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FIDO Friendly Magazine 13th Annual Cross-country Pet Adoption Tour: Get Your Licks on Route 66®
September 01, 2021 • Travel • Trends • Rescue • Most Popular •
Helping to save lives, one shelter at a time!
UPDATE 2021 - Another successful year! We helped to place over 1500 pets into new forever homes in 2021 bringing our total to over 16,000 pets finding the love they deserve. Join us next year as we continue to travel down America’s Favorite Highway, helping to save lives, one shelter at a time.
It’s that time of year again where FIDO...
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Skechers Animal Rights Movement Surpasses $7 Million in Donations -Save Millions of Animals in Need
July 29, 2021 • Rescue • Most Popular
Skechers has reached a new milestone in its commitment to animal welfare, having surpassed $7 Million in donations to save and support over 1.3 million shelter pets in the US and Canada through the BOBS from Skechers philanthropic movement. The Comfort Technology Company™ raised the funds through its partnership with Petco Love, a national nonprofit working to lead and inspire change for animals,...
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It’s World Chimpanzee Day!
July 14, 2021 • Rescue • Most Popular
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On this World Chimpanzee Day we invite you to the world premiere of A Checkered Past, a short film about 42 chimpanzees who remained at California’s Wildlife Waystation after it unexpectedly closed in 2019, and the search to find them forever homes. Animal advocates Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara visited the chimps and lent their voices to narrate this moving story.
While several of...
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AVMA: National Pet Week is perfect time to celebrate furry friends helping you through COVID-19
May 04, 2020 • Rescue • Most Popular
While many of our lives have been upended this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing that millions of people have been able to rely on has been the companionship and love of their pets. During National Pet Week (May 3-9), the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is asking pet owners to recognize the special role pets play in our lives and commit to a lifetime of love through...
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Six Super Sniffers That Could Detect COVID-19
April 29, 2020 • Health & Wellness • Most Popular •
Image Credit: Bex Arts/ Nigel Harper Photography
With COVID-19 testing and treatment still being limited, researchers are looking into ways that medical detection dogs can help. Today, scientists believe that these super sniffer dogs can be trained to sniff out coronavirus in people. Some of these dogs are already pre-trained detector dogs that could be trained in no time at all.
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Paws of War is helping veterans during COVID-19 lockdowns supplying them with pet food, masks & more
April 28, 2020 • Health & Wellness • Most Popular
When disabled veteran Hank Urnaitis answered the door, he wasn’t expecting Paws of War to be there, ready to help him through the pandemic. But that’s just what they did. The organization, which helps veterans and animals, stopped by to provide Hank with face masks and pet food. They also teamed up with Cambridge Catering to take him some prepared meals. When they looked around, they realized...