Last Update: #E3B5AC YAPS Message to you! All animals deserve be treated with respect and dignity. Quality of life for all animals is very important .. this involves providing exercise .. human contact .. socializing .. education and stimulation of minds with things like games and toys. Also allowing them to experience the world outside as often as possible .. it's their world too!! The provision of the best quality of food as possible. Always leave lots of water for your animals .. animals can die very quickly without water .. especially if they live in the hotter climates. All animals be provided with a healthy .. hygienic .. comfortable and safe environment to live in. Each individual animals needs must be met .. some animals have had horrific experiences and need to be given extra love and attention. Doing all these things will help the animals learn that the world can be a safe and loving place to be in. There is a great need for people to be educated towards developing an understanding and respect for all animal life. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC and OUR KIDS: This section is to help the public learn a little more about Yaps and our animals .. we invite all Schools .. Clubs .. Social and Senior Citizen Groups to ask someone from Yaps to come and speak to their people about what we do for our community. IMPORTANT WARNING: This picture hopefully will teach all adults that children must be supervised when nursing or playing with any baby animals. This little puppy was dropped .. only on his leg and luckily not his head or the puppy could have died. Children should be sitting and not walking around when nursing small animals. Please contact Yaps and make arrangements for one of our staff to drop in .. we can bring along a few of our Animal Family to meet you also! Holloways Beach Respite Group are a wonderful group that arranged to meet YAPS staff and animal family .. the group brought food and treats for the animals spreading love and cuddles for hours through all the kennels. Bently Park School 30th November 2007 Yaps were very proud when they were asked by the ---- to come and speak to the grade 10 and 11 high school kids about what Yaps do and how they do it .. Carol went along and spoke on behalf of Yaps .. the main points were of course the cruelty of animals and why more people do not report it .. also the procedure that every pet gets on arrival at YAPS and the love given to all the animal that come into their care .. some can wait as long as 12 months to find the right home. We had a great time at school with the kids! Bear and Kobi were off to school to tell the Bently Kids about YAPS .. they want all the kids to know about YAPS and how they were rescued and became YAPS kids .. they want every one to know that there are too many of their mates getting hurt by humans. Carol (their mum) who is part of YAPS Mangement Committee .. says in a loud voice on behalf of Bear and Kobi and their mates .. That everyone is responible for the treatment of all animals and if you have seen or know of a pet that is being cruely treated in any way .. then REPORT IT .. so the animal can be rescued and rehomed safely into loving families. . Edmonton Guides Donation Night 4th December 2006 Yaps Staff got a surprise call from Edmonton Guides .. they had something special for Yaps to come and collect .. Jo from Yaps drove out to see what the big surprise was .. these wonderful children had raised money to help the poor little animals that are in Yaps waiting for kind families to come and adopt them .. they also had some Yummy treats for our puppies .. Thanks Kids from all the Animals at Yaps. Students from Osaka Japan YAPS had a wonderful visit from a group of students from Osaka Japan .. all these students are studying for a diploma in the area of animal care .. once finished their studies they will be working in the areas of dog training .. grooming and veterinary assistance .. they just loved getting up close and personal with the animals at YAPS much to the delight of some little puppies .. what a great privilege for Yaps and our Staff to meet these dedicated animal lovers all the way from Japan at our Refuge in Cairns Queensland Australia. Redlynch State School St Francis Xavier School Denise is a volunteer worker at YAPS .. she went out to talk to Class 6 of St Francis Xavier School .. Denise spoke to the class about being a responsible pet owner and told them what role YAPS takes on in the community in caring for the abandoned animals. Class 6 were so glad to see first hand what YAPS do to help the homeless animals .. they quickly decided to do a collection of cat and dog food as well as raise money for YAPS .. this was done very successfully so it was on the bus and out to YAPS to deliver their goods .. Class 6 spent the morning walking dogs .. playing with the kittens and cats and brushing the animals. A very big Thank You to Class 6 of St Francis Xavier School for the fantastic effort to help out all our animals. YAPS had a very quiet afternoon as all the animals had a nap after all their walks. 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