ASPCA and NFL Team Up to Fight Animal Cruelty

New accessible account advertisement appearance Jason Taylor of Miami Dolphins. We acclaim the NFL's charge to adopting acquaintance of abominable animality and advancement the accommodating analysis of animals In abutting our efforts to eradicate abominable cruelty, the NFL is sending a able bulletin to players, admirers and the accepted accessible -- that the abusage of animals will not be acceptable and is, in a word, artlessly unacceptable. Jason is one of abounding players in the alliance who shares his home with a pet We are admiring to be partnering with one of the a lot of admired abominable abundance organizations in the apple in abutment of a could cause accepted by so abounding NFL players -- and one that is important to millions of Americans.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 20, 2007 -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) and the National Football League will admission a new anti-cruelty accessible account advertisement (PSA) featuring Miami Dolphins DE Jason Taylor, it was appear today. The PSA, produced by NFL Films, is appointed to activate airing December 22 on NFL Network and ESPN.

In June 2007, the ASPCA and the alliance appear a accord on the development of educational abstracts to enhance acquaintance on the able analysis of animals a allotment of players and employees. In accession to educating its players and teams on the accent of caring appropriately for animals, the alliance has continued its efforts in this across by partnering with the ASPCA to advice accession acquaintance of abominable animality above the nation. Featuring Jason Taylor and Bear, his Akita of 11 years, the PSA encourages admirers to advice the ASPCA put an end to abominable cruelty, and can be beheld at www.fightcruelty.org.

"We acclaim the NFL's charge to adopting acquaintance of abominable animality and advancement the accommodating analysis of animals," said ASPCA President & CEO, Ed Sayres. "In abutting our efforts to eradicate abominable cruelty, the NFL is sending a able bulletin to players, admirers and the accepted accessible -- that the abusage of animals will not be acceptable and is, in a word, artlessly unacceptable."

"Jason is one of abounding players in the alliance who shares his home with a pet," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "We are admiring to be partnering with one of the a lot of admired abominable abundance organizations in the apple in abutment of a could cause accepted by so abounding NFL players -- and one that is important to millions of Americans."

Jason Taylor was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third annular of the 1997 NFL Draft. Since then, he has durably accustomed himself as one of the arch arresting ends in the league. Taylor was awarded the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award, and is widely-recognized as a baton in off-field association account in South Florida and beyond. He lives in Florida with his wife, three accouchement and the admired four-legged affiliate of his family, Bear.

About the ASPCA®:
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was the aboriginal accommodating alignment accustomed in the Americas, and today has added than one actor supporters throughout North America. A 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA's mission is to accommodate able agency for the blockage of animality to animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA provides bounded and civic administration in animal-assisted therapy, abominable behavior, abominable adulteration control, anti-cruelty, accommodating education, aldermanic services, and apartment outreach. The New York City address houses a full-service, accredited, abominable hospital, acceptance center, and adaptable berth beat program. The Humane Law Enforcement administration enforces New York's abominable animality laws and is featured on the absoluteness television alternation "Animal Precinct" on Animal Planet. For added information, amuse appointment www.aspca.org.

Contact:
Melissa Treuman
(212) 876-7700 x 4521

Clare Graff
NFL
(212) 450-2435

Are you Heartbroken that your Financial Situation May Force you to Surrender your Pet?

Preventative affliction is the key to befitting costs down for your pets. "Spaying/neutering and abreast vaccinations will advice you save money in the continued term," says arch veterinarian Dr. Arnold Goldman, admiral of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation (CVMF) and administrator of the Connecticut State Animal Response Team. Spaying/neutering and abreast vaccinations will advice you save money in the continued term Spaying/neutering and abreast vaccinations will advice you save money in the continued term If you accept an abominable and affairs crave that you have to abandonment them, bethink to abandonment your pet humanely to anyone you assurance or to a acclaimed shelter. You never charge to abandon an abominable cruelly.

Canton, CT (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 28, 2009 -- Preventative affliction is the key to befitting costs down for your pets. "Spaying/neutering and abreast vaccinations will advice you save money in the continued term," says arch veterinarian Dr. Arnold Goldman, admiral of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation (CVMF) and administrator of the Connecticut State Animal Response Team.

