Tag "adoptions"

  • Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week 2012

    By Kristin Dewey, BlogPaws Special Projects Manager This week, September 17 -23, 2012, Petfinder.com is celebrating Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable Pet Week, encouraging people to adopt pets who are considered 'less adoptable' due to breed discrimination, ageism, special needs, i.e., blindness, deafness, mobility issues, FIV+ cats – and for some reason perfectly healthy black dogs and… read more

  • News: Animal Shelter Adoption Competition for $100k Grant

    by Kristin Dewey, BlogPaws Special Projects Manager For the next three months, fifty U.S. animal shelters will compete for a $100,000 grant in The ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge. (Twitter hashtag #100KChallenge) The object is to save more animals' lives by increasing their adoption numbers over… read more