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Animal Shelter Portraits

4 The Love Of Animals

Photographer Mark Ross has captured some truly beautiful, and touching, photos of animals abandoned at kill shelters. The book, Animal Shelter Portraits , captures just a small glimpse of what our furry friends experience in shelter situations. I have 4 copies of Animal Shelter Portraits to share with 4 lucky readers.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. From the AP.

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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

10,000 Birds

From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.

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should i rehome or hide my dog

Reddit Animals

I have to rehome my dog but i feel like im abandoning her i had a place that allowed dogs. but i know shed fair better being rehomed than the others who would probably end up in a shelter. but i know shed fair better being rehomed than the others who would probably end up in a shelter.

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My rescue dog had to be euthanized due to aggressive brain tumor only after a month of having him and I feel shattered. Ways to cope? Would it be wrong to buy a new puppy?

Reddit Animals

Shelter said that it was resource aggression, but that was false. My rescue dog was 5 years old and I wanted to give him a loving home after being abandoned (probably due to brain tumor symptoms), but I am too scared to take a new rescue dog so I think about a puppy. Two weeks ago a hard lump showed up above his eye and I got worried.

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7 State Parks for Fall Colors and Birding

10,000 Birds

There are 2,037 acres to explore, including miles of abandoned logging roads and hiking trails. Accommodations (100-room lodge, 30 cottages, 105 tent/RV/trailer campsites, and 16 shelters) make for relaxed birding on 12 miles of trails and lakeside. Barred Owl. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina.

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“New York’s Kindest” includes Rock & Rawhide!

4 The Love Of Animals

Rock & Rawhide , the charity that helps increase adoption levels of dogs and cats in shelters, announced today that it is included in Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C)’s latest advertising campaign, “New York’s Kindest” for their donations and assistance in increasing adoption levels through distraction therapy.