, 2007.
"Metro" is being raised as an explosive detection canine. Her first few months she
will look for love and be trained by Rose, a puppy raiser prisoner, at the Federal
Correctional Institute at Danbury. Our lovely little girl entered this New York
State Prison facility on December 12, 2007. We wish her and Rose the best health,
happiness and propserity in this New Year.
Additionally, it will take about $12,000 to train Metropolitan to be the best dog
that she can be. We encourage our club members to help with her education. Checks
can be written to our club on behalf of Metro, our special puppy behind bars.
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OUR CHARITIES
The Metropolitan Dog Club is very interested in raising awareness and/or monies for organizations
that protect animals, provide veterinary care, train dogs for service occupations and promote
the canine-human bond. Below please find a listing of the organizations that we have decided to
support in the 2007. Please feel free to learn more about these organizations by visiting their
websites. Should you decide to give to any of the organizations with a charitable donation, please
remind them that you learned about their organization from the Metropolitan Dog Club. Donations
can be sent to the listed addresses.
June 2008
AKC Canine Health
Foundation
PO Box 900061
Raleigh, NC 27675-9061
1.888.682.9696
www.akcchf.org
Founded in 1995, The American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation is the largest non-profit funder of
exclusively canine research in the world. The foundation works to develop significant resources for basic
and applied health programs with emphasis on canine genetics to improve the quality of life for dogs and
their owners. The foundation funds research and supports canine health scientists and professionals in
their efforts to study the causes and origins of canine disease and afflictions in order to formulate
effective treatments.
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May 2008
Central Barkers of the Central Park Conservancy
14 E. 60th St.
New York, NY, 10022
212.310.6600
www.centralparknyc.org
In 2001, Karen LeFrak, President of the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, founded and
created Central Barkers, a Central Park membership program for dog owners. Members of the Central
Barkers appreciate the beautiful walks, trails, and play areas that the Central Park landscape provides,
and contribute an annual fee of $200 per dog to join the group. Funds raised by the Central Barkers go
towards the operations and day-to-day work of making sure Central Park stays the best place for playing,
napping, and making new canine friends in all of New York City.
The chairman of this illustrious group is champion Standard Poodle Mikimoto, with help from Karen LeFrak,
Working Chairman. There are 320 current members, and the membership is growing daily. Members of the
Central Barkers include: Constance Petrie, Kelly Scaasi, Chappi and Dodo Trump, Lola and Mabel Bloomberg,
Veronica and Lulu Rivers, Lucy and Chase Lufkin, Tomba Acquavella, Dudley Carduner, Van Fanjul, Tuxedo
Husain, Bonnie and Clyde Kravis, Bear Robertson, Daisy Peanut Schifter, Maggie Saul, Pici Vittadini,
Louie Wamsler, Rhett Butler Saint-Amand and Truffle Soros.
Membership is open to everyone who loves animals and Central Park. Although most members are canine
friends, we have several feline members and even members who do not have a pet! All members receive
an official green monogrammed Central Barkers leash, a copy of the Park’s dog owner guidelines, and
an invitation to an annual Central Barkers event.
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April 2008
Manhattan Animal Care Center
326 East 110th Street
New York, NY 10029
212.788.4000
www.nycacc.org
The Center for Animal Care and Control's Teach Love and Compassion Program brings together three
inspiring missions: empowering youth to become responsible and conscientious workers; improving
the care and comfort of the animals in AC&C shelters; and creating compassionate citizens who
will promote AC&C's mission and educate their communities about the homeless and abandoned
animal problem in NYC. TLC is a part of the Summer Youth Employment Program which enables TLC
participants to receive a salary for their work in the shelters over the course of seven weeks.
Each summer, 27 NYC youths between the ages of 14 and 17 work in our three shelters. Some assist
the front desk staff, ensuring that information is properly recorded on incoming homeless and
abandoned animals. Other youths assist the animal care officers in feeding the animals, cleaning
their cages, and providing them with at least a few moments of love. In the adoption rooms TLC
youth take care of the animals and inform potential adopters about the animals they have come
to know and love. Those TLC participants interested in working with animals in a medical
capacity assist our veterinary technicians and veterinarians, preparing materials and instruments
for surgery and monitoring the health of recovering animals. The TLC youths also ensure that
all the adoptable dogs are walked on a daily basis and every adoptable cat receives loving
attention.
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March 2008
ASPCA
424 E. 92nd St
New York, NY 10128-6802
212.876.7700
www.aspca.org
Founded in 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was the first humane
organization established in the Americas, and today has more than one million supporters throughout
North America. A 501 [c] [3] not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA’s mission is to provide effective
means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA provides local
and national leadership in animal-assisted therapy, animal behavior, animal poison control,
anti-cruelty, humane education, legislative services, and shelter outreach. The New York City
headquarters houses a full-service, accredited, animal hospital, adoption center, and mobile
clinic outreach program.
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January 2008
American Kennel Club
260 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212.696.8200
www.akc.org
AKC has also established the AKC Humane Fund to help spread the word about responsible dog ownership through public
education and grant-giving. The AKC Humane Fund’s goal will be to accept tax-deductible donations from individuals,
AKC clubs and other like-minded organizations to further its mission, “to unite a broad spectrum of animal lovers
in promoting the joy and value of responsible and productive pet ownership through education, outreach and grant-making.”
Furthermore, the AKC Humane Fund’s focus will not be legislative but rather effecting canine culture in this country
through positive involvement with American dog owners to create a stable, more enlightened dog ownership
environment.
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December 2007
Angel On A Leash
300 Queen Anne Avenue, North, #701
Seattle, WA 98109
646.339.5577
www.angelonaleash.com
Angel On A Leash champions the use of therapy dogs in health care facilities,
schools, rehabilitation, hospice, extended care, correctional facilities, and
crisis intervention. Through advocacy, education, research and service, Angel
On A Leash promotes the role of the human animal bond in enhancing human health
and quality of life.
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November 2007
Morris Animal Foundation
102000 East Girard Avenue, B430
Denver, Colorado 80327
800.243.2345
www.morrisanimalfoundation.org
Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) answers a critical and unique need in promoting and
protecting animal health and welfare and advancing veterinary medicine. MAF is the
world’s largest nonprofit foundation 501(c)(3) dedicated to funding research studies
to protect, treat and cure animals, including companion animals (dogs, cats, horses,
llamas/alpacas), as well as wildlife (mountain gorillas, elephants, rhinoceros,
wolves, and many varieties of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish). Nearly 50 of
the world’s most respected research institutions, colleges of veterinary medicine,
and zoos are conducting about 120 MAF-sponsored studies and 30 veterinary student
projects. Since its founding in 1948, the organization has funded almost 1,400 studies
with funds of more than $51 million — with 100 percent of all annual donations going
to fund animal health.
MAF has an extraordinary reputation among veterinarians. Indeed, virtually every
practicing veterinarian in the world has used the diagnostic tools, preventions,
and treatments emanating from MAF-funded research. Today, MAF is spearheading an
unprecedented series of global initiatives to grow its resources and reach. This
expansion will allow the organization to serve an even larger role in meeting the
health needs of the animals that we love.
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September/October 2007
Puppies Behind Bars
10 East 40th Street, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10016
212.680.9562
www.puppiesbehindbars.com
This organization trains prison inmates to raise puppies to be service dogs for the disabled
and explosive detection canines for law enforcement. Puppies Behind Bars is in need of funds
to continue and expand their work. The organization pays 100% of all costs associated with
raising puppies in prison, including dog supplies, educational supplies for the puppy raisers,
teachers' salaries, and travel.
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