Official 2013 Manatee County Calendar [Published]

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Bradenton, Florida 34205(941) 748-4501

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In 2011, Manatee Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a “no kill” plan which sets a goal to have a 90 percent save rate for all adoptable dogs and cats that come to Manatee County Animal Services. To help promote this great cause, we’ve decided to dedicate the 2013 Manatee County Calendar to the dogs and cats you have chosen to be a part of your families. We asked pet owners to send photos of the dogs and cats you’ve adopted from Manatee County Animal Services and other Manatee shelters over the years. We were swamped with an array of fun photos of your furry friends. We did our best to select the best of the bunch for the 2013 Calendar.

The love and passion Manatee County residents have for our four-legged friends is evident every time we hold an adoption drive, make a pet-related post to Facebook or send a call asking for foster families to provide a temporary home for our furry friends. We thank you for all you do to help Manatee County transition to a successful “no kill” community!

About this year’s calendar:

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In 2013, Florida will reach a significant milestone, the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de León’s arrival on Florida’s East Coast. What makes this anniversary unique is that Ponce de León’s convoy of explorers was the first group of Europeans to document such a landing and give a name to Florida—La Florida. They were also the first recorded Europeans to explore any part of what’s now the continental United States of America.

Manatee County was established by the state in 1855, and has a long history all its own. We would like to invite you to share pictures of some of your favorite historic areas in Manatee County. Maybe your favorite is the Cortez Schoolhouse or DeSoto National Monument. Perhaps you’ve got vintage images of downtown Bradenton when horses and carriages predated cars and trucks. Basically, we’re looking for photos that illustrate Manatee County’s rich local history. (We’ll even give extra consideration for Then and Now photos!)

Winners will have their photos in the 2014 Manatee County Calendar and they will be notified via e-mail by July 12, 2013.

Contest guidelines:

• Include with your submission: name of the location or area, a description of the image and the name of the photographer, if known; • Submit photos in .jpg format. No disks will be considered; • Minimum resolution at 300 dpi; • Limit five photos per photographer; • Only photos received during the month of June 2013 will be given consideration for the contest; • Send your photos to [email protected]

Be a part of Manatee County’s 2014 Calendar: Viva Florida!

Palmetto Shelter305 25th St. W., Palmetto, FL 34221Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Downtown Bradenton Adoption Center1002B Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205Tues. - Fri. 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Use your smartphone to scan the QR codes in the calendar to link to the latest pets available for adoption and to get more information on Manatee’s animal and pet services on the web.

December 2012Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

February 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1

New Year’s DayCounty offices closed

2 3Land Use Meeting

4 5

6 7 8Commission Meeting

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17County Fair

18County Fair

19County Fair

20County Fair

21M.L. King Jr. Day

County offices closedCounty Fair

22County Fair

23County Fair

24County Fair

25County Fair

26County Fair

27County Fair

28 29Commission Meeting

30 31

January

Above: Great Dane, Jackson/

Mandie Rose Ferguson

Right: Domestic short hairs, Phoebe & Chance/

Colleen Fanning

Manatee County is passionate about saving the lives of adoptable pets. To become a No Kill community, you must embrace the philosophy of 11 mandatory programs and services. These programs and services are the responsibility of everyone in the community and together we can make a tremendous difference. In the following months, you will see a summary of each of the programs and services necessary for No Kill to be successful.

No Kill Manatee County… Giving Shelter Pets a Second Chance to Live and Love.

January 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

March 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2

3 4 5 6 7Land Use Meeting

8 9


13 14Valentine’s Day

15 16

17 18Presidents Day

County offices closed

19 20 21 22 23


27 28

February

Above: Shiba Inu, Dakota/

Ray Taylor

Right: German Shepherd, Bella/Gaby Urevitch

Feral Cat Trap Neuter Return Program

Community cats (those without an owner) are a community issue. In Manatee County, Animal Services transports these cats to the Humane Society of Manatee County where they are vaccinated, sterilized and ear tipped (by cropping the tip of the left ear for identification). The Gulf Shore Animal League returns the cats to the area where they were picked up. No longer able to reproduce, the number of community cats continues to decrease and fewer kittens are running through neighborhoods unloved.


