OkcPets Magazine May 2022

4 OKC Pets • May/June 2022 H ello, dear reader! And a big thank you for picking up this copy of OKCPets Magazine . The thought of dogs living on chains, some for perhaps their entire lives, is a terribly hard thought to stomach. Maybe the dog doesn’t know any other life, but what a poor life he’s stuck with. I’m constantly appalled at the way some people treat animals, and chaining is an unimaginable life of hell. We’re fortunate to have Unchain OK here in our state, which is a division of the Oklahoma Alliance for Animals. This group works tirelessly, state- wide, to help get dogs off chains. It’s not easy work, as you can well imagine. I’m so glad to include more information on UnchainOK in this issue, and warning, some of the photos are hard to see. We encourage donations to Unchain OK to keep up their efforts to get dogs off chains. Be sure to check out their website at www.animalallianceok.org/unchain. We welcome WildCare to our team of writers! Starting in 1984, they’re an Oklahoma nonprofit located in Noble and dedicated to wildlife reha- bilitation. They achieved their official nonprofit status in 1995, and they’ve grown to become the largest wildlife rehab center in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the U.S. Welcome, WildCare! With July 4th right around the corner, we thought a piece about July 4th and pets would be timely. Karen Holman gives some good advice on keeping pets safe and sane during the holiday celebra- tion. And did you know we have a new cat café in town? There’s also a new emergen- cy animal shelter for animals of domestic abuse victims here, and it’s aimed at the animals that need immediate sheltering. There’s much more to explore in these pages. We thank our advertisers and writers and readers! Until next time, Marilyn, still with Elmer who turned 14 April 3 FROM THE PUBLISHER Elmer OKC Pets Volume 9, Number 3 PUBLISHER Marilyn King 918.520.0611 mking@okcpetsmagazine.com EDITOR Rowena Mills 918.274.9251 hrmills444@yahoo.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR Amanda Watkins WEB MANAGER/AD SALES Steve Kirkpatrick 918.230.2493 steve@okcpetsmagazine.com ADVERTISING SALES Marilyn King 918.520.0611 mking@okcpetsmagazine.com Steve Kirkpatrick 405.397.2740 steve@okcpetsmagazine.com Rosalie Childs 918.630.5775 rfchilds@me.com Rowena Mills 918.274.9251 hrmills444@yahoo.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heide Brandes Travis Brorsen Kaycee Chance Nancy Gallimore Sherri Goodall Inger Guiffrida Karen Holman Rowena Mills Jennifer Sharpe Kristy Wicker 918.520.0611 www.okcpetsmagazine.com P.O. Box 14128 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159-1128 ©2022 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher.