Protect Shelter Cats with Vaccinations (Item # 31308)

Cats that are healthy, well-fed, and vaccinated against disease have much better odds of finding a happy forever home.

Preventable diseases like feline herpes virus can stop an adoption in its tracks - not to mention being a danger to unprotected populations in the shelter. Although shelters try to meet the needs of their animals, they may not be able to afford the timely administration of much-needed vaccinations.

With your help, Greatergood.org and Petfinder Foundation have teamed up to change that. We can vaccinate two million shelter animals in just two years, protecting them from common, contagious, preventable diseases.

Together, we can give shelter cats a shot at life. Just $10 vaccinates 5 shelter cats, and every donation helps.

Petfinder Foundation works with shelters, rescue organizations, and animal welfare organizations across the United States. Their mission is to help ensure that no adoptable pet is euthanized for lack of a good home.

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Celebrate World Ranger Day

They serve under various titles—rangers, forest guards, eco guard and field enforcement officers—but these men and women on the front lines of conservation are perhaps the most important protectors of the world’s natural and cultural treasures.

Rangers work tirelessly to protect some of the world’s most endangered species like tigers, elephants and rhinos—animals that are also among the most widely targeted by poachers for the illegal wildlife trade.

According to the Thin Green Line Foundation, 1,000 rangers were killed in the line of duty in the last 10 years. That’s close to 2 rangers a week, every week for the last decade. Governments often lack resources to equip and train rangers. Rangers typically earn very little and some go months without receiving their salary or seeing their families.

Rangers on the ground must be better equipped. But they also need support beyond backpacks and boots. Rangers must be respected and supported by their governments and national laws against poaching,  enforced.

Read Entire Story HERE

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https://worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-travel-blog/posts/celebrate-world-ranger-day

How can we help?  

WWF is leading the charge to advocate for these brave rangers through their grassroots Back A Ranger campaign.  You can Back a Ranger today by donating, or you can send a simple “Thank You” postcard to a ranger.  You’d be surprised how seldom they hear those words.  Watch the video below to learn more.

Donate at http://www.backaranger.org.

Twelve Years After Crash, Shanksville, Pa., Breaks Ground On 9/11 Memorial

Organizers announced Tuesday they had raised $40 million, which gave them the green light on the memorial for the 40 passengers and crew members killed. It will include a plaza, a wall of names, memorial groves and a field of honor. The names of the deceased will be read at an observance ceremony Wednesday at 10:03 a.m., when Flight 93 crashed. 

Other memorials around the country Wednesday include:

• Six moments of silence in New York City, which suffered the most fatalities on 9/11. The first will start at 8:46 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed in the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the last will be at 10:28 a.m., when the North Tower fell. The ritual of reading all 2,983 names of those who died is scheduled at the National September 11 Memorial plaza, where two reflecting pools sit on the blueprint of the original Twin Towers.
• President Barack Obama will attend a private ceremony at the Pentagon with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Martin Dempsey. The service is only open to families of those who died in the attacks and includes a wreath-laying ceremony.
• The town of Westfield, N.J., will hold its annual “We Will Never Forget” ceremony that honors the 12 residents who died on 9/11.
• The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, which honors fallen firefighters and offers support to their families, hosts stair climbs throughout the country annually. This year, it has scheduled 33 climbs with 11 taking place in Texas, Colorado, Missouri and Wyoming.
• Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard expanded the annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Ceremony in Pontiac, Mich. to include police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty after a crew went to Ground Zero. “Police and fire work side by side every day and on 9/11, you saw them perish side by side,” he said. The ceremony starts at 11 a.m.

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SOURCE:  U.S. NEWS on NBC News.com

Message From Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO The Humane Society of the United States

I have a huge victory to share with you! After years of pressure from The HSUS, and hundreds of thousands of emails and support from advocates like you, online puppy mills will finally be subject to federal inspections and oversight. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans today to ensure that large-scale breeding facilities that sell puppies over the Internet, by phone, or by mail are licensed and inspected regularly for basic humane care standards. This rule will also apply to large commercial breeders of other warm-blooded pets, such as kittens and small mammals

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9/11 ~ Never Forget

LIFE.com presents the 25 most stirring, visceral photographs from that day, featuring pictures from the likes of James Nachtwey, Joe Raedle, Spencer Platt, Mario Tama, and other celebrated photojournalists (and one intrepid amateur). 

These are the pictures we remember: wrenching, indelible photographs that tell the tale of a still-resonant late summer day that changed everything.

Check them out HERE or just copy & paste the URL below:

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/9-11-the-25-most-powerful-photos-slideshow/

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Commemorative Pictures from 9/11 Memorials

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http://www.911memorial.org/blog/photos-911-memorial-visitors

New World Trade Center In New York Becoming a Reality!

Construction cranes work between Four World Trade Center, left, and One World Trade Center, right, Sept. 8, in New York. The new World Trade Center is becoming a reality, with a museum commemorating the attacks and two office towers where thousands of people will work, set to open within the next year.

See Pictures HERE

FDA: Stop Discriminating Against Gays Who Want To Donate Blood!

Advances in technology and the understanding of HIV/AIDS have come a long way. The fact of the matter is that blood donations are safest and most effective when using rational, scientifically-based deferral periods that are applied fairly and consistently among blood donors who engage in similar risk activities.  These screening strategies provide an inclusive, internationally recognized means for keeping blood supplies safe.

In fact, the American Medical Association and the American Red Cross are both in support of a reevaluation of the lifetime ban of gay men from donating blood.  And most recently, over eighty-two Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate have asked for the reevaluation.

We are behind in our policies in comparison with other countries.  Both Canada and the UK in recent years have lifted their lifetime ban restrictions. Regardless, blood donations save lives, and although I take issue with the FDA's policy, the communal need for an adequate and safe blood supply cannot be ignored. To prevent a blood drive on the grounds of public policy would be to place the citizens of Campbell and my community in danger.  Ultimately, public policy can be solved over time, while an unpredictable act of nature can warrant an immediate need for a blood supply.


Sign The Petition!

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https://www.change.org/petitions/fda-stop-discriminating-against-me-and-other-gay-men-who-want-to-donate-blood#share