4 The Love of Animals- animal rescue, wildlife, pets, and more!

There are a lot of things around the house that you can donate to animal shelters, and Apartment Therapy had a great post about items that shelters need. Be sure that you contact your shelter to double check their needs, but I think it’s a great way to clear out things you aren’t using anymore and help animals in the process.

The article is called 10 Household Items to Donate to an Animal Shelter. Please visit and consider making some donations to your local shelter if you can!

Who could possibly resist this adorable kitten? This kitten has the “little lost cat” look down to a science!

Just look at the stylish Miss Pippi in her new walking vest! Pippi’s mom runs a great cooking blog called Coconut and Lime, and I bet that Pippi likes to be a taste tester too!

Who doesn’t love meerkats? They are always adorable when they stand up on their back legs, but check out the fluffy hair ‘do on this meerkat!

Looks like these two beauties are getting the hang of sharing a dog bed!

You can see their “mom” Rachel has a great cooking blog. I wonder how many goodies they get to “taste test”?

The awesome folks at Paw Luxury are offering one of their organic cotton doggie tanks to one lucky reader! The winner will get to choose the design and size! The tanks are made without chemicals or pesticides and are Fair-Trade (not to mention the fact that they are super cute too). They have a ton of great eco-friendly items for your pet, so be sure to check out their whole site when you visit.

Would you like a chance to win? Here is what you need to do!

• Visit the Paw Luxury site by clicking here and check out the prize.
• Leave a comment on this post before midnight on June 13th, 2008. In your comment tell me which of the designs you would want if you were the winner, as well as your favorite item on the site!
• This contest is open to all countries.
• The winner will be chosen by random number generator, and contacted by email.

*This contest is now closed.* Congrats to lucky #102 Jessica.*

Oprah is getting a lot of thanks and kudos for her recent show exposing puppy mills. But what you might not know is that Oprah didn’t even know what a puppy mill was until she saw a billboard asking her to do a show about them!

Main Line Animal Rescue is the real hero of the Oprah story. They took out a billboard just blocks from Harpo Studios asking Oprah to do a show on puppy mills. What a great way to get the attention of such an influential lady! Creative thinking coupled with their passion for saving animals from puppy mills lead them to an amazing outcome!

This is what the billboard looked like:

Click on the image to read the full story and learn more about this amazing animal rescue group!