NARRATIVE BEGINS NOW

WHISKERS AND TAILS PROFILE

Whiskers and Tails Profile Page One - Whiskers and Tails Profile

Whiskers and Tails is unique in the fact that we provide aid to both humans and animals. I have found that you cannot help animals unless you go the source of abandonment, suffering, abuse, dumping, over population and inhumane death.

You must talk to and work with people to find out why they are getting rid of their animals. You must find out where the problem lies before you can begin to solve it.

This short article tells you how we started Whiskers and Tails and Why.

After moving back to the town that I grew up in I noticed that not much had changed. There were still pregnant sick or dying feral and stray animals all over the place. I never could deal with that very well and when I was growing up I was always bringing home a dog or a cat or something.

I looked up every single humane organization that I could find and got busy contacting them. Hoping that they would be able to come down and help these poor innocent beings. It frustrated me beyond belief when only a few returned my messages and they could not offer help because their facilities were full to over flowing, they did not have the man power or the funds or the interest to be able to do anything.

It did not take me long to realize that no help was coming. If anything was going to be done about this situation I had to be the one to do it. I got busy and completed all of the paper work and before long my plans had turned into a fully registered tax exempt non profit organization.

I rolled up my sleeves and went to work. Humanely trapping the sickest ones first and than the pregnant ones and than the ones that needed to be altered. By the time one year had passed we had rescued over 450 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.

During that year we not only saw but experienced first hand the bigger picture. Abuse, abandonment, cruelty, dumping , neglect, inhumane treatment and more. It was than and there that I decided that we had to do more that just trap neuter return. We had to create a humane entity that would truly make a difference in our community and in the world of animals. We had to end the needless suffering and death of these precious beings.

WHISKERS AND TAILS HISTORY

Whiskers and Tails History Page Two- Whiskers and Tails History

Whiskers and Tails became a non profit organization in September of 2001. Since than we have rescued or assisted in the rescue or provided aid to over 1256 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. adding an aditional 280 animals that were vacinnated against rabies at Cass County's first ever world rabies day event on September 28 2010. Find photos on Flickr under World Rabies Day.

I sat down with a spiral bound notebook and started making plans. I created a rescue plan, a humane education plan and of course the plans for animal assistance along with human assistance to round the whole thing off.

Our small goals were to slowly introduce humane alternatives, ideas, resources and information as we educated our rural community on the facts about why over population exists, why there is a need for humane organizations and what each and every single person could do to help. As we met each small goal we started to set bigger ones.

We developed several humane projects and programs and while we were busy doing that we created a safe haven for the rescued special needs through our animal care network that is made up of caring individuals such as seniors in independent living situations and families that are able to help us to provide some of their medical care.

Through these humane activities we have been able to build a solid reputation and a solid foundation.

WHISKERS AND TAILS MISSION

Page Three - Whiskers and Tails Mission

Our mission is to save the lives of animals by helping the people who care for them.

We have amended our articles of incorporation to include these various forms of assistance to humans that are the families of companion animals. Our organization will be the first to perform these types of humane activities for our community.

Our mission is geared to cover the four main points that make up all areas of humane assistance:

Decreasing over population. Providing humane resources, alternatives, information and ideas. By offering assistance to companion animal families so that they may get the help that need in order to be able to keep their companion animals. By offering humane education at every opportunity that arises. We will also make sure to perform active rescue and information for every single animal that needs assistance that is involved in inhumane situations.

In today’s world there is absolutely no reason to allow abuse and neglect to continue . For our fellow man to turn his or her head when an animals is suffering is senseless. Nine times out of ten when an animal is being abused on the outside a child or a woman is being abused on the inside.

WHAT WE DO

Page Four - What we do & Who we serve & Our Board

We provide outreach programs for companion animals and their families who are in need as well as an ongoing health and wellness feeding and spay/neuter program for feral stray and unwanted animals.

We create and share humane education materials as well as provide humane resources, ideas and alternatives to people and animals all over the world.

We decrease over population as well as promote spay and neuter at ever single opportunity that arises and we also provide assistance for the families of companion animals.

That assistance comes in the form of clothing, food, a directory of assistance programs and holiday meals and gifts.

We serve our own community as well as the Bates County Missouri area. This population is made up of low to no income families and their animals that live in rural areas where no humane programs exist.

OUR BOARD, FOUNDER & VOLUNTEERS

Our Board is made up of

ReGina Edmondson. Chief Executive officer and Founder/Director of the organization. She is a creative writer, business administrator, an ex realtor, has over thirty years of volunteerism for both human and animal oriented organizations. She has been married for 24 years and has a 23 year old son. She also has over thirty years of hands on experience in animal care and handling. Ersie Witmer was a licensed real estate agent whose main talents and education are in promotion and sales.

