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Today Dogs Trust and Nintendo have partnered on an innovative new education initiative which is being launched today by Girls Aloud.
The pilot scheme will build upon the Dogs Trust’s existing educational programme within schools, aimed at teaching children the responsibilities involved in caring for a dog, taught through the use of Nintendogs, a Nintendo DS game focussed on nurturing and caring for a virtual dog.
The initiative, which is initially being piloted in the London area, sees Nintendo donating Nintendo DS consoles and copies of Nintendogs to Dogs Trust for use in their educational outreach programme. The pilot provides Dogs Trust with an innovative and exciting way of engaging children through technology, alongside their existing education programme.
Thousands of dogs are abandoned and destroyed in the UK every year and are desperately in need of a loving home. Dogs Trust believes that the responsible dog ownership message behind Nintendogs may encourage young [...]

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Girls Aloud, Nintendogs and The Dogs Trust in Partnership

Greyhound protection campaigners have held a remembrance ceremony outside Manchester’s Belle Vue
Stadium following revelations that dozens of greyhounds have been “put down” at the dog track and
their bodies supplied to Liverpool University for research.
About 30 local supporters of Greyhound Action, many of them accompanied by rescued greyhounds, held
a minute’s silence and laid wreaths and flowers in memory of the dogs that had been put to death.
The event, which took place yesterday afternoon (Sunday 16th), was prompted by details, obtained by
campaigners under the Freedom of Information Act, which revealed that in the period from September
2007 until September 2008, the university carried out research on the bodies of 45 greyhounds, after
the dogs had been put to death at Belle Vue, following injury on the track or simply because their
racing owners no longer wanted them.
Greyhound Action’s UK Co-ordinator, Tony Peters, said: “Following a national newspaper report a few
months ago that Liverpool University was [...]

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Remberance Event Held for Dead Greyhounds

Last night I attended a reception to announce the “cover dogs” for the the 2009 Dogs of Wooster Square calendar. It was a lovely event, and one of my clients (a handsome dobie named Charlie) even made the cut to be Mr September! If you’re interested in picking up a calendar for yourself, here is a link to all the information. All proceeds go to the Historic Wooster Square Association: Dogs of Wooster Square.

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Dogs of Wooster Square calendar

Here are the issues and the results that were voted on yesterday: (From The Humane Society of US) Calif. and Mass. Voters to Weigh Measures on Factory Farming, Greyhound Racing When voters in California and Massachusetts go to the polls,…

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Animal Welfare on the Ballot

Interested in getting a photo done of your dog? Two Smiling Dogs Bakery in Hamden is hosting a charity pet photo fundraiser on Saturday 11/1 and Sunday 11/2. Professional photographer Dave O’Hara will be taking the shots, and 15% of the proceeds go to Halfway Home Rescue. Please contact 203-248-7297 to schedule your appointment.

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