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MILO NEEDS YOUR HELP IN ORDER TO KEEP RESCUING ANIMALS!   Please Donate Now, more than ever, we need your help and support.! Milo is at a crossroads financially, due to the economy and dwindling donations, fewer adoptions while struggling to get permits, rising costs, and long delays and additional costs in getting a new adoption space open.  We are trying to raise $100,000 this summer to continue to maintain a Bay Area presence, and keep rescuing and adopting animals at risk in California's animal shelters. Please see our donation page to make an online donation, or for information on mailing in your donation. Your gift of $100 will spay, test and vaccinate a cat, or neuter, vaccinate and test a dog for Heartworm, so that they can be adopted!  Please consider joining our Friends of Milo monthly giving program, for an easy and effective way to provide yearlong support for animals. Email info@milofoundation.org for information on how to sign up today! FOUNDER'S REMINDER:  FOURTH OF JULY IS FRIDAY!  Which means as of Thursday, and through the weekend, PLEASE take extra precautions to keep all dogs and cats safe and indoors!  If your dog is a new adoptee, or foster, and you haven't experienced a Fourth of July or similar with fireworks, make sure to take extra precautions.  Keep your dog home or crated if needed, leave the TV and other ambient sounds on to muffle firework noise.  Remember their hearing is way more sensitive than ours, and they do not understand the booming sounds.  Two of my personal dogs, my Long Tall Molly and my little Chihuahua What-What, both are terribly frightened by fireworks. Molly who is huge, tries to make herself tiny and crawl into ridiculously small spaces, legs trembling - open mouth breathing . . . but other dogs react much more violently and can hurt themselves as well as your house or fences and gates.  Some have jumped through glass windows!  And cats should be kept indoors for sure.  Thanks - have a safe and fun Fourth of July weekend!  Lynne I am recovering and thank you for helping me heal! Hi, my name is Jaspar.  I am a Blue Merle Heeler about 5 years old.  I live at the Sanctuary and I used to share a pen with my friend Darwin.  One night, a big wild animal came up to the fence and I ran up to bark and greet him.  I placed my front paws on the fence and wham! I got snagged!  Now my front paw is hurt badly and my doctor and my caretakers are doing all they can to save my leg.  I might need a little surgery..... mucho dinero! Can you help? I am a really sweet little guy.... very smart, very alert, very people oriented.  I love to chase, bark and play like any respectable heeler would do.  3 legs or 4 it won't make any difference to me.  Once I heal, I'll be heeling again (sorry, couldn't resist) and if you are up for fostering me while I recover, I'll love you for ever.  You should be experienced, though, because I wiggle and scream bloody murder when ever they try to dress me up.  It's all talk.  I don't bite.  I'm just scared, but I want to live.  Help me, will you?   SUMMER SANCTUARY WATER PROJECT UNDERWAY JUST IN TIME TO HAVE WATER TO FIGHT FIRES!!!! During the last week of June the Milo Sanctuary was on evacuation notice and we were faced with the very difficult threat of having our sanctuary burn and having to move the more than 200 animals to safety!  We had a wonderful outpouring of support - people offering to open their homes, to drive animals to safety, and to volunteer to care for displaced animals at evacuation sites.  Thanks to all of you who offered to help! Please donate to help us save more lives, and keep the sanctuary residents and visitors well-watered, safe and comfortable this summer!   And help insure that we have full water tanks to fight off the fires threatening our sanctuary!!!! ******************************************************** We ALWAYS need foster homes, for moms and pups, kitties, dogs, and of course we need adopters too!  Short term foster homes are needed, as the critters wait to be shown at adoption events.  This is a great way to enjoy the fun, companionship, and unconditional love, without the lifetime commitment.  If you can help, please e-mail info@milofoundation.org.   Marge                                     Rocky   Lolly's kittens                               Cyd's kittens Check our website daily for new arrivals and updates!   Next adoption events: PET FOOD EXPRESS Rockridge July 5th noon-4PM http://www.petfoodexpress.com/petfood/default.asp?pageid=49&Section=Store Animals scheduled to attend: http://www.milofoundation.org/mobileadoption.cfm?loc=13 GEORGE store, 1844 Fourth Street in Berkeley  Sunday July 6th 12-5 PM Animals scheduled to attend: http://www.milofoundation.org/mobileadoption.cfm?loc=1 EVENING ADOPTIONS!! 5-7:30 PM, July 11th At the Berkeley Pet Food Express store University Avenue at San Pablo Avenue http://www.milofoundation.org/mobileadoption.cfm?loc=12   HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website Volunteers are needed for mobile adoption days, fostering  a dog, puppies, a cat, or a group of kittens.  Also for organizational tasks such as website development, data entry, and more.  Volunteers are also needed at the sanctuary.  Email info@milofoundation.org, for more information, or to sign up to volunteer!   The mission of the Milo Foundation is to rescue adoptable at-risk animals, match them to homes best suited to provide lifetime care, rehabilitate those who need it, offer sanctuary to those who are not placed, and educate the public about responsible pet guardianship, including spay/neuter.	New Arrivals: MR BUG: Cat, 9 wks. MR BEAR: Cat, 9 wks. MR BOND: Cat, 9 wks. Mr X: Cat, 9 wks. MALACCA: Cat, Female, 4 yrs. 9 mo. BELLA: Border Collie, Mix, Female, 7 mos. CHARLOTTE: Australian Shepherd, Mix, 9 wks. JUPITER: Australian Shepherd, Mix, 9 wks. MIRANDA: Australian Shepherd, Mix, 9 wks. SPOTTY: Australian Shepherd, Mix, 9 wks.

