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National  Reading  Education
 Assistance Dog Day

 Founded  in  2001  by  Alley  Cat  Allies,  a
 national  advocacy  organization  dedicated  Ruff-ruff ...
 to the protection and humane treatment of
 feral  cats.  National  Feral  Cat  Day®  was
 created  to  raise  awareness  and  support
 Trap-Neuter-Return programs. This year’s
 theme  is  “Architects  of  Change  for  Cats:                                National Little Dog Day
 Building  blueprints  for  humane  communi-                                   Founded in 2005 by Pet Lifestyle Expert &
 ties.”                                                                        Animal Welfare  Advocate  "Colleen  Paige",

 Cats that are put to death every year num-                                    and  sponsored  by - Animal  Miracle  Foun-
 ber in the millions. A survey conducted by                                    dation. Observed annually to celebrate our
 The  National  Council  on  Pet  Population                                   lovable feline companions and bring aware-
 Study  and  Policy  Shelter  Statistics  re-                                  ness to the number of cats in need of res-
 vealed  72%  of  all  cats  entering  U.S.                                    cuing every year. Ms. Paige is encouraging
 pounds  and  shelters  are  killed,  23%  are                                 all  of  us  to  volunteer  and  adopt.  National
           adopted  and  only  2%  are
                                                                               Cat Day’s goal this year is to promote the
           reunited  with  their  owners.
                                                                               adoption of 10,000 shelter cats nationwide.
           Please    visit   http://
                                                                               Visit  http://www.littledogday.com  for  more
           www.readingpaws.org/
                                                                               information  and  to  watch  funny  cat  day
           READingPaws/
                                                                               videos.
           Welcome.html







                                                                  Farm Animals




                                                                ADOPT  A  TURKEY  MONTH In  2009,  WhaleTimes  estab-

                                                                lished Hagfish Day  to ‘celebrate the beauty of ugly.’ Hagfish
                                                                are slime oozing deep-sea scavengers that are essential to the

                                                                ecosystem.  WhaleTimes  Director  Ruth  Musgrave  said,
                                                                “Sometimes it seems as if ecological causes are popularity con-

                                                                                                           -known,
                                                                though equally vulnerable, creatures. There are species in peril

                                                                that  kids  never  hear  about.”  WhaleTimes  asserts  that  abhor-



                                                                tion to conservation issues facing marine animals.  An assort-
                                                                ment of activity’s are provided to celebrate this day like mak-

                                                                ing hagfish slime, writing Haiku and sending Happy Hagfish
                                                                bouquets.
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