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Dallas Animal Services to waive adoption fees this weekend
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Saturday May 18th, 2013 at 02:16 PM
Major, one of many pets available for adoption at Dallas Animal Services
Its spring in Texas and Dallas Animal Services (DAS) is bursting at the seams. DAS has taken in more than 100 pets of varying ages each day this week, and will continue to do so through the summer months. Thus, the department is asking for the communitys support.
To save as many animals as possible, DAS will waive adoption fees this weekend for all dogs, cats, puppies and kittens that have been at the Adoption Center for...
Help Build the First Veterinary Hospital for Homeless Animals; Join Mazie’s Mission for the 2nd Annual Disco InFURno Gala
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Thursday May 2nd, 2013 at 01:15 PM
Mazies Mission, a Frisco-based animal rescue agency, will hold their 2nd annual BARC Gala on Friday, May 17, from 7-11 pm at the Frisco Embassy Suites. BARC stands for Build A Rescue Clinic, a capital campaign to raise funds to build the first ever veterinary hospital for homeless animals.
According to Erin Shults, DVM and CEO of Mazies Mission, veterinary care is a huge challengeand overwhelming expensefor cash-strapped rescue groups. We euthanize over 200,000 animals in North Texas every...
Dallas Companion Animal Project: Crossroads Community Outreach Needs Pet Food
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 at 09:35 PM
Pet Owner Outreach is an important component of the Dallas Companion Animal Projects plan to make Dallas a No Kill Community. Helping pet owners with limited financial means find and utilize available resources to better care for their pets means keeping those pets in loving homes and out of shelters and rescues. Heres what they are doing, how, and what you can do to help.
What DCAP Is Doing:
Keeping pets in loving homes and out of shelters and rescues is an integral part of the DCAP plan. To...
Moving toward a humane community will require more pet friendly landlords
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Friday March 29th, 2013 at 02:27 PM
Frape, a 10 month old boxer mix available for adoption from Dallas Animal Services
Whats one of the things shelters and rescuers hear all too often? Im moving and I cant take my pet. Pease help me find a home for it. Why? Because so many apartment complex owners simply dont allow pets, or if they do, they limit their size and their breed. A recent study indicates only 9% of pet-friendly apartments allow pets without any significant restrictions.
One of things thats going to have to change for...
ASPCA, HSNT and DAS assist FBI and US Attorney’s office in federal dog fighting raid
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Thursday March 28th, 2013 at 03:47 PM
U. S. Attorney Barry Grissom speaks to reporters about the raid
At the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the United States Attorneys Office, the ASPCA assisted in a multi-state, federal dog fighting raid in Missouri, Kansas and Texas this past weekend. The ASPCA managed the removal and transport of nearly 100 dogs involved in the investigation, and is overseeing forensic evidence collection, as well as the dogs veterinary care and...
Your action is needed to keep Texas House from gutting the Dangerous Wild Animal Act
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Wednesday March 27th, 2013 at 03:24 PM
Photo: Stacy Smith
The Dangerous Wild Animal Act (DWAA), passed in 2001 with the support of the Texas Humane Legislation Network, requires the owner of a dangerous wild animal (a lion, a tiger, cougar, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, bear, coyote, hyena, jackal, baboon, gorilla, etc.) to register the animal with the local animal control authority and send a copy of the registration certificate to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
This is important for several reasons:
it allows the...Humane Society of Flower Mound’s “Love on Wheels” transport program sends dogs to new homes in New York
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Tuesday March 26th, 2013 at 10:23 PM
On March 4, 2013, the Humane Society of Flower Mound (HSFM) put three dogs on a truck bound for Dewitt, NY. It was the beginning of an innovative new program that will send dogs to partner organizations in other parts of the United States where adoptable dogs are in short supply. The first transport was so successful, that another six dogs left Texas bound for New York yesterday.
Love on Wheels takes dogs facing euthanasia from shelters in the DFW area and sends them to rescue organizations in...
MAC and Dallas Animal Adovcates merge with Dallas Companion Animal Project creating one large, powerful organization determined to make Dallas a “No Kill” Community
from DFW Animal Rescue
on Thursday March 14th, 2013 at 12:06 AM
Three Dallas animal welfare groups are joining forces for the good of companion animals and their owners.
Dallas Animal Advocates, the Dallas Companion Animal Project and the Metroplex Animal Coalition will now work under the same nonprofit umbrella: the Dallas Companion Animal Project (DCAP). The project began in July 2011 as the official task force appointed by the City to guide the community toward increasing programs to end the killing of adoptable animals.
The programs that all three...
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