With the New Year underway, the newsletter will be taking on changes concerning the promotions of animal related topics and most of all - AASK Shelter and Rescue. We have an entire new product line for all Pet Lovers and their four legged loves.

This year, we begin with a suttle approach to Animal Abuse via our newest designs that get the word out there with compassion.

"Protect and Respect" is our design that we hope animal lovers will wear or use with pride and help promote the cause... there's a variety of products available for you to choose from with this design! Shoppers can now choose the product wanted as opposed to us picking a specific product. Lotsa choices this year!

Spreadshirt Market Place Product
Protect and Respect

Spreadshirt Market Place Product
Friends Have 4 Legs

 
Spreadshirt Market Place Product
Adopted by a Rescue Cat
Spreadshirt Market Place Product
I'm Adopted by a Rescue Dog

 
Spreadshirt Market Place Product
Owned by a Dog - Drop Off

We've got Bumper Stickers lined up and all kinds of goodies that promote the health and wellness of animals and people - not to mention, helps us support our cause.

Greetings,

With New Years around the corner and Christmas behind us, I'm hoping that folks remember the plight of our furry friends and deter from purchases of real fur and to be especially precautious when labels state that it's faux fur.... brand names like Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Yoox.com—have not addressed this consumer deception and continue sales in fur collars and trims, claiming it to be faux fur. Certain jackets sold by these companies with the brand names Burberry, Andrew Marc, Marc New York, Preston & York, Aqua, Ramosport and Adam+Eve were found to be falsely advertised or mislabeled as faux fur.

C'mon now, do you really want to be wearing something that has a trim of REAL Dog or Cat Fur???

Last winter, of 25 fur-trimmed jackets tested by The HSUS, every single one was falsely advertised, falsely labeled, unlabeled or had a combination of these problems. Twenty were identified by laboratory testing as raccoon dog and three as domestic dog.

Raccoon dogs and domestic dogs are both raised for their fur in China—a country with no functioning animal welfare laws, and where investigators have documented animals being skinned alive for their fur. Like many other species, rabbits raised for their fur spend their entire lives in tiny wire cages. Much of the world’s fur is processed in China, where environmental problems associated with the industry are receiving scrutiny - to find out  more - visit the Humane Society's website at http://www.hsus.org/furfree/news/holiday_shoppers_real_fur_as_faux_122007.html 

more coming, something has come up.......

Greetings!

This month's newsletter takes us to a shelter in Leander TX where it's occupants display an active, happy life, until a "forever home" can be found. The clip(s) show a couple of playful residents who - while in their cages, show how shelter life isn't all that bad considering, it is hoped to be temporary!
Visit Leander TX's Humane Society to watch their videos!

Next, here's a Vet Clinic in Camrose Ab. that offers helpful medical tips for those interested in knowing which medicine is right for what ails your pet! By looking through the listing, there is a detailed explanation that serves to understand what is wrong with your pet.... if by looking through the listing, you see a symptom that your pet may have, then perhaps a visit to your vet would be in order. (anyone near Camrose, may want to visit this clinic for a great service!) Visit the Camrose Vet Clinic for detailed health care tips! 

Here's one that gave us a good chuckle! Visit at Funny Pets!!

For those of you who are interested in making your pet's food or snacks, here's a great program to keep your pet's health care records and receive 100 free recipes too! There's 100 free recipes for Cats and 130 for Dogs! Wow! Check it out here!

Next, here's a couple of sites for Pet Lovers to join, build/create a page for your pet(s) and enjoy meeting others of like mind!
http://www.petsplaces.com ** http://www.animalattraction.com  ** http://www.i-love-dogs.com  

AND... last but least, Do you have animal stories to share? (view last month's entry to read about Beeb's and how she got her dog!) ~ We've started a new site for Blogging Pet Parents!

 Add your pet related or animal stories to a new site for Pet Bloggers~ visit us at: http://petbloggers.informe.com  

bye for now,

until next time

www.animals-alone.com

Hundreds of Wolves are about to be shot in cold blood - rather than be protected in the wild.