Featured Critter: MARBLE

Breed: Cat   -  Gender: Female  -  Age: 2 yrs. 4 mo. (est)

Marble is dainty. Marble is round. Marble is content. It's even been said of this Botticelli beauty that she is so cute that "she kind of reminds me of a nice warm hat." Happy with a window, your occasional companionship and head rubs, and some plushies, Marble is the ideal companion. Strikingly colored, and beautiful, Marble will cheerfully chirp to you as you enter and leave a room, and is master of the wrap around your leg. She is independent, yet loving -- could stand to lose a few pounds, but in the meantime carries herself with the utmost decorum. She plays more than her size would give away, and must have plush toys to wrestle with at all times. In return, she will bring you joy. Being such a perfect cat in every way, Marble does have one caveat -- she should be all you need. She prefers not to live with other cats or dogs, as she knows she is well worth being your one and only. She's been waiting for almost a year and a half, and she is getting so sad. Marble is also getting nervous that she may have to go to the Milo Sanctuary and live with other cats -- she is so hoping that you will fall in love with her and adopt her forever -- or give her a foster home while she waits for her match. Like some of her human counterparts, Marble's waistline has taken a big hit post mommyhood! Her foster dad is working to rid her of a few of her extra ounces. Marble will likely always be a "big-boned gal"!! Foster dad's bio: ""Marble bonds very strongly to people, and really likes to hang around with you. She will always greet you when you get home. Don't let her generous curves fool you, Marble is a very frisky, active, and playful girl. She really loves playing with toys - kitty fishing rod, cat dancer, toy mice, catnip pillow, scratching post, you name it, shes up for it. She will follow you around the house, asking for some play time. Also very curious about sounds and goings on outside - she spends a lot of time checking out the window, to see what kinds of birds might come by. Not much of a lap cat - but she does appreciate a good scratch behind her ears or under her chin, and will cozy up to you when you are quietly reading. She is very sensitive around her back and belly, and doesn't like being pet in those areas - she'll often let you know that its uncomfortable by turning around and licking the area. When you are lying in bed, if you let her, she will be the best comforter you ever had. Particularly affectionate in the mornings (but courteous enough to let you get your beauty rest). Marble will need to be the only cat in the household - she strongly dislikes other cats (and besides, she wants you all to herself!). She would be good with adults and older children, possibly young children if they understand her sensitive back. She hasn't had any experience with dogs." Former foster mom: "Marble (Who responds more to "Matza") is a perfect mixture of affection and independence. She'll si E-mail us at to learn more about MARBLE. See More Photos of MARBLE!

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