Day 13 - Pet Pals 6th Annual 19 Days of Christmas Giveaways

Help Pet Pals decide which one we should giveaway today for Day 13! The pic (posted below for Day 13) with the most votes will be given away! Cast your vote by commenting on Pet Pals Facebook page in the comment of the Day 13 pic 1 or 2!

Also, we still are not to 200 likes for Day 11, sooooooooooo we are going to keep Day 11 open as well!!! Please ---- like, share, tag your friends, ask your friends to come and like Day 11. The more likes the more food and/or litter that will be donated to Sioux Falls AniMeals. Remember - every bag, box, can, any donation STAYS in Sioux Falls!!!! AND Paws and Reflect Pet Grooming is matching the donations!!! 

For your chance to WIN Day 13.....Head over to Pet Pals Facebook page, look for the picture below and simply click "like" to be entered. Also, continue to read this blog post for additional entries into the drawing.

Day 11 is still open!!! Please go and LIKE Day 11!

By you going back to Pet Pals Facebook Page and clicking "LIKE" on the picture you see below, Pet Pals, and Paws and Reflect Pet Grooming .......for every like, up to 200 Likes, a pound (up to 200 pounds) of food and/or litter will be donated to the Pet Food Drive wish list, listed below to AniMeals! 

AniMeals Wish List (also posted below)!!!

For additional entries into Day 13 giveaway......for every friend you tag in the comments on Pet Pals Facebook under the Day 13 photo, you will get 1 additional entry for EACH FRIEND TAGGED!!!!

To Tax or Not to Tax...for Pets?

Turns out that "election day" wasn't just about who will be the president for the next four years, who controls what, or who won and who lost.  Rather, in some areas it was about life and death; life and death of thousands of cats and dogs that is.  In an unprecedented action, Florida's Miami-Dade county overwhelming voted in support of a measure that could save the lives of over 20,000 cats and dogs a year.

County Commissioner's placed the measure, sponsored by Pets' Trust, on the ballot to gauge public opinion on adding a property-tax increase to be used specifically for animal welfare.  The public responded with an almost 65% approval to add an average of $20 a year to their property taxes.  As a result, Commissioners are now expected to move forward with creating a new agency to boost efforts by their Animal Services Department.

Miami-Dade's Animal Services Department takes in around 37,000 cats and dogs a year with more than half of these animals currently being euthanized.  The new tax is expected to bring in around $20 million annually to go towards free and low-cost veterinary services (including spaying/neutering surgeries), public education programs, adoptions, retention programs, and more.  The county's goal to to achieve a "no kill" standard for their Animal Services Department.

A volunteer board of animal advocates and experts with independent oversight from a national board will be created to ensure funding is handled properly.  If the program is successful, then Pets' Trust expects to use it as a national model by areas around the country to save the lives of even more animals.

You can learn more about Pets' Trus at: http://www.petstrustmiami.com/landing/learn.asp