Volunteers include Tommy Edmondson, TJ Edmondson, Corri Hartsell, Ersie Witmer, ReGina Edmondson and Bobby Hamilton.

INTERESTING FACTS

Page Five - Interesting Facts

> Whiskers and Tails became a non profit organization on September 11, 2001.

> Whiskers and Tails is not a licensed Animal Care Facility and will not be until our new facility is built.

> Whiskers and Tails has been featured on radio stations as far away as Tenn. & Calif.

> Whiskers and Tails has literally saved more than 730,000 lives by having over 1000 animals altered. Simply because a male and female dog or cat can produce over 73,000 off spring in less than seven years...

>Whiskers and Tails has worked with an animal communicator to locate animals.

> Our children’s literacy and humane education project has been has been the focal point at a local college.

> Whiskers and Tails has brought food, clothing, holiday items and gifts to over 600 families in the last six years.

WHISKERS AND TAILS - THE GOOD STUFF

Page Six - The Good Stuff

* We have over fourteen humane projects and programs.

* We have ongoing links on our web site that helps animals all over the world.

* Our mission and goals includes animals, community, children, environment and humans.

* Future plan include building a facility that will house several ideas and plans that will help to decrease over population, neglect, animal abuse and domestic violence, starvation and more.

* Our volunteer programs include projects for kids, seniors, teens , young adults and adults. We have something for everyone and we accommodate busy schedules by working with you.

* There is no other humane organization or resource in the area we plan to move to. We will be pioneering the very first effort to make a difference there.

WHISKERS AND TAILS FACT SHEET

Page Seven - Fact Sheet

~ Whiskers and Tails has been around since September 2001.

~ Whiskers and Tails has rescued, been involved with the rescue or assisted over 1000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.

~ Whiskers and Tails has altered more than 600 animals. Meaning that for every male and female animal that would have had over 73,000 off spring in less than seven years that would have been born unwanted or had no place to go..were saved too.

~ Whiskers and Tails has introduced humane ideas, alternatives, resources and information to an area whose people had always taken unwanted animals and other humane issues into their own hands and inhumanely disposed of these animals.

~ Whiskers and Tails has provided an ongoing service of humane links and information to help animals all over the world .

PHOTOS

Page Eight

PRESS STUFF

Page Nine

Just a few of the articles and other forms of media

OUR STORY IDEA FOR THE NEWS

Our Story Ideas for the news Page Ten - Our Story Ideas for the News

Not only is Whiskers and Tails humane projects and programs full of human interest story ideas there is quite a bit more to us than most people are aware of.. We also help people that are in need of food, clothing and other basic needs for life. We work several months out of the year to gather these items and than we deliver them just before Christmas.

We are also working on a huge project that once completed will be a historical event in its own right. By building our facility in Henry County Missouri we are breaking ground for the introduction of humane education, the introduction of the connection between domestic violence and animal abuse and this project will mean a dramatic difference in the old myth of the farmer’s mentality about animals.

One more thing of great interest is our Children’s literacy and humane education program. Through self published books we are teaching kids to read and teaching them to care about life. Especially the lives of innocent animals.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Page Eleven - Upcoming Event

Beneath the Halo Capital Campaign and Capital Renovation Projects

December 1st - March 31st

.

Book release sheet

IMPORTANT STUFF

Page Twelve-

We are a Missouri Registered 501(c)3 tax exempt non profit organization. All donations are tax deductible ( check with accountant for more info on your personal deductions) all volunteer humane resource non profit organization. You can find us listed on Bi-County United Way, Idealist.org, just give, my space, face book, you tube and the Missouri Attorney General's Check A Charity Page.

We hold City Of Peculiar Business License. We are not licensed with the state of Missouri as an animal shelter because we are not an animal shelter, adoption agency or breeder. We are a humane resource organization that provides humane assistance to companion animals and their families.

The documents listed above can be presented upon request along with our artcles of incorporation, 990EZ Missouri Tax Exempt Letter for purchases, IRS Letter of determination - 501(c)3 , Missouri Attorney General's statement of exempt from filing with their office because we are a 501(c)3 non profit organization, our Missouri Secretary of State yearly filed application.

Whiskers and Tails has been seen on Fox 4 News

We have been featured or written about in

The Raymore Journal

The Democrat Missourian

The Cass County Conservative

We have been guests on Radio Talk Shows

710 AM KCMO

106.5 the Arch St. Louis MO.

KDKD Clinton MO.

May 3, 2011 - The Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/03/2846076/people-and-pets-agencies-find.html