November 2, 2007

How to Save a Life

Dogs in Danger

Live or let die? When it comes to Dogs in Danger, there’s only one right answer: live.

The national nonprofit outreach program and website finds shelter dogs on the brink of being euthanized and helps give them the best possible chance at adoption.

Just type in your zip code or state; the site pulls up photos, descriptions, and contact numbers of pooches in your area whose time is almost up (down to the day) and stresses which are most urgent.

Don’t blame the hugely overcrowded shelters — they take in six to eight million pups a year, and euthanasia is a more humane last resort than turning them loose to starve.

Many of the fellas are housebroken, spayed/neutered, and vaccinated, as their owners had to give them up due to cost, time restraints, or long-distance moves.

Go now because time is running out.

It’s do or die.

Available online at dogsindanger.com.