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If You Lose or Find a Pet 2010

If You Lose or Find a Pet

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
July 16, 2010

What do you do when you’ve Lost or Found a Pet?  How do you Safely check for news, spread the news, and more?

⇒ NOTE: Though links to outside sites appear below for reference, I’m not endorsing them.  – Ann Parry Photography Inc.

CAT FOUND

Well, a friendly white and black female cat, green eyes, about 1 year old, strolled up to our front stoop to visit our cat Hillary, who was in a cat stroller, earlier this week. Unfortunately, this kitty found near the Merrick-Bellmore border doesn’t have a collar and ID tag, so we don’t know her name or address.

  • UPDATE: ‘Cat Found in Merrick’ is back with family!  More info at the end of this post.

If this white and black cat is a member of your family, please contact us by email at [edit: contact info removed after owner found]. We will release her only to her proven owner, so emailing a photo you took of her would be a good way to help show she is your cat.

She is very affectionate, so she is, or was, part of a loving family that she must miss.

Check for News – Spread the News

Sad, but Important:  If you lose a pet, immediately tell your neighbors, & contact all public/town animal shelters in a wide area around you.  (For ex, I’d contact all L.I. public shelters, starting with close ones.)  Because of serious overcrowding, many shelters do NOT have a No-Kill policy, so time is very important! When we found kitty, one of the first things we did was post “Found Cat” flyers, which include her photo and basic description, in the area. These are free ways to spread the news, and check for news  – whether it’s online posts, flyers, email, or phone calls – about a lost or found pet:

  • Petfinder
  • Public Animal Shelters, such as Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
  • Private Animal Shelters
  • Veterinarians and Animal Hospitals
  • News Bulletin Boards at Community Social and Sports Centers, Places of Worship
  • News Boards at Stores that sell Pet Supplies and more
  • Websites of your Community and groups you belong to (North and Central Merrick Civic Association posted a notice on its site.)
  • Online Newspaper in your area might run a free Lost Pet or Found Pet notice (Merrick Patch ran my Found Cat notice with photo)

To get your flyers as widespread as possible, contact shelters, vets, pet supply store, and ask if they’ll let you email them a flyer, so they can print it out and hang it where visitors see it.

Your Safety

Whether you’ve lost or found a pet, protect your safety and guard against scams meant to get your money. If you create a separate email account to use on flyer and online ad, you can avoid posting any personal information. Make an email address that is easy for someone to remember or copy down correctly. Do not agree to pay to have your pet shipped back to you. In fact, if you lost your pet, do NOT send money in any form for any reason.

Some Tips from Petfinder.com on avoiding would-be scammers:

  • Anything that sounds too good to be true, probably is. (Listen to your gut feeling if something seems wrong, no matter how much you want to believe it.)
  • Stay local and avoid dealing with anyone who says pet needs to be shipped
  • Avoid playing into the cruelty of false lost pet responses. Some mean, dishonest people purposely target the sad, vulnerable owners of lost pets.
  • Do not wire funds, do not use cashier’s checks, do not use money orders, do not give out any banking or financial information.

Pet ID Tags & more

It’s very important your pet wears a collar with an ID tag and/or has a pet identification tattoo.  Pet ID microchips are good extra protection, especially in case a collar with ID tag comes off, but have something visible to the unaided eye also. Kitty wasn’t wearing an ID tag, so during her first visit to Merrick Veterinary Group, Dr. Allison Villa carefully ran the microchip scanner up and down her several times. Like 99% of cats, kitty is not microchipped, but it was definitely worth checking.

Health

If you already have pets in your family, and then find a lost pet, keep them separate until a vet tests for contagious parasites and infectious diseases (and then pet receives medical treatment, if necessary), and  finds pet safe to be in contact with other animals.

UPDATE 1:  During kitty’s second checkup at the Merrick Veterinary Group, Dr. Allison Villa gave her treatment and medicine for a problem, tested and found her negative for FIV, FeLV, de-wormed her, and gave her a Rabies shot update.

