A.F.F. Presentation at the Bush School ::
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Animals First Foundation was invited by The Bush School to make a presentation about animals.  With combined information received from local shelters (Kent, Everett, Seattle and Tacoma) and large organizations like HSUS and PETA, we discussed the growing problems surrounding overflowing shelters, euthanasia, spay/neuter and discrimination of Pit Bulls in our area.  We brought in Porterhouse, one of our rescue Pits, who suffered from physical abuse before ending up in a shelter in Eastern Washington and came close to being put down when we took him in.  It was important to us that both kids and adults see a Pit in a different way - that THEY are the victims and how they can be affected.  Porterhouse has made great progress in his confidence and we were proud to see him walk in the room representing his breed well to a group of interested kids fascinated by the "Pit Bull".  He was so impressive that someone from the faculty took interest in possibly fostering him (cross your fingers).

Part of our goal is to reach out to the community and inform them about the latest issues surrounding animals from cats, dogs to the seals and wolves in the wild.  Many people live their lives never knowing or not wanting to know that animals silently suffer and need our help.  We believe an active role must be taken beyond the act of rescuing.  We must do all we can to prevent the need to rescue.

We thank the shelters and organizations for supporting our effort by sharing their data.  We look forward to visiting more schools, businesses and communities to help people come to the aid of animals.