SCARS in the Media

Vet bills run high for animal rescue - Fort McMurrray Today 

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SCARS pups visit 102.3 NOW radio 

SCARS volunteer, Deb Kardash, brought some puppies to visit Adam, Rachel, Taz, Shanny and Cary at 102.3 NOW Radio. The puppies are named after the station hosts: Crash, Mars, Rachel, Cary, and Adam. Check out the cute picture on the NOW radio Facebook page! We are very grateful for the $500 donation from Rachel and Cary that is inten...

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Saint City News - Tails get wagging for SCARS fundraiser 

Thank you to Glenn Cook of the Saint City News for a wonderful article about our June 11 Tails on the Trails event.

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St. Albert Gazette - Animal rescue society hosts seventh annual Tails on the Trail at Lions Park 

Thank you to Anna Borowieck for writing a wonderful story about our June 11 Tails on teh Trails event.

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Maliha's rescue story - Global TV Edmonton 

SCARS is very grateful to Kendra Slugoski of Global TV Edmonton for doing a the story abougt Maliha, a badly abused dog who is getting a second chance at life. Her rescue story is also on the SCARS website at www.scarscare.org/Story.aspx?StoryID=269

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Rescue animal society walking dogs for a cause - Saint City News 

We are grateful to Yonathan Sumamo for writing a story about Tails on the Tails in the July 7, 2010 edition of the Saint City News. We appreciate the support!

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Rescued husky leads puppy walk-a-thon - Edmonton Examiner 

SCARS is very grateful to Kevin Maimann of the Edmonton Examiner for helping us to promote the July 10 Tails on the Trails event.

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Putting paws to the pavement - St. Albert Gazette 

SCARS very much appreciates the great article by Scott Hayes of the St. Albert Gazette regarding our July 10 Tails on the Trails fundraiser.

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EZ Rock Interview about Tails on the Trails 2010 

SCARS was interviewed by Seanna Collins and Ron Clark of Edmonton's EZ Rock 104.9 on July 5, 2010 about the July 10 Tails on the Trails fundraiser. To hear the interview and learn more about SCARS' mission, please press play on the controller below.

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Second chance for pets - Edmonton Sun 

SCARS is very grateful to Alyssa Noel and the Edmonton Sun for this great article in support of Tails on the Trails 2010.

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Beloved pets make the workplace feel just like home 

SCARS is mentioned in this wonderful Edmonton Journal article.

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SCARS Featured in Avenue Magazine 

Andrea Cairns, SCARS Director, was named one of Edmonton's Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine.

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Dog deluge prompts call for foster homes 

Rescue agency braces for influx after reserve seeks assistance with stray problem   By Richard Warnica, Edmonton Journal

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Participaction Video - Featuring Niki (aka Tuff) 

This is a great video from Participaction, featuring one of our adopters and her wonderful SCARS dog. See Tuff's story under our Rescue Stories.

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Best Friends in Waiting 

Blog post by Ryan Jespersen, Host of Edmonton's City TV Breakfast Television   I managed to gain 15 - 20 new "best friends" over the weekend.   My wife Kari andI spent some time at St. Albert's Lions Park for the Second Chance Animal Rescue Society's (SCARS) annual Tails on the Trails fundraiser. People packed into the park to...

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Tails Set to Wag on the Trail 

Last year St. Albert resident Melanie Therrien decided to foster dogs that were dropped off at Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS). Her first foundling was Beatrice, a four month old collie-cross from Calling Lake. Beatrice's mother was a feral dog that had evaded capture, but bylaw officers trapped several of her young. Beatrice was ...

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Lions Park to go to the dogs for fundraiser 

Lion's Park will be going to the dogs when Tails on the Trails hits town on Saturday June 6. The event, hosted by Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS) is an opportunity for the shelter to raise funds for the animals they take in. “All the money goes towards our rehab for animals, so whatever we can raise is great, “ Andrea Cairns, a d...

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Radio Interview with 104.9 EZ Rock 

SCARS was interviewed by Edmonton's EZ Rock 104.9 on May 5, 2009 about the upcoming Tails on the Trails fundraiser. To hear the interview and learn more about SCARS' mission, please press play on the controller below.  

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Abandoned puppies get Second Chance 

Eight puppies who were saved from freezing to death last Monday are now in the safe care of the Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS). Janice Johnston, who heads SCARS in this area, said she received a call around 4 p.m. on Feb. 16 regarding a distressed animal. Johnston said a woman had been travelling to Edmonton along Highway 44 near...

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Reader's Digest 

Stray pooches find happy homes, thanks to Albertan Sylvia Christiansen and her SCARS volunteers.

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It's for the LOVE of dogs! 

EZ Rock 104.9 fm - Thousands of years ago, we humans formed a covenant with our companion animals. We wanted them to live with us and to share our lives. Because of this our ‘pets' lost most of their natural skills to fend for themselves. It then became our responsibility to feed and care for them. While the animals have kept their end of the barga...

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Dogs' best friend 

The Edmonton Journal - Sylvia Christiansen has spent most of her life rescuing the most destitute of man's best friends. When Sylvia Christiansen was a little girl, it wasn't Barbie dolls she wanted for Christmas. It was the puppies at the pound. She would spend her allowance money on food for the stray cats in the neighbourhood and, as a teenager,...

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Woman of Vision 

Sylvia Christiansen SCARS founder and President has been named Global Edmonton's June Woman of Vision for her dedicated support of animal welfare. Sylvia's energy and determination has made Second Chance Animal Rescue Society such an amazing organization! Thank you to the Edmonton Journal for the wonderful article profiling Sylvia Christiansen a...

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SCARS Video 

Our good friend Michael from Grant MacEwan has given us a wonderful gift: a SCARS video. Interviewing some of our volunteers, he has developed a wonderful promotional pieces on SCARS. Interviews with Sylvia Christansen, Olivia Giercuszkiewicz and Andrea Cairns We hope that you enjoy it as much as we do! ...

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Happy tails create a storied legacy for award-winning animal rescuer 

The Edmonton Journal - Sylvia Christianson has 1,600 sad stories to tell, but all of them have happy endings. That's the number of dogs for whom she has found homes in the past five years, animals that were abused or abandoned and often left to die on lonely country roads.

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Special recognition for a very special SCARS volunteer! 

SCARS is so proud to announce that the prestigious International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Animal Action Award was presented by IFAW Canada Director, Olivier Bonnet to our president and co-founder Sylvia Christensen on Wednesday. November 14, 2007 at 1:00pm in Edmonton! To read more about the award presentation, please visit The Edmonton J...

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Volunteer effort succeeds in pets being saved 

Edmonton Real Estate Weekly - Andrea Cairns and Coco appeared at a recent Pet Adoption Day at a local Petsmart Store. Foster and adoption homes are always needed. Photo by Inge Nielsen

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In Hope Animal Shelter Video 

The In Hope Animal Shelter video below is not SCARS specific, but it is a video that speaks volumes about why everyone should spay or neuter ones companion animals. Please click on the movie poster to watch.

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