Animal lovers are invited to Liberty Humane Society?s fourth annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser on Sunday, March 2nd from 5-7PM at VB3 located at 475 Washington Boulevard in Jersey City. Guests will be invited to sample a selection of red and white wines, antipasti dishes, and gourmet pizzas while toasting to another year of helping the helpless furry friends in our local community.

This fundraiser benefits animals like Ruby, a goofy and oh-so lovable dog that was surrendered by her owner after a failed attempt at impregnating her that ended with an infection they couldn't afford to treat. It was the owner?s intent to have her euthanized rather than treat the infection, but luckily Liberty Humane was there. Ruby was taken into the shelter, is now scheduled to have the surgery she needs, and will be ready to find a new, loving family very soon! The type of care Ruby is receiving at Liberty Humane is only possible because of our community?s involvement in events like this.

Tickets to the annual Wine Tasting are $35 and can be purchased here in advance: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/we ... .aspx?name=libertyhs&id=2. Tickets will also be available at the door.

Things are looking up for feral cats in Jersey City?s 07306 zip code. That?s because the area, currently overrun with unowned cats, has been selected as the focus of a 250-cat targeted spay/neuter project, to be jointly administered by Liberty Humane Society and Neighborhood Cats. The project is made possible by a grant from PetSmart Charities?.

In the coming months cats in the target area will be humanely trapped, spayed and neutered, and returned to their original locations. Spay/neuter services will be provided by the People for Animals clinic in Hillside, NJ. The cats will also be vaccinated against rabies and ?eartipped? ? under anesthesia the tip of the left ear is painlessly removed, to permanently mark the cat as being ?fixed?. The whole process is called Trap-Neuter-Return or ?TNR? and is the best way to gradually reduce the numbers of outdoor cats while improving overall health and eliminating the mating behaviors that create public nuisances, like pungent tomcat spray and late-night caterwauling.

The city?s 07306 zip code accounts for one of Liberty Humane Society?s highest intake rates of feral and stray cats, with 143 kittens and adults turned in over the past year. TNR for this targeted project will be concentrated in the area?s northeast section as far west as Tonnelle Avenue and with Lincoln Highway marking the southern border.

Residents in the target area can report the locations of unneutered colonies by contacting our Jersey City Feral Cat Hotline, (201) 351-7772 or by emailing info@neighborhoodcats.org. Community members can also receive training from Neighborhood Cats to become feral cat caretakers ? a sort of kitty guardian angel ? to make sure their colonies are properly fed and sheltered. Anyone interested in fostering a kitten or friendly cat rescued from outdoors during the TNR project may inquire about Liberty Humane Society?s foster care program; visit the shelter at 235 Jersey City Blvd. or email volunteer@libertyhumane.org.








ABOUT LIBERTY HUMANE SOCIETY
Liberty Humane Society (LHS) is a non-profit animal shelter and welfare organization based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Aside from providing care, treatment, and adoption placement for thousands of homeless animals each year, Liberty Humane Society offers public programs designed to support responsible pet ownership and decrease the number of homeless pets in our community. Through partnerships with national organizations and regional groups, Liberty Humane Society puts progressive ideas to work to improve the lives of local companion animals, both inside and outside the sheltering system. For more info, http://libertyhumane.org/

ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CATS

Neighborhood Cats is one of the nation's leading advocacy groups for feral and stray cats. Based in New York City, the organization manages a city-wide Trap-Neuter-Return program involving thousands of cat colony caretakers and offering training, equipment, discount spay/neuter, winter shelters and trapper incentives. Neighborhood Cats has also produced many of the leading educational materials on feral cats in the animal welfare field, including The Neighborhood Cats TNR Handbook and How to Perform a Mass Trapping video. Through its own work as well as partnerships with local and national animal welfare groups, Neighborhood Cats continues to improve the lives of feral and stray cats everywhere. To learn more, visit www.neighborhoodcats.org.

ABOUT PETSMART CHARITIES

PetSmart Charities, Inc. is a nonprofit animal welfare organization that saves the lives of homeless pets. More than 400,000 dogs and cats find homes each year through our adoption program in all PetSmart? stores and our sponsored adoption events. PetSmart Charities grants more money to directly help pets in need than any other animal welfare group in North America, with a focus on funding spay/neuter services that help communities solve pet overpopulation. PetSmart Charities is a 501(c)(3) organization, separate from PetSmart, Inc.

Liberty Humane Society, located at 235 Jersey City Boulevard in Jersey City, will be hosting the shelter?s second annual Name Your Price Adoption Promotion from Thursday, October24th through Tuesday, October 29th which allows adopters to pay any amount they choose for their new pet. The shelter will feature special hours of 2-7PM on Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday and 11AM-4PM on Saturday and Sunday for this promotion only.

Each and every LHS animal will be a part of the Name Your Price Adoption Promotion and they will all come spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. Plus, adopters will leave with a special goodie bag for their new pet!

The shelter houses hundreds of cats and dogs and our adoption counselors are here to help adopters choose the animal who best suits their lifestyle. Each of the animals are behaviorally evaluated so we know just how to make the purr-fect match!

