Feral Cats Have Pets for Patriots, Freekibble and HALO to Thank For Their Next Meal
Charity inspires Freekibble to provide 10,000 meals of HALO food to feed Washington, DC feral cats.
New York, NY, June 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Pets for Patriots, Freekibble.com and HALO, Purely for Pets® join forces to provide 10,000 meals to feral cats throughout the District of Columbia, with the assistance of the Washington Humane Society.
“The work that Pets for Patriots does connecting service members and military veterans with at-risk pets is so important and we enthusiastically support them. We’re thrilled to help with a donation of Halo food!” says Freekibble’s Kelly Ausland.
An estimated 50 million feral cats are in the United States, including tens of thousands in the District of Columbia. Nationally, these cats produce up to 147 million kittens every year, many of which do not survive into adulthood.
“The Washington Humane Society is one of our valued shelter partners with an excellent feral cat outreach program,” says Beth Zimmerman, founder and executive director of Pets for Patriots. “We’re proud to have inspired our sponsors, Freekibble and HALO, to make this generous donation to such a worthy cause. It's a reflection of the strong partnerships we've forged with both national and local organizations, and that we celebrated recently at our inaugural DC event."
Feral cats are unsocialized and face certain death if brought to a shelter. The Washington Humane Society works with area feral cat organizations to support trap, neuter and release (TNR) programs, a safe and humane cat population management strategy.
“We are so delighted to be part of this program,” states Stephanie Shaine, Chief Operating Officer for Washington Humane Society. “Being able to help get food to these caregivers is a wonderful way to help animals in need.”
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About Pets for Patriots
Pets for Patriots, Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) charity connecting adult and other at-risk shelter pets with service and veteran members of the United States military. Pets for Patriots is one of the only organizations in the country dedicated to hard-to-place homeless animals and veterans at any stage of their careers, and operates currently in communities across 30 states. The charity is a proud member of the Army AW2 Wounded Warrior Program national community support network, a national partner of the Real Warriors Campaign and is listed by the National Resource Directory for ill and wounded veterans. Visit www.petsforpatriots.org for more information.
Media contact: Beth Zimmerman, Executive Director 516-670-8446, media@petsforpatriots.org
About Freekibble
With the help of Freekibble’s 400,000 loyal monthly followers, they have donated over five million nutritious meals to over 125 shelters, rescues and food banks across the country. At the end of each month, Mimi personally delivers all of the donated food to the Humane Society of Central Oregon and is working with Halo, Purely for Pets® to distribute the pet food to all the other animal shelters they are assisting. Freekibble is played in 137 countries. Freekibble.com was created by 14 year-old Mimi Ausland, when she was 11 years old, to help feed the homeless dogs and cats at her local animal shelter. Freekibble.com and Freekibblekat.com are two of the five most-visited animal rescue sites in the world.
Media contact: Kelly Ausland, Director 541-330-1848, kelly@freekibble.com
About the Washington Humane Society
The Washington Humane Society, the only Congressionally-chartered animal welfare agency in the United States, has been the leading voice for animals in the District of Columbia since 1870. As the only open-access shelter in the nation’s capital, no call for help goes unanswered, and no animal is ever turned away. The Washington Humane Society provides comfort and care to nearly 30,000 animals each year through its broad range of programs and services including: sheltering, adoption, humane law enforcement, spay and neuter, humane education, human-animal rehabilitation programs, and lost and found services.
Media contact: Sabrina Fang, Director of Marketing and Communications 202-683-1824 or 202-905-9978, sfang@washhumane.org
“The work that Pets for Patriots does connecting service members and military veterans with at-risk pets is so important and we enthusiastically support them. We’re thrilled to help with a donation of Halo food!” says Freekibble’s Kelly Ausland.
An estimated 50 million feral cats are in the United States, including tens of thousands in the District of Columbia. Nationally, these cats produce up to 147 million kittens every year, many of which do not survive into adulthood.
“The Washington Humane Society is one of our valued shelter partners with an excellent feral cat outreach program,” says Beth Zimmerman, founder and executive director of Pets for Patriots. “We’re proud to have inspired our sponsors, Freekibble and HALO, to make this generous donation to such a worthy cause. It's a reflection of the strong partnerships we've forged with both national and local organizations, and that we celebrated recently at our inaugural DC event."
Feral cats are unsocialized and face certain death if brought to a shelter. The Washington Humane Society works with area feral cat organizations to support trap, neuter and release (TNR) programs, a safe and humane cat population management strategy.
“We are so delighted to be part of this program,” states Stephanie Shaine, Chief Operating Officer for Washington Humane Society. “Being able to help get food to these caregivers is a wonderful way to help animals in need.”
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About Pets for Patriots
Pets for Patriots, Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) charity connecting adult and other at-risk shelter pets with service and veteran members of the United States military. Pets for Patriots is one of the only organizations in the country dedicated to hard-to-place homeless animals and veterans at any stage of their careers, and operates currently in communities across 30 states. The charity is a proud member of the Army AW2 Wounded Warrior Program national community support network, a national partner of the Real Warriors Campaign and is listed by the National Resource Directory for ill and wounded veterans. Visit www.petsforpatriots.org for more information.
Media contact: Beth Zimmerman, Executive Director 516-670-8446, media@petsforpatriots.org
About Freekibble
With the help of Freekibble’s 400,000 loyal monthly followers, they have donated over five million nutritious meals to over 125 shelters, rescues and food banks across the country. At the end of each month, Mimi personally delivers all of the donated food to the Humane Society of Central Oregon and is working with Halo, Purely for Pets® to distribute the pet food to all the other animal shelters they are assisting. Freekibble is played in 137 countries. Freekibble.com was created by 14 year-old Mimi Ausland, when she was 11 years old, to help feed the homeless dogs and cats at her local animal shelter. Freekibble.com and Freekibblekat.com are two of the five most-visited animal rescue sites in the world.
Media contact: Kelly Ausland, Director 541-330-1848, kelly@freekibble.com
About the Washington Humane Society
The Washington Humane Society, the only Congressionally-chartered animal welfare agency in the United States, has been the leading voice for animals in the District of Columbia since 1870. As the only open-access shelter in the nation’s capital, no call for help goes unanswered, and no animal is ever turned away. The Washington Humane Society provides comfort and care to nearly 30,000 animals each year through its broad range of programs and services including: sheltering, adoption, humane law enforcement, spay and neuter, humane education, human-animal rehabilitation programs, and lost and found services.
Media contact: Sabrina Fang, Director of Marketing and Communications 202-683-1824 or 202-905-9978, sfang@washhumane.org
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www.petsforpatriots.org
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