The real test of how effective an organization is comes

when it is confronted with a significant challenge.

Hurricane Sandy presented the Monmouth County

SPCA with such a challenge and we rose to meet it.

Starting the day after the storm, the organization began

to mobilize by coordinating animal rescue efforts,

preparing our facility to take in additional animals and

by providing pet food and supplies to impacted

families so that their pets could remain with them as they rebuilt their

homes. During the last months of 2012 we took in 150 animals related to

Sandy and distributed over 300,000 pounds of food. In the process we

established an official Pet Food Pantry program to continue our

outreach efforts to community shelters, food banks and at risk members

of our community.

At the same time we were able to increase the number of adoptions

and the number of lives saved by 3% over the prior year. As most of you know we opened an offsite adoption

center at the Freehold Raceway Mall mid year and adopted out over 700 animals from there. As well, we

continued to expand our humane education outreach

both in the local schools and in onsite seminars for the

public. Our low cost spay/neuter surgery clinic, weekly

community vaccination outreach and TNR initiatives

continued on track in 2012.

Our ability to provide the breadth of programs and level

of service we do was a direct result of the generous

support from over 7,000 donors in 2012. I am gratified by

your confidence in our ability to fulfill our mission to

protect and advocate for all animals and look forward in

2013 in continuing to expand our outreach and to saving

even more lives.

Jerry Rosenthal, President and CEO

GREETINGS FROM THE MCSPCA

SPRING 2013

DIRECTORY Monmouth County SPCA

Homeward Bound Adoption Center

260 Wall Street, PO Box 93

Eatontown, NJ 07724

Tel: 732.542.0040

Fax: 732.542.4552

Website: www.monmouthcountyspca.org

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday—Friday, 1PM-5PM

Saturday & Sunday—12PM-5PM

Freehold Raceway Mall Lower Level

3710 Route 9

Freehold, NJ 07728

Tel: 732.637.1960

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday—Saturday, 10AM-9:30PM

Sunday, 11AM-7PM

MCSPCA Vogel Spay/Neuter Clinic

Tel: 732.542.3125

Fax: 732.542.4552

Vaccine Clinic every Friday, 10:30AM-2PM

No appointment necessary

Dog Obedience Training

Positive, rewards-based training to help

your dog become a good family

companion

Registration: 732..542.5467

Humane Law Enforcement Division

Chief Victor “Buddy” Amato: 732.542.0040

Board of Trustees

Daran Haber, MD—Chairman

Harvey Greller—Vice Chairman

Josephine Joel—Secretary

Christopher Nalbandian—Treasurer

Pamela Knauer, Esq.

David Kelley

Alene Opatut, VMD

Kim Ruane, MBA

Laura Saker

Jerry Rosenthal—President and CEO

Karen Terpstra—VP and COO

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS Animal Shelter

Bereavement Counseling

Cruelty Investigations

Dog Obedience Training

Flea & Tick Products

Humane Law Enforcement

Lost & Found

Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic

Pet Adoptions

Vaccine Clinic

Volunteer Program

Wildlife Rescue Referrals

The Pet Pantry helps keep beloved pets in their homes by providing food, spay/neuter and

pet supplies. We believe that if people feel a strong sense of support it will eliminate the

choice between paying a household bill and buying pet food, and they are less inclined to

surrender their pet.

We are in the community giving out food and raising funds to purchase food and for spay and

neuter of pets. In November we converted the Maureen O’Brien Thrift Store into a Pet Pantry

Distribution Center to help families impacted by Sandy. We are feeding 500 pet families in

need. More than 300,000 pounds of food and supplies have been received from generous

donors in our community and across the country. Thank you!

We need wet dog and cat food, dry cat food, litter, supplies and funding.

Contact Barbara@monmouthcountyspca.org or 732.440.1524. Thank you again!

Bissell’s Partners for Pets

When you purchase pet products on bissell.com and enter the code ADOPT at checkout, a portion of your purchase is donated to our shelter. Plus, every purchase goes towards an entry for us to win a $5,000 quarterly giveaway!

We are proud to announce that we have partnered

with Red Bank Veterinary Hospital and Pets for

Patriots to offer reduced fee adoptions and veterinary

care to veterans. This program offers opportunities for members of the military community

to save a life by honorably adopting homeless adult dogs and cats.

Dr. Anthony DeCarlo, of Red Bank Veterinary Hospital said, “As soon as we found out about

the program, we were very touched by the program’s mission. We are happy to help and are

thrilled to be the first veterinary hospital to participate in New Jersey.”

We’re thrilled to be partnering with these two great organizations!

Welcome Karen Terpstra, our new Chief Operating Officer at the Monmouth

County SPCA! Karen has a wealth of experience having been the Assistant ED at

Pasadena Humane Society, ED of Humane Society of Kent County (now West

Michigan) , VP/COO of Cincinnati SPCA and VP of Operations at Charlotte

Humane. She has a degree in English from Michigan State University, is a

Certified Animal Welfare Administrator and has served on the Society for Animal

Welfare Board and Committees since 1998 and the HSUS Animal Welfare Council

from 2006—2011. She loves German Shepherds and Tuxedo Cats and has four

failed fosters—including Harry from the MCSPCA.

Nobody was more excited when longtime resident Tyrus went home than Tyrus’s best buddy, volunteer, Ken McKeel. Ken took this photo of Tyrus’ new family to celebrate.

Finding homes is what we do, so what makes Tyrus so special? He was at the shelter for almost a year before he found that perfect match. Our Behavior team, along with volunteers like Ken, worked with Tyrus during his stay to make sure that his long stay in the shelter didn’t negatively impact him. On the day he went home, his champions gave him a going away party – complete with a personalized cake for all of Tyrus’s shelter friends and new family. Please join us celebrating this wonderful moment for all of the other bully-type breeds in shelters, fosters and rescues across the country still waiting for their perfect family!

Don’t let cold weather lull you into a false sense of security and

forget to give your dog a preventatives for heartworm disease

every month. Heartworm preventatives should be

administered all year long, even in the winter months.

The disease occurs when a mosquito bites, and the larvae enter

into the dogs’ blood from the mosquitos’ saliva. While in the

dogs’ blood, the heartworm larvae grow and develop into adult

worms over a 6-9 month period. The preventative’s active

ingredient is designed to destroy any larvae present. The

disease can cause fatal heart disease if we allow larvae the time

to develop into adults that will eventually migrate through the

blood into the pulmonary arteries.

In summary, remember to give heartworm preventatives 12

months of the year to make sure that your animals are

protected from developing heartworm disease. Yearly testing

for heartworm antigen is

required prior to heartworm

preventative administration so

please visit our Friday

vaccination clinic for a

heartworm test if necessary.

Dr Jane Potter

Director of Medical Services

ANIMAL WELFARE FEDERATION OF NJ CONFERENCE When: March 22 and 23 Where: Ocean Place Resort and Spa, Long Branch For more information visit www.awfnj.org

MCSPCA 2ND ANNUAL FUR BALL When: April 20, from 6PM-11PM Where: Encore Event Center at iPlay America, Freehold Live music by Brian Kirk & the Jirks, open bar, great food, and a huge auction followed by laser tag, go carts, boardwalk games, rides and more!

5th ANNUAL RUN FOR THE ANIMALS 3K & DOGGIE DASH When: Saturday, May 18 Where: Monmouth Battlefield State Park For more info and to register online visit runfortheanimals.tumblr.com

MCSPCA 20TH ANNUAL DOG WALK & PET FAIR When: Saturday, October 5 from 10AM-3PM Where: Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ Save the date for the biggest event of the year! Information at www.mcspcadogwalk.org