February 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

April 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30



8 9

10Daylight Savings

Time begins


13 14 15 16

17St. Patrick’s Day

18 19 20Spring begins

21 22 23

24

31Easter

25Passover begins

26Commission Meeting

27 28 29Good Friday

30

March

Above: Bichon Frise, Archie/Brenda Reamy

Right: Rat-Cha, Babygirl/Karen Rhodes

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Program

The high-volume spay/neuter program reduces the number of animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives. The Humane Society of Manatee County has a spay/neuter clinic and the Animal Rescue Coalition provides a mobile clinic. Manatee County has allocated funds for people who are low-income qualified to have their pet spayed or neutered. For more information, call the Spay/Neuter Hotline, (941) 749-3067.

March 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

May 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



Passover ends3 4

Land Use Meeting5 6


10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22Earth Day


24Administrative

Professionals Day

25 26Arbor Day

27

28 29 30

April

Above: Shih Tzu/Pomeranian mix, Minnie/Ernie McFarland

Right: Siamese cat, Thalia/Mary Zuchniewicz

Rescue Groups

An adoption to a forever home or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space; reduces community expenses for feeding, cleaning, and killing; and, most importantly, saves lives. Rescue groups are instrumental in the lifesaving mission by transferring pets from the shelter environment and into the homes of their volunteers until the group is able to find the pet’s forever home.

April 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

June 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30



Land Use Meeting3 4

5Cinco de Mayo


8 9 10 11

12Mother’s Day

13 14 15 16 17 18


22 23 24 25

26 27Memorial Day


28 29 30 31

May

Above: Domestic short hair, Roscoe/Becky Suggs

Right: Long hair Chihuahua, Tinkerbell/Kathy Valley

Foster Care

Interested in becoming a foster parent? Volunteer foster care is a low-cost and often no-cost way of increasing a shelter’s capacity by caring for sick and injured or behaviorally chal-lenged animals. Foster families open their homes as a transi-tion home for a shelter pet in need until a forever home can be found. Call Animal Services at (941) 742-5933 or visit our website, www.mymanatee.org/pets for details.

May 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

July 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1


5 6Land Use Meeting

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14Flag Day

15

16Father’s Day


19 20 21Summer begins

22

23

30

24 25 26 27 28 29

June

Above: Tiger kitten, Bill/Deborah Creamer

Right: Diesel/Becky Suggs

Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to our lifesaving mission. When shelters use effective marketing to promote their available animals and have adoption programs responsive to community needs, they can increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Extended hours for working people, off site adoption centers and adoption incentives are all effective ways of encouraging pet adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.

June 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

August 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4

Independence DayCounty offices closed

5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27


31

July

Above: Lab mix, Star/Cindy Keck

Right: Beagle mix, Hunter/Stephanie Szabad

Pet Retention

While some surrenders of animals to shelters are unavoid-able, others can be prevented – but only if shelters work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires shelters to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.

July 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

September 2013Su M T W Th F Sa1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3


9 10


14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24


28 29 30 31

August

Above: Shetland sheepdogs, Lexi and Killa/Edwin Hawke

Right: American tabby, Scruffy/Alyssa Souders

Medical and Behavior Programs

To meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving efficiently through the system. To do this, shelters must have com-prehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick, as well as rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, not weaned, or traumatized.

October 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


August 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Labor DayCounty offices closed

3 4 5Land Use Meeting

Rosh Hashanah

6 7


11 12 13 14Yom Kippur

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22Autumn begins


25 26 27 28

29 30

September

Above: Collie, Rex/Lou Gregg

Right: Lab mix, Star/Cindy Keck

Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to increasing the shelter’s public exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of a shelter’s activities and success. Partnering with the local media by promoting our shelter with success stories of those animals already adopted with photos and weekly stories about vari-ous animal issues are just a few ways to accomplish this.

September 2013Su M T W Th F Sa1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

November 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30



Land Use Meeting4 5


9 10 11 12

13 14Columbus Day

15 16National Boss’ Day

17 18 19


23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31Halloween

October

Above: Domestic short hair, Kennedy/Scott Bassett

Right: Orange/white kitten, Bob/Debbee Creamer

Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated “army of compas-sion” and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers make the difference be-tween success and failure and, for the animals, life and death. We can never have enough volunteers. We need your help! Interested in becoming a volunteer? Call Animal Services at 941-742-5933 or visit our website, www.mymanatee.org/pets for details.

October 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

December 2013Su M T W Th F Sa1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



3Daylight Savings

Time ends


6 7Land Use Meeting

8 9

10 11Veterans Day


12 13 14 15 16

17Farm City Week

18Farm City Week


Farm City Week

20Farm City Week

21Farm City Week

22Farm City Week

23Farm City Week

24 25 26 27 28Thanksgiving Day Hanukkah begins


29County offices closed

30

November

Above: Maine Coon mix, Baxter/Marie and Frank Haas

Right: American tabby, Scruffy/Alyssa Souders

Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reduc-ing killing in animal control shelters is lost animal reclaims. Shifting from a passive to a more proactive approach allows shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families. Pet identification is key and could get your pet home quicker. License tags and microchips allow the officer to locate the lost pet’s home. Chances are your pet will be returned in the field without ever entering the shelter.

November 2013Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

January 2014Su M T W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



Commission Meeting4 5

Land Use Meeting6 7

8 9 10 11Hanukkah ends

12 13 14


18 19 20 21Winter begins

22 23 24Christmas Eve


25Christmas Day


26 27 28

29 30 31New Year’s Eve

December

Above: Tortoiseshell, Michelle; Orange tabby, Jackson;

Domestic short hair, Clinton; Domestic short hair, Kennedy; and

Ragdoll, Rosie/Scott Bassett

Right: Domestic short hair, Chance/Colleen Fanning

A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted – a hard-working, com-passionate animal control or shelter director not content to continue killing while regurgitating tired clichés about “public irresponsibility” or hiding be-hind the myth of “too many animals, not enough homes.” Manatee County Animal Services has a team of professionals who are dedicated to the No Kill initiative.

Our mission at Animal Services is to save as many animals as possible by achieving a 90% save rate. Saving animals is accomplished in cooperation with animal rescue organizations, the media and the public through methods such as enhanced owner retention, returns to owners, increased fostering, free and low-cost spay and neutering, TNR (trap/neuter/return) and aggres-sive adoption programs.

On October 11, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution and plan to become a No-Kill community. We are the first county in the state of Florida to present such a plan. Other counties in the state have joined us with similar actions.

I am proud to be a citizen of Manatee County, where the support for these efforts has been everything I would have expected from this great community. Along with Animal Services staff, local animal rescue and adoption agencies and volunteers and the furry, four-legged members of this county, I’m very honored to be part of such an accomplishment. We all thank you.

Kris WeiskopfManatee County Animal Services Chief

No-Kill Efforts in Manatee County Manatee County Government by the numbers FY 2013

Manatee’s Revenue Sources

Manatee’s Expenditures

Downtown Bradenton Adoption Center1002B Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL

($464m total)

($464m total)

Intergovernmental (State, Federal & Other Governments) $39m, 8%

Charges for Services $174m, 38%

Licenses & Permits, Fines, Interest & Misc. $71m, 15%

Other Taxes$28m, 6%

Property Taxes $152m, 33%

Physical Environment $136m, 29% Human Services

$28m, 6%

General Government $69m, 15%

Other$26m, 6%

Capital Outlay $14m, 3% Public Transportation

$42m, 9%

Culture & Recreation $17m, 4%

Public Safety $132m, 28%

Telephone (941) 745-3700 Fax (941) 745-3790 Mail P.O. Box 1000 Bradenton, FL 34206 Office 1112 Manatee Ave. W. Bradenton, FL 34205

Manatee County Commissioners approved this district map on Nov.

21, 2011. The district boundaries reflect local population and demo-graphics data obtained during the

2010 U.S. Census.

District 1 Larry Bustle

larry.bustle@ mymanatee.org

District 2 Michael Gallen

michael.gallen@ mymanatee.org

District 3 John Chappie

john.chappie@ mymanatee.org

District 4 Robin DiSabatino

robin.disabatino@ mymanatee.org

District 5 Vanessa Baugh vanessa.baugh@ mymanatee.org

At-Large Carol Whitmore

carol.whitmore@ mymanatee.org

At-Large Betsy Benac betsy.benac@ mymanatee.org

Manatee County Board

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