PLAN TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA EVENTS!

Come with your whole family or your best friends  (cats, dogs, bunnies, pocket animals) to have a great photo taken with The Real Santa Claus! 

Like every year, ORA is holding several Pet Photos with Santa events starting this Thursday, November 28th. Please see the places and dates hereunder and write in your calendar the date of the event that you are planning to attend.

These are fundraising events for ORA. 100% of the proceeds go to ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals towards the support of the rescued cats and dogs in ORA’s care. Help the animals and have fun!

The photos are taken by our professional photographer, Corinne Thaw. Corinne is very good and patient with the animals, even the most difficult ones, and always gets that perfect shot.

Family portraits available: children and babies are welcome! Get a printed photo in a decorated frame and an emailed copy to send out to family and friends as a gorgeous Christmas card. The photos are very high resolution and can be printed in very large posters.

Weekly reminders of the events will also be regularly posted on ORA's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ora.animalrescue/

We look forward to seeing you at one of our events! 


Thursday, Nov 28,
from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Dog Sense Daycare, 535 Wilson Heights Blvd. North York, ON M3H 2V7

Saturday, Nov 30,
from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Pet Valu, 1656 Queen St E. Toronto, ON M4L 1G5

Sunday, Dec 1,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Global Pet Foods, 1575 Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, ON M1P 2Y3

Saturday, Dec 7,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Doggieville, 1166 Gorham St Unit 4 Newmarket, ON L3Y 8W4

Sunday, Dec 8,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 75 Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, ON M1R 4B7

Saturday, Dec 14,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 6758 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, ON M1B 1G8

Sunday, Dec. 15,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 1656 Queen St E. Toronto, ON M4L 1G5

Saturday, Dec 21,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 184 Front St E. Toronto, ON M5A 4N3


For more information, please email or call us at 416 726 5762

Claudia Vecchio 
ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals 
www.ora-animalsrescue.org

ORA URGENT APPEAL - MAX NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Cancer is unfortunately rampant among humans and animals alike.  Max (AKA Maxine) is our latest victim of this dreadful disease. Max has developed soft tissue sarcoma on her right back leg and now the only way to save her life is to amputate her leg to remove the tumour in its entirety .

Max AKA Maxine, pre-surgery

Soft Tissue Sarcoma, usually does not spread to other organs and remains localized in the original area but it grows progressively larger in that area. That is exactly what has happened to Max.   In the last few days the tumour has opened up, and it is now an open bleeding wound. Both the oncologist and the surgeon are assuring us that once the leg is amputated and the sarcoma is entirely removed , there will be no  more problems and Max should be able to continue living, pain free. She is also expected to walk well on three legs. 84% of interviewed dog owners who had their dogs’ leg amputated, due to sickness or injury, would do it again. That is certainly a comforting statistic. Animals, do not suffer from  the emotional trauma of losing a limb and therefore they usually recover quickly.

We hope that this will be the case for Max.

The alternatives are between putting down a n otherwise healthy dog or amputating her leg and allowing her live to the end of her natural life. The first alternative cannot be considered as an option.

There is one only issue: the cost of the procedure and related treatments. But should money hold us from saving a dog’s life?

The surgery will take place, Monday Sept 16th.

We appeal and count on your generosity and your love for animals. Please donate towards Max’s surgery’s costs. As you can see from the attachments on ORA's Facebook page, the total bills will be over $7,000. Please give generously and forward this post to as many animal caring people as you know.

Max is a very sweet dog. At the clinic, they did even need to muzzle her to take her blood or to do any other diagnostics. She just complies with any request. Despite her kind disposition, Max, a Husky mix, never got adopted. Large black dogs are often passed over by potential adopters, who get attracted by more colourful dogs. But every volunteer at ORA loved Max for her sweet nature, playfulness and her sparkle of joy in her eyes. We hope to be able to tell Max that many other people out there care for her and for her life.

Please donate on line through Canadahelps .org at

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/10929 

or call us with your credit card information at 416 726 5762 as we need the funds pretty fast to pay these bills. Alternatively, you can send a cheque payable to ORA to:

ORA
P.O. Box 22608,300 Coxwell Ave
TORONTO, ON M4L 3W7

Charitable Tax Receipts are issued for any donation over $20

Many thanks from all of us at ORA and from Maxine.

Claudia Vecchio
Chair
ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
www.ora-animalsrescue.org
Tel: 416 726 5762

Ora is a Grassroots, All Volunteer-Based, strictly No-Kill, Registered Charity #85580-9448-RR0001

ORA does not receive any public funding and we are funded uniquely on private donations

Help us win $10K for Tommy!

Donate what you can today at 

canadahelps.org/en/dn/10929 

and RT or Like Tommy's post on
Twitter @ORA_Rescue

to help ORA win $10000!

Great Canadian Giving Challenge

Dear Animal Supporter,

For every dollar you donate in the month of June to ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals, ORA will be automatically entered to win $10,000 in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. This is a program instituted by Canadahelps.org to promote charitable giving during this off-season time when charitable giving is at its lowest.

