Two-time Academy Award-winning actress, Hilary Swank is the new ambassador for the largest annual pet adoption drive and she is encouraging every animal rescue organization and shelter to get involved.
Swank agreed to be the spokesperson for the 11th Annual Iams Home 4 the Holidays Pet Adoption Campaign which will run from October 1, 2009 through January 4, 2010. Her mission is to help Iams find homes for the 1.5 million orphaned pets, languishing in animal shelters.
The special emphasis for this year’s event will be finding adoptable homes for older pets. Swank says older animals have just as much love as younger ones and have "already gone through a lot of the training that can be challenging for people."
Swank also wants the public to know that purebred pets are available for adoption from a shelter, if people have their heart set on a specific breed.
Swank said, “I'm proud to be the 2009 ambassador for this amazing pet adoption drive, and this year we hope to find loving homes for 1.5 million orphaned pets! I've adopted and rescued many pets throughout my life, including my dogs Karoo and Rumi.”
Home 4 The Holidays is currently registering animal welfare groups and animal shelters that want to participate in this year’s campaign. This is a wonderful opportunity, especially when many shelters are seeing a decline in adoptions and an increase in orphaned animals. Here are the results from Iams’ last adoption drive.
MORE THAN 1.2-MILLION ORPHANED PETS WERE ADOPTED DURING 10TH ANNUAL “IAMS HOME 4 THE HOLIDAYS” DRIVE
Their website reports, “More than 3,550 animal shelters and pet rescue groups in 17 countries worldwide ‘joined paws’ during the three month campaign to increase adoptions, save lives, and take business away from puppy mills and backyard breeders during their most lucrative time of year. The 1,202,751 adoptions far surpassed the goal of placing 1-million pets in their new homes during the holiday season.
Source: AP, Photo: Home 4 The Holiday.
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I've always loved Hilary Swank and now I know why!
I absolutely love Hilary and I think it's great what she is doing, so please don't get me wrong when I say what I am about to say... Probably unbeknowns to Hilary, and alot of other readers here, is that Iams "Test" on animals. They have been getting involved with things like this, and 'earth friendly' cleaning items under their own name, to try and take away the fact that they actually have a hand in "Torturing" animals to make their pet food!! I will not buy Iams products ever again since finding this out, the word is out there, all over the internet about this, and I know my comment will most likely be deleted because Iams are behind this campagne. I do not want to take away from the homeless dogs 'at all'! I am so happy that so many now have homes, as this kind of thing is what I live and breath every day to try and help myself. All I am saying is, Iams should stop testing, and be the 'Pro Animal' and compassionate company they profess to be.
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