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Sgt. Reunites with Hero Dog

Friday, August 6, 2010

When Georgia National Guardsman Chris Duke was serving in Afghanistan, he made friends with the locals – stray dogs Sasha, Target and Rufus. When a suicide bomber tried to attack his base, the dogs began barking and biting the intruder. The attacker blew himself up before he could kill 50 soldiers inside.
Sasha was [...]

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BIG DOGS ROCK Adoption Event – The Barking Lot

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The seed for The Barking Lot was planted a few years back when the founder Stacy Palmer took in her first foster dog, Patti Cake, in hopes of making a bigger impact by helping her favorite furry friends. Before she knew it, she received an e-mail stating, “This dog to be put down on [...]

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Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog (rescued from a home with 62 other dogs) and Firefighter Dayna Hilton has helped reach millions of children and their caregivers with the fire safety message.
To date, Sparkles has helped save the lives of two children and their two families. There is a video about Sparkles for children [...]

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Portland’s Pixie Project on the Today Show

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Today Show visited the Pixie Project, a nonprofit website based in Portland, Ore., that specializes in pairing rescue pets with loving families.
Amy Sacks & Karli Covington, the founders of The Pixie Project are committed to changing the image of a “rescue” or shelter animal. While some animals come to the Pixie Project seeking medical [...]

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Extreme Mutt Makeover

Friday, July 9, 2010

The Mustang Heritage Foundation and the Humane Society of North Texas hope to give shelter dogs a second chance with a little loving care and training. Those chosen for the Extreme Mutt Makeover competition – and hundreds like them – will become valuable, wanted and adored companions.
One of the participating dog trainers is Joan [...]

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Update: Riviera Rescue

Friday, July 2, 2010

The Companion Animal Protection Society has joined the Santa Cruz SPCA and the Societé Défense des Animaux to mobilize a rescue program, Rescue Riviera / Sauvetage Riviera , that will take adoptable dogs out of certain death in over-crowded California shelters and airlift them to France, where they will be placed in adoptive homes.
And [...]

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“Last Chance Highway” is helping unwanted dogs find a forever home

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Last Chance Highway is an eight-part series on Animal Planet that focuses on the monumental mission of a dedicated handful of animal rescuers. The stakes are high for Shelly Bookwalter and Kyle Peterson and for the soon-to-be-euthanized dogs they are fighting to save.
Each week, they organize a band of volunteers to take part in a [...]

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Rescue Riviera / Sauvetage Riviera Helps Dogs in America and France

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Companion Animal Protection Society has joined the Santa Cruz SPCA and the Societé Défense des Animaux to mobilize a rescue program, Rescue Riviera / Sauvetage Riviera , that will take adoptable dogs out of certain death in over-crowded California shelters and airlift them to France, where they will be placed in adoptive homes.
According [...]

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Missy the Lab is this School’s Best Friend

Monday, May 24, 2010

Three years ago Charles Hay Elementary School in Englewood, Colo., adopted Missy, a Black Lab, from a local animal shelter. The students wanted a school dog and the staff found that the impact of a canine for teaching kids was very beneficial. At 8 weeks old, Missy became the school mascot.
Then the staff realized that [...]

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Garage Sale to Benefit Dog Shelter

Friday, May 21, 2010

This weekend is the Misha May Mutt Rescue Garage Sale to benefit the Baby Bear Medical Fund for sick and injured dogs. The sale itself takes place May 21-22 – Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 noon at 3901 W. Seventh Ave. Pkwy. (1 block east of Colorado Blvd.), Denver. For more information [...]

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