Happy Holidays from the Cats and Dogs at Independent Animal Rescue

From Independent Animal Rescue (Durham, North Carolina 27709)

The dogs and cats (and humans!) here at Independent Animal Rescue are grateful for all that you’ve done to help them, whether you cleaned their cage at the pet store, brought one home as a new family member, or donated the money to put food in their bowl. You’ve helped ensure they will be safe and warm, and now they all have just a single remaining wish this holiday season. They want to find a family to call their own. There are several ways you can help make their wish come true.

• Tell your friends about one of our animals. Duchess and Ebony pictured above sharing their Christmas wishes with Santa, are just two of many foster animals hoping for a new home this holiday season.
• Adopt! If you have room in your heart and your home for one more, boy do we have the Cat or Dog for you.
• Volunteer. Tell us you’re interested and we’ll be in touch.
• Donate. Make a generous year-end donation to ensure we save more animals in 2012 than we did in 2011.

Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season

Duchess and Ebony
On behalf of all IAR cats and dogs.
Independent Animal Rescue

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Pets Alive Wishes You and Yours (and All Your Furries) Happy Holidays

From Pets Alive (Middletown, New York 10940)

It’s the holiday season at Pets Alive. A wonderful time. People send us cards, letters, pictures, treats. Boxes and gifts for the humans and animals here, appear each time the mail is delivered. Truly it is a magical time of year. Magical. Just like Pets Alive is. A magical place and a special place.

This is the time where we look back and reminisce about the year that has passed. The animals that have passed through our doors. They always arrive the same way. Pulled from euthanasia lists all over the country – in our backyard, or from somewhere else – they arrive the same. Huddled in the back of their crates. Eyes wide. Sometimes shaking. Confused. Scared. Unsure. And to each one we tell the same thing “You are safe now. You will never know hunger again. You will never be the victim of abuse again. You will never have to live in fear again. Come into our arms, through our doors, and now, maybe for the first time, know love and warmth, plenty of food, and soon – a forever home.”

We watch as they transform.

With every animal that comes to us, we watch this change take place. That skinny, huddled, terrified animal, blossoms under the care of our staff and volunteers. Soon they lose that anxiety and are filled with joy, tails wagging, faces grinning. They are happy, greet us each day, go for walks, for outings and find a friend to live with while they wait for their people. We live for the moment that they are in a car, going up our driveway, head out of the window as they look back. I imagine at that moment they are saying “Thank you. I wouldn’t have made it without you.”

That “you” is not us. It is YOU, our friends, our partners in rescue.

Read more on the Pets Alive web site.

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Humane Society Naples: Record Number of Pets Home for the Holidays!

From The Humane Society Naples (Naples, Florida 34104)

Thanks to your generous support of our efforts, we are thrilled to announce that as of today, over 2,125 orphaned pets have been sheltered and adopted into forever, loving homes this year to date at The Humane Society Naples! We offer our thanks for all your help in making this milestone possible at our locally-based, no-kill shelter. These pets lives have all depended on your generous monetary and other needed supplies donations, volunteer time invested, and the overall continued positive ambassadorship of our efforts that so many of you in our community provide.  For that, and the many other wonderful things that you continue to do to support us, we wish to express our sincere thanks to you all this Holiday Season.

We extend hugs, pets, tail wags and cold wet noses to you and your furry friends in appreciation of all that you continue to do for our shelter, adoption center, veterinary clinic and professional dog training programs. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Attention Last-Minute Shoppers: These Instant Gifts From the North Shore Animal League America Save Animals’ Lives

From North Shore Animal League America (Port Washington, New York 11050)

Skip the store lines and give a gift that will arrive in time for the holidays! It’s quick, easy and, most importantly, helps animals in need.

• Make an Animal League gift donation in someone’s name by clicking the link below.
• Select, schedule and send your holiday eCard to let the recipient know a gift was made in their honor.
• Feel good about knowing your gift helps rescue animals in need.

Get started.

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Humane Society of Charlotte Holiday Deliveries on Christmas Eve or Christmas Survey

From the Humane Society of Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina 28203)

We realize that this is a very busy time of year for everyone, but we are in need of your opinion regarding a possible promotion we may run next holiday season.  Since the holidays are just around the corner and fresh in everyone’s mind, we are asking that you complete a short, 3 question, survey for us.

Please take a moment to take the survey and give us your thoughts, which we value so much.

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