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Urban Resource Institute and Purina Unveil the Purina Play Haven

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Studies show that as many as 48% of domestic violence victims stay in abusive situations out of fear of what would happen if they left their pets behind, and more than 70% of pet owners who enter shelter report that the abuser has threatened, injured, or killed family pets.

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Scandal at Los Angeles Animal Shelter

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Brenda Barnette, General Manager of the Animal Services Department, said 64 animals have disappeared from six shelters in roughly a year,” Zanhiser reports. “Of Of that total, 39 were housed at the city's North Central shelter on Lacy Street — a missing rate considered unusually high.” Excerpt from CityWatch.

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The Shelter Pet Project

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Did you know that every year, of the 8 million dogs and cats that enter animal shelters, 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized? Luckily, The Shelter Pet Project hopes to change this! Here is one of the great PSAs that The Shelter Pet Project has out. It is such a sad statistic.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

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In an area known for ‘the cleanest water in the world,’ 234,000 acres were sheltered from mining exploration…until now. Below is the (form) letter I received about my disapproval of 1) drilling in any of our protected lands, and 2) the ‘reclassification’ of public lands for the benefit of resource extraction. And yet, it has begun.

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My rescue dog had to be euthanized due to aggressive brain tumor only after a month of having him and I feel shattered. Ways to cope? Would it be wrong to buy a new puppy?

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Shelter said that it was resource aggression, but that was false. Two weeks ago a hard lump showed up above his eye and I got worried. He became increasingly aggressive and attacked my boyfriend several times due to nonlogical reasons. After attacks he became lethargic. His eyes were tilting.

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What To Do If You Find a Pit Bull

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Many shelters do not intake pit bulls at all, and many of the shelters that do find themselves limited in their intake by state regulations or their own policies that dictate pit bull capacity. Pit Bull Rescue Central (PBRC) is a great resource for pit bull owners and those that find a homeless or lost pit bull.

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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Since their habitat has been destroyed, wildlife become displaced and must spend more time searching for food, water and shelter. More resources on this topic: Wildfire! This past March I helped a Girl Scout troupe build and install 15 Bluebird nest boxes on the Sacramento River Trail. Here are some facts about climate change.

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