September 19, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Woot! There He Is! Guest Post by Janice Lipsky
While I love animals in general, I’ve always been most passionate about all creatures feline. For the last 20 years or so, my husband and I have always had three rescued cats at any given time. When one cat passes … Continue reading
August 18, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Global Giving PHOTO CONTEST 2014!
OFFICIAL CONTEST RESULTS: After an extensive audit of votes, the final results are in and MickaCoo’s photo of Homing pigeon Gracie rescued from a lab placed 7th out of of 75 stunning entries. So the bad news is we didn’t … Continue reading
August 16, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo @ Sonoma County VegFest 2014
We all, MickaCoo volunteers, pigeons & Lily the dove, had an awesome time at the Sonoma County VegFest 2014 on Saturday! We made lots of wonderful new friends & caught up with some old ones. Thank you for taking the … Continue reading
August 13, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Top Rated Great Nonprofit 2014!
Thank you! Thank you for supporting and powering and enabling MickaCoo to be a great nonprofit! And thank you for endorsing our life-saving, culture-changing work with your five star reviews and earning MickaCoo, for the third year in a row, … Continue reading
August 3, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo @ Nihonmachi Street Fair 2014
MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue volunteers and birds staffed a booth at the Nihonmachi Street Fair in Japantown on Sunday and we made lots of new friends for pigeons! Thank you all so much for helping us to spread the … Continue reading
July 31, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Awesome Blossom, Guest Post by Alice Finney
Blossom came to my house by way of suggestion from MickaCoo volunteer Cheryl Dickinson. See, one of my pet pigeons, Mr. Stinker, whom I love very much, had been without a mate and very sad and lonely since his girlfriend, … Continue reading
July 19, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on MickaCoo @ The East Bay SPCA Adoptathon
MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue volunteers and birds spent their day catching up with old friends and making new ones at the East Bay SPCA Adoptathon! Highlights included a special Hey Sugar Sugar! serenade and being interviewed by SF Chronicle … Continue reading
July 16, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Sugar’s Story
On Thursday, June 12th, when SFACC shelter veterinarian Dr. Chris Anderson called asking for help with a splay-legged baby pigeon surrendered to them the day before, I almost burst into tears- not for Sugar, but for the impossibility of the … Continue reading
July 11, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Healing the Broken: Aurora’s Story
If Aurora could write this post, I imagine it would go something like this: Thank you for helping me! My name is now Aurora. As a young racing pigeon on one of my first flights, I got injured and grounded. … Continue reading
July 11, 2014
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on A Home Fit for a King: A Guest Post by Donut & Mia Skillern
Donut- age 3 months, as told to Mia, Hi! I’m Donut, a young King pigeon. I was bred to be meat (squab) and when I was barely a month old, I was plucked from my life with my parents and … Continue reading