O.L.A.E. Newsletter
Volume No. 19

Issue No. 04

Our 18th Annual
Halloween Howlset for October 7th
Our 18th Annual Halloween Howl is set forOctober 7th! This is our only fundraising eventand vendors are welcomed. Contact us now!
The Howl will start at 11 am and costume judging
is 1:00 pm. The categories will be owner-dog
combo, funniest, most original. There will be asilent auction of both dog items and human items.
The silent auction will end at 1:30.
As always, we will have Animal Control Officers
Jessica and Andrea. If your new Edmonds dog
does not have a pet license, OLAE will purchasethat license for you.
Your business will be in our Winter Newsletter.
Vendors can set up early and we accept any
donations of goods or services. For those
donations more than $200 – your name will be on
our website as Yappie Club Members.
https://www.olae.org/supporters.
You can contact us as o.l.a.e@comcast.net ifinterested.

OLAE Donates $250 toUkraine Efforts
The Board decided to donate $250 to Dan Fine of
the Ukraine War Animals Relief Fund specificallyfor spay and neutering process.
Here isInformation from him.
I co-founded a nonprofit organization with local
Tana Axtelle called Ukraine War Animals Relief
Fund (UWARF).
I felt compelled after
volunteering at an animal sanctuary in Przemysl,

Date: Fall 2023

Published Quarterly

Poland shortly after the Feb 2022 invasion ofUkraine.
After working with a number of local animal
welfare groups and volunteers, we came tounderstand the larger animal welfare issue inUkraine, beyond rescuing animals and providing
supplies to shelters.
Prior to the invasion, Ukraine had a lowsterilization rate for dogs and cats, around 35%,leading to a significant stray animal population
and a high prevalence of rabies. The invasion
resulted in over 8 million citizens becoming
refugees, with approximately 25% leaving theiranimals behind.
The problem now lies with the high number of
unsterilized, unvaccinated dogs and cats roaming
the streets. There is great concern on the groundin Ukraine about the impending explosion of thestray animal population, and rapid spread ofrabies – which will leave returning refugees(especially children) highly vulnerable to thisdeadly and terrifying disease.
Our focus is the sterilization and vaccination ofthese animals as there is NO government or large
non-governmental agencies currently doing thiswork. We are fundraising to cover the costs ofmedical supplies, equipment, clinic space andfood, and transportation costs for the next
UWARF mission to Ukraine in August.
Fortunately, we are doing this in partnership with
Human Society International.
The situation in Ukraine is unimaginable andbeyond heartbreaking.
We have taken two trips and as always, with wartorn countries, projects like this never goessmoothly.
Especially missions that involveanimals. So, with a very unstable enviroment withbombs, combact noise in the air, it is even morechallenging.

This year, our mission team left for Ukraine on
August 9, 2023, and when we arrive we will also
launch the first of our nine clinics.
Our main goal is sterilizing, vaccinating andmicrochipping them. Three out of all threevehicles needed repair. Cages didn’t arrive ontime and only part of promised vaccines andanesthesia showed up. One of our teammembers rescued a swan and I had to drive it toKyiv to see a swan specialist and get it transferred
to a sanctuary.
We found a landmine while looking for animals ina destroyed village. And, when we got military
permission to enter the Kherson Airport, you
could hear the gunfire and non-stop shelling.
The great news is that we are past 1,000
dogs/cats treated on our way to our 2,250 goal.
That will bring us to a total of 7,750 for all ourmissions. But that’s not nearly enough to fix theproblem.

Become a Member
There are a lot of good reasons to become amember. Member dues go towards promoting
and improving our dog park. Members will
receive a subscription to our quarterly newsletter
which provides information on upcoming events,
news and educational features. All donated funds
are TAX DEDUCTIBLE and you can donate via
our website.
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EIN: 92-0430918 We are a 501(c)3 non-profit

No Dogs on Brackett’s
Landing North
Animal Control laws have been changed after asealed was mauled and died on the beach at
Brackett’s Landing North. New law is no dogs areallowed on the walkway, beach or parking lot as
this is a Marine Sanctuary. Signs note this law!

About USO.L.A.E. (Off-Leash Area - Edmonds) became a
non-profit organization in August 2005, to fulfill
our mission to steward and maintain the off-leash
dog area in Edmonds. Please visit www.olae.org
to learn more about us and our mission. WE
ACCEPT DONATIONS ONLINE or you can snail
mail us at P.O. Box 1562, Edmonds WA 98020

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Make check payable to O.L.A.E. Thanks!
Current Yappie Club Sponsors:Blue Collar Dog House (www.bluecollardoghouse.com)
Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy Fund (https://pearljam.com/vitalogy)
VSC – Lynnwood (www.thrivepetcare.com)
Jolene Otter from Quilts from the Heart
Gallaghers’ Where U-Brew (www.whereubrew.com)
McDonald McGarry Ins.(www.mcdonaldmcgarry.com)
John Weiss
Brian Albright and Kiko (woof)
All the Best Pet Care (https://www.allthebestpetcare.com)
David Kaufer (https://kdmc.agency)
Note: O.L.A.E. is not responsible for any illness or injury incurred
during park visit. For information, please visit www.olae.org andlook under rules and responsibilities.