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Here is the report for ARK Support Fair on 22nd Apr (Sun).
We had so many visitors despite a limited agenda and the rain this time.




The plants which were grown by Ms.Oliver in ARK’s garden were so popular.

Many people came to see Ms.Oliver. So, we set up a talk session.
People were so interested in the stories of animal shelters in the UK and the US.

We had special supporter booths such as woodcraft artist Ms. Miyauchi (JP only), leather goods artist Sakata-san and the flower/plant shop Fuusouboku (JP only).
Also we received donations from the bakery Pain de cuisson and the flower shop Hanaroji (JP only).
We truly appreciate all of you having booths at this support fair and FIELD NOTE(JP only).
Thank you for all your support on that rainy day.



Frum
He is one of the Shih Tzu Dogs rescued in March which was in the ARK news.
He is becoming friendlier and healthier thanks to therapy. Now he can play with his favorite toys and try to get attention. Well, he was a bit nervous in the special atmosphere this time, though.
Probably, it was the first time for him to go out like this and to get spoiled by many people.

He could not run around with his favorite elephant toy, but he was held by a little boy calmly. And he even snored on someone’s lap.

Frum is playful but not young anymore. He might get tired a little bit.





Sabrina
We did not know you are good at jumping catch, Sabrina!
We were joking if we could lie and say her age is 4? She is too energetic for an 8 year old! She has wonderful jumping power and stamina!
Just for your info, the elephant toy Sabrina is so into is Frum’s;-)
She barked even to go outside several times. She was in a such a good mood she could not stop herself!
And she could wait calmly during Ms.Oliver’s speech. Good girl!




Dicondra
Dico sometimes barks too much or makes toilet mistakes, but he was calm and never had an accident during the event.
He is not good at hanging out with other dogs and was mean to a visitor’s dog. But he was so popular and someone said “cute---!!!” He seemed in a good mood.


Mocca
Mocca is friendly to everyone. She asked everybody to hold her and she climbed up to visitor’s laps with her short legs. She never hesitated☺
She is beautiful, small and good at hanging out with other dogs. Also she never bites (not like other selfish small dogs), she is bright and outgoing. Why hasn’t she been adopted yet..?
Only problem is she has separation anxiety. It is probably because of special environment before the rescue and we believe it can be changed.
She did not have any toilet accidents on that day, it might be because she was mentally stable.




We are always surprised at how different our animals are at the adoption events. They are more attractive.
We love them more when we see their new character, especially the ones who try really hard.


Unfortunately, we did not find new families for these four dogs. But many people came to the event and many ARK good or plants were sold.

We thank all dog lovers there for giving us support.
We also appreciate all the people who came to the event. People who dropped off donations, bought ARK goods and gave us donations.

We hope you had a great time as well.
Any feedback is so welcomed!




(We will pray for sunshine next time!!!)

Because of the bad weather expected, agenda will partially be changed.
We only have an event inside of the shop.
Original plan including Date/Place is follows:

ARK Support Fair at FIELD NOTE in Nara:
http://www.arkbark.net/?q=ja/node/2946

We will have bi-annual event at FIELD NOTE in Nara, “ARK Support Fair”.

We visited FIELD NOTE to prepare the panel exhibition.
The panel exhibit displays pictures of ARK animals with their stories.
You can see it until 22nd of April inside the shop during their store hours.



The store features interior goods, food and clothes. All of them are fantastic. There is also a tea corner where you can enjoy a drink while looking at the beautiful garden. The sweets are homemade and the bread is from Pain de Cuisson. These are also wonderful.

I visited there on assignment for ARK but I came back with lovely plants I bought at Field Note!



Ms. Oliver will join the adoption event & handmade goods market on 22nd.
Her new book “Doubutsu to wakachiau Jinsei (Days shared with animals) JP only” will be sold with Ms. Oliver’s autograph.

Please come join us♪


ARK support Fair
■■Panel exhibit “Animals living in ARK”
Date: 12Apr2012 (Thu) to 22Apr2012 (Sun) (Closed on Mon)
　　　Store hours　10:00〜18:00
Agenda: Pictures of ARK animals with their stories with.

■■Market & Adoption event
Date: 22Apr2012　11:30〜16:00
Agenda: -Adoption event
-Market for Foods and handmade goods
-Seedling from ARK Garden (managed by Ms. Oliver)
-ARK goods

Here’s the participants for the event↓
http://www.arkbark.net/?q=ja/node/2946

Story from the previous support fair↓↓↓
http://tokyoark.blog110.fc2.com/blog-date-201110.html - no349

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FIELD NOTE
630-8014　 2-2-77 Shijyo Oji, Nara-shi
TEL： 0742-36-7227
FAX：0742-36-7228
http://field-note.main.jp/home.html

Finally!
The day has come!

Kleta left ARK yesterday!



She had an offer before, but she has a little “problem” and it did not go well.

When she was rescued, she sometimes panicked during the walk. We could not ask volunteers to take her on a walk.
She was afraid of strangers, and could jump over the 130cm fence.
Later, even though she still pulled hard on the leash, she came to be okay with the regular volunteers taking her for a walk. And then, she started having epilepsy attacks.

Even taking preventive medicine everyday, we were afraid to have her leave ARK for fear of another attack.

But we staff members wanted to see Kleta’s have a chance. We had her at the adoption event in Kobe.
We saw Kleta relaxed just like she is at ARK. Seems that she enjoyed the event.
Of course, no epilepsy attack.

It did not take long until she met her future family..

Already 9 years have passed since Kleta came to ARK.

We are so happy to see her happy and leaving ARK.
It was the right decision to take her to the adoption event.


Unfortunately, there are many animals who could not get their own family and live at ARK until the end of their life.
That is one of the saddest and most frustrating things we experience during our activities.
We truly hope the animals who left ARK can be live happy ever after for those who cannot get theirs.

Please let us inform you about the Affiliate program we have been using since Oct. 2010. This is a way for ARK to earn revenue for the shelter.

The Affiliate program is where we earn money when people click on advertisements on the website/blog. If ARK supporters purchase something after clicking the ads on ARK Tails, some part of the purchase price of the item will come to ARK. That becomes a donation from the supporter in the end! There is no extra charge.

Here is a chart showing funds from ARK’s Tail’s Affiliate program.
[From the left, Year/Month, Result-Reward, Charge for service, Earning for ARK (unit: yen)]





Note:
-Result-Reward is calculated monthly (from the 1st to the end of the month) and carried forward if it is less than 5000yen.

Thanks to you all, we received a151,882 yen donation in the last 15 months.
We truly appreciate your support.
Thank you for your continuing to support ARK and help us to help the animals in need.