Montgomery County Emergency Volunteers Help Pets

Montgomery County Humane Society (Rockville, Maryland 20850) is partnering with the Montgomery County Animal Services Division, the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and The American Red Cross to prepare volunteers who will help in the event pets need to be sheltered during an emergency. Current volunteers were prepared over the past weekend during Hurricane Irene, in the first activation of the county’s pet-friendly emergency shelter.

The primary goals of the Montgomery County Animal Response Team (CART) include: community education, training for members, and managing a temporary shelter for pets. This group has volunteer opportunities for individuals with animal handling and related skills as well as public relations and teaching experience. Interested volunteers should contact Captain Michael Wahl, Director of the Montgomery County Animal Services Division, or Chuck Crisostomo, Planning Chief for the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

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Animal Protective Foundation is Accepting Donations for Flood Victims

From the Animal Protective Foundation (Scotia, New York 12302)

We are accepting donations for pet owners displaced by the flood. Items most needed are cat and dog food, cat litter and disposable litter pans (or foil baking pans).

Donations may be dropped off at the shelter during our regular business hours:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday: Noon-4:30 pm
Thursday: Noon-7:30 pm

Thank you!

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Join the Live Internship Program at Animal Place Sanctuary

From Animal Place Sanctuary and Education Center (Vacaville, California 95688)

We are pleased to announce our brand new live-in internship program!

Nurture your compassion for farmed animals and apply today. You’ll learn the daily operations of a sanctuary, become intimately familiar with the amazing animals at the sanctuary, and develop into a better animal advocate. Internships last 4-8 weeks and start January, 2012.

If you cannot intern, check out our wish list and help make the Intern House a comfortable, cozy place.

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2012 Irvine Animal Care Center’s “Make Your Pet a Star” Calendar Contest

Get your cameras ready and your pets posing because it’s that time again, time to enter photos into the Irvine Animal Care Center’s third annual “Make Your Pet a Star” calendar contest. Thirteen top photos will be selected for special “Pet Stars of the Month” placement, with the runners-up featured as inset photos within the calendar portion of each page. All other pet photo entries will be included in the calendar in a collage format.

2011 Pet Stars of the Month

A $25 entry fee per photo or five photos for $100 guarantees inclusion in the calendar and a copy of the 2012 Irvine Animal Care Center (Irvine, California 92618) pet calendar. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2011.

All proceeds from contest fees and calendar sales will directly benefit the homeless pets in the care of the Irvine Animal Care Center.

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