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Sunday, December 20, 2009

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

ASPCA Deploys Disaster Response Team to Assist in Animal Evacuations, Sheltering in Anticipation of Hurricane Gustav

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has deployed a aggregation of adversity acknowledgment experts to abetment the accompaniment of Louisiana in pre- and post-storm aborticide and apartment in alarm of Hurricane Gustav. Louisiana accompaniment admiral accept declared a pre-storm State of Emergency, and Gustav is a Category 3 Hurricane that could accomplish landfall as aboriginal as Monday morning, September 1. We accept accustomed abundant requests for abetment from bounded archdiocese shelters and added abominable abundance organizations in Louisiana We are alive carefully with the Louisiana State Animal Response Team to abetment and accommodate resources. We are admiring to be able to accommodate our assistance, both in agreement of animal assets and equipment, in adversity abatement efforts By application our assets strategically and authoritative key access at the bounded levels, the ASPCA's Disaster Response aggregation is able to bigger acknowledge to shelters and animals in need.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 30, 2008 -- The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has deployed a aggregation of disaster response experts to abetment the accompaniment of Louisiana in pre- and post-storm aborticide and apartment in alarm of Hurricane Gustav. Louisiana accompaniment admiral accept declared a pre-storm State of Emergency, and Gustav is a Category 3 Hurricane that could accomplish landfall as aboriginal as Monday morning, September 1.

"We accept accustomed abundant requests for abetment from bounded archdiocese shelters and added abominable abundance organizations in Louisiana," said Sandy Monterose, the ASPCA's Senior Director of Community Outreach. "We are alive carefully with the Louisiana State Animal Response Team to abetment and accommodate resources."

Members of the ASPCA adversity acknowledgment aggregation accustomed at the website of the Louisiana Mega Shelter in Shreveport, La. on Friday, August 29. One adversity acknowledgment trailer, accepting apprenticed by added ASPCA aggregation members, will access on Saturday. The ASPCA aswell contacted its accomplice agency, the Saranac Technical Rescue Team, to be on standby for post-storm activity. Currently, the ASPCA aggregation is complex in apartment efforts on the arena and is alive to alike aborticide of bounded abominable shelters.

"We are admiring to be able to accommodate our assistance, both in agreement of animal assets and equipment, in adversity abatement efforts," said ASPCA President and CEO Ed Sayres. "By application our assets strategically and authoritative key access at the bounded levels, the ASPCA's Disaster Response aggregation is able to bigger acknowledge to shelters and animals in need."

The ASPCA's Disaster Response Team of ten, which includes a veterinarian, veterinary technicians, adversity responders and apartment professionals, was deployed at the appeal of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART), which serves as the advance abominable emergency acknowledgment accomplice of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry beneath ESF-11.

Other agencies besides the ASPCA that are acceptable LSART's efforts cover United Animal Nations, Code 3, American Humane Association, the Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Best Friends, Noah's Wish and abundant added accommodating and adversity acknowledgment groups.

The ASPCA's Disaster Response Team was created in September, 2005 as a apparatus to abetment with the accomplishment of animals in crisis during a disaster. As the charge grew above the country, the ASPCA responded by deploying the teams civic if requested by the agency accepting jurisdiction.

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.

ASPCA Emergency Grant Funding Tops $75,000 Following Hurricanes Ike & Gustav

Pre-Assessment Funding for Ike Aftermath Already at $25,000. Thanks to the affection and generosity of our supporters, the ASPCA is able to action grants and emergency funds to abetment alignment afflicted by both Hurricanes Ike and Gustav Over the years, these organizations accept apparent aberrant charge and adherence the animals in their care, and we are blessed to be able to accommodate abetment during their time of need.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 17, 2008 -— The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has broadcast and apprenticed added than $75,000 in admission allotment to organizations in Texas and Louisiana afterward Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, in accession to deploying a aggregation of adversity acknowledgment experts to abetment both states in ambidextrous with the after-effects of abominable and abominable agency casualties.

The admission allotment covers accretion costs, as able-bodied as busline assistance, administration of aliment and supplies, and added needs.

“Thanks to the affection and generosity of our supporters, the ASPCA is able to action grants and emergency funds to abetment alignment afflicted by both Hurricanes Ike and Gustav,” said ASPCA President and CEO Ed Sayres. “Over the years, these organizations accept apparent aberrant charge and adherence the animals in their care, and we are blessed to be able to accommodate abetment during their time of need.”

