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Kids Day at the Oak Ridge Farmers’ Market on Saturday

Posted at 11:01 pm May 19, 2015
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Kids Day at the Oak Ridge Farmers Market

Photo by East Tennessee Farmers Association for Retail Marketing

 

Don’t miss Kids Day at the Oak Ridge Farmers Market in Jackson Square this week. This free event on Saturday, May 23, will feature live farm animals, crafts, games, music, and a chef at the Market offering samples of the season’s best produce.

Kids Day activities are from 9-11:30 a.m., while the market is open 8 a.m.–noon. The highlight of the morning is a kids FARM Market Scavenger Hunt. Children will hunt for live farm animals and other interesting items brought by the farmers from their homes. Among the items they’re bringing are small farm animals, beekeeping gear, a sheep fleece, an anvil, and more!

Entertaining songs for kids and kids-at-heart will be provided by Tom Beehan, banjo player and former mayor of Oak Ridge, and several of his musical friends.

Children will have a chance to learn about healthy eating with a “My Plate” craft activity led by Anne Brock, author of the popular blog FlourSackMama.com. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Community, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: animals, Anne Brock, chef, cooking demonstration, crafts, East Tennessee FARM, East TN FARM, FARM Market, farmer's market, Farmers Association for Retail Marketing, FlourSackMama, games, Jackson Square, Kids Day, music, Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Robbie Van Nortwick, scavenger hunt, Steve Colvin, The Pampered Chef

Friends of Oak Ridge Animal Shelter has yard sale for shelter animals

Posted at 10:36 pm April 14, 2015
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Friends of Oak Ridge Animal Shelter is having a yard sale, Sales 4 Tails, to benefit shelter animals on Saturday, April 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be held in the parking lot at Security Square on Oak Ridge Turnpike across from Methodist Medical Center.

Donated items for the sale are being solicited from the public. For a list of items needed and to schedule a time to drop off items, please send an email to [email protected]. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge Tagged With: animals, Friends of Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Sales 4 Tails, veterinary expenses

Animal Shelter reopens Tuesday; changes made after distemper outbreak

Posted at 4:56 pm October 27, 2014
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Oak Ridge Animal Shelter

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter on Belgrade Road is pictured above.

Changes have been made, and the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter will reopen Tuesday after a temporary closure last week following the second distemper outbreak this year, city officials said.

The shelter staff will show reporters the changes that have been made to protect animals during an 8:30 a.m. Tuesday tour, and the shelter will open to the public at 11 a.m.

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter is located at 395 Belgrade Road.

City officials said last week that 51 animals were euthanized because of this month’s distemper outbreak, and the shelter was temporarily closed after canine distemper tests came back positive. All dogs that tested positive were euthanized to prevent the disease from spreading. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Pets, Police, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: animals, canine distemper, closure, disease, distemper, distemper outbreak, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, quarantine

Shelter cleaned after two dogs diagnosed with canine distemper, others tested

Posted at 10:18 am October 21, 2014
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Oak Ridge Animal Shelter

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter on Belgrade Road is pictured above.

 

Two dogs recently taken in by the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter have been diagnosed with canine distemper. The Animal Shelter was closed Friday and Saturday to allow for thorough cleaning of the facility. Dogs in the shelter are being tested to see if others have contracted the disease.

Test results are expected to be received by today (Tuesday, October 21). If none of the dogs test positive for canine distemper, the Animal Shelter will reopen at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

As a precaution, all animals brought into the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter will be vaccinated on arrival, the Oak Ridge Police Department said in a press release. Dogs with any kind of cough or nasal discharge will be kept separate from dogs available for adoption. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Pets, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: animal shelter, animals, ASPCA, canine distemper, cats, disease, distemper, dogs, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, shelter staff

All available animals are half-price, $55, at Animal Shelter

Posted at 11:02 pm July 2, 2014
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Oak Ridge Animal Shelter Adoptable Animals

 

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter is offering half-price adoptions on all animals. This half-price adoption special started July 1 and runs through July 12. The adoption price will be $55 instead of the normal price of $110. It is first come, first serve.

