Donating to Arizona Humane Society

While in Arizona, I was able to visit the state’s largest non-profit animal rescue group. The Arizona Humane Society is one of the nicest facilities I have ever seen. From a spay/neuter clinic to a training area, they have it all! Parks, stables, education rooms, and a gift shop are just a few of the things the AHS has to offer.

This little guy got adopted while I was there! Yay!

An astounding walkway that goes from the main building to the horse stables. The bricks were engraved with the names of people who have donated. I am excited to have a brick of my own there!

I got to tour the facility where animals from bunnies to goats took refuge. They get hundreds (yes, hundreds) of animals in a day (yes, DAY!). I am still blown away at how they do it all!

Writing the check for a donation!

It was an honor to donate to the largest animal rescue group in the state of Arizona. I know they will continue to do amazing works and end the cycle of inhumanity in Arizona.

Jurnee Carr

HSUS International Animal Care Expo

One of my greatest passions is helping others. God placed a specific burden in my heart to help animals. I am so honored and blessed to be a voice for the ones who only have a bark or meow. My trip to Vegas was not a vacation or appearance; it was an answer to a call to help my furry friends.

The Humane Society of the United States holds an annual event called the International Animal Care Expo, which networks animal loving people from all around the world. In 2010, I attended the conference in Nashville, TN as an International Pageants state titleholder. It was such an honor to attend this year’s event in Las Vegas, NV as Miss Teen International and as a volunteer. My mother, father, and I all volunteered at the Stop Puppy Mills booth for the HSUS.

All week we asked expo attendees to sign a support letter to the USDA for their tremendous efforts recently to make an important change to the Animal Welfare Act. Currently in the Act, there is a loophole which allows large-scale online breeders that sell puppies to go unregulated from basic humane standards as long as they do not have a storefront and ship animals sight-unseen. In other words, currently anyone can sell animals over the internet (ie: Craigslist) and not have to comply to humane standards or even be licensed.

Puppy mills are inhumane and must be regulated!

This exclusion has gone overlooked for too many years and has taken a team of many to make this correction in the Act. Online breeders MUST be held to the same regulations and standards as commercial breeders. Please encourage your legislators to vote for this change! You can help by taking action today: The USDA is seeking public comments on the proposed rule. We urgently need as many caring citizens as possible to speak out in support of the rule.

https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=5493&autologin=yes

We got over 750 letters! That’s more support and a better future for animals!

While at the expo, I got to network with Wayne Pacelle-President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. It was so cool to meet him!

I also got to catch up with Summer Wyatt-a former pageant queen and the current HSUS West Virginia state director!

It was so good to see Marit Ortega of Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud, MN! We met at the 2010 expo and I donated to them while in Minnesota this year!

Drawing door prizes for the HSUS!

The expo was a huge success! I can’t wait to be a part of this conference again in Nashville in 2013!

Jurnee Carr

Food for Our Furry Friends

Last month at a local elementary school’s Career Day, I was a special guest. I got to show my crowning moment to each class and tell them about my work with animals.

Speaking to a class about animals and how they can help!

It turns out that every student loves animals! I challenged them to bring in food and blankets for the Sullivan County Humane Society/Kingsport Animal Shelter. They brought in all kinds of blankets and food!

A class holds up some of their supplies!

My little brother, Daxx, and I dropped the supplies off at the shelter. They were so grateful!

Shelters are always on the lookout for food and blankets! I challenge you to stop by and visit the animals in your local shelter! Pets deserve your love!

Jurnee Carr

Donating to Tri-County Humane Society

In 2010 at the International Animal Care Expo, I sat at a lunch table with strangers. By the time we finished lunch, we had made friends with everyone at the table, and one woman bought 10 of the paw pins I was selling at the time. She took them and gave to all the staff at Tri-County Humane Society. I mailed a donation to them thanking them for purchasing the pins and for the work they do to help animals.
 
Little did I know that 2 years later our paths would cross again when I got the opportunity to visit St. Cloud, MN, where Tri-County Humane is located!

Here with Marit Ortega and volunteer Rachel at the 2010 at the International Animal Care Expo sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States!

It was a beautiful shelter with super cute puppies, precious kittens, and even a huge rabbit! The shelter is strictly no-kill, meaning they do not euthanize when there is not enough space to hold animals. They simply give them to a foster parent to wait!

At the end of the tour I presented them with a donation, my second one to them! It warms my heart to be able to reach out to these animals in Minnesota.

To learn how you can help and to participate in their awesome events, check out www.tricountyhumanesociety.org and follow them on Facebook!

Jurnee Carr