Visit http://libertyhumane.org/adopt.php to preview some of the animals available for adoption.

Liberty Humane Society?s biggest fundraiser and outdoor festival of the year, Bark in the Park, will be held this Saturday from noon to 5PM at Hoboken?s Church Square Park! We encourage animal lovers to join us for the walk and festival for a day of fun benefiting the homeless animals at Liberty Humane Society. The donations that are raised at this event are put towards everything the Liberty Humane animals need to find their forever homes including vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, and so much more. Click here for more information about the event: http://libertyhumane.donorpages.com/BarkinthePark2013/

To celebrate the event?s 10th anniversary, we?re making the festival even bigger and better for our guests! We?re pleased to welcome Justin Silver, star of the CBS series ?Dogs in the City? as our celebrity host provided by the Hoboken Comedy Festival.

Lots of fun is planned for humans as well with the children?s carnival, a 50/50 cash raffle, and a silent auction which you can also take part in online. There will also be plenty of opportunities to get your pup some exercise. Try out their athletic skills on the agility course where volunteers will be on-hand to help your pooch along the course. Get your dog?s costume and best tricks ready because there will also be awesome prizes for this year?s contests. (Hint: Prizes will include something for mom/dad and the pup.) Join us for all of this plus shopping at the pet boutique filled with 40+ vendors, $25 microchipping, and the chance to meet local skateboarding celebrity, Beefy the Bulldog.

Looking to add a furry companion to your life? The adoption area will feature animals big and small from Liberty Humane, TLC Rescue, and See Spot Rescued.


So take a walk for the homeless animals of Jersey City and Hoboken! Online registration for the walk will be open until Friday at 5PM, but you can also register the day-of beginning at 11:30AM. The festival afterwards is free and open to everyone!

Liberty Humane Society is also thankful for our friends at K9dergarten and Yelp for being the main sponsors of Bark in the Park 2013.

Liberty Humane Society and The Brightside Tavern would like to invite supporters and karaoke enthusiasts to the Karaoke for K9s and Kitties Fundraiser. Get your dancing shoes on and your singing voice ready for a fantastic evening benefiting the homeless animals at Liberty Humane.

Tickets are $25 and include karaoke, food, one cocktail ticket, and a cash bar for the rest of the night. Plus, the best karaoke performer of the evening will have the opportunity to have a video of their performance broadcast over the LHS facebook page!

The event will be held on Sunday, August 18th from 7-9PM at The Brightside Tavern located at 141 Bright Street in Jersey City, NJ. Reserve your spot today by visiting the Liberty Humane ticket website: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/we ... .aspx?name=libertyhs&id=2

If no one has done so yet, this suspected incident should also be reported to NJSPCA as they are the state-empowered organization dedicated to prosecuting animal cruelty in NJ. You can fill out the online form located here: http://njspca.org/report-abuse.htm. Please include as much detail as possible in your report.

If any additional information about this incident is reported to LHS, we will be sure to pass it along to the Jersey City Health Department and the NJSPCA.

Liberty Humane Society is thrilled to announce that James Roday and Maggie Lawson, stars of the popular show ?Psych? on the USA Network, will be attending Bark in the Park 2012 on September 29th in Hoboken's Church Square Park! James and Maggie will be leading the walk fundraiser which begins at noon and then hanging out with attendees throughout the day. They will also be the hosts of the LHS Doggie Couture Fashion Show which will feature the shelter dogs walking down the runway in clothes donated by local pet stores.

"Maggie and I are thrilled to be hosting Liberty Humane's Bark in the Park. We initially mistook the event for a tree hugging ceremony involving a communal picnic. Since we'll probably never make it to Burning Man, it seemed like a fun little excursion to jump into,? said James Roday. ?Then we were told it's actually going to help promote animal welfare. As rescue "parents" ourselves, this was even more ideal. But seriously, LHS is like the little engine that could, so please come out and support a great cause and be a part of an event that will have a positive impact in your community. And adopt a dog -- or a cat or both."

Sign up for the Bark in the Park walk today and attend the pet expo afterwards for your chance to meet the stars of ?Psych? and to be a part of this blowout fundraiser for Liberty Humane Society. Register via the Bark in the Park website at http://libertyhumane.donorpages.com/Event/

Liberty Humane Society?s Bark in the Park fundraising event is coming back to Hoboken?s Church Square Park on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from noon to 5 PM! This event begins with a half-mile walk around Hoboken. Fundraisers can sign up to take part in the walk by logging-on to the Bark in the Park website (http://libertyhumane.org/dogwalk.php) and raise money to walk either as an individual or in a team. This year Liberty Humane Society (LHS) is awarding some fabulous prizes including an iPad 2 for the top individual fundraiser! The first 100 registrants will also receive a special VIP bag filled with lots of goodies for you and your dog.

The walk concludes at the Bark in the Park Pet Expo in Church Square Park which will feature demonstrations by the LHS Dog Agility Team, Shira the Pet Psychic, the Yankee Flyers Dog and Disc Club, and the Jersey City K9 Unit. Also, participants can shop at over 50 different pet vendor booths, see the LHS Doggie Couture Fashion Show, receive low-cost micro-chipping for their dogs, and enter dog trick contests for a chance to win great prizes!

