MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue had both a very challenging and very promising year. We are getting ever more support and leadership from volunteers and seeing more outreach and placement efforts from Bay Area shelters. In 2012, MickaCoo’s foster volunteers saved more than 200 lives by caring for and housing pigeons and doves when no one else would. We placed more than 100 birds with carefully screened adopters and counseled on behalf of the welfare of hundreds more.
The challenge is meeting the overwhelming demand for our service. We need more adopters, more fosters, more funding. What we are doing is valuable and meaningful and we are committed to becoming even more effective at doing this “impossible” work. We’re closing an historic gap in animal rescue. We are challenging indifference with compassion and changing the world for the better. You make the difference. Thank you.
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Rescued Gypsy & her mate Milkshake Mike thank you!
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We are working hard to raise awareness & save lives
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MickaCoo’s rescue work depends on your support
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The MickaCoo team earned 5-star reviews
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Word is out- pigeons deserve compassion too
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Auction sales raised $1700 for MickaCoo
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Volunteers gave & bought generously
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Mickaboo & ‘Coo celebrated together
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Reaching for the Rose by Jaclyn Alderete
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Volunteers use all their talents to support MickaCoo
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We mobilize social media to help pigeons & doves
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We Can Be Heroes!
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Volunteers produced our first “big event” in 2012
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We received a gift of pigeon pants & we need more!
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Volunteers collected, donated, sold & bought
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Volunteers’ Garage Sales raised $3K in 2012
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MickaCoo birds are sometimes hired as models
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MickaCoo volunteers & pigeons appeared on KRCB TV
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Donate $250 to MickaCoo for your My Mutt poster
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MickaCoo’s Pledge Say No to Squab! 1200 sigs so far
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Rescued kings won a place in Mickaboo’s Calendar
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Lily the dove goes visiting and brings joy
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Assisted living residents love these “big white birds”
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Wineries are perfect for gorgeous, life-saving aviaries
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This beautiful aviary is home to 6 rescued pigeons
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Brilliant: Sharing an aviary-to-home window is fun!
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A beautiful aviary can be designed for every setting
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DIY: Finding a hurt pij inspired this aviary project
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Long-time foster Peppermint has been adopted!
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It’s not hard to build a safe, beautiful aviary
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This beautiful aviary houses 14 adopted and 8 foster pigeons
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Blind pigeon Lucky & mate Biscuit were adopted by Helen
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Doves are wonderful and easy pets- outside or indoors
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An extra-large dog crate makes a great indoor pij house
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Adopters love their pigeons!
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Four king pigeons’ lives saved- they are home at last
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Adopters love their simple, beautiful & life-saving aviaries
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Volunteers build aviary homes for rescued pigeons
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pHarmony: We respect pigeons’ complex emotions
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MickaCoo helped Precious get a mate & Poppy a home
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MHS Campers loved meeting pigeons
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We participate in humane education programs
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Violet met his adopter at an Adoptathon
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Pigeons in pants are great ambassadors
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MickaCoo makes new friends for pigeons every day
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MickaCoo continues striving towards sustainability
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MickaCoo works hard to develop collaborations
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WildCare published a MickaCoo article in their newsletter
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People are learning shelters have more than dogs & cats
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Pigeons are Masters of the Leisure Arts
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To meet a pigeon is to love a pigeon
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MickaCoo article sent to 4 million Care2 subscribers!
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Shelters are starting to include pigeons in their marketing!
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MickaCoo vols & birds at EB SPCA Adoptathon
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Having a cat doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t adopt pigeons!
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Opal & his foster mom made a lot of new pigeon friends!
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MickaCoo volunteers at SFACC’s June Adopt-a-thon
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Previously overlooked birds are gaining visibility
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RocketDog & other rescues often include MickaCoo in events
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Shelter staff & vols are learning about pigeon rescue
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We launched our own website: PigeonRescue.org
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MickaCoo is helping pigeons be included in shelter events
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Volunteers educate people about who pigeons really are
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No experience required, training is provided
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Rescued homer Little Cloud inspires his adopter
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Adopted blind pij Jenny now outreaches for others
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Cheryl reassuring Takla through his first PR event
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Volunteers like Donna make a profound difference
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Andy’s (100% Rescue) Pet Shop fosters pigeons for MickaCoo
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Dolly is one of more than 100 MickaCoo foster birds
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Helpless babies Elliot & Buster barely survived being “set free”
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Real eggs are replaced with fakes for “hatch control”
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Caring for foster pigeons is lots of fun
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Tame, lost & starving Lopez flew inside a building seeking help
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Ringneck dove couple Miso & Kishu need a home
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Pigeons are deeply emotional and mate for life
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Foster volunteers house, feed & care for our rescues
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Sasha the dove was rescued from a Sacramento shelter
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Working closely with Avian Vets, we prioritize birds’ needs
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Percy- saved from euthanasia, healed & happy to be alive
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Your support makes a life & death difference
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Rescued homer Penny would have died without surgery
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Instead of being euthanized, Avery the dove was saved
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MickaCoo saves sick birds from being euthanised
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Volunteers administer meds to recovering birds
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Many were involved in trying to save the life of baby pij Miya
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MickaCoo provides avian vet care that most shelters don’t
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Their lives are no less important to them than ours to us
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MickaCoo prioritizes intake for injured & sick birds
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New! Some shelters including pigeons in mobile adoptions!
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MickaCoo works closely with shelters to save more lives
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Shelters are doing more to promote pigeon adoption
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And we help rescue & rehome unreleasable ferals
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Pigeons with string-entanglement need help & release
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Chanel, found weak and lost, is safe now
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Fancy pigeons like Gem & Haiku are rescued too
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We save birds shelters deem unadoptable
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We save shelters’ timed-out birds
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Their plight & potential are no longer invisible
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MickaCoo saved more than 200 birds in 2012
Your support makes the life & death difference
Thank you!