Animals need your support and your help every time of the year, they eat every day also during off-giving season and they require veterinarian care even when donations are not at the forefront in the minds of people.

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is a laudable initiative to promote giving in this time of the year when nice weather, outings and holidays may distract even animal supporters from the everyday need of animals to be rescued, to be saved, healed and nurtured.

Please consider donating to ORA in the month of June through

https://www.canadahelps.org/gcgc/81603 
(Great Canadian Giving Challenge)

The more you donate to ORA during the month of June, the more chances ORA has to win!

Thanks from Sophie, (hereunder), one of our longtime residents, as ORA’s “spokescat” in name of all the cats and dogs presently in the care of ORA.

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals (CRN# 855809448RR0001) is a grassroots animal rescue charitable organization entirely run by volunteers. ORA does not receive any public funding and is funded uniquely on private donations: 100% of all donated money goes to the animals. ORA adheres to a strict No-Kill principle. Unadoptable animals are allowed to live until the end of their natural lives in the residences of ORA’s volunteers. For more information, please call 416-726-5762, 416-726-8895, or email VecchioCT@aol.com.

Tax receipts are issued upon request for all donations

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
http://ora-animalsrescue.org

BREAKING NEWS

ORA's and Animal-related news to keep you informed and entertained! 

UPDATE AT ORA - JULY 2018: The Robin family has vacated their nest and five new robins are enjoying the summer weather. We see many robins around now, patiently sitting on the grass, hunting for worms!

The cats have finally retaken possession of their favourite run at ORA and are enjoying the outdoors when the weather is not too torrid. Happy ending! 

Please see some of the photos of the cats in "their run" taken in the last few days:

Notice the diluted calico, Gloria, sitting in the highest perch and the abandoned bird's nest behind her.

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PREVIOUS BREAKING NEWS

ORA's and Animal-related news to keep you informed and entertained! 

Baby Robins Keep 15 Cats Hostage!

These beautiful and healthy-looking baby robins are soon going to leave their nest to the great relief of 15 cats (the oldest cats at ORA Residential Sanctuary) that have been expelled from their outdoor run by the Robin family.

 

Over one month ago we noticed a well-constructed and rather large nest built on a shelf of one of the outdoor cat runs. We were amazed by the audacity and intelligence of the mother and father robins. What better place to build a nest than on an already existing and solid shelf in a large cage? It is undoubtedly the perfect place to raise a bird family, inaccessible to predators and protected from strong winds. But what about the cats that from time to time in the nice days come to spend a few hours safely enjoying the great outdoors? Somehow the robins must have counted on our protection. How did they know that we would have kept the cats away? Perhaps they understood somehow that the inhabitants of the house care for all animals. Or perhaps it is because we feed the birds good food throughout the winter and the nesting season.

In any case, the day after our discovery, we found five robins’ eggs in the nest so we informed the very disappointed cats that access to their run was precluded until the robins had flown away. The cats are counting the days, complaining every morning at the door that gives access to the run. That door will remain closed for a few more days.

All five eggs have hatched and five hungry, fast-growing robins are keeping both their parents busy with feeding sessions. We are honoured that this Robin family has selected our garden as a safe place to give birth at. They rely on our protection.

*Please note that in the photo only two robins are visible as we did not want to go too close to the nest for fear that the robins get scared and fall from the nest.

Great Canadian Giving Challenge 2017

Dear Animal Supporter,

For every dollar you donate in the month of June to ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals, ORA will be automatically entered to win $10,000 in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. This is a program instituted by Canadahelps.org to promote charitable giving during this “off-season” time when charitable giving is at its lowest.

Animals need your support and your help every time of the year, they eat every day also during “off giving season” and they require veterinarian care even when donations are not at the forefront in the minds of people.

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is certainly a laudable initiative to promote giving in this time of the year when nice weather, outings and holidays may distract even animal supporters from the everyday need of animals to be rescued, to be saved, healed and nurtured.

Please consider donating to ORA in the month of June through

https://www.canadahelps.org/gcgc/81603 
(Great Canadian Giving Challenge)

The more you donate to ORA during the month of June, the more chances ORA has to win!

Thanks from Jazzy, (hereunder), one of our latest rescues, as ORA’s “spokesdog” in name of all the cats and dogs presently in the care of ORA.

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals (CRN# 855809448RR0001) is a grassroots animal rescue charitable organization entirely run by volunteers. ORA does not receive any public funding and is funded uniquely on private donations: 100% of all donated money goes to the animals. ORA adheres to a strict No-Kill principle. Unadoptable animals are allowed to live until the end of their natural lives in the residences of ORA’s volunteers. For more information, please call 416-726-5762, 416-726-8895, or email VecchioCT@aol.com.

Tax receipts are issued for all donations

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
http://ora-animalsrescue.org