We want to share an artical in The Arizona Republic, written last month by Amanda Chan. While this article is primarily about the current lack of resources in Arizona, it paints a common picture of the desparate situation that exists with animal rescue organizations and shelters across the country.
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Animal Shelters are on Overload
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Tags: animal cruelty, animal rescue, cats, dogs
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PETA’s Bloody ‘Unhappy Meals’ Making Parents Angry
Thursday, August 20th, 2009We understand PETA’s mission, but sometimes their tactics just go too far…
PETA and McDonald’s have long been arch-nemeses, but after a long period of relative calm, the animal rights group has ratcheted up the rhetoric recently. Its tactic: Passing out “Unhappy Meals,” which include a rubber chicken stained with fake blood, a small paper cutout showing Ronald McDonald wielding a bloody knife and a T-shirt bearing the logo “McCruelty.”
Needless to say, not everyone is pleased with the approach. At a McDonald’s restaurant in Albany, N.Y., some parents fumed when confronted with PETA’s message. “I don’t want my son to be around something like this,” one mother, who’d brought her son to eat lunch at the fast-food chain, told Albany’s Fox 23 News. “This is not fair for a child.”
But PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman doesn’t seem terribly concerned about the criticism. “If kids knew how unhappy the chickens who are killed for Happy Meals really are, they’d lose their lunch,” Reiman said in a statement. “And if parents don’t want them to know, then the decent thing to do is to refuse to take them to eat [at McDonald's].”
The issue at the heart of PETA’s complaint is the method by which chickens are killed to produce McDonald’s menu items such as Chicken McNuggets. Read more…
Source: Los Angeles Times
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rights, animals
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A Touching Story about Bouchard, One of our SMILE2 Winners
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009The rescue organization, who submitted Bouchard for our SMILE2 contest, posted this on their blog and we wanted to share it:
We entered a Bouchard smiling picture to the “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” organization. They sent us an email today, and Bouchard’s picture was one of the selected ones in their youtube video.
This is what Bouchard looked like 
the day I rescued him from a shelter in central Florida the week of Thanksgiving in 2003. I wasn’t expecting this. No one at the shelter mentioned how emaciated he was, and the Dobie rescue transport volunteer who picked him up even asked, “Are you sure this is the right dog?”
Can you believe it? The shelter neutered him i
n this condition. After all he went through, I cannot believe he made it through that. When I got him, there were physical issues that took some time to get through, and once that was taken care of, he had some personality conflicts that we also had to work through. He was rejected by two homes after a live-in period didn’t work out.
The second adoptive home I left him at, well, as the front door shut, I heard him body slam himself against it. That was hard to walk away from. But he has a bit of piss and vinegar in him, so it didn’t take long for him to be returned. He has made a fine place for himself at Fort Doberdale, is a special case and always has a place in my heart. Read more…
Source: fortdoberdale.com
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal photos, animal rescue, animal rights, animal video, animals
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The smiling dog and cat video, Smile2 is here!
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009You loved the first Smile dog and cat video, so we had to make the sequel. If you’re tired of animal cruelty, check out the premier of Smile2, The Sequel. It takes a positive approach to why we need to stamp out animal abuse.
Please help us raise money to support the fight against animal cruelty by purchasing the I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty bracelets, t-shirts and bumper stickers. We give half of everything you purchase to Best Friends Animal Society.
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rescue, Smile, Smile2, video
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Great story on our Animal Cruelty and BSL bracelets
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Shelley Bright, writer for the Examiner.com, wrote a great piece on ITo and our I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty and I’m Tired of BSL bracelets. Shelley is seen here sporting the bracelets with Hacksaw, her black Lab.
Tags: animal cruelty, BSL
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New Black I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty T-Shirts
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Check out the brand new eco friendly t-shirts! We knew our message would pop on a black tee and we have to tell you, they look great! Half the sale ($14.75) from each 100% organic cotton t-shirt goes to Best Friends Animal Society.
Tags: animal cruelty, t-shirts
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HSUS Can Now Grant Bachelor’s Degrees In Animal Studies
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Earlier this month, the Humane Society of the United States received a higher education license to grant bachelor’s degrees in animal protection. In Washington, D.C., and on the Internet, the animal rights organization will qualify graduates to work for the more than 17,000 nonprofit organizations nationwide that research, protect, provide services or advocate for animals.
According to the Cleveland Metro, HSU will begin offering undergraduate degrees and graduate certificates in animal studies, policy, advocacy and humane leadership in the fall. The faculty includes 20 instructors with doctoral degrees in animal behavior, policy, psychology, sociology, literature, veterinary medicine, law and other fields.
For those looking to jump at this opportunity, there is one snag: Applicants must have “at least 60 college credits at the freshman and sophomore levels. HSU curriculum provides the final two years of undergraduate study in an eight-week semester.”
This could be an incredible opportunity for anyone looking to focus on getting involved in animal rights. What better way to help animal non-profits all over the country than to receive an education from one of the largest in the world?
For more info, check out HumaneSocietyUniversity.org (We imagine this will shift to a .edu shortly…)
Source: ecorazzi.com
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rescue, animal rights, animals
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PETA Sends Obama Humane Fly Catcher
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
PETA has a few words for President Obama: Brush, don’t kill.
After the President very publically swatted and then killed a fly during an interview with CNBC, the outspoken animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) said they wished Obama had served a better example.
“We support compassion for the even the smallest animals,” says Bruce Friedrich, VP for Policy at PETA. “We support giving insects the benefit of the doubt.”
Friedrich says PETA supports “brushing flies away rather than killing them” and was disappointed that the President had gone ahead and squashed the pesky fly.
This afternoon PETA sent a Katcha Bug, a device which traps bugs and allows their safe release back into nature to the White House.
PETA hopes the President will use the catcher but has no far not received communication back from the White House, although they did not ask for specific correspondence.
Friedrich admits that despite his fly-swatting ways, the President has been a champion for animal rights in the past. PETA claims to be pleased by Obama’s denouncement of factory farming, Canadian seal hunting andMichelle Obama’s stance against wearing fur.
Source: ABC News
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rights
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5th Grade Girl Sells I’m Tired of… Bracelets at School
Monday, April 27th, 2009
This is one of those wonderful stories that I just had to share. I gave my friend’s daughter an “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet. She was crazy about it, wore it to school and started telling all her friends what our campaign was about. She then decided to sell the bracelets for us at her elementary school. I am so pleased to report that she actually sold 18 bracelets. This has now morphed into a new business venture she’s going to start, which involves walking and babysitting neighborhood dogs. She plans to donate half the money she makes to Best Friends Animal Society, our charity beneficiary for the animal cruelty bracelet. Way to go Kimmy!
Posted by Carrie Pollare
Tags: animal cruelty, animal cruelty bracelets, Animal Lovers, animal rights, Best Friends Animal Society, cause bracelets, cause jewelry
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Care2.com loves what we’re doing
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
I’m Tired of… is on a roll!! Care2.com is one more awesome website that loves what we’re doing and wrote a great article about us. If you’re not already familiar with Care2, read this. They are one of the most visited sites in the world and they’re all about doing good and providing great news and information on making our world a better place.
Please take a moment and read the story. If you’re into the fight against animal cruelty (like we are), you’ll love it! Oh, and they also put up our “Smile” video, which as you probably already know is our famous video featuring smiling cats and dogs. It’s down the page in the right-hand column. Afterwords, make sure you take a look around their site. You can thank us later…
Tags: animal cruelty, animal rescue, animals, Care2, cats, dogs, News
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