In May 2013, the Alliance began a partnership with Urban Resource Institute (URI) and its People and Animals Living Safely (PALS) pilot program. PALS is the first program for victims of home violence in New York City — and one of the few supplied nationwide — that gives co-sheltering for households and their pets. The program allows families and their pets to shelter within the emergency facility, preserving the welfare and safety of all. PALS started by accepting small animals, corresponding to cats, rabbits, birds, and fish, and later expanded to include dogs. The Alliance provided important support to URI within the type of essential experience and technical assistance addressing the link between animal welfare and human welfare, in addition to pet welfare help.
One Facebook video specifically — a 16-second clip of Doug taking part in with a pug balloon — went viral in a single day, skyrocketing Doug to 2.2 million followers on Instagram and over five million Facebook likes. Hamlet’s owner, Melanie Gomez, adopted the bizarre pet as a support companion after her epilepsy grew to become exhausting to handle on her personal (her husband is extraordinarily allergic to canine, so a pig was the subsequent best option). She started posting Hamlet’s photos online as a approach to make others pleased, and by no means anticipated that the petite piglet would turn out to be an web celebrity. Harlow, Indiana, and Reese have also worked with Clorox to raise consciousness about Parvovirus, a probably fatal virus for … Read More