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shelter is located at 395 Belgrade Road. The shelter can be contacted by phone at (865) 425-3423 or by e-mail at [email protected].

For more information, visit animalshelter.oakridgetn.gov or call (865) 425-3423.

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Pets Tagged With: adoptions, animals, half-price adoptions, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter

Spotlight: SARG celebrates ‘first run’ of new van with shelter animals

Posted at 9:53 pm June 1, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

SARG Animal Shelter Van Group Photo

Pictured in photo from left to right are Row 1: Shirley Auble, Jan Baker, and Sara Walter; Row 2—Robin Biloski, Nicole Ferrara, and Kathy Kirkland; and Row 3— Jeannie Parker, and Julie Armes. Missing from the photo are Michelle Weaver Davis and Beverly Kay, transport coordinators. (Submitted photo)

 

Submitted

SARG celebrated the first run of its newly acquired van with supporters in May as it was filled with two dogs, six adult cats, and five kittens headed from the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter to their new forever homes in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The van was purchased using the last three years of proceeds from the Paw for Life Gala fundraiser that SARG has sponsored. SARG Vice President and Gala Chairwoman Sara Moore, and photographer of this event, was jubilant; “Raising the funds to buy this van and save all the lives of our unwanted dogs/cats in our community is the best feeling in the world. We thank all that have always supported SARG to share in this joyous occasion. We look forward to continuing our trips to communities who have homes for all our overflow of dogs and cats.”

If you would like to assist SARG in this endeavor or any others relating to their mission, contact Moore at [email protected] or Shirley Auble at [email protected], or visit Shelter Animal Rescue Group on Facebook or visit the website at www.shelteranimalsrescue.org.

Filed Under: Community, Honors and Spotlight, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Pets, Police and Fire Tagged With: animals, fundraiser, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Paws for Life, Sara Moore, SARG, Shelter Animal Rescue Group, Shirley Auble, van

Impossible to identify animal remains excavated at pet crematory, state says

Posted at 12:09 pm December 6, 2013
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Elliott Pet Service Excavation

Dump trucks remove pet remains on Wednesday that had been excavated from Elliott Pet Services in Morgan County. (Photo courtesy WATE-TV)

It will not be possible to identify animals buried at a pet crematory in Morgan County where remains were excavated this week after a state investigation, officials said Wednesday.

News of the investigation and excavations this week has left many pet owners, including in Anderson County, wondering whether animals they paid to have cremated might be among those buried at the rural wooded site near the Roane County line.

The crematory site on Grouse Ridge Road is operated by Elliott Pet Services. It was the subject of a citizen’s complaint in September that alleged animals were being dumped on the site.

In September, the business also received an open dumping violation notice from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. And in October, the company was cited for not maintaining logs.

Business owner Cameo Farr and her attorney, Kevin Angel of Oak Ridge, told several Knoxville television stations that burying animals is part of her business, and she has always cremated animals that were supposed to be cremated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Morgan County, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Alyson Kennedy, Anderson County, animal remains, animals, buried animals, Cameo Farr, Dames for Danes, dead animals, Division of Solid Waste Management, Elliott Pet Services, Great Danes, Grouse Ridge Road, incinerator, Jake, Karen Dypolt, Kevin Angel, Morgan County, Ninth Judicial District, pet crematory, Roane County, Scooby, Shannon Ashford, solid waste, TDEC, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, violation notice, WATE, WBIR, WVLT

WYSH: Clinton zoo needs Christmas trees for critters

Posted at 5:43 pm January 2, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Information from WYSH Radio

The Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue in Clinton will accept live Christmas trees for animals.

The deer, goats, camels, donkeys, and emus (among others) love the greens, and the porcupines eat the trunk. And tigers love to play with the trees.

The nonprofit Little Ponderosa Zoo is are open for winter hours Saturday and Sunday from 10-4 p.m., but workers are available to accept trees any day this week if you call (865) 457-5536. Trees will be accepted any time up to Jan. 15. Live wreaths and garland will be accepted, but brush will not be.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: animals, Christmas trees, Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue

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