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5 Surprising Things Your Local Animal Shelter Needs Right Now

4 The Love Of Animals

The Pixie Project, along with 250 other animal shelters and nonprofits across the country, have posted their needs on TheGivingEffect.com, a new website that connects donors with local causes that need stuff. According to TheGivingEffect.com the top five things most local animal shelters need are: 1. About The Giving Effect.

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Bring Pets Home

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Shop ‘til you drop in support of animal shelters, then get together with friends to share stories, advice and even pictures – all online. The fund raising Web site also offers exclusive content for cat and dog owners which includes information on pet care and safety, information on animal shelters, as well blogs, groups and open forums.

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Bring Pets Home

4 The Love Of Animals

Begun in 1996 by the Humane Society of America, National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week encourages everyone who loves animals to bring public awareness to all the important work shelters do throughout the year. You don’t have to pay anything extra to help support your chosen shelter.

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Stamps to the Rescue

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Adopt a shelter pet stamps from the postal service were just revealed on the Ellen DeGeneres Show! This campaign continues the Postal Service’s 50+ year tradition of raising awareness of serious social issues with special commemorative stamps. Tags: news people helping animals. Stamps to the Rescue !

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Rescues and Runways

4 The Love Of Animals

Together with the ASPCA, their Rescues and Runways program hopes to find homes for pets, and raise money for shelters. August 20, 2009) – The struggling economy is taking its toll on animal shelters across the country. In response, maurices is launching a nation-wide effort to support local shelters and the animals they help.

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The Stupid, It Burns!

Critter News

PETA has asked the group Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. But the band admits the request "raises an issue worth thinking about". Tags: Stupid PETA. At first I thought that was from the Onion. Peta's letter requests the name change because of the cruelty it alleges takes place in the pet trade.

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Great Question About Obama Pup

Animal Person

Here's a great question I received via direct message on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/mary_martin ): "Do you think that even if Obama had adopted a shelter dog-it still may have caused a run on breeders? This is why I didn't campaign for a greyhound--it raises their profile. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Would it matter?"

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