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"No More Homeless Pets" Conference Scheduled for October

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Each year, five million healthy, adoptable homeless pets are still being put down. And because this year marks Best Friends’ 25th Anniversary, there will be special presentations by the folks who founded Best Friends – and a few anniversary surprises, too! Tags: Best Friends animal welfare conferences. From a Best Friends email.

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Book: Shift Your Habit

4 The Love Of Animals

She presents the information in a great way. Early Adopter. The Shift: Instead of buying your new friend from a pet store or breeder, adopt one from a shelter. The Shift: Instead of buying your new friend from a pet store or breeder, adopt one from a shelter. Tags: books.

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Rally to Rescue Story Contest

4 The Love Of Animals

“Doing More for Pets&# Rescue Stories Contest Puts Focus on Pet Adoption and Goal of Finding Homes for 300,000 Deserving Pets by the End of 2009. America has the chance to vote for the most remarkable story, and the winner will be announced in November at the National Dog Show presented by Purina in the Philadelphia area.

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Great cat tips from Housecat Housecall

4 The Love Of Animals

Katrina Warren and the experts at Animal Planet’s “ Housecat Housecall ”, presented by Purina Cat Chow, have put together some simple tips to help families conquer some common cat care issues. You will need a sturdy crate for transport, scratching post, climbing tree, litter box, food and water bowls and a breakaway collar with an ID tag.

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Dog Collars

4 The Love Of Animals

Middle class adoption of dog ownership required affordable collars, just like today’s mass marketed collar industry. They typically provide a metal loop to attach a leash or lead and a smaller ring below the chin to hang an id tag. Training collars should always be used with an observant human present to prevent accidental harm.

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Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Animal Person

Animal Person

I've officially been blogging for four years (1,329 posts and 5,441 comments) today, and as I (re)ponder whether I will continue, I'd like to present some lessons I've learned about blogging, veganism, people, "the movement," language and. Just know that the way you present yourself largely dictates who is going to visit your blog.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs.

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