Frosted festivities: How to celebrate National Cupcake Day during the pandemic?
How sweet it is to save animals! Heather Jobe, the Community Development Coordinator at the Ontario SPCA Renfrew County Animal Centre, wants you to "sprinkle the love for animals in need by participating in National Cupcake Day!" This year's frosted fundraiser culminates on February 22, 2021. Like everything else in the world, the celebration has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. But that's alright- Heather has some advice about how you can think outside the muffin tin to celebrate the sweetest day of the year.
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Blue
Buffalo’s Home 4 the Holidays adoption drive rescues one million pets
Blue Buffalo
celebrated a milestone Jan. 26 when a cat named Watermark became the one
millionth pet to be adopted this season during their Home 4 the Holidays pet
adoption campaign. Watermark was rescued by the Monmouth County SPCA,
NJ and waiting for a forever home when the Ferrier family took him and set the
record for this year’s adoption drive.
Blue Buffalo’s Home 4 the
Holidays campaign was launched in 1999 and since then has become the
largest pet adoption program on record. The Home 4 the Holidays drive has saved
more than 10 million pets overall and each yearly campaign lasts three months.
With so many new pets coming home during the holidays Blue Buffalo uses the
campaign as a way to educate the public about happy, healthy pets available for
adoption in animal shelters.
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Gorilla the pug wins 1-800-PetMeds prize to help cover
medical expenses
America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy® 1-800-PetMeds®
has announced the three winners of its Change a Pet’s Life Contest on Jan. 23.
The contest was established to sponsor medical procedures and adoption fees of
rescue pets in the United States. 1-800-PetMeds®
organization was inspired by Change a Pet’s Life Day which is celebrated on
Jan. 24.
Adoptable pets from shelters and rescue organizations all
over the U.S. were entered in the contest that ran from Jan.9 to the 15. 1-800-PetMeds®
selected a winner and two runner-up pets to sponsor. Gorilla the adorable black
Pug is the lucky winner of the contest who will be receiving up to $2,000 to go
towards his medical treatments that are quoted at $1,800.