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The shelter pet bed drive makes the jump to newspapers
By Pet Connection Staff
February 17, 2010
Our Dr. Marty Becker’s push to help pets “rise up (off the concrete), lie down (on a comfortable bed) and move out (to a new home) jumps into the Pet Connection syndicated newspaper feature this week, and already shelter pets around the country have new beds on the way. He writes:
Let’s help shelter pets rise up, lie down and move out.
Turns out the people at the Kuranda company of Annapolis, Md., are already on this. These cot-style beds are popular with shelters (and pet owners, too, of course) because they’re easy to assemble, durable, chew-resistant and easy to keep clean. The company has a program where people buy beds and have them sent directly to any of hundreds of shelters. The cost for a donated bed is discounted 30 percent off the regular price.
In just a few days of sending the word out through our PetConnection.com Web blog, and my Facebook and Twitter accounts, the 100 beds OCAS had requested had been donated.
It’s a great start, and now I’m reaching out even more, to help pets in other shelters.
Can you donate a bed for a shelter pet? It’s easy! Go to Kuranda’s Web site and click on “Donate a Bed.” You can then choose from dozens of shelters, sorted alphabetically and also searchable by state. When you’ve chosen your shelter, the site will display what kind of beds the shelter has requested. Buy a bed, and the company will send it to the shelter you’ve chosen. It’ll take you just a couple of minutes and a credit card.
Dr. Becker also warns that yarn is dangerous around cats, and Gina explains how to fill a litter box for a rabbit. It’s all right here, now and forever, thanks to a grant from Pfizer Animal Health, sponsor of our searchable PetConnection article library.
Image: Happy pets, happy staff at the shelter in Orange County, Fla., where the pet bed drive began.
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Thank you for all you are doing to help the shelter dogs and cats get up off the cold, hard floor. Yesterday’s article in the Sacramento Bee Today resulted in 20 bed donations for the dogs and cats at the Sacramento SPCA!!
Comment by Kuranda Dog Beds — February 17, 2010 @ 9:49 am
This is fantastic!! Join in everyone…there are many many shelter dogs counting on us. We can and will make a difference for the shelter animals!! We did it here in Naples Florida for the Collier County’s Domestic Services shelter dogs so I know it can be done…..so my question is….who is next???
Comment by Kelly Fox — February 17, 2010 @ 11:03 am