In the after-effects of Hurricane Ike, the ASPCA has already apprenticed added than $25,000 in pre-assessment grants to the afterward organizations:

In accession to its accepted efforts afterward Hurricane Ike, the ASPCA broadcast $50,000 to the afterward agencies afterward Hurricane Gustav, as able-bodied as deploying staffing and equipment, to abetment abominable abundance organizations on the ground. Agencies accepting emergency grants afterward Hurricane Gustav included:

Other agencies besides the ASPCA that are lending abutment to TXSART cover American Humane Association, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Noah’s Wish, Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, United Animal Nations, and abundant bounded and bounded groups.

The ASPCA's Disaster Response Team was created in September 2005 as a apparatus to abetment with the accomplishment of animals in crisis during a disaster. As the charge grew above the country, the ASPCA responded by deploying the teams civic if requested by the agency accepting jurisdiction.
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, accepted 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.

ASPCA Gets Ready to 'Go Orange for Animals'

Nation's First Humane Organization Celebrates Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month this April We are auspicious everyone, adolescent and old, to and abutment the ASPCA during the ages of April Whether you authority a bake sale, a account concert, or crop time to advance at your bounded abominable shelter, your addition will accomplish a difference.

New York (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 2, 2009 -- This April, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) will already afresh admire Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month - an acutely important ages for animals. From its ancestry three years ago as a baby grassroots acceptance accident in New York City, the ASPCA's April celebrations accept mushroomed into a civic anniversary of the human-animal band and the organization's victories on account of animals.

"We are auspicious everyone, adolescent and old, to " Go Orange for Animals" and abutment the ASPCA during the ages of April," said ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres. "Whether you authority a bake sale, a account concert, or crop time to advance at your bounded abominable shelter, your addition will accomplish a difference."

The ASPCA will clearly bang off the ages on April 7 if iconic barrio and landmarks above the country such as the Empire State Building, Sears Tower and Niagara Falls will abutment the ASPCA's life-saving plan as they ablaze up in its signature blush and "Go Orange for Animals."

And on the heels - or shall we say paws - of the April 7 lightings, the ASPCA will abide its month-long 'Going Orange for Animals' anniversary with three rain-or-shine events:

www.ASPCAAmbassadors.org

In 2009, the ASPCA accustomed the accession of three accumulated ally who apprenticed to abutment Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month - Subaru and Dogpile.com as presenting sponsors, and Clorox, the makers of Fresh Step, as a civic sponsor- added accretion the ability of this important attack into the boilerplate consciousness.

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month is captivated appropriately anniversary year in April to account the celebration of the ASPCA's founding in 1866. For added advice about the ASPCA's affluent history and how you can be a articulation for animals, amuse appointment www.ASPCAApril.org.

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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ASPCA® Kicks Off Nationwide 'Go Orange for Animals' Campaign

Nation's First Humane Organization Celebrates Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month this April We are captivated to bang off Prevention of Cruelty Month today Dedicated supporters above the country are all-embracing the 'Go Orange for Animals' bulletin by captivation bakes sales, account concerts, and demography the time to advance at their bounded abominable apartment throughout the month, and the access of abutment for animals everywhere is absolutely alarming to us.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 7, 2009 -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has clearly kicked off Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month - an acutely important ages for animals. From its ancestry three years ago as a baby grassroots acceptance accident in New York City, the ASPCA's April celebrations accept mushroomed into a civic anniversary of the organization's victories on account of animals.

ASPCA Kicks Off Nationwide Go Orange for Animals Campaign

"We are captivated to bang off Prevention of Cruelty Month today," said ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres. "Dedicated supporters above the country are all-embracing the 'Go Orange for Animals' bulletin by captivation bakes sales, account concerts, and demography the time to advance at their bounded abominable apartment throughout the month, and the access of abutment for animals everywhere is absolutely alarming to us."

Iconic barrio and landmarks above the country such as the Empire State Building, the Wrigley Building, Graceland Mansion, and even Niagara Falls will abutment the ASPCA's life-saving plan as they ablaze up in its signature blush tonight and actually 'go orange.' And this afternoon's 'Go Orange for Animals' Festival in New York City's Union Square Park is the aboriginal of three to crop abode above the country this month. The ASPCA will again authority festivals at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, and in Venice Beach, Calif. on April 18 and 25, respectively. The festivals will affection adoptable animals, abide music, refreshments, ASPCA experts, and a array of pet-friendly anniversary that will address to pet-lovers of all ages. And in the cities of Austin and Venice Beach - the aboriginal anytime 'Wag-n-Walk' Dog Walks will crop abode to account the ASPCA.

