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	<title>Dancing Dog Blog &#187; Animal welfare</title>
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		<title>How To Raise Awareness for Animals? Blog The Change!</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2012/01/how-to-raise-awareness-for-animals-blog-the-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Blog The Change Day &#8211; a time when pet bloggers write about something that is important to them to share with readers and other bloggers in a &#8220;blog hop&#8221;.  I thought it would be interesting to present some of those voice, ideas, passions here &#8211; a kind of recap as the time for blogging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petland Adopts Shelter Dogs?</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/petland-adopts-shelter-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adopt a shelter dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal welfare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petland adopts shelter dogs is not the association at the forefront of animal advocates minds when they think &#8220;Petland&#8221; - not surprising given the alleged corporate handout to franchisees advising they use Hunte Corporation&#8217;s list of approved commercial puppy mills to buy their &#8220;stock&#8221;.   What is surprising is that, having reported the news back in 2008 Petland Sued As Nation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt a Shelter Dog &#8211; Remarkable Transformations</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/adopt-a-shelter-dog-remarkable-transformations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/adopt-a-shelter-dog-remarkable-transformations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal welfare issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adopt a Shelter Dog month is winding down and I did not want to miss sharing this story of transformation with you.  It underscores why those of us involved with shelters want every month to be an adopt a shelter dog month. If you&#8217;re a reader of this blog, you probably recall this picture of Suzi. One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puppy Mills and Petland, Bloggers Converge on a Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/puppy-mills-and-petland-bloggers-converge-on-a-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/puppy-mills-and-petland-bloggers-converge-on-a-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal welfare issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petland]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancingdogblog.com/?p=7196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday I wrote a post on BTC4Animals, asking for help petitioning Petland USA to stop selling pets and fire puppy mills, especially after Petland Canada announced in September that they would be winding down this part of their operations.  And what a great response &#8211; there are now nearly 30 bloggers who will be writing about puppy mills and Petland today!  Stephanie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Abuse &amp; Violence Link: An Artist&#8217;s Traveling Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/animal-abuse-and-violence-an-artists-traveling-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/10/animal-abuse-and-violence-an-artists-traveling-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animal welfare issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BZtat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okey's Promise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways artists come to see the issues of the day and share them with us. For one artist, her muse came in the form of a cat who survived abuse. That hopeful fact made the cat the hero of her own life and a poster cat for anyone who has been the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet Adoption Photography: Game Changer for Record Adoptions?</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/09/pet-adoption-photography-game-changer-for-record-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/09/pet-adoption-photography-game-changer-for-record-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pet adoption photography is one of several tools important to the pace of adoptions at shelters and rescues, and is something both can learn to use more effectively to increase adoptions.  If you check out photos on Petfinder, though much better now than a few years ago, they often don&#8217;t capture your imagination.  After searching those thumbnails for awhile, what is there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humane Watch Is Not Your Friend&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/09/humane-watch-is-not-your-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2011/09/humane-watch-is-not-your-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Consumer Freedom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humane Watch poses as a friend to animal lovers using the time tested approach &#8221;the enemy of my enemy is my friend.&#8221; Stepping into the breach between animal welfare groups and HSUS, Humane Watch rants against HSUS and their fundraising practices, and harps on how HSUS doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with your local humane society as if they [...]]]></description>
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