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22JAN
5 Celebrity Animal Advocates

5 Celebrity Animal Advocates

Awards season is swinging into high gear right now with one red carpet event after another. Some are awarded as people’s choice recipients; others are nominated and voted upon by their peers. So we thought we’d take a look at some of the top celebrity advocates for animal welfare.

15JAN
Improving Your Rescue’s Facebook Page

Improving Your Rescue’s Facebook Page

With one billion monthly active users, Facebook has definitely emerged as a great tool for rescues and shelters to use for networking their adoptable pets as well as promoting their special events and fundraising efforts.

8JAN
Adopting at a Pet Expo

Adopting at a Pet Expo

A great place to find your next furry family member is at a pet expo, a fun and happy place to check out numerous pets available for adoption.You’ll have the chance to meet dozens of local shelters and rescue groups. From mixed breeds to purebreds, dogs to cats (and, at an Amazing Pet Expo we recently attended, even horses!), you’ll find a great assortment of pets in all shapes and sizes.

26DEC
Unique Holiday Ornaments Help Homeless Dogs

Unique Holiday Ornaments Help Homeless Dogs

Images of Santa Claus heading south from the North Pole with a bushel of presents fill the holidays. At one Southern U.S. shelter, though, those holiday images also include photos of homeless dogs who will soon catch a ride north to a forever home.

24DEC
New Year’s Resolutions for Rescuers

New Year’s Resolutions for Rescuers

As the new year awaits on the horizon, many of us will partake in that annual tradition that follows a season of overindulgence. Here are five easy resolutions for rescuers to work into their New Year’s plans.

18DEC
Finding Homeless Pets a Home for the Holidays…and Beyond

Finding Homeless Pets a Home for the Holidays…and Beyond

Animal advocate Mike Arms launched the Iams Home 4 the Holidays adoption drive in 1999. Today the annual event has grown into one of the world’s most successful pet adoption campaigns, spanning the globe with nearly 4,000 participating animal organizations across the US as well as in 23 other countries.

11DEC
A Promise of a Puppy or Kitten

A Promise of a Puppy or Kitten

The image of a puppy or kitten beneath the Christmas tree may seem to many families to be the picture of happiness, but in reality the holidays can be an especially stressful time to welcome a new furry family member.

4DEC
Recognizing Barriers to Pet Adoption

Recognizing Barriers to Pet Adoption

One of the questions we ask of fellow pet lovers is how they feel about pet adoption. We’re always trying to figure out just what makes people decide to go to a shelter or rescue to adopt their next pet—or not.

Paris Permenter & John Bigley

Paris Permenter & John Bigley

Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of professional writers. Along with over 2,500 published magazine articles and 28 books, Paris and John are the publishers of DogTipper.com and CatTipper.com. Paris and John live with their dogs and cats in the Texas Hill Country near Austin.

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