Event: Dog Days of Winter (HSV Botanical Garden Jan 17-Feb 28, 2009)

I love it when an organization finds a way to serve the community in new ways. I think the HSV Botanical Garden continues to do just that! This is the second year the gardens have "gone to the dogs"!

From january 17th to February 28th, bring your pooch for a stroll through the Garden! All you have to do is purchase a one-day Paw Pass for your pup for $1 and wander through the Dogwood Trail and outer loop. What a nice thing to do for dog lovers in the greater Huntsville area.

Read more at http://hsvbg.org/events.htm

Thanks HSV Botanical Gardens for your great events!

Event: Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty

Today is the second annual 'Blog Action Day'.

Blogs all around the world will be making posts similar to this one throughout the day.

To learn out more about Blog Action Day, or to make a contribution, simply click on the graphic below.

Together, we can make a difference.

Event: A New Leash on Life Benefit - Huntsville, AL

Presented by The Chef's Table and Ingenium Wines
On Sunday, September 21, 2008
From 5:00 to 8:00PM

at Chef's Table Restaurant
2030 Cecil Ashburn Dr.
Huntsville, AL

Tickets available at Valley Animal Hospital (Daily), and Petsmart (Saturdays) for a $20 donation.

Come help us raise funds and awareness for this cause to reduce the number of homeless animals.

A New Leash on Life, Inc. strives to (From their website (http://anewleash.org/)):

• Reduce the number of homeless pets, by spaying and neutering ALL pets in our program, as well as others.
• Make a difference in the life of each animal we come in contact with.
• Provide medical assistance and foster care for abandoned, injured, or unwanted animals all over north Alabama.
• Educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering to put an end to pet overpopulation and euthanasia.
• Promote humane animal treatment in our community and elsewhere.
  

A New Leash on Life, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)3 animal rescue organization that was incorporated in 2004. We have an all-volunteer staff and rely solely on donations from the public and local businesses to cover our expenses.

Our adoptable pets come from several different places: kill shelters, owner surrender, on busy roads, in abandoned houses, and pretty much everywhere else you can imagine.

We house our adoptable pets in approved foster homes where each pet is evaluated in a home setting. We believe this allows us to better match our pets with suitable families and homes, so that they will not ever be homeless again.

Event: National - Take Your Dog to Work Day (TYDTWDAY) - Friday, June 20, 2008

Friday, June 20, 2008 is Take Your Dog to Work Day. First celebrated in 1999, it was created by Pet Sitter's Internationall to celebrate dogs a great companions. If you want to explore having TYDTWDAY at your office, be sure to have it approved by your boss, HR, or other company official. The takeyourdog.com site has some good material about how you can get involved. The also have some wonderful interesting items on the site, like a photo contest, top 10 dog-friendly companies hiring right now, top dog names, and more. Be sure to check it out.

If you can't have a TYDTWDAY this year maybe you can get the ball rolling for next year. The Humane Society has some useful information about how to be dog-friendly at work. Good luck and have fun!

Event: Huntsville, Al - Barking for Bucks June 29, 2008

Huntsville, Alabama Dog Lovers! On June 29th come to Barkin' 4 Buck$ at the Dog Spot (downtown Huntsville Dog Park). The event is to raise money for a second Dog Park in Huntsville. Hope that you will come support this great cause and bring your 4 legged friends with you so they can enter the King and Queen of the Dog Spot competition. Please see this flyer for other great information!

Event: Bridgewater, NJ: Pet adoption day May 10, 2008

BRIDGEWATER -- Rawhide Rescue, a nonprofit dog rescue organization, will hold an adoption day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at PetSmart at Bridgewater Promenade Mall (across from Commerce Bank Ball Park). A table with items for sale to benefit the rescue will be located near the entrance of PetSmart. Learn more...

Also check out Rawhide Rescue's site at http://members.petfinder.com/~NJ235/

Event: April 10 for ASPCA Day!!!

Join Animal Lovers Everywhere and Go Orange on April 10 for ASPCA Day!

141 years of being there for animals.

Today is the anniversary date of the founding of the ASPCA in 1866, cities all over the country will be going orange to celebrate the ASPCA’s victories on behalf of animals and the joy they bring to pet parents everywhere. Lend your voice on April 10 by dressing yourself, your kids, your pet—even your school or company!—in ASPCA orange, and show the world you support the ASPCA and the pets we protect. Visit the ASPCA Day Online Community Group to give—and get—good ideas for going orange.

Rant: Stop the Seal Hunt

Go to www.stopthesealhunt.org today for the latest news from the ice and to take action for the seals.