Post by RealPitBull on Jan 28, 2011 20:16:03 GMT -5
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UTICA, January 27, 2011 -- Jon Liebing saw Apollo in the headlines, and on the local news, and had an epiphany: He could help that dog.
A musical benefit is being held Thursday, February 3 at the Electric Company on Varick Street from 9:30 p.m. on, to defray the medical costs for Apollo, a pit bull made famous this week by his sad story : a frostbitten bloody pup left out in freezing temperatures, frozen to the ground, when police found him Monday.
“Apollo’s become famous,” Liebing said. “It really is kind of disheartening, this poor defenseless creature… And I think a lot of people wished they could do something.”
It’s true. Read any one of several stories posted online by various local media outlets, and the comments below it beg for justice, and ways to help the pup. Some people even inquired about adoption.
Meanwhile, the bills keep piling up – Apollo is staying at a local animal hospital per Stevens-Swan Humane Society’s request that he be thoroughly examined. Spokesman Jerry Kraus told Utica Daily News Wednesday that he feared the dog had internal injuries.
“It’s plain and simple -- this dog could use the money to undergo any medical procedures from here on out,” Liebing said. “Even if more money is raised than Apollo needs, it would still go to the animals at the shelter.”
He said donations might be solicited by simply placing a bucket in front of the stage, where people could walk over and put the money in themselves. They might even collect $1 donations at the door.
“This was a good idea and it makes me feel good,” Liebing said.
Details are still in the works, but he said there will likely be a playlist featuring Liebing and several other local musicians.
“They have benefits for people almost every day,” he said. “This is something that I wanted to do, having been an entertainer in the area for 34 years. I thought, Wouldn’t it be great to use the leverage we have to do something nice?”
Liebing and his girlfriend own a cat and a dog, and are self-professed animal lovers. That said, so are many of the people he’s met in his time as an entertaining in Central New York.
“There are plenty of hateful people in the area, but the people that I have been around, we all support each other,” Liebing said. “A lot of musicians and their families here are in tune with animal abuse and how to help fight it.”
Kraus, who’s been busy both caring for Apollo and his shelter mates this week and working on the annual shelter telethon, said Liebing is both a friend and a dedicated dog lover.
“I think this is great,” he said. “It’s a great way to help out and support the local shelter while supporting your local musicians at the same time. A lot of musicians in town plan to help Jon with this -- a lot of them have pets and know first-hand the wonders of coming down and adopting a pet.”
The important thing to remember is that Apollo is a living, breathing being, Liebing said. He and other pets the SSHS have taken under wing depend on humans for support. This benefit will help cover the costs of being that support.
“We will just be hanging out having fun, playing music and raising money,” Liebing said of the benefit. “We’re ‘gonna do our darnedest to raise the money.”
UTICA, January 27, 2011 -- Jon Liebing saw Apollo in the headlines, and on the local news, and had an epiphany: He could help that dog.
A musical benefit is being held Thursday, February 3 at the Electric Company on Varick Street from 9:30 p.m. on, to defray the medical costs for Apollo, a pit bull made famous this week by his sad story : a frostbitten bloody pup left out in freezing temperatures, frozen to the ground, when police found him Monday.
“Apollo’s become famous,” Liebing said. “It really is kind of disheartening, this poor defenseless creature… And I think a lot of people wished they could do something.”
It’s true. Read any one of several stories posted online by various local media outlets, and the comments below it beg for justice, and ways to help the pup. Some people even inquired about adoption.
Meanwhile, the bills keep piling up – Apollo is staying at a local animal hospital per Stevens-Swan Humane Society’s request that he be thoroughly examined. Spokesman Jerry Kraus told Utica Daily News Wednesday that he feared the dog had internal injuries.
“It’s plain and simple -- this dog could use the money to undergo any medical procedures from here on out,” Liebing said. “Even if more money is raised than Apollo needs, it would still go to the animals at the shelter.”
He said donations might be solicited by simply placing a bucket in front of the stage, where people could walk over and put the money in themselves. They might even collect $1 donations at the door.
“This was a good idea and it makes me feel good,” Liebing said.
Details are still in the works, but he said there will likely be a playlist featuring Liebing and several other local musicians.
“They have benefits for people almost every day,” he said. “This is something that I wanted to do, having been an entertainer in the area for 34 years. I thought, Wouldn’t it be great to use the leverage we have to do something nice?”
Liebing and his girlfriend own a cat and a dog, and are self-professed animal lovers. That said, so are many of the people he’s met in his time as an entertaining in Central New York.
“There are plenty of hateful people in the area, but the people that I have been around, we all support each other,” Liebing said. “A lot of musicians and their families here are in tune with animal abuse and how to help fight it.”
Kraus, who’s been busy both caring for Apollo and his shelter mates this week and working on the annual shelter telethon, said Liebing is both a friend and a dedicated dog lover.
“I think this is great,” he said. “It’s a great way to help out and support the local shelter while supporting your local musicians at the same time. A lot of musicians in town plan to help Jon with this -- a lot of them have pets and know first-hand the wonders of coming down and adopting a pet.”
The important thing to remember is that Apollo is a living, breathing being, Liebing said. He and other pets the SSHS have taken under wing depend on humans for support. This benefit will help cover the costs of being that support.
“We will just be hanging out having fun, playing music and raising money,” Liebing said of the benefit. “We’re ‘gonna do our darnedest to raise the money.”
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