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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. In the past nine months, R&R has collected 4,807 items weighing 2,360.5

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Water, Water, Everywhere

10,000 Birds

And my decision to take this as a learning experience led to some interesting conclusions — and even some pretty cool birds. Instead, I was able to stick close to my car, taking shelter in it when necessary, and still see lots of birds. Black-bellied Plover on the left, collection of Peeps on the right. Which I did.

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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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Afforestation

10,000 Birds

The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) This oak was my first success with collected acorns. I started afforesting our church lot in 2016, just after we were able to fence it.

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My Subtropical Bird Garden

10,000 Birds

Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. It doesn’t seem to offer food or shelter for birds; but, being the tallest tree on the block, is an important stopover for lots of species. Mostly, we don’t let them.

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

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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.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

4 The Love Of Animals

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.