Animal Shelters Worldwide Join North Shore Animal League America and Spokesperson Cesar Millan for 15th Annual Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009

World-Famous Dog Expert to Welcome Adopters at Opening Ceremonies PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3, more than 2,000 animal shelters worldwide will join North Shore Animal League America for Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009, helping to save ...

Red Cross Readies Shelters As Flood Waters Threaten to Top Levees

Fargo Residents Urged to Register with Safe and Well WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross is sending more disaster workers into North Dakota and Minnesota today to staff shelters that will be needed in the event of evacuations should the Red River top lev...

Petfinder.com Foundation 'Rescues' 500 Shelters and Rescue Groups Nationwide with $1 Million Worth of Generators

Petfinder.com and Merial Team Up to Ensure Animal Welfare Groups Are Prepared for Natural Disasters SILVER SPRING, Md., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Petfinder.com, the largest online database of adoptable pets, is distributing $1 million worth of Honda power generators to 500 shelters and rescue g...

It's Cold Outside! Warm Up in Select Downtown Boston Heated Bus Shelters Courtesy of TYLENOL(r) Warming Liquids

BOSTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of TYLENOL(r) Warming Liquids have set out to warm up chilly Boston bus riders by heating ten bus shelters in the downtown area. The shelters, which will be heated until March 8, can be found at the following locations: 666 Boylston...

It's Cold Outside! Warm Up in Select Downtown Chicago Heated Bus Shelters Courtesy of TYLENOL(r) Warming Liquids

CHICAGO, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of TYLENOL(r) Warming Liquids have set out to warm up chilly Chicago bus riders by heating ten bus shelters in the downtown area. The shelters, which will be heated until March 8, can be found at the following locations: 16 South Clar...

Red Cross Shelters Hundreds as Severe Weather Hits Northeast

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross sheltered hundreds of people over the weekend who were affected by ice storms in the Northeast. Working with local partners, Red Cross chapters opened shelters in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. ...

Emergency Alert - Help for Shelters Housing Animals Evacuated in California Wildfires

COTATI, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Animal shelters and other animal protection organizations may gain temporary custody of animals who have been rescued and evacuated from the wildfires sweeping through southern California. Shelters without the resources to house large numbers of animals ...

Verizon Employees at Five Locations in West Virginia Donate Nearly $7,000 Worth of Household Items to Local Domestic Violence Shelters

Collection of Items, in Conjunction With the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Is Part of a Companywide Effort CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon employees at five work locations in West Virginia collected nearly $7,000 worth of items to donate to five local d...

American Humane Forms Human-Animal Bond Division, Including Animal-Assisted Therapy, Humane Ed and Pets & Women's Shelters

DENVER, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Humane Association today announced it has established a new division, the Human-Animal Bond Division, to further enhance and expand mankind's understanding of the power, the implications and the benefits of the connection between people ...

Michigan State Medical Society Foundation 'Makes A Difference' by Assisting Those in Crisis Shelters

EAST LANSING, Mich., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a statewide effort to help provide basic comforts to those living in Michigan's domestic violence shelters, the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) Foundation mobilized hundreds of volunteers this month to collect and distribute perso...

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Domestic Violence

...itional Housing. Visitation Centers ... Impact of Domestic Violence . Impact on Community ... New Study Finds Connecticut Domestic Violence shelters Highly Effective. Click for Press Release... Read about types of domestic violence facts, causes, statistics, effects on children, signs, symp...

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Virtual animal shelters ?How the Internet is transforming the experience of pet adoptions

Across the United States, independent pet rescue organizations are growing in number, working to place abandoned animals in loving new homes. Although the majority of these organizations operate out of clusters of private foster homes, they're successfully winning high visibility for placing their ...

MU researchers create drought conditions to unearth solutions

...tschi and his team will construct four mobile rain shelters and will vary the amount of water that the test pl...s to persistent and severe drought conditions. The shelters measure 50 feet by 100 feet, look like greenhouses and are mobile. The researchers will move the shelters during sunny weather and cover the plants when rai...

Scientists 'rebuild' giant moa using ancient DNA

... Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Landcare Research in New Zealand have identified four different moa species after r...

Flexible solar strips light up campus bus shelter

...enue between the John Hodgins Engineering Building and the Life Sciences Building. "Our goal is to provide a clean, affordable power source for bus shelters that will let transit companies run Internet-based scheduling updates," said Adrian Kitai, a professor of engineering physics at McMaster who guided t...

When industrious ants go too far

...is a great example of biological mutualism. Myrmecophyte plantsotherwise known as ant-plants often provide home for several species of ants. The plant shelters ant colonies in hollow spaces in its limbs or leaves. The ants, in turn, protect the plant against threats from other insects or encroaching vegetatio...

Aussie meat ants may be invasive cane toad's Achilles' heel

...active during the day, patterns that match those of meat ants. By contrast, native frogs are nocturnal and are safely ensconced in vegetation or other shelters during the day, when meat ants are on the hunt. Cane toads are also less well equipped to escape attacking meat ants, Team Bufo found. Using a spec...

Researchers find the earliest evidence of domesticated maize

...de sediments. Ranere, an archaeologist, joined in the study to find rock shelters or caves where people lived in that region thousands of years ago. His team carried out excavations in four of the 15 caves and rock shelters visited in the region, but only one of them yielded evidence for the early ...

Launch of GOCE delayed

... the launcher's upper composite and transport it from the launch pad back to the integration room. Once in the clean room, the protective fairing that shelters the satellite will be opened and the spacecraft and its adaptor system will be dismounted in order to allow access to the Breeze KM equipment to be re...

Stem cell chicken and egg debate moves to unlikely arena: the testes

... LA JOLLA, CA Logic says it has to be the niche. As air and water preceded life, so the niche, that hospitable environment that shelters adult stem cells in many tissues and provides factors necessary to keep them young and vital, must have emerged before its stem cell dependents. A...

New study finds that some plants can adapt to widespread climate change

...roclimate manipulation. For example, some plots received 20 percent more water than normal during the summer, while other plots were covered with rain shelters in the summer to simulate drought conditions; heating cables were placed under some plots to simulate winter warming. The grasses in all of the plots ...

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Animal Protection Groups Condemn FDA's Endorsement of Animal Cloning

... and investigations, legal and institutional reforms, public awareness projects, youth education, and direct rescue and refuge efforts. Farm Sanctuary shelters in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and Orland, Calif., provide lifelong care for hundreds of rescued animals, who have become ambassadors for farm animals everywh...

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Receives Prestigious $100,000 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

...in downtown Seattle offer a full range of physical and mental health services to the homeless and uninsured. Care is also provided at homeless shelters and temporary respite units. -- Supported Housing, Supported Employment for the Mentally Ill -- Working with clients, employers and housing owne...

Healthcare needs of hurricane-hit region being monitored by West Allis company's system

...m. EMSystem has been monitoring information from hospitals, community health centers, mental health and substance abuse facilities, federal medical shelters and a number of other facilities in the region. Information on facility status, critical needs and available resources has been monitored and reported...

I can tell you - you're my lawyer, right?

...red information with its employees, or failed to terminate one or more of its employees. The DOJ did just this in its prosecution of KPMG over tax shelters that it deemed illegal. By doing so, the DOJ was able to exert tremendous pressure on both KPMG and its employees. On June 27, 2006, the Federal Court...

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Breed

...sion) In a Dogs ... Dog breeds : Browse our list of 152 dog breeds to find the perfect dog breed for you, and then find adoptable dogs and dog shelters close to you. Need help finding the perfect dog breed for you? ... Dog breed facts can help you answer that tricky question "how do I know what...