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Stop Puppy Mills—Adopt a Shelter Pet!

Best Friends to host a New York adoption event on Nov. 10th

On November 10th, Best Friends will be hosting an event in celebration of rescue groups and shelters who work hard to place pets in loving homes. The public is invited to come out to meet rescued dogs—from Bassett Hounds to Rottweilers and everything in between!

After Best Friends rescued nearly 200 dogs from a commercial breeder in Virginia, we received over 1,000 applications from hopeful adopters. With so many interested people, and lots of pets looking for homes, we decided to “connect the dots” to do our part to put as many great pets in homes as possible. The best part? Every animal adopted is an animal not purchased from a pet store, over the Internet or through the newspaper.

In fact, shelters are full of pets who were bred for sale in stores, online or through newspaper ads. It’s estimated that 20% of animals in shelters are purebreds. Here’s a chance to pick up that slack left by irresponsible breeders—adopting shelter pets instead of buying is the very best way to stop puppy mills!

All pets at the event are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and come with a lifetime supply of love. A list of attending rescue groups will be ready shortly—stay tuned...

What: Rescue Me Adoption
When: Saturday, November 10th, 11:00-4:00 (Rain or Shine!)
Where: Liberty, New York—Tractor Supply 1939 State Route 52 Click here for directions.

Attending groups
Greyhound Rescue and Rehab

American Bullmastiff Rescue Association

Sweet Border Collie Rescue/Glen Highland Farm

Northeastern Boxer Rescue

The Rottie Connection

Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue, Inc.

If your rescue group would like to attend, please let us know. There is limited space so register today! (click on the Resources tab for registration documents.)

Thunder 102 radio will be there for a live remote broadcast. Get ready for some serious howling!

Thanks to Tractor Supply Company for hosting the event!

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Posted Oct 31 2007, 06:48 PM by schnep

Comments

Posted 1 Nov 2007 12:13 AM by judylew

Good luck everyone! Hope it's a HUGE success.

Posted 2 Nov 2007 12:30 PM by DogsRUs

Hope everyone finds a great home!

Posted 2 Nov 2007 12:49 PM by njanmlrsq3

Gonna be a big event. I am already going to be volunteering at this. Anyone else helping out?

Posted 3 Nov 2007 10:18 PM by lynnt

What a great idea. Thank you to Tractor Supply Company for hosting this event. Good luck to all. Positive thoughts are being sent your way.

Posted 3 Nov 2007 10:30 PM by laz575

I'll be there to help out!!! Hope to see you there!

Posted 10 Nov 2007 7:28 AM by loriu

Keep up the great work. It will be a perfect day when all of these puppy mills are shut down and the owners could receive capital punishment. There is a special place in hell for those people. I just adopted an 8 month old puppy mill survivor rescue and he is doing extremely well with my other 3 adoptees considering all he has been through. He is an amazing, loving , sweetest little guy.

Posted 10 Nov 2007 3:23 PM by schnep

How did the event go? Would love to know how many dogs and cats found new families.

Posted 10 Nov 2007 6:37 PM by judylew

I'd love to know, too. Hopefully some of the Pets Alive dogs got adopted along with many from the other rescue groups. We'd love details!

Posted 11 Nov 2007 7:02 PM by JillLCSW

Thanks to all the hard work by staff and volunteers, 52 animals found new homes yesterday at the Rescue Me adoption event! That's including the other rescue groups in addition to our own critters. Amazing job done by all yesterday!