• August 12 – Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day: Petfinder
  "To help senior, special-needs and other often-overlooked pets find homes, We've named August 12 Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable- Pet Day."
  (tags: holidays petfinder animals companionanimals animaladoption animalrescue)

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• Wayside Waifs: Strutt With Your Mutt, September 26, 2009
  Register for the event here!
  (tags: events kansascity animals companionanimals animalrescue fundraiser)
• SAVE OUR DEER – The Petition Site
  Please ask Shawnee Mission/JoCo to employ non-lethal, scientific means of deer "control" within its borders.
  (tags: kansascity animals wildlife takeaction petition)
• Change.org: Ask HSMO to Stop Exploiting and Killing Some Animals to Save Others
  Action alert for the previous link.
  (tags: hsmo missouri animals animalrescue animaladoption animalabuse companionanimals takeaction)
• Change.org: Fundraising for Animals by Endangering and Killing Animals
  On the HSMO's (unfortunate & incongruous) upcoming fundraiser.
  (tags: missouri hsmo animals animalrescue animaladoption animalabuse companionanimals)

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• Demanding What We Have the Right to Expect : Nathan J Winograd
  No-kill advocate Nathan J Winograd on the HSMO pit bull rescue.
  (tags: news animalrescue animalabuse animals companionanimals missouri)
• Raising the Bar : Nathan J Winograd
  No-kill advocate Nathan J Winograd on the HSMO pit bull rescue.
  (tags: news animals animalrescue animalabuse missouri companionanimals)
• Humane Society of Missouri: Update on Rescued Dogs from Suspected Dog Fighting
  Rescue Update – More Than 400 Dogs from Suspected Dog Fighting Find Refuge with Humane Society of Missouri
  (tags: hsmo newsletter animals companionanimals animalrescue animalabuse missouri news)
• Carnival of the Green #189! | Victoria Klein
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• Carnival of the Green #188 ~ Kids Discover Nature
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• SNKC Seeking Help for Pet Outreach and MASH
  "Please join us and help decrease pet overpopulation."
  (tags: newsletter snkc volunteer events animals companionanimals animaladoption)
• Overheated by clean energy | Salon
  "As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light"
  (tags: news environment politics climatechange energy)
• IKEA is as bad as Wal-Mart | Salon Books
  "Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff"
  (tags: books bookreview consumerism shopping frugal economy)
• Can it! | Salon Life
  "I leapt on the new craze for pickling and preserving. Is it a money saver in a busted economy — or a luxury craft?"
  (tags: news canning diy garden)

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• HSMO: Largest Dogfighting Ring Bust in US History
  "Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Task Force Works with State and Federal Agencies on Largest Dog Fighting Raid and Rescue in U.S. History; Nearly 400 Pit Bulls Seized in Multi-State Operation
  (tags: hsmo missouri animals animalrescue animalabuse companionanimals)

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• Plant a Tree USA™: Carnival of the Green #187
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• Spay & Neuter Kansas City: July Follow-Up
  July volunteer opportunities for SNKC
  (tags: newsletter snkc kansascity animals animalrescue animaladoption companionanimals events volunteer)
• The Obamas' first harvest | Salon News
  "It's yielded pounds of produce, and good will from activists, but will the White House garden change food policy?"
  (tags: news politics garden barackobama)
• Freecyclebingo-1.jpg (JPEG Image, 660×637 pixels)
  Freecycle bingo!
  (tags: freecycle humor)

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• SEVEN DOGS PERISH, TRAPPED INSIDE HOT VAN « Kinship Circle’s Blog
  Mary Wild of Arnold, Missouri is under investigation for leaving seven "show" dogs inside a hot van, where they died a slow, excruciating death. Please ask Jefferson County officials to prosecute her for animal neglect – or abuse.
  (tags: kinshipcircle animals animalabuse missouri news)
• Kinship Circle: Update – Stu is scheduled to be executed on 7-23-09
  Please help save Stu de la Rosa, a dog unjustly imprisoned by the LA Animal Services for four years and sentenced to die! His execution is scheduled for 7/23/09, so act today! (Part 2 of 2)
  (tags: animals animalrescue companionanimals news kinshipcircle california)
• Kinship Circle: Act – Undue Justice: Stu On Death Row, 4 years
  Please help save Stu de la Rosa, a dog unjustly imprisoned by the LA Animal Services for four years and sentenced to die! His execution is scheduled for 7/23/09, so act today! (Part 1 of 2)
  (tags: animals animalrescue companionanimals kinshipcircle news california)

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• How does your city garden grow? | Salon Life
  "Seed sales are way up, and raising your own food is all the rage. It's a good time to be an urban farmer."
  (tags: news garden diy urban)
• Sociological Images » The Evolving Relationship Between Humans And (Other) Animals
  "Photographer Amy Stein staged the following pictures in an effort to start us thinking about our “paradoxical relationship with the ‘wild’” in terms of development (e.g., housing tracts and roads), animal adaptation to new environments (and foods), ownership of animals (pets), hunting (for food, pleasure, and trophy), and risk (to them and to us)."
  (tags: photos art animals wildlife)

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• Media Matters: Busting a cap and trade in their … spin | Media Matters for America
  Fearmongering over proposed cap and trade legislation….
  (tags: news environment climatechange politics themedia mediamatters)
• 10 Outrageous Claims – Operation: Climate Vote – Environmental Defense Fund
  "We've compiled 10 of the most outrageous comments from the floor last week."
  (tags: news politics environment climatechange)
• The War Over Waxman-Markey | Mother Jones
  "Pass a flawed climate bill now, or wait for a better one? Environmentalists duke it out."
  (tags: news environment climatechange politics)
• SNKC's July Events
  Spay & Neuter KC's July 2009 volunteer opportunities!
  (tags: newsletter snkc kansascity animals companionanimals animalrescue volunteer events)
• BUST Magazine: Urban Farming and Miniature Meet Cute
  "Well, mini has come to the urban local food movement, and friends, it is good."
  (tags: news garden urban diy)
• Conserve