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ACTION ALERT: Help Stop Use of Pets for Research!!!
Animals  (tags: animal shelters, homeless animals, class b dealers, animal research, testing, legalisation, protection )

Simone
- 11 days ago - animallawcoalition.com
Rep. Michael F. Doyle (D-PA) has introduced the Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 3907. A Senate version, S.B. 1834, was introduced by Sen. Daniel A. Akaka (D-HI). The Pet Safety Protection Act would amend the Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C.
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The Big Nonsurgical Fix Is the Holy Grail of Animal Welfare
Animals  (tags: homeless animals, animal shelters, animals euthanized, sterilization, animal welfare )

Simone
- 32 days ago - examiner.com
The United States has come a long way in the sterilization of our companion animals since the 1970s when the movement for spay/neuter got underway. At that time, shelters euthanized some 20 million dogs and cats each year. Today the number of companion
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Memories of Post-Katrina Animal Shelters Sting in Hurricane Season
Animals  (tags: hurricane, katrina, memories, animal shelters, animals lost, saved, rescued, grief )

Simone
- 67 days ago - content.usatoday.com
Every report of another hurricane forming out at sea churns up memories, fear of what might happen again. And images I'm sure will never dim. Of the big old black Lab I called Sir because he was so courtly, a dog that had, I imagined, taken the
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ACTION ALERT: Do Your Part to Save Pets' Lives: Pledge to Adopt Your Next Pet.
Animals  (tags: pledge, homeless animals, adoptions, rescuing, animal shelters, companions, family members )

Simone
- 68 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
Between three and four million dogs and cats are euthanized each year in animal shelters in the United States. But if more families looking for a pet this year would adopt their new furry friend from a shelter, we could put an end to this tragedy.
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National Homeless Animal Day - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: national homeless animal day, animal shelters, adoptions, resue groups )

Simone
- 84 days ago - wowktv.com
August 16, 2009 is National Homeless Animal Day and groups across the U.S. plan to commemorate the event.
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Fighting Discrimination on All Fronts: Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-"Pet" Day!
Animals  (tags: discrimination, older pets, special needs pets, medical problems, adoptable days, animal shelters )

Simone
- 86 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Between six and eight million cats and dogs enter the U.S. shelter system every year; half of these animals won't leave alive. As if the odds aren't daunting enough, some animals face added obstacles to adoption: old(er) age; medical and/or physical
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Can Black Dogs Break the Color Barrier?
Animals  (tags: blackdogs, bigger dogs, animal shelters, discriminations, adoptions, numbers )

Simone
- 88 days ago - sfgate.com
Black may be beautiful, but when it comes to dogs of a darker hue, potential adopters often overlook them -- especially if they're big. If you're like me, you probably chose your dog based on something like the melting feeling you got when he held one
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Sightless Kitten Rescued By Good Samaritan
Animals  (tags: blind kitten, abandoned, kind humans, rescued, animal shelters )

Simone
- 89 days ago - ahscares.org
When a Keyport resident saw numerous stray kittens near her home, she was especially concerned for a kitten that appeared to have an eye problem or could possibly be blind. The resident trapped them and contacted the Society's Tinton Falls Shelter for
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Girl Does Her Part to Help Animal Shelter
Animals  (tags: Animals, Animal Shelters, protection, AnimalWelfare, rescued, society, Charity, GoodNews, dogs, cats )

Dee
- 101 days ago - timesunion.com
MILTON -- Dollar by dollar and sometimes penny by penny, the people of Saratoga County have raised $322,000 toward a new animal shelter.
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ACTION ALERT: Help Control Pet Overpopulation!!!
Animals  (tags: pets, overpopulations, euthanized, animal shelters, animal welfare )

Simone
- 110 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Don't buy or breed!!! Millions of animals die every year... millions. Buying an animal often supports puppy mills and means one more shelter animal won't find a loving home. -Adopt a shelter animal. They'll be forever grateful!
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ACTION ALERT: Support New York Bill AD999 to Ban Animal Shelter Gassing!!!
Animals  (tags: laws, legsilation, animal shelters, banning animal gassing, gas chambers, horriifc cruelty, homeless animals, protection )

Simone
- 117 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A bill to ban gas chambers that has passed the New York State Assembly the past 2 years but not the Senate, has once again been introduced. The proposed law ONLY applies to municipal animal shelters. It does NOT apply to research laboratories or dog
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No-Kill Shelter Nation? Maybe in 5 Years
Animals  (tags: animals, Animal Shelters, No-kill, Animal Welfare, dogs, cats, death, killing, pets, rescued, sadness, protection )

Dee
- 118 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
When the Richmond SPCA in Virginia announced plans to become a no-kill animal shelter beginning in 2002, there was one thing that CEO Robin Starr didn't expect: vocal opposition from local rescue groups.
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Pit Bulls Seized From Georgia Dogfighting Operation Killed This Week
Animals  (tags: tragedy, dog fighting, dogs abused, euthanized, killed, dog fighting raid, animal shelters )

Simone
- 140 days ago - animalrights.change.org
It happens far more often than any of us realize. We hear about it only when it hits the news in a big way, when the number of pit bulls seized is rather notable, or when a well-known nonprofit calls attention to the situation. Far more often than we
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ACTION ALERT: STOP KILLING HOMELESS PETS in CAPE TOWN!
Animals  (tags: homeless pets, animal shelters, no kill policies, cape town, south africa, homeless animals )

Simone
- 143 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Kansas City, USA, recently launched a program to save the lives of unclaimed pets held in animal welfare shelters. Could Cape Town be the leader in setting a similar example to other cities and towns in South Africa?
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HOMELESS DOGS ROBBED OF TRUST FUND MONEY-PETITION TO SIGN!
Animals  (tags: leona helmsley, will, inheritance, court orders, homeless dogs, animal shelters )

Simone
- 159 days ago - helpinganimalsworldwide.blogspot.com
Its no secret that Leona Helmsley loved dogs. She loved them so much that she wanted to leave ALL her money to the cause of helping them. She created a trust fund with the intentions that her entire fortune, estimated to be over five (5) billion dollar
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