Bark in the Park 2012 is sponsored by LHS?s friends at Cornerstone Pets, Hound Around Dog Walking, Liberty Landing Marina, Boca?s Play-N-Stay, Jersey City Independent, Freshpet, Hoboken Dog Wash, and Merck Animal Health. These sponsors are committed to helping the homeless animals and supporting LHS?s mission.

Join us by signing up for the walk today!

Every spring hundreds of kittens and pregnant mother cats are taken in by Liberty Humane Society during ?kitten season? which is the time of year when cats typically reproduce. Since LHS is an open-admission shelter, the facility accepts each and every kitten that arrives on the doorstep. In past years, LHS has taken in as many as 1,000 kittens during this season, which runs from March through late-summer. At times, ten or more kittens can come through the doors in just one day! The unseasonably warm temperatures this year created a longer mating season which will only increase the flood of kittens.

To highlight the ?threat? kittens pose to the shelter?s stability, we?ve created a video parody that we hope will increase awareness about LHS?s plight.
Please visit the LHS website to view our spoof and see how the community can support LHS during this time.

Liberty Humane Society will be hosting a Wellness Clinic this Saturday, 3/31 from 1-5PM.

This service provides low-cost vaccinations, testing, micro-chipping and medications for dogs and cats. Clinics operate on a first-come, first-served basis so your patience is appreciated.

Please see the website for a full list of services -
http://libertyhumane.org/low-cost_clinic.php

Pets enrich our lives by providing companionship and unconditional love; therefore, the tragic loss of a pet can leave a family absolutely devastated. It can be especially traumatic when that loss was the result of a sudden, unforeseen accident. Kevin and Bethany Rose of Hoboken, New Jersey experienced just that on the evening of Sunday, February 19th when their two beloved cats, Tessa and Jack, were trapped in the horrific fire that tore through their apartment located in the 300 Washington Street building in Hoboken which is currently undergoing demolition.

The fire began shortly after 7pm on the bottom floor of the building. While Bethany and Kevin were out of town for the evening, their cat sitter Pat Lombardi of Pat?s Pets called in a frantic state to notify them of the fire. Devastated by the news, Bethany and Kevin immediately rushed back to Hoboken. All they could think about was the safety of their two cats. ?The scene was horrifying when we arrived in Hoboken. By the time we reached the building, firefighters were no longer allowed into the burning structure and the fire was raging on the fourth and fifth floors.? said Bethany. At 4am the next morning, Bethany and Kevin finally received the news that their beloved cats Tessa and Jack did not survive the fire. They had been victims of smoke inhalation. Companions until the end, Tessa and Jack were found by firefighters under the bed huddled together. The next day, Pat Lombardi returned to the apartment with firefighters to retrieve the two cats so they could be properly laid to rest.

Tessa and Jack came into Bethany and Kevin?s life in 2008. Tessa had a rough start. She was initially found by a rescue group as a pregnant mom and roaming the streets of the Bronx. Bethany and Kevin adopted Tessa after her kittens had already found their forever homes. Tessa had some medical problems at first including an ear infection that required surgery resulting in deafness and imbalance. Despite this, her playful personality persisted so the family decided to bring a playmate, Jack, into her life. Together, Tessa and Jack won the hearts of everyone they came in contact with ? even those individuals who insisted they didn?t like cats.

In honor of Tessa and Jack?s memory, Bethany and Kevin Rose will be setting up ?The Tessa and Jack Memorial Fund? at Liberty Humane Society. The memorial fund will be utilized to develop infrastructure improvements to Liberty Humane?s cat housing. After a successful kennel fundraising campaign performed last year, Liberty Humane is still in need of housing upgrades for the thousands of homeless cats that come through the door every year.

?Proper housing is one of the leading factors in decreasing stress and medical complications in the shelter while providing a more esthetically pleasing environment to visitors, which leads to more adoptions? says Irene Borngraeber, Director of Development and Operations. ?We are deeply touched that the Roses have chosen to honor Tessa and Jack?s memory through such a lasting gift to Liberty Humane. Their generosity in the midst of personal tragedy speaks to the strength and endurance of the human-animal bond?.

?Kevin and I have shed many tears over our losses over the past couple of weeks, but we have also been touched by the incredible kindness that has emerged,? said Bethany. ?We want to turn this terrible event into an opportunity to help other cats and animals in need.?

A special page has been set up in Tessa and Jack?s honor on the Liberty Humane Society website at www.libertyhumane.org/donate.php which can be accessed to donate to the memorial fund. Please help keep the memory of Tessa and Jack alive by generously contributing to this fund. With your help, Liberty Humane Society can continue to help other cats like Tessa and Jack find their loving companions.

Liberty Humane Society will be hosting a Wellness Clinic this Sunday, 3/4 from 1 PM - 6 PM.

This service provides low-cost vaccinations, testing, micro-chipping and medications for dogs and cats. Clinics operate on a first-come, first-served basis so your patience is appreciated.

Please see the website for a full list of services -
http://libertyhumane.org/low-cost_clinic.php