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Is Shelter Appreciation Week a Sham?

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Nathan Winograd has an interesting piece in the Examiner about the recent HSUS Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. It's not that he's unappreciative of people that work with animals, but rather the state of many of the shelters that are being appreciated. Tags: animal shelters. You can read about his background here.

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Book: Shift Your Habit

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We recently got a review copy of a great new book called Shift Your Habit: Easy Ways to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Save the Planet , which is going to be available on March 9th. We really enjoyed the book a lot! The author, Elizabeth Rogers, is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book.

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Vile Practices at Tulare County, CA Animal Shelter

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Cookson were accused of participating in an โ€œoff the booksโ€ arrangement wherein Harmon and Cookson carried out unauthorized mass euthanasias at the Tulare County, California shelter โ€“ reportedly using nonstandard and painful methods โ€“ by falsifying records to cover their actions.

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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Animal Person

First, Chris directed me to ePub Bud , which appears to be a timely and fantastic idea given my recent plea for more books for children about veganism. In addition, it looks like a great way to get your book into ePub form (and here 's how to read it) no matter what age your audience is.

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NEW LIVES: Stories of Rescued Dogs Helping, Healing and Giving Hope

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New Lives: Stories of Rescued Dogs Helping, Healing and Giving Hope is a great new book that celebrates rescue dogs. The author says: While writing this book, my eyes were opened to how many truly amazing animal shelters and organizations are making a difference. Would you like a chance to win a copy of this great book?

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575 Project Sends a Difficult Message

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Best Friends co-founder and artist Cyrus Mejia learned that 5 million animals are put to death each year in US animal shelters. A book is now available. Tags: euthanization art. He calculated that this equaled about 575 animals per HOUR (thanks to Andrew at Good Honest Dollar for the catch!) Heartbreaking.

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The Blue House Dog

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They offered him hand-outs and cared enough about him, not to call Animal Control and risk having him picked up and sent to a shelter where his fate would be doomed. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. Tags: books guest post.

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