Stamps to the Rescue!

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WASHINGTON — The post office is holding out a friendly paw to dogs, and cats too.

A new set of 10 first-class stamps featuring cheerful dogs and cats will go on sale nationwide on Friday, designed to promote adoption of animals from shelters.

The 44-cent stamps are part of a "Stamps to the Rescue" campaign, not only to encourage pet adoptions but also raising funds to buy food for animals in shelters.

The stamps feature photographs of five cats and five dogs taken by photographer Sally Andersen-Bruce. All ten animals were adopted from a shelter in New Milford, CT.

Previous postage stamps featuring cats and dogs have included a 13-cent stamp of a kitten and puppy playing in the snow in 1982; a set of pet stamps in 1998, and in 2002 when a kitten and puppy were featured on the "Neuter or Spay" stamps.

Posted K9 Freedom Center Staff

Paws for Cancer

http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0502-Paws-For-Cancer

Aiken, SC

Some 70 dogs, one cat and one solo human made the trek around the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center track in support of the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life.

The annual Paws For Cancer dog walk-a-thon took place Saturday morning at the Weeks Center track, raising money for Relay via entry fees, which were $25 per dog (or cat, or human). There were prize bags for the dogs crossing the finish line in first, second and third place, according to organizer Kathy Iwert, captain of the GlaxoSmithKline Relay team. SEE LINK


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Paws for Patriots

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Seattle, WA

Paws for Patriots is a program that provides a guide dog and training to a blind or visually impaired veteran. Barbara Makant, the Florida State Regent for Daughters of the American Revolution selected this cause as part of her two-year office. She hopes to raise a $60,000 for one veteran to receive a guide dog. SEE LINK

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Sign of the economic hardships

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Monroe, Georgia

Faltering economy, one local animal shelter and rescue group officials say they have been inundated with people getting rid of their animals — mostly dogs — because they can no longer afford to care for them.
Many have lost their jobs and their homes, forcing them to make the hardest decision a pet owner can make. SEE LINK

Posted by Staff of K9 Freedom Center