In accession to bactericide care, Dr. Goldman and the CVMF accept added analytical admonition for families who are disturbing to accumulate their pets during these asperous bread-and-butter times:

 

Consider pet bloom allowance if your pet is still adolescent and afore medical problems develop, so that new altitude will not be afar as "existing" later. Pet bloom allowance is aswell a charity if emergencies action because your abroad costs will be decidedly lower.
Avoid owning added animals than you can handle. Even if you abatement in adulation with an abominable who needs a home, anticipate alert about what is best for that animal. While your affection tells you to accomplishment an abominable in need, if you are already disturbing financially, you may not be able to acquiesce the appropriate care. The animals you accept now should crop priority.
 
Remember, that apartment animals are already well-cared for by a caring staff. Better that abominable backward at the apartment in the aboriginal abode and had a adventitious of accepting placed in addition home that could acquiesce all its needs for the continued term, rather than accepting adopted and surrendered over and over.
 
Just as we all should abide aural our means, we should aswell abide aural our "animal means," and anticipate about basal needs rather than adorned perks. If all-important skip the able groomer and apprentice how to bathe/groom your accompaniment yourself; skip the paid dog ambler or doggie day affliction and see if a acquaintance can advice you out with the walks and exercise if you are alive added hours to accomplish ends meet, and can't get home to tend to your pet.
 
Keep bodies indoors. Cats who are central are convalescent and break safer. You will abate the accident of abrasion decidedly - and accumulate down medical costs -- by not absolution bodies outside.
 
Keep dogs on a leash. Free adrift dogs can get into added agitation and acquire bloom risks added frequently than those on a leash.
 
Talk to your veterinarian about your bearings and see if Care Credit is available, Inquire about bounded not-for-profit shelter-run abominable hospitals that action low amount veterinary care.
Dr. Goldman recognizes that some families have to say goodbye to their abominable companion, however, there are means to do this that are best for everyone. "If you accept an abominable and affairs crave that you have to abandonment them, bethink to abandonment your pet humanely to anyone you assurance or to a acclaimed shelter. You never charge to abandon an abominable cruelly."

About Dr. Goldman, DVM
Dr. Goldman is buyer of Canton Animal Hospital (CT); admiral of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation; and administrator of the Connecticut State Animal Response Team affairs (CTSART) which he founded in 2005. Dr. Goldman accomplished and lobbied for Connecticut Public Act 07-11, mandating accumulation affliction of domiciliary pets alternating with their owners in Connecticut municipalities. For this he was called 2008 Veterinarian of the Year by the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Goldman speaks frequently about abominable affair planning and acknowledgment for disasters above Connecticut and nationally, and is the founding admiral of the National Alliance of State Animal & Agricultural Emergency Programs, NASAAEP. He has presented over 150 lectures and workshops on disaster-related abominable acknowledgment issues and is advised by Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Commissioner James Thomas to be the arch able on abominable emergency acknowledgment in the State of Connecticut.

The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Its mission is to be a assurance net for calm animals and to enhance their bloom and abundance while announcement the human-companion abominable bond. In accession to CT State Animal Response Team, CVMF programs cover accessible bloom affirmation through rabies apprenticeship and blockage programs; accessible education; and veterinary medical education. CVMF is the altruistic arm of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association which has 630 accountant veterinarians as members. It is the captivation of these veterinarians that makes the CVMF different a allotment of animal-related accommodating organizations because its key ability is the ability of veterinarians. More advice at www.ctvet.org.

The Dog Who Helped Parishioners Renew Their Relationship with God

Mary Elizabeth Martucci, a retired university agent from South Bend, Indiana, says that aggregation in her adolescence abbey renewed their accord with God in an different way if one Sunday, her dog Skippy started accessory services.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, -- Mary Elizabeth Martucci, a retired university agent from South Bend, Indiana, says that aggregation in her adolescence abbey renewed their accord with God in an different way if one Sunday, her dog Skippy started accessory services. The dog followed the again eight-year-old babe to church, sneaked into the ancillary door, absolved down the aisle, bargain himself assimilate the altar carpet, and empiric the account while the congregants watched in awe and amusement. Afterwards, Skippy absolved aback out the ancillary door.

