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Fur coats become animal nests in recycling bid
By Sue Manning - Associated Press
The Coats for Cubs program by the Humane Society of the United States helps orphaned, injured or sick wildlife by gathering fur coats and using them for nests, bedding or cuddly replacements for mom and dad. In 2009, 2,687 fur items were donated.
jaylinb9:50 AM
Oh please, Nancy. You really think we'd havea bunch of homeless people wearing mink coats? They'd sell it for a fix before you even got back in your car.
Nancy9:51 AM
Better yet, one could give their old fur coat to a traumatized creature who doesn't already have one - a cold human being - lots of those out there during these hard times.
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Time Warner, Humane Society team for 'Paws on Demand'
They say it takes a village to raise a child. You could also say it takes a village - or at least plenty of compassionate people working together - to save orphaned pets. And that's where the folks at Time Warner Cable come in.
Mega pet adoption slated for weekend
Alamo Area Partners for Animal Welfare will host a Mega Adoption Event on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the PetSmart at 5219 De Zavala Road.
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School bus brings Fla. dogs to their very own camp
The little yellow school bus makes its rounds, picking up one eager passenger after another en route to day camp. Never has a school bus been so drenched in drool: each of these day campers has four legs and a wagging tail.
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‘Animal hoarding' can occur when good intentions go bad
Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats.
Ex-S.A. residents take dogs to shelters in Northeast
A Vermont native, Virginia Davidson fled a home in sweltering San Antonio this summer for the cool of the Northeast, moving with her husband back to her beloved region. Yet Davidson and Greg Kidd can't stop coming back.
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