Jamestown, NY – You are invited to celebrate the holidays with the animals and staff of the Audubon Center and Sanctuary.

On Friday, December 28, from 10 a.m. to noon, you can meet some Audubon animals up close during a live animal presentation at Christmas with the Critters.

Audubon staff will bring some of the animals out to meet you. You can learn about them, touch them, and wish them a very happy holiday.

Activities will include making a gift for the animals, reading a story, and opening some of the animals’ presents.

For admission to the party, it is $7/person and $5/Friends of the Nature Center. Or you may take a gift tag from the Giving Tree that stand in the lobby of the Nature Center building, purchase the item, and bring it back as your admission. If you can’t attend the event, you can place your wrapped gift under the tree beforehand.

A Statement Released by the Erie County SPCA

Hurricane Sandy can force East Coast animal shelters to close, leaving many animals with nowhere to go. The SPCA Serving Erie County may be called upon to help. In fact, Hurricane Sandy may cause animal rescue and housing emergencies right here at home. For these reasons, we're clearing the kennels to make room for dogs who fall victim to this howling storm.  Take advantage of this ghoulishly-great Halloween special!

Howling Halloween Special!
October 29 - October 31
ALL DOGS 5 MONTHS AND OLDER at the SPCA SERVING ERIE COUNTY:  $31.00
(Dogs 10 and older: as always, adoption fee waived)

See the SPCA's available dogs at YourSPCA.org!

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Suzanne Laba from the Buffalo Animal Shelter once again stopped by the Daybreak Saturday studios with Daphne, a wonderful dog currently living in a foster home.

Daphne is a very friendly dog and was jumping on our newsroom desks before the show! She has been living with her foster mother since this past April.

She is about 18 months old and is housebroken and friendly to everyone she meets.

If you're interested in adopting Daphne, you can email her foster mother here.