To Martucci's abruptness and relief, the pastor was so afflicted with the dog's admiring address that he accustomed Skippy to abide accessory services. Skippy's abutting absorption to the affairs prompted aggregation to become added alert and reverential. Martucci assured that her dog had reminded anybody that even an abominable could account his Creator in abbey on Sundays.

Martucci's adventure is included in the book God's Messengers: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine by Allen and Linda Anderson with endorsements by abominable lover, added Betty White, and The Today Show's Willard Scott (New World Library, October 2003).

Author Allen Anderson says, "Many of the belief in God's Messengers are from humans who feel abandoned or abounding until an abominable comes into their lives at absolutely the appropriate time and reminds them that God loves them. My wife Linda and I accept consistently anticipation that this book would be an afflatus for any abominable lover and that clergy associates would acquisition it an amaranthine antecedent of adorning actual for sermons and workshops."

Recent accurate findings, appear in God's Messengers, appearance that a humans with accompaniment animals tend to accept lower claret pressure, beneath stress, and beneath bouts of abasement or animosity of abreast than those who don't accept animals. The Andersons accept that animals aswell advice humans become afterpiece to God because of the acknowledgment and adeptness to adulation that an abominable acquaintance can accompany out in a person. That is why anniversary adventure in the book is followed by a abbreviate absorption to advice readers focus on the all-powerful letters animals deliver.

God’s Messengers contains seventy stories, featuring the following:

 

Teddy, a dog with such affinity that if a woman was addled over accident her hair due to analysis for breast cancer, the dog pulled the hair out of her own tail. (The Presence of Teddy by Rose-Marie Silkens, British Columbia, Canada),
 
Rocky, a ascertain who helped an autistic boy called Sean become added assured and prompted the adolescent to ask his mother for added airy compassionate of the ferret's role in his life. (Ferrets Are Made of God by Rebecca Stout, Chattanooga, Tennessee),
 
Grace, a dolphin who overcame her fears if she was abandoned on a Costa Rican bank and a accumulation of volunteers began to sing the aria Amazing Grace to her. (Amazing Grace and the Dolphins by Sierra Goodman, Costa Rica),
 
Brett and Rhett, two Dalmatians that celebrity exercise drillmaster Richard Simmons gave to his mother and relied on to serve as her connected assembly until she died. (Spotted Angels by Richard Simmons, Beverly Hills, California),
 
Kabootle, a cat adopted from an abominable apartment who adored the activity and home of the woman who rescued him and her adolescent babe if a blaze bankrupt out in their kitchen while the babe was sleeping in the bedroom. (Kabootle, Our Rescue Cat by Lauren L. Merryfield, Mill Creek, Washington).
In 1996, Allen and Linda Anderson co-founded the Angel Animals Network and its chargeless online Angel Animals Story of the Week at www.angelanimals.net. The Andersons appraisal that the newsletter alcove 10,000 readers in 40 countries anniversary week. As authors, they accept over 100,000 books in print, and God's Messengers is the additional in an advancing alternation of books that accommodate alarming belief about courageous, compassionate, and loyal animals.

GOD'S MESSENGERS: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine by Allen and Linda Anderson * New World Library * October 2003 * Trade Paper * 237 Pages * Price: $14.95 * ISBN 1-57731-246-5

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Petland is Speaking Out About False Accusations and is Continuing Its Stand Against Substandard Breeders

Recently, a civic alignment launched a all-encompassing media advance on Petland Inc. with apocryphal allegations if in truth, Petland is allotment of the absolute solution. Petland alone supports breeders that access by the 'Humane Care Guidelines' developed by Petland in affiliation with the U.S. government The affair is abominable breeders. It has been Petland's action for added than 40 years to angle adjoin abominable breeders. As such, Petland has been, and continues to be, allotment of the absolute solution. Petland always demonstrates our charge to abominable abundance through its advancing agents training programs, in-store abominable affliction protocols and abounding association account programs At Petland, happy, advantageous and well-socialized pets are our priority.

Chillicothe, Ohio -- Recently, a civic alignment launched a all-encompassing media advance on Petland Inc. with apocryphal allegations if in truth, Petland is allotment of the absolute solution.

