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Dog sharing = caring

Dog sharing = caring

The 600 plus people now using citydogshare.org now can swap dogs with others for a small amount of time. Another interesting thing this growing new website has is the chance to try out a dog type for a while before you go and get a new one. With over 70 million stray cats and dogs [...] [...more]

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Sylvester Czopek leaves 1.5 million to no kill shelters

Sylvester Czopek leaves 1.5 million to no kill shelters

Not many people knew Sylvester Czopek during his life. But now many animal lovers will come to know his name after his death. Czopek bequeathed over $1.5 million to local animal shelters, but only the kind that follow a no-kill policy. The 84-year-old died in a Joliet hospice in October 2011, but not before setting [...] [...more]

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Dairy sales plummet

Dairy sales plummet

As sales of dairy products in the U.S. continue to plummet, PETA is hoping to keep the nasty white stuff off consumers’ shopping lists by re-releasing its ads that parody the “Got Milk?” campaign, with phrases such as “Got Prostate Cancer?,” “Got Veal?,” “Got Zits?,” and “Got Sick Kids?” that highlight the health risks and [...] [...more]

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Sharing the planet with animals

Sharing the planet with animals

The survival of every species is affected by many environmental factors. The human population on Earth uses and destroys more than their fair share of the planet’s resources. People must recognize their role as caretakers of the Earth. We must become preservers rather than merely users. We need to no longer should think that animals [...] [...more]

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Fiona Apple postpones tour for pup

Fiona Apple postpones tour for pup

Fiona Apple’s recent decision to postpone her South American tour to stay home with her elderly and ailing dog may have caused some upset among her fans, but she’s won a whole pack of new ones who thoroughly support and understand that decision all too well. I am one of them. Mordred told us when [...] [...more]

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