Indoor Cat VS Outdoor Cat

Wondering if your cat should be an indoor or outdoor cat? An indoor cat lives about 12 years, and sometimes up to 20, but an outdoor cat lives an average of only 5 years.  This information came from  Merrick Veterinary Group, the Humane Society of the United States, Cat World, and Catster:

Dangers for Outdoor Cats

  • Being hit by a car or other vehicle on street or in parking lot.
  • Animal Cruelty –  Please visit the  Humane Society of the United States and ASPCA if you are interested in learning about how to help stop animal cruelty. 
  • Poison –  anti-freeze and some types of fertilizer are two of the often fatal poison risks 
  • Other animals (cats, dogs, wild animals) hurting or killing them – 10 wild animals that attack house pets
  • Infectious diseases from other cats  – Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), Feline Leukemia (FeLV), and Feline Upper Respiratory Infection (URI).
  • Parasites such as fleas, ticks, ringworm
  • Getting lost and/or getting picked up by animal control.

Adopt a Rescue Animal

♥  We heard about a wonderful family who was interested in adopting “Found Cat” if her family stayed lost. If you’re ready to open your heart and home to a shelter pet:

  • Adopt A Pet  Adopt-a-Pet helps you find animal shelters in your area

UPDATE 2:  7/25/2010 – We found kitty’s loving family! A nearby neighbor we didn’t even know had a cat, let alone one so precious, saw a sign we posted. Kitty’s name  is Patches – how cute – and she returned home today.  Patches looks young for her age – she’s around eight years old.

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  • NOTE:  Above post is updated version of one from my former blog.
Duelling Divas' Humor on the High Cs, in Merrick, NY, 2010

Duelling Divas’ Humor on the High C’s

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (annparry.com)
May 14, 2010

The Duelling Divas brought Humor to the High C’s during their recent Long Island concert, presented by the Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association.

MERRICK, NY - February 21: Duelling Divas stars, sopranos Birgit Firavante and Wendy Reynolds - wearing Roman cloaks and singing ?Mira, O Norma? and ?Casta Diva? from Bellini's "Norma" - in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association on February 21, 2010 at Merrick, NY. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Merrick, N.Y.,, USA. February 21, 2010.  Duelling Divas, (L-R) sopranos BIRGIT FIORAVANTE and WENDY REYNOLDS, singing ‘Mira, O Norma’ from Bellini’s ‘Norma’ – in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association. (© 2010 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Sopranos Birgit Fioravante aka The Baroness and Wendy Reynolds aka La Bouvier, and pianist Heather Coltman aka Paige Turner are beautiful musicians and inspired comic actresses.

MERRICK, NY - February 21: Duelling Divas stars, sopranos Birgit Firavante and Wendy Reynolds - wearing Roman cloaks and singing ?Mira, O Norma? and ?Casta Diva? from Bellini's "Norma" - in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association on February 21, 2010 at Merrick, NY. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Merrick, N.Y., USA. February 21, 2010. Duelling Divas sopranos (L-R) BIRGIT FIORAVANTE and WENDY REYNOLDS sing from Bellini’s ‘Norma’ – in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association at Calhoun High School. (© 2010 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

My mother and my brother John were opera singers, and I remember listening, from the time I was a very young child, to opera playing on the stereo with Mom singing along. Well, I enjoyed the grand opera and grand hi-jinx of the Duelling Divas in Merrick even more than many Metropolitan Opera productions I’ve caught in Manhattan.

What great fun it was seeing southern belle La Bouvier parry The Baroness, who went from regal to fierce to deflated as she emptied her jeweled flask, while Paige Turner valiantly, vainly refereed the Duelling Divas during their überspirited jealous rages.

MERRICK, NY - February 21: Duelling Divas concert with sopranos Birgit Firavante and Wendy Reynolds and pianist Heather Coltman in bloody fight, one using sword to block hatchet swung at her face, in Mad scene from Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association. (© 2010 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Merrick, N.Y., USA. February 21, 2010. In Duelling Divas concert, sopranos (L-R) BIRGIT FIORAVANTE and WENDY REYNOLDS thrust and parry in Mad scene from Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Assoc. (© 2010 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

The Duelling Divas have super loyal fans from throughout the country, and quite a few traveled from Manhattan and beyond to attend the concert and then chat with the Divas afterward. For audience members seeing the Duelling Divas for the first time, many said how surprised they were that the three classical musicians were so funny. Others said how they were surprised the hilarious comic actresses were such accomplished opera singers. Brava, Divas!

MERRICK, NY - February 21: Duelling Divas concert - starring opera sopranos Birgit Firavante and Wendy Reynolds and pianist Heather Coltman - in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association on February 21, 2010 at Merrick, NY. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Merrick, N.Y., USA.  February 21, 2: Duelling Divas concert – starring opera sopranos BIRGIT FIORAVANTE & WENDY REYNOLDS & pianist HEATHER COLTMAN – in comic opera concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Assoc. (© 2010 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com,

Jump at the chance to see the Duelling Divas when they charge into your area.

