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Top Things to Donate to Animal Shelters
Yahoo Contributor Network ^ | Sep 29, 2008 | Jennifer Bell

Posted on 12/24/2013 10:02:11 PM PST by OSHA

Animal shelters all over the country tend to stay at full capacity. Most are running on a limited budget, and rely heavily on donations. One visit to a shelter, and you can't help but want to help. Some things shelters need are obvious, some are not. Helping may not be as hard as you think.....................

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: animalshelters; kittyping
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This is an old but timeless article. Let's not forget our fuzzy friends this Season. They are totally dependent on us. If you get new towels or bedding for Christmas consider donating your old items to your local shelter.
1 posted on 12/24/2013 10:02:11 PM PST by OSHA
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To: OSHA

I’d donate feral cats to the shelters....


2 posted on 12/24/2013 10:03:46 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: OSHA

Cash. Nothing beats it. I give to my local shelter in person to make sure it goes right in to their coffers.


3 posted on 12/24/2013 10:04:21 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Slings and Arrows

Quit looking down your trousers and ping the lists!


4 posted on 12/24/2013 10:06:20 PM PST by OSHA (One despises and wants to destroy the United States, the other is a dead terrorist.)
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To: OSHA

Steak, soup bones and ham hocks?


5 posted on 12/24/2013 10:07:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (A courageous man finds a way, an ordinary man finds an excuse.)
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To: OSHA
For every furry little suffering vagabond there is a person somewhere that could have prevented its misery.

Are you that someone?

To animals we are gods... let's hope our God watches over us better than we have watched over these little ones.


6 posted on 12/24/2013 10:11:45 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: OSHA; Joe 6-pack; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Quit looking down your trousers and ping the lists!

But it's such a lovely view!


7 posted on 12/24/2013 10:19:20 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: OSHA

We donated a bunch of old chew toys and bones last week to the West LA Animal Shelter..I cant watch those commercials with those homeless dogs and cats, breaks my heart


8 posted on 12/24/2013 10:25:50 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: OSHA

5 of our 6 little guys are from rescues and shelters. one was from a christian breeder, but we count him too because he’d have been in a barn in a small cage, his whole life. his ears were ‘’too big” to be a show animal.


9 posted on 12/24/2013 10:26:42 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: OSHA

“If you get new towels or bedding for Christmas consider donating your old items to your local shelter.”

Many shelters do not accept bedding. Dogs in shelters are often in stress and can chew and swallow items in the runs, choking themselves to death. Most rescues will accept bedding and towels.


10 posted on 12/24/2013 10:40:54 PM PST by chrisinoc
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yup, there is one commercial in particular that hits me very hard....the images and the music are very powerful.


11 posted on 12/24/2013 10:46:47 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: Bobalu

There is one they show with Alyssa Milano that just breaks my heart..I cant stand watching any of them because I want to take all those doggies and kitties home with me. When I see those pet adoption centers at the local PetSmart I walk in and want to grab all of them.


12 posted on 12/24/2013 10:48:36 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

You see these news stories about a crazy cat lady with a house full of cats.... I’m certain that behind almost all of those tales are people who just couldn’t bear to see the cats suffering...and it all just gets out of hand.

I’ll probably end up like that some day..lol a house chock full of crazy but happy cats wondering through a wasteland of old computers and electronic parts.


13 posted on 12/24/2013 11:06:36 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: Bobalu

Im more of a pooch lover but I like cats too..I hate to see any animal suffer..those signs about lost dogs/cats is just so sad, I see them everyday. My poochies are my life, I couldnt imagine life without them. The ones who are not dog/cat people just don’t understand but I tell ya, once you hold a little puppy/kitty in your arms you will never let them go


14 posted on 12/24/2013 11:14:14 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: OSHA
Most aren't “no-kill,” so any population overrun is very temporary.
15 posted on 12/24/2013 11:18:02 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: OSHA

bookmark


16 posted on 12/24/2013 11:22:12 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Bobalu

excellent !!!


17 posted on 12/24/2013 11:23:05 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Sarah Barracuda

It would seem odd to be sleeping in a bed without at least one little furry friend curled up beside you :-)

I just adore cats! Each cat is so different from all others...it’s magical.


18 posted on 12/24/2013 11:25:25 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Your ping acted as a timely reminder to send my annual contribution to the Animal Welfare League in my state, they do a wonderul job and I have two beautful cats from their shelter.

The above image is from their most recent quarterly newsletter.

19 posted on 12/24/2013 11:38:52 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: Fred Nerks

Awww!

My best to your furbabies.


20 posted on 12/24/2013 11:57:37 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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