Because I am fond of animals which are furry as well as my ubiquitous, scaly lovelies:

Do you have thirty seconds to help save a homeless animal's life? It takes less than a minute to vote for your favorite animal shelter or rescue group in Care2's second America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest, A New Year of Hope for Animals. Your vote could help that group win $10,000!

As the economic crisis worsens and pet abandonment rates grow, animal rescue groups need our help more than ever. In this contest, Care2 will award $25,000 to 29 local animal rescue groups and shelters across the US and Canada. The top 20 vote-getting groups will win prizes, giving a greater number of deserving groups a chance to win, and every week a randomly-selected group wins a much-needed $500 prize. Animal rescues and shelters in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to win, including groups that help birds, rabbits, horses, and animals other than domestic cats and dogs.

How the contest works:
Anyone can visit Care2.com/animalsheltercontest and select their favorite animal shelter or rescue group. Then, you can tell neighbors and friends to do the same! The shelter or rescue group with the most votes wins $10,000.

In addition to the grand prize:

Second and third place winners will each receive $1,000. The groups that place 4th through 20th will each win $500.

Every week, a randomly selected participating group (five or more votes that week) will win $500.

The 20 contest participants who recruit the most friends to vote for their favorite shelter will receive a $50 gift certificate for pet products as special thank-you gifts.

The contest ends on January 31st, so the clock is ticking. Vote today and spread the word to help your favorite group win!

Thanks for helping us save countless lives,

Rebecca Young,

Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest organizer

P.S. Here's how to get a group registered for the contest: All participating animal shelters and rescue groups are part of the Adopt-a-Pet.com network. If you want to support a shelter or rescue group that you do not currently see on our contest site, please have a representative of that organization register their group with Adopt-a-Pet.com here: http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter/terms_conditions_signup.html

It's simple and approval only takes about 24 hours on average. So send your group's representative to Adopt-a-Pet.com's registration form. Once your favorite group has been added to the database, you can come back to vote!

P.P.S. See who won our first America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest here:

http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/browse


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