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It’s Deaf Dog Awareness Week

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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. I didn’t know this, but the Dalmatian Club of American mandates euthanasia of all deaf pups. Today we would like to introduce you to TN Safety Spotters ! How truly sad.

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. I bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records. Sherrie Carruth, told The A-J {Avalanche-Journal.}

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Race for the Rescues

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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 Lisa Young, Director of The Rescue Train, explains the added significance to this year’s event: “Due to the economic crisis our donations are down 40%.

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

4 The Love Of Animals

AC&C has implemented numerous programs to ensure that as many animals as possible are placed into supportive environments, and adoptions are at an all time high and the euthanasia rate is at the lowest level in New York City history. To learn more about ongoing Animal Care adoption campaigns please visit www.nycacc.org.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. The bird was stripped of feathers and so badly battered that euthanasia was probable. One typical, blue-sky, L.A.

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