The Dog Days of sumer may not be until August, but De Soto National Memorial is planning a true canine version with Dog Days at Desoto from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
What a fine opportunity for you and your dog to spend a day together enjoying the outdoors. De Soto is inviting pet families to gather the leashes and join the park rangers for a day filled with activities, demonstrations and information promoting safe and healthy dogs.
Here's what's on tap:
Information on Dog Adoptions — Visitors interested in adopting dogs who need a good home can visit with representatives from Bishop Animal Shelter, Gold Coast Greyhound Adoption and the Humane Socieites of Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Pets Health — Dr. Luke Berglund from the Beach Veterinary Clinic on Cortez Road will be on hand to give free advice on your dog's health at the “Ask your Vet” booth.
Kids Activities — The kids will enjoy visiting the "reading fur fun" nook hosted by the Humane Society of Sarasota, where they can snuggle up to a canine pal and read aloud from books on hand.
Food — Dog on a Roll, a hot dog cart, will be under the main tent so visitors can take a break and grab a dog for lunch.
All events and activities are free, and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Otherwise the events are subject to change if it's rainy.
De Soto National Memorial is at 8300 De Soto Memorial Hwy., Bradenton (and the north end of 75th Street West).
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tag, you're it
Florida already has about a hundred specialty license plates (at least it seems like it), but here's one cat lovers may want to check out.
Gulf Shore Animal League is bringing awareness to pet overpopulation with a spay/neuter campaign, “Spay It Forward,” made possible through a Florida Animal Friend License Plate Grant.
This effort allows cat owners to have their pet cat or cats spayed or neutered for free. Manatee County residents living in zip code areas 34205, 34207 and 34208 are eligible.
Proof of current rabies vaccination must be presented at the time of the surgery or rabies vaccination can be provided at a discounted fee of $5.
For more information on this program,call (941) 747-2284.
To learn more about Gulf Shore Animal League and the other programs and services available for Manatee County residents, visit the group's web site: http://www.gsalinc.org/.
Gulf Shore Animal League is bringing awareness to pet overpopulation with a spay/neuter campaign, “Spay It Forward,” made possible through a Florida Animal Friend License Plate Grant.
This effort allows cat owners to have their pet cat or cats spayed or neutered for free. Manatee County residents living in zip code areas 34205, 34207 and 34208 are eligible.
Proof of current rabies vaccination must be presented at the time of the surgery or rabies vaccination can be provided at a discounted fee of $5.
For more information on this program,call (941) 747-2284.
To learn more about Gulf Shore Animal League and the other programs and services available for Manatee County residents, visit the group's web site: http://www.gsalinc.org/.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hey, animal lovers: It's time to Adopt the Internet
If you're on Facebook, you know that occasionally you will get a message saying "post this as your status" or "change your profile picture" for a day for a special event.
For Petfinder.com, the largest online database of adoptable pets, that special event will come March 15, when it celebrates its 15th birthday by proposing to Adopt the Internet, with the help of animal lovers.
A note from Petfinder Press says that people will be asked to support adoptable pets by adding a special badge to their web sites, by tweeting their contacts, by adding an adoptable Petfinder pet to their Facebook pages, or by taking a pledge to spread the word to at least one contact about pet adoption.
Petfinder features more than 320,000 adoptable pets at any given time and represents over 13,000 animal welfare organizations -- including some right here in Manatee County. Since Petfinder's creation in 1996, the euthanasia rate has gone from more than 16 million adoptable pets per year to less that four million. This year, the web site hopes to facilitate over 2.5 million adoptions.
For more information on how to help, visit www.petfinder.com/adopttheinternet.
For Petfinder.com, the largest online database of adoptable pets, that special event will come March 15, when it celebrates its 15th birthday by proposing to Adopt the Internet, with the help of animal lovers.
A note from Petfinder Press says that people will be asked to support adoptable pets by adding a special badge to their web sites, by tweeting their contacts, by adding an adoptable Petfinder pet to their Facebook pages, or by taking a pledge to spread the word to at least one contact about pet adoption.
Petfinder features more than 320,000 adoptable pets at any given time and represents over 13,000 animal welfare organizations -- including some right here in Manatee County. Since Petfinder's creation in 1996, the euthanasia rate has gone from more than 16 million adoptable pets per year to less that four million. This year, the web site hopes to facilitate over 2.5 million adoptions.
For more information on how to help, visit www.petfinder.com/adopttheinternet.
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