The organization's calumniating advance was sensationalized with clear video images assuming afflicted animals that had no affiliation to Petland. These images were advertisement accompanying with the Petland name, which created a adverse and ambiguous impression.

In fact, abounding of the anachronous images were from the accomplishment of a apartment in West Virginia with no affiliation to Petland. In that accurate case, Petland was a allotment of the solution, altruistic 1,100 pounds of dog food, leads, collars and toys. In addition, Petland beatific volunteers circadian to abetment in the acting shelter.

To apprentice the accuracy about Petland's absolute contributions and the apocryphal accusations by the civic organization, you may go to http://www.petland.com/truth or appearance a video account at http://www.petland.com/video/truth.

"Petland alone supports breeders that access by the 'Humane Care Guidelines' developed by Petland in affiliation with the U.S. government," declared Frank Difatta, Petland's president. "The affair is abominable breeders. It has been Petland's action for added than 40 years to angle adjoin abominable breeders. As such, Petland has been, and continues to be, allotment of the absolute solution."

For a video account about absolute accomplishments by Petland apropos its angle adjoin abominable breeders go to http://www.petland.com/video/stand.

The apocryphal accusations accept contributed to several protests of Petland food in contempo weeks by well-meaning but bearded individuals. The Petland protesters should absolute their efforts against pet food and Internet sites that advertise animals from abominable breeders. For a video account apropos these bearded Petland protests, go to http://www.petland.com/video/protests.

"Petland always demonstrates our charge to abominable abundance through its advancing agents training programs, in-store abominable affliction protocols and abounding association account programs," declared Elizabeth Kunzelman, administrator of business and communication. "At Petland, happy, advantageous and well-socialized pets are our priority."

About Petland
Petland Inc. is committed to abominable abundance and adopting the bar apropos accommodating affliction and above standards, such as breeding, pet care, accretion of absent pets and amenable pet ownership. Petland is an all-embracing authorization operation with added than 200 quality, full-service retail pet centers. For added advice on Petland, appointment http://www.petland.com.

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ASPCA® and Mayor's Office Take on Animal Cruelty in Baltimore

New assignment force seeks amends for victims, looks to anticipate approaching crimes

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) July 9, 2009 --- In acknowledgment to the contempo baleful afire of a dog called Phoenix that abashed the Baltimore community, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) and the city-limits of Baltimore accept teamed up to actualize an Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force. The assignment force, which will be apparent today at a columnist appointment at Baltimore City Hall, will plan to advice the city-limits of Baltimore anticipate and arraign abominable cruelty, including dog fighting.

The ASPCA was abashed to apprentice of what happened to Phoenix We accept continued accustomed the alarming abeyant for abominable animality to advance to added austere crimes, and we attending advanced to alive with the city-limits of Baltimore to advice put a stop to these agitated injustices adjoin animals. The aegis and assurance of animals in the City of Baltimore is an important concern This is added than a acknowledged issue. This is a association issue. If you advance abominable abundance in a community, you advance accessible assurance for everyone. "The ASPCA was abashed to apprentice of what happened to Phoenix," said Dr. Randall Lockwood, Vice President of Anti-Cruelty Field Services for the ASPCA. "We accept continued accustomed the alarming abeyant for abominable animality to advance to added austere crimes, and we attending advanced to alive with the city-limits of Baltimore to advice put a stop to these agitated injustices adjoin animals."

In accession to Dr. Lockwood, who will sit on the assignment force, added associates will cover assembly from the State Attorney's office, the Baltimore City Council, the Mayor's office, BARCS (Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Center), and MDSPCA (Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The assignment force will accommodated consistently over the next year to authorize accomplish the city-limits should crop to action this botheration and will abide its recommendations to Mayor Sheila Dixon in a address next summer.

"The aegis and assurance of animals in the City of Baltimore is an important concern," said Mayor Dixon. "This is added than a acknowledged issue. This is a association issue. If you advance abominable abundance in a community, you advance accessible assurance for everyone."

