mestic violence, sexual assault,
stalking, and dating violence
from emotional and psychological trauma caused by violence
against their pets. It also provides
grant funding to programs that
offer housing assistance, support
services, and training for survivors of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault and their
families, including their pets.
;;e recogni;e the great need
to support all survivors of
domestic violence, including
pets,; said ;auren ;orsch,
senior manager of communications for ;ayer Animal
;ealth, based in Shawnee,
;an. ;;e’re honored to partner with domestic violence
shelters that work to meet this
need. By raising awareness of
the issue and the PA;S Act,
we hope to help even more
domestic violence shelters offer safe harbor for both people
and pets.;
IFETCH LAUNCHES
PROGRAM AIMED AT
HELPING SHELTER DOGS
Austin, Texas-based iFetch,
maker of automatic ball
launchers and brain games for
dogs, has introduced a give-back program aimed at helping long-stay shelter dogs find
forever homes. The program,
iFetch A Family, connects shelters and trainers across the U.S.
to identify and support dogs
that have been overlooked for
adoption and need help becoming more attractive candidates to potential owners.
According to the ASPCA,
approximately ;.; million
dogs enter animal shelters na-
tionwide every year, and near-
ly ;.; million are euthani;ed.
Additionally, a ;;;; study
published in Applied Ani-
mal ;ehavior Science found
that the likelihood of a shelter
dog being adopted increased
significantly when they were
observed playing. ;ith that
research in mind, iFetch A
Family will donate iFetch Too
interactive ball launchers to
;ualifying shelters in order to
increase the amount of play-
time and enrichment for these
pups in need. The company is
also committed to pairing local
trainers with shelters to work
with long-stay dogs, using the iFetch Too product as a
training aid. The company will help the shelters pub-
lici;e these dogs needing adoption in their local area
through social media and other financial support.
;Shelter dogs start to feel the psychological effects
of their environment in as little as two weeks,; said
;ebbie ;amill, chief marketing officer and owner of
iFetch. ;;hen I found the research showing that play
increases the chances for adoption, I knew this was
the perfect program for iFetch to launch. ;e look for-
ward to fetching a family for more shelter dogs across
the country.;
PETLAND EXPANDS K9 SUPPORT
Petland has expanded its sup-
port of more than ;;; service
dogs across the country.
Petland’s national community service outreach includes
offering support to local police,
sheriff and fire departments
as well as support for military
veteran service dogs. The assis-
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