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Woman Helps Chihuahuas Find New Homes

Brian — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:37:56 +0000

California is swarming with Chihuahuas. That’s why one Colorado woman is flying dozens of them to new homes.

“Chihuahuas in California are 30 percent of the shelters and they’re exploding and they’re all being put down because they have no homes,” Leslie Capin said. “It was tough, especially since I have a Chihuahua.”

Capin’s dog recently won title of nation’s cutest dog in a contest, so she’s donating her $1 million prize money to animal welfare organization Dumb Friends League and no-kill shelter MaxFund to help find new owners for the Chihuahuas.

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Woman Helps Chihuahuas Find New Homes (FOX Springfield)

Humane Society in Colorado in desperate need of cat food and litter

Brian — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:00:57 +0000

Workers at the Humane Society of Weld County would like Santa to bring them cat food and litter. The shelter, 1620 42nd St., Evans, is in desperate need of both now that the cat population there is larger than a few small towns in Weld. There are, as of Wednesday, 333 cats, said Allison Bruce, development director at the shelter. There are more than 500 animals at the shelter now. At the …

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Humane Society in desperate need of cat food and litter (Greeley Tribune)

Pooch + pacemaker = Merry Xmas

Brian — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:12:39 +0000

Meet Guido. He is quite possibly the luckiest dog in all of Adams County — because of all the costly and peculiar gifts people lavish on their pets this time of year, Guido got the best one of all.

A pacemaker.

On December 17, Guido underwent an intravenous procedure that placed a device in his chest to correct an irregular and weakening heartbeat. At around $4,000, the operation isn’t cheap, and Guido isn’t exactly a precious showdog. He happens to be a 12-year-old lab-beagle mix, and a shelter dog to boot. But to animal sanctuary operator Maxine Mager, every critter in her menagerie is as deserving of the best care as any celebrity’s pampered purebred.

Read the rest of this wonderful story at: Pooch + pacemaker = Merry Xmas – Denver News – The Latest Word.

Helping hands pet shiny coats

Brian — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:15:11 +0000

Volunteers make a difference, sometimes between life or death.

Penpo entered Eagle County Animal Shelter as a mystery case. The staff had no information about the one-year-old Labrador-pit bull mix because he was a stray.