  • NOTE: This post is an expanded version of one from my former blog.

Duelling Divas 2010:  my PHOTO GALLERY

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Merrick, NY, USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest (in pirate gear) and Board Members of MBCCA pose after concert: L-R, ARTHUR GOTTLIEB, RUTH SILVERMAN, BARRY SILVERMAN, BARBARA TURCHIN, recorder player PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, violinist DAVID GREENBERG, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, at Calhoun High School. (© 2008 Ann Parry, AnnParry.com)

Red Priest: Pirates of the Baroque

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (annparry.com)
[expanded version of 2/23/2008 post from my previous blog]

ARRRGG!

The RED PRIEST concert ‘Pirates of the Baroque’ presented by the Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association was electrifying, thanks to recorder virtuoso PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, and violinist DAVID GREENBERG.

This unique early music British Baroque instrumental group founded in 1997 by Adams has fierce playing, staying, and – metaphorically speaking – slaying power. 

Merrick, New York, USA. February 17, 2008. Red Priest, baroque music group with recorder player PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, and violinist DAVID GREENBERG performs in concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun High School. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Merrick, N.Y., USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest, baroque music group with recorder player PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, and violinist DAVID GREENBERG performs in concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun H.S. (© 2008 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

– Red Priest –

Merrick, NY, USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Piers Adams of Red Priest practices playing recorder shortly before the baroque groups' concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun H.S. (© 2008 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com

Merrick, N.Y., USA. Feb. 17, 2008. PIERS ADAMS of Red Priest practices playing recorder before the baroque groups’ concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Assoc., at Calhoun H.S. (© 2008 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

– Red Priest –

Merrick, New York, USA. February 17, 2008. Red Priest, baroque music group cellist ANGELA EAST performs in concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun High School. (© 2008 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com

Merrick, N.Y., USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest baroque music group cellist ANGELA EAST performs in concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun H.S. (© 2008 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

– Red Priest –

 

 

Merrick, New York, USA. February 17, 2008. Red Priest, baroque music group harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH strikes a pose during intermission of concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun High School. (© 2008 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com

Merrick, N.Y., USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest, baroque music group harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH strikes a pose during intermission of concert presented by Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association MBCCA, at Calhoun High School. (© 2008 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

UPDATE 2010:  Autographed Posters – At the risk of missing their plane as they were about to fly back to England at the end of their 2008 U.S tour, each of the four Red Priest members kindly signed several copies of a poster I created from the following group photo.

I gave signed copies to Arthur Gottlieb, the Silvermans, and Barbara Turchin, and kept one for myself, of course.

Merrick, NY, USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest (in pirate gear) and Board Members of MBCCA pose after concert: L-R, ARTHUR GOTTLIEB, RUTH SILVERMAN, BARRY SILVERMAN, BARBARA TURCHIN, recorder player PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, violinist DAVID GREENBERG, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, at Calhoun High School.(© 2008 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com. (© 2008 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Merrick, N.Y., USA. Feb. 17, 2008. Red Priest (in pirate gear) and MBCCA Board Members pose after concert: L-R, ARTHUR GOTTLIEB, RUTH SILVERMAN, BARRY SILVERMAN, BARBARA TURCHIN, recorder player PIERS ADAMS, cellist ANGELA EAST, violinist DAVID GREENBERG, harpsichord player HOWARD BEACH, at Calhoun H.S. (© 2008 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

  • FYI from Long Island:  1965 photo below of MBCCA Board Members includes my mom, Mary Ann Parry – but no pirates:
Merrick or Bellmore, New York, USA. 1965. Members of MBCCA Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association, including 2 of the founders: Mary Ann Parry second from right, Leon Summit third from right. Bertha Winters also a founder.

1965 Board Members of MBCCA Merrick Bellmore Community Concert Association. The photo includes two of MBCCA’s four founders: MARY ANN PARRY 2nd from right, and LEON SUMMIT 3rd from right. Not included are BETTY MORDOFF HENDRIX and BERTHA WINTER, who were also founders. (1965 Creator: Ed Muller, CLICK for Photo & Usage info)

Red Priest concert:  my PHOTO GALLERY

Red Priest Official Site:  RedPriest.com

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  • NOTE: This post is an expanded version of one from my former blog.