Alabama Dog can make it Big with Your Vote

Mobile, AL — January 11, 2008 — Circuit City held a nationwide contest for their new FireDog mascot. They received nearly 7,000 entries nationwide and selected 20 finalists, one of them from Mobile, Alabama.

Derrick Dockery from Mobile, Alabama entered his dog Harley in the contest and she is now one of the 20 finalists! As part of the contest each finalist was to name a local humane organization and the Mobile Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) was designated by Mr. Dockery.

The Mobile SPCA will receive $1 for each vote cast for Harley, up to $100,000. If Harley wins the Mobile SPCA could also win $50,000! These funds will be used to save more homeless shelter pets, provide spay and neuter assistance, and help towards fighting animal cruelty, including illegal dog fighting.

You can go online and vote for Harley at www.firedogkodakcontest.com

The Mobile SPCA is asking everyone to vote for Harley. You can only vote once from an email address so everyone needs to get all of their friends, family and acquaintances to vote from their home and office emails. This is the only dog from Alabama that is one the top 20 finalists. We have 100,000 votes we have to muster to be awarded the $100,000. You can vote through January 26.

For more information go to www.mobilespca.org or call 633-3531.

Pick-A-Pet Fest to be held in Fairhope

Maddie’s Pet Rescue Project of Baldwin County
Presents the 1st Annual
“Pick-A-Pet Fest”
Saturday, October 27th from 10:00am-3:00pm
Halloween Pet Costume Contest 11:00am
Faulkner State Community College
440 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, AL

The Wright/ Steed Team of Coldwell Banker United Realtors will be sponsoring the event, which will feature dogs & cats from Maddie’s Pet Rescue Center, The Baldwin Animal Rescue Center, The Haven and the Baldwin County, Fairhope, Bay Minette & Daphne area shelters. All adoptions include the cost of spay or neuter, initial vaccinations, heartworm or feline combo testing and a microchip.

The Baldwin County Animal Control Center will be providing a rabies clinic available to the public for a cost of $10 per shot. The Haven of Fairhope will be offering a microchip clinic available to the public for a cost of $20 per chip. All pet owners must have proof of rabies vaccination in order to receive a microchip.

Maddie’s Pet Rescue Project of Baldwin County is in coalition with Baldwin Animal Rescue Center, The Haven, Baldwin County Animal Control Center, Daphne Animal Shelter, City of Fairhope Animal Shelter and the City of Bay Minette Animal Shelter. The coalition is focused on increasing pet adoptions, while decreasing the amount of healthy & treatable dogs & cats that are euthanized in shelters every day. Within 10 years, the coalition’s goal is to have no healthy euthanasia within all Baldwin County area shelters.

Participants in the 1st Annual “Pick-A-Pet Fest” pet adoption event include photographer Stefanie Raimo, pet psychic Sarah Christopher, The Borders of Infinity Flyball Team, Samson’s Pet Sitting, Pet Smart Pet Training, Humpty Jumpty Inflatable Jumpers, Microchip & Rabies clinic and The Shampoo Lab Mobile Grooming van.

Join us for a fun family filled day of activities, entertainment and prizes. For more information, please contact Brooke Steed at (251) 964-8888.