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It’s Deaf Dog Awareness Week

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Did you know that it is Deaf Dog Awareness Week? This group is made up of rescues that are trained with American Sign Language and hand commands. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. dogs people helping animals rescues'

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Race for the Rescues

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4th ANNUAL “RACE FOR THE RESCUES” FUNDRASIER. Animal lovers Jane Lynch (Julie & Julia) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) will help The Rescue Train host its 4th Annual 5k Run/Walk (3.1 This means less dogs and cats can be saved. 5K Run/Walk, Kid’s Fun Run and Adoption Celebration.

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Dogtown Episode 3 - The Vick Dogs

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This final episode in the three-episode Season 1 disc was about the Vick dogs taken in by Best Friends for rehabilitation. (Be Be warned, there were some dog-fighting clips in the episode.) Rescuing the Vick dogs was a controversial move by Best Friends and some animal groups, most notably PETA, did not agree with it.

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Book: The Lost Dogs

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Have you ever wondered where the dogs in the Michael Vick case are now? From the very start, even though I knew the outcome in small part, it was so interesting to read about the behind the scenes efforts during the case, after the dogs were seized, and of course to present day when so many dogs are still trying to become healthy and happy.

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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PETA was trying to get the information to find out why the university is buying cats and dogs from a West Texas animal shelter for university training or research. From the Avalanche-Journal: The university has purchased cats already scheduled for euthanasia from Odessa Animal Control since the 1980s, a shelter spokesperson, Cpl.

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

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The event is to be held at Pacha on Thursday, October 22, 2009, and all funds raised will benefit the city’s broad rescue, shelter and adoption services. Since 1995, Animal Care has, on average, assisted in the rescue of 43,000 animals annually as the largest agency of its kind in the North East, servicing all five boroughs of New York City.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: The euthanasia of more than 1,000 dogs and cats at the main animal shelter in Las Vegas is surely a major tragedy in the sheltering field (news article , Feb. 16), and the rapid spread of diseases at a facility packed with 1,800 animals required swift action to prevent even more suffering and loss of life.