A shelter cat named Matilda from Redwood City, Calif., is the grand prize winner of the third Annual Cat Pawsitive National High-Five Day Contest. The contest is part of Cat Pawsitive, a life-saving initiative for shelter and rescue cats that aims to increase feline adoption rates by instructing shelter/rescue staff and volunteers how to implement positive reinforcement training for cats.
Jackson Galaxy, a renowned cat behavior and wellness professional and host of Animal Planetâs âMy Cat from Hell,â helped launch the Cat Pawsitive initiative, which is part of The Jackson Galaxy Project. This yearâs contest was in partnership with The Petco Foundation and The Animal Rescue Site.
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Greater Good Charities and Animal Planet’s Jackson Galaxy Announce the Grand Prize Winner of .
Greater Good CharitiesApril 15, 2021 GMT
Seattle, April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) A shelter cat, Matilda, from Redwood City, Calif., is the grand prize winner of the 3rd Annual Cat Pawsitive National High-Five Day Contest. Matilda wins a $5,000 grant for Whis-Purr Rescue Inc. and a personal cat behavioral virtual consult with Jackson Galaxy, renowned cat behavior and wellness expert, host of Animal Planet’s “My Cat From Hell” and New York Times best-selling author.
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Greater Good Charities with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, and The Animal Rescue Site to .
Greater Good CharitiesApril 14, 2021 GMT
Seattle, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) In honor of Heartworm Awareness Month, Greater Good Charities, in cooperation with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, the maker of HEARTGARD® Plus (ivermectin/pyrantel), and The Animal Rescue Site announced today the launch of the Good Flights program. The goal is to transport 2,000 shelter dogs from Louisiana, where they are at risk of euthanasia, to new homes on the East Coast. That number includes 1,000 asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs. The program is part of the Greater Good Charities’ Save a Heart initiative, which aims to reduce shelter euthanasia in overcrowded shelters by preventing and treating heartworm disease in shelter dogs, while transporting adoptable asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs