Iris is a 7 1/2 year old female Beagle. She is one of the 1,134 dogs who were rescued from the largest breeding facility in Wisconsin when the Wisconsin Humane Society closed the operation. Iris is not accustomed to family life, but deserves extra gentle care and positive reinforcement. WHS is offering ongoing special seminars and consultations to ensure a successful match. Like all dogs adopted from WHS, Iris has been spayed, microchipped, vaccinated, heartworm tested, and has received a parasite preventative.
Wisconsin Humane Society
Foster Homes Needed!
The Wisconsin Humane Society is in need of foster parents to open their hearts and homes to nurture mother dogs and their puppies. If you have the time and a little space to help these pooches, please consider becoming a foster parent! For more information, please visit the WHS website at www.wihumane.org or call 414-ANIMALS.
Urban Ecology Center Helps WHS Save Birds
We've all heard it before: that heartbreaking "thud" of a bird hitting our window. Did you know it is estimated that this happens somewhere between 100 million and one billion times annually in North America? In an attempt to help save birds, the WHS 's Wildlife Center has a special program, Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds (WIngs), that works to save birds in our community. As a part of the program, building owners, tenants and managers can register to be a "WIngs BirdSafe Building" to actively take part in minimizing risks to migrating birds.
The Urban Ecology Center registered as the first WIngs BirdSafe Building and the Humane Society hopes to recruit other building owners to follow suit. The Urban Ecology Center is implementing several of the following strategies to prevent bird collisions, especially during the heavy migration period from now until June.
1. Minimize or preferably extinguish night lighting between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. during migration periods: mid-August through October and mid-March through May. 2. When lighting is necessary, utilize motion-detectors to control lights. 3. Re-schedule night cleaning to reduce the amount of time lights are needed. 4. Re-program timers to fit hours of operation and cleaning. 5. Reduce perimeter lighting. 6. Install CollidEscape or Bird Screens on lower-level windows, or use solar reflective blinds or curtains to reduce daytime collisions. 7. Install lower-intensity lighting. 8. At night, move activities requiring light to interior rooms and use low-intensity task lighting like desk lamps.
To find out how you can register your building as a BirdSafe Building, check out the WHS website.
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