June 2008 - Posts

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: Deflation? By Michael Mountain

  Our local airport is St. George, about 75 miles from the sanctuary. It's a small commuter airport, with flights just to Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, and in small planes that seat about 30 people and tend to bounce around when landing in the summer... Read full blog posting >> with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Chicago

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: The eBay donation By Michael Mountain

  While we'd been having the members meeting and talking about Safe Humane, thousands of other people were having a whole other meeting altogether – at the big McCormick Place Convention Center. It was the annual eBay Convention, and I'd been invited... Read full blog posting >> with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Chicago, eBay

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: The members meeting By Michael Mountain

  It was an overflow crowd at the members meeting, which began at 7 pm. – about 260 people. We'd set up the meeting at only a few days' notice, so it was good of so many people to drop everything and come by the hotel. I love members meetings, and... Read full blog posting >> with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Chicago

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: Safe haven & intervention By Michael Mountain

  Friday June 20th, 5 p.m. Before the members meeting, we invite some of the local organizations over to talk about why we're here and what we're doing. There are about 40 people at this get-together. Some of them already know about safe Humane... Read full blog posting >> with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Chicago, Safe Humane

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: “How many of you kids have seen a dog fight?” By Michael Mountain

  Friday June 20th Paul Berry, our exec director, standing at the back in the photo, has already been in Chicago a couple of days, working with Cynthia Bathurst, who heads up the Safe Humane program in Chicago. Yesterday, they took some dogs over to the... Read full blog posting >> with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Best Friends, Chicago, Safe Humane

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: At the TV studio By Michael Mountain

  Friday 20th June , noon. WCIU TV is known throughout Chicago as "the dog channel." And they launched their "Top Dog" contest in April, with viewers invited to vote online for Chicago's top dog. Yvette Pina entered the contest and... Read full blog posting >> with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Dogs, Best Friends, Michael Mountain, Chicago

• Jun 26 2008 Chicago: Flying over the floods By Michael Mountain

  Thurs, June 19. I'm flying into Chicago from Best Friends for a members meeting tomorrow. As we start the descent, we're over Iowa and this, or something just like this, is what I'm seeing out of the window. (I can't get to my own camera... Read full blog posting >> with no comments Filed under: Best Friends, Cats, News, Michael Mountain, Rescue, floods

• Jun 26 2008 About this blog By Michael Mountain

  We've been dedicating this blog to the Vicktory dogs since they arrived here last December. But we have other things to report in a general Best Friends blog, so this page is now becoming the general Best Friends blog. There are still regular updates... Read full blog posting >> with no comments