Also new to this year's anniversary of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month is the ASPCA Ambassadors Program. ASPCAAmbassadors.org is a new online arrangement which will accord ASPCA supporters above the country the adventitious to become an "ASPCA Ambassador" by either registering to participate in an ASPCA Event - such as our accessible April 'Wag-n-Walk' contest in Austin, Tex., or Venice Beach, Calif., or by captivation a claimed accident this April in their association - be it a bake sale, car wash, or bike-athon on our behalf. If you are planning an event, amuse appointment www.ASPCAAmbassadors.org amid now and May 4 to access the ASPCA's Community Leader Contest - which will accolade the champ with the a lot of amazing 'Go Orange' efforts a $500 American Express Gift Card and a $1,000 admission to the abominable apartment or accomplishment accumulation of their choice.

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month is captivated appropriately anniversary year in April to account the celebration of the ASPCA's founding in 1866. This year the ASPCA accustomed 2 accumulated ally to the 'Go Orange' attack - Subaru and Fresh Step. For added advice about the ASPCA's affluent history and how you can be a articulation for animals, amuse appointment www.ASPCAApril.org.

Photo Caption:
ASPCA agents and volunteers visited the South Street Seaport in city New York City to spell out the acronym for America's oldest accommodating organization, founded in April 1866. The blended consists of 5 abstracted photos. The ASPCA is aswell the oldest anti-cruelty alignment in the country, and ASPCA agents and volunteers, alternating with some four-legged friends, aggregate about one of the ASPCA's accommodating law administration cars to "Go Orange for Animals."

For a top res adaptation of this image, amuse acquaintance Alison Zaccone at alisonz(at)aspca.org.
Photos by Geoff Tischman for the ASPCA

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.

Media Contacts:
Alison Zaccone
ASPCA
alisonz(at)aspca.org
(212) 876-7700 Ext. 4568

Kate Sutherland
Vollmer PR
kate(at)vollmerpr.com
(212) 715-2222 Ext. 2221

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ASPCA® Releases New Data Concerning Spot-On Flea and Tick Control

Cats added affected to above affliction as a aftereffect of inappropriate use. Products labeled for dogs have to never be acclimated on cats--doing so can aftereffect in austere affliction and even death A veterinarian have to consistently be consulted afore application spot-on flea and beat treatments on actual young, old, ailing or abundant pets. The important crop home bulletin is that although adverse reactions can action with all flea and beat products, a lot of accoutrement are almost balmy and cover derma affliction and abdomen upset Pet parents should not abandon application articles as directed by the artefact characterization if faced with a flea infestation.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 3, 2009 -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today appear abstracts demonstrating that bodies are added affected to affliction and afterlife as a aftereffect of the abusage of spot-on flea and beat ascendancy products. The data, calm by the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, aswell announce the cutting majority of abominable illnesses associated with able use of spot-on flea and beat ascendancy articles are mild. The EPA has afresh declared on their web website that they are accumulative their analysis of contemporary spot-on products.

"Products labeled for dogs have to never be acclimated on cats--doing so can aftereffect in austere affliction and even death," says Dr. Louise Murray, Medical Director of the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital. "A veterinarian have to consistently be consulted afore application spot-on flea and beat treatments on actual young, old, ailing or abundant pets."

The ASPCA receives added than 700 calls circadian from veterinarians and pet parents, consistent in over 150,000 anniversary cases involving medications, insecticides, plants and foods. ASPCA epidemiologist Dr. Margaret Slater analyzed abstracts from accessible calls managed by the ASPCA apropos flea and beat products. The abstracts articular two key findings. When bodies were advised afield (not per characterization directions), they are decidedly added acceptable to acquaintance astringent reactions: no affliction admitting a alarm to the ASPCA (18%), balmy affliction (17%), abstinent affliction (45%), above affliction (19%), and afterlife (2%). When dogs and bodies were advised accurately (per characterization directions), the likelihood of astringent adverse acknowledgment was decidedly less: no affliction admitting a alarm to the ASPCA (7%), balmy affliction (69%), abstinent affliction (22%), above affliction (2%), and afterlife (0.1%).

"The important crop home bulletin is that although adverse reactions can action with all flea and beat products, a lot of accoutrement are almost balmy and cover derma affliction and abdomen upset," says Dr. Steven Hansen, ASPCA veterinary toxicologist and Senior Vice President Animal Health Services. "Pet parents should not abandon application articles as directed by the artefact characterization if faced with a flea infestation."

Using articles as directed and authoritative all-important adjustments based on bloom will abundantly abate adverse reactions from flea and beat or any added medical products. Fleas could cause anemia (low claret counts), backpack tapeworms, and can address infections such as Bartonella; ticks address abounding diseases including Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The accident to pets from these diseases is greater than the accident of adverse reactions if articles are use appropriately.

Media Contact:
Krista Maloney
(212) 876-7700 x Ext. 4579

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