Media Contact:
Alison Zaccone, (212) 876-7700 x Ext. 4568 or 347-578-2242

About the ASPCA®
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was the aboriginal accommodating alignment accustomed in the Americas, and today has added than one actor supporters throughout North America. A 501 [c [3 not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA's mission is to accommodate able agency for the blockage of animality to animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA provides bounded and civic administration in animal-assisted therapy, abominable behavior, abominable adulteration control, anti-cruelty, accommodating education, aldermanic services, and apartment outreach. The New York City address houses a full-service, accredited, abominable hospital, acceptance center, and adaptable berth beat program. The Humane Law Enforcement administration enforces New York's abominable animality laws and is featured on the absoluteness television alternation "Animal Precinct" on Animal Planet. For added information, amuse appointment www.aspca.org.

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Holiday Book Sales Raise Funds for Animal Nonprofit Organizations

The columnist of a awful admired new book on arresting during a pet's terminal affliction is paying it advanced by alms an absolute fundraiser for abandoned nonprofit abominable groups. Books awash through nonprofits' websites will acquire them 40% of the retail price. ... back abounding nonprofits are disturbing to accumulate their doors accessible these days, what bigger way to advice the association than through a fundraiser involving purchases of an animal-related book?

Denver, Colorado -- Animal shelters, rescues and added nonprofit pet-related organizations will see an bigger basal band this anniversary if sales of "The Legacy of Beezer and Boomer" go as planned. The new account by Denver advocate Doug Koktavy is the centerpiece of a different fundraising activity in which abominable groups crop home cogent slices of the pie.

Koktavy, who has never accounting a book afore but acquainted apprenticed to allotment his adventure about his two dogs, wants to accomplish a aberration with this book. In adjustment to action this program, he is accomplishing the publishing himself and will accord 40% of retail sales to accommodating nonprofit abominable organizations. As ally in this venture, the nonprofits become the salespeople for the book, borer into their own connections.

The book tells the adventure of Koktavy's two affinity Labrador retrievers, who both were diagnosed with terminal illnesses. During the time frames of their illnesses, Koktavy went from bassinet case to accepting at accord with the accomplished situation. Instead of allurement why me?, afterwards his aboriginal dog died and his additional dog got cartilage blight he abstruse to relax and be accessible to the lessons. Feeling huge acknowledgment to his dogs, who were his "teachers" during this difficult time, Koktavy in about-face capital to advice nonprofit abominable organizations in some baby way. And if he apprehend that President Barack Obama was calling for "a amusing addition framework for the 21st aeon that reflects a new amusing contract: citizens actively confined their communities…connecting their casework to a beyond effort," his plan fell into place.

Wearing the hat of "cause marketer" now, Koktavy believes advice can in actuality appear to nonprofits in a ample way through book sales. "Did you apperceive that bisected of all Americans accede their pets as ancestors members, and addition 36 percent say their pets are at atomic allotment of the family? That is a huge amount of humans who will be caring for and outliving their ancestors members," he says. "My book gives achievement and advice to them. Nonprofit abominable organizations accept different relationships with pet people, and back abounding nonprofits are disturbing to accumulate their doors accessible these days, what bigger way to advice the association than through a fundraiser involving purchases of an animal-related book?"

"The Legacy of Beezer and Boomer: Lessons on Living and Dying from My Canine Brothers," appear by B Brothers Press, is a album book with 328 pages, abundant photos and illustrations. It is $24.95 and is alone accessible through www.BeezerAndBoomer.com. However, if a archetype is purchased through a nonprofit's hotlink to Koktavy's website, the nonprofit will acquire 40% of the sale.

When he is not publishing and business his new book, Doug Koktavy is a creditor's advocate in Denver. He has played ice hockey and competed in triathlons, and enjoys allowance abominable organizations if he can.

For added information, appointment www.BeezerAndBoomer.com or alarm 1-888-906-BEEZ. To canyon the chat alternating about the B Brothers Project fundraiser, acquaintance your admired nonprofit abominable alignment and acquaint them to assurance up at www.BeezerAndBoomer.com/npo.html.

Contact: Barbara Munson, Director of Communications
B Brothers Press
3515 S. Tamarac Dr., Suite 200
Denver, CO 80237
www.BeezerAndBoomer.com
1-888-906-BEEZ (2339)