Summer Sheffield This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Meet Our Staff - Watauga Humane Society ~ Boone, NC

   www.wataugahumanesociety.org/i - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/14/2006   Last Visited: 3/14/2006

   Summer Sheffield, Kennel Manager Our Kennel Manager, Summer Sheffield, joined the shelter staff in August 2003. Summer moved back to Boone after living in sunny Florida for about a year. Summer graduated with honors from Appalachian State University. She earned her bachelor's degree in computer science in May 2002. Summer has apprenticed with dog trainers and lives with 2 dogs and 2 cats. Summer works with the less adoptable shelter dogs in her free time, in an effort to socialize the dogs and increase their chances of adoption.

2. 2. Fundraising News & Ideas - A second chance for the homeless

   www.fundraising-ideas.org/news - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/7/2004   Last Visited: 2/25/2005

   The Appalachian State University chapter of WAGS holds the fundraiser once a semester and generally raises about $1,000, Summer Sheffield, the Humane Society's kennel manager, said.
   
   There are programs sponsored by the Humane Society as well, usually at elementary schools, to educate people about the pet overpopulation problem and the importance of having animals spayed and neutered.
   
   "This is a low-kill shelter but there are just too many animals, and people need to understand why their animals need to be spayed and neutered," Sheffield said.
   
   "That [spaying and neutering] is more what we're about than the adoptions because it's impossible to adopt out all the homeless animals, it is never going to happen," Sheffield said.
   
   "Even though we don't have to kill animals just for space here, we are still very much aware of how many animals are killed. They do come through our doors and we have to send them away because we don't have enough space and they go to animal control and are killed or they are dumped on the side of the road and they reproduce."
   
   There were 3 million animals euthanized last year alone, Sheffield said.
   
   However, many people who do not take unwanted pets to be euthanized leave them on the side of the road to fend for themselves. The problem with this is that one mother cat and her litter can turn into 420,000 cats in seven years, Sheffield said.
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   "It's a rush when you get into a crowd with 30 people and dogs; everyone gets real energized and it's a lot of fun," Sheffield said.

3. 3. The Mountain Times Online

   www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/25/2005   Last Visited: 8/26/2005

   Party of Four, an all-female singing group from the High Country, is made up of lead singer Cherry Johnson, Summer Sheffield on tenor vocals, Suzanne Wise on bass vocals, Debra Cassella on baritone vocals.
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   Sheffield works for the Watauga Humane Society.