The Pet Page
Clarice and Friends...How They Helped Mend the Hole in My Heart is a collection of emails I received from YOU when my pug Clarice died in 2006.
Profits are going to animal charities. I hope you'll check out the website, FB page at facebook.com/clariceandfriends and follow on Twitter @claricenfriends.
This is Dog Bite Prevention Week!!!
Check out PURPLEHEARTPUPS !
GIFT SUGGESTIONS:
The Unexpected Pitbull Calendar
NJ Boxer Rescue Calendar
RATIONAL ANIMAL NOTE CARDS:
Order some for holiday gifts; I LOVE these cards!!!!
FOUR LEGGED FOOD DRIVE
You can help feed foreclosed pets, CLICK HERE for food drop off locations.
League for Animal Protection of Huntington
LIKE them on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/LAPHuntington?sk=wall
GARDEN STATE GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE GROUP (GSGRG.ORG)
Non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to rescuing and rehoming German Shepherds in NJ.
Lend a helping Paw for Leo:
http://www.firstgiving.com/gsgsr
Jason Stahl, Nearsay.com, wrote about the
ACC Benefit at La Pomme.
CLICK HERE to read!
HSUS has a HOTLINE if you need help:
If you know someone in the New York City area who needs assistance caring for or keeping their pets, call the Pets for Life NYC hotline at 917-468-2938.
Mt Pleasant Animal Shelter's
SPECIAL COMPANIONS PROGRAM is a match service
to pair homeless animals w/adopters!
Call 973-386-0590
Yorkies are great little dogs, especially if you live in an apt!
Check out Yorkie rescue.
YORKIE911RESCUE
HAPPY TAILS YOGA offers donation-based yoga classes
with proceeds benefitting NJSPCA!!!
happytailsyoga
SMALL DOG RESCUE is a no-kill sanctuary for young, old, cranky, sick, etc dogs.
Adoptions
Every Sat from 1-3pm
Pet Valu
Nelson's Corner Shopping Center
601 Rt 206
Hillsborough
973 902-5209
CLAWS is a no-kill cat shelter in Sussex County.
Sometimes they house up to 400 cats!!
If you can help with a donation:
28 Pelletown Rd
Augusta, NJ 07822
CLICK HERE FOR FIRST AID FOR PETS!
CLICK HERE to help the Humane Society stop puppy mills!!!
CATTITUDE is a non-profit animal rescue in Highland NJ.
Adoption Days every Sat (11-4) at the Piscataway Petco.
njcattitude.org
THE CHUBBY FUND collects donations for the Morris Animal Foundation in Denver to help their canine cancer campaign.
Donations can be sent to:
Chubby Fund
174 Devon Terrace
Kearney, NJ 07032
NJ BOXER RESCUE is looking for foster homes for their pooches!
NJ Boxer Rescue
PO Box 564
Middlesex, NJ 08846
families don't have to give up their pets.
Right now Calling All Pets on 83rd & York has a donation box--the food donated will be taken to the Yorkville Common Pantry.
For more info call 212 288-3233 or susan@arf-ny.org
Long Island Bulldog Rescue needs foster homes for their bullies! Write to Bulldogrescue@aol.com
Animal Care & Control has a Safety Net Program: If you lose your job you can have your pet fostered until you get back on your feet!!
CLICK HERE for more info!
Washington Heights Cat Colony helps cats in the heights!
You can help too by going to wahicats.org.
The Westport Coalition against Puppy Mills is committed to raising awareness about puppy mills, their inhumane treatment of dogs and the direct connection to pet stores.
If you'd like to volunteer or have a problem with a purchased puppy, call 203 454-0755.
This is a randomly chosen, currently adoptable pet. If you are interested, click on the image.
Do you have a special furry friend you want to show off? Submit your pet's photo and earn Work Perks points!
- Approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized.
- Twenty-five percent of dogs who enter local shelters are purebred. (Source: NCPPSP)
- Only 10 percent of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered. About 75 percent of owned pets are neutered.
- The majority of pets are obtained from acquaintances and family members. About 15 to 20 percent of dogs are purchased from breeders, and 10 to 20 percent of cats and dogs are adopted from shelters and rescues. (Source: Ralston Purina and NCPPSP)
- More than 20 percent of people who leave dogs in shelters adopted them from a shelter. (Source: NCPPSP)
- Five out of ten dogs in shelters and seven out of ten cats in shelters are destroyed simply because there is no one to adopt them.
Source: ASPCA.org
