Friday, August 30, 2013 / 8:18 am
The Jason Debus Heigl Foundation Annual Retreat 2013
Hosted by co-founders Nancy and Katherine Heigl, the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation annual retreat, which took place over the weekend of August 16-18 in Utah, represented an opportunity for the board of directors and invitees to meet in an informal environment and make plans, share ideas, develop strategies and establish targets for the year ahead.
The purpose of the meeting was to help further the goals of the Heigl’s animal welfare Foundation, which encompass:
- Working directly to address the pet population crisis.
- Increased awareness of the inhumane treatment of animals.
- Support of non-profit animal rescue and advocacy organizations in their efforts to save shelter animals.
- Assisting homeless shelter and rescue animals by financing medical treatment and veterinary care.
- Funding and encouraging free spay / neuter programs and clinics.
- Placing rescue dogs and cats in loving homes.
- Providing safe havens for animals that have been abused or neglected.
- Educating the public about the horrors of puppy mills and dog fighting.
- Ensuring that perpetrators of animal abuse are held accountable and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Attendees also included members of the Just One team, the brand Katherine and Nancy have created to help build awareness of the plight of pets across the country. A percentage of the sale of every Just One product goes towards helping dogs and cats that have been abused, abandoned and neglected.
The Jason Debus Heigl Foundation,
Can you please do something to help over 120 dogs held captive in horrible conditions, inside a metal truck shop building. The building is called Olympic Animal Sanctuary, in Forks Washington.
The local police did an investigation in Nov. 2012 and discovered many dogs living in small travel crates 24/7/365. They documented the entire place is filthy, the dogs are only fed a very minimal amount of food and much of the time they have no fresh water.
After the investigation, the police have done nothing. They seem to be waiting for the operator of the truck shop to move the dogs to another location because they don’t want to bother doing anything to help the dogs.
For much more information, including copies of the police reports and pictures, you can visit the following FaceBook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/OAS-life-inside-the-sanctuary/396180077155674
Please help these poor dogs!!
Thank You!
Ron Smith
Dear Catherine
Can you help the poor animals at OAS Animal Sanctary in Forks Washington. The poor dogs are suffering and dying in their own waste. No one will help them no matter what we all have done to try and help them. I have wrote news station and HSUS ans several other politicians and no one will go in to this place and save these dogs. Plenty of rescurers have said they would get them but no one is allowed or out. Mr. Maxwell the own uses the money that people give when they drop their animal off for himself. These dogs are living everyday in the dark. Please someone help them!!
Olympic Animal Sanctuary has been investigated by the Forks, WA police department who confirmed neglect of 150 dogs, yet the city is refusing to do anything to help the dogs, despite a national organization offering to take full responsibility upon seizure.
Can you help?
There is a FB page set up OAS – Life inside the sanctuary and a webpage http://www.olympicanimalsanctuary.info. The people running the page have an email address: insideasanctuary@gmail.com.
Thank you.