Sometimes no news is good news. This is fine! There's only been one new intake, #278, a crow with a wing injury. The "quiet season" usually means many more injured animals than that.
Giving Tuesday
For Giving Tuesday I ran a fundraiser with a twist- each person who donated got to suggest a name for the 5 nearly-full-grown juveniles outside. I have been calling them the 5 Fatties because they are, well, quite rotund. That is not a very clever or flattering name.Â
New names
I received some great suggestions and raised $733! The name suggestions included: Fats Domino, Fat Tuesday, Fatwa, Chunky Monkey and George, from Lisa Milot. Scarlet Lewis suggested The Jackson 5, which works perfect for the gender representation- 3 boys and 2 girls (Michael, Tito, Jermaine, Latoya and Janet).Â
Everyone got creative
Denise Lockamy suggested the Granite Group, after the granite quarries in our county and surrounding area. Tiffani Hughes chose The Clancys after her favorite album by Twenty One Pilots. Stacy Land picked the thematic Itsy, Bitsy, Spider, Dewdrop and Rain. Sarah Milteer went the literary direction and picked Wee Timorous Beasties after a line in Robert Burns famous poem. Kathy Pruett picked The Pack of Priscilla Possums after her daughter! Shannon Osburn suggested Tipsy, Pinky, Little, Bluey and Gizmo. Another Gizmo came from Sherrie Hines, who also added Gremlin, Stripe, Greta and Mohawk, inspired by the movie Gremlins.Â
These may be the winners?
Two funny names came from Maggie Haden- The Marshmallow Marsupials and The Meatballs. Check back next week for the winning name and some photos of these enormous sweethearts.
