1. Record-Breaking Dog Fighting Raid Leads to Nearly 500 Rescues
Approximately 500 dogs were rescued in last week's massive, multi-state dog fighting raid, which has led to arrests in eight states. In the coming weeks, a team of pet behavior experts, including ASPCA staff, will evaluate the dogs. Read more about the canine victims... 

  2. Winners of the 2009 ASCM Photo Contest Are In! Vote for Your Favorite!
The ten agile finalists of our “cat-ercising” photo contest have been selected. Now we need you to vote on your gold medalist of choice! READ MORE

 3. ASPCA Happy Tails: Undercover Snuggler
For a dog ASPCA behaviorists considered high-energy, this affectionate pup is rather keen on the couch. READ MORE

  4. ASPCA Health Alert: Leptospirosis
Several New York City dogs are believed to have died from leptospirosis, a bacterial infection seen periodically all over the country. Fortunately, there is a vaccine. READ MORE

Red Lion Partners Program

Just in time for summer travel, the ASPCA has teamed up with a great new partner - Red Lion Hotels, a pet friendly chain of full service hotels that promote comfort for their guests while supporting programs that provide comfort for pets in need. If you're planning to travel, there's no reason to leave your pet behind. You can stay at any of Red Lion's 43 west coast hotels where pets stay free and even earn "Red Lion R&R Club" points!

To help the ASPCA continue its lifesaving work, Red Lion will be donating 40% of the purchase price of its "Red, the Lion"*, the company's plush toy feline mascot. Red is available at all Red Lion hotels and via www.redlion.com/aspca.

To celebrate the launch of our new relationship, Red Lion has teamed with Horizon Air, the Pacific Northwest's leading airline, to sell "Red, the Lion", on board every flight from Portland to the San Francisco Bay Area through August 16, reaching an audience of hundreds of thousands of travelers.

To further support animal welfare, Red Lion hotel and corporate office associates will be donating time to local animal causes and conducting fundraisers to benefit the ASPCA, and hotels will be reaching out to shelters in their communities to promote pet adoption.

Bird Seed
A boy wanders into a pet store and asks for a quarter's worth of bird seed. The clerk smiles at this strange request and asks, "How many birds do you have?"
The kid replies, "None, yet. But I hope to grow some!"

*DOG TIP*

Is your dog waking you up early in the morning to be fed? Consider acquiring a timed pet feeder and set it so that the food tray will open at 5am or whenever your pooch normally wants his early morning snack.

*CAT TIP*

Best way to bath a cat is find an old window screen, place it in the tub or sink, the cat will dig its claws   into the screen and stay there the entire time of bathing.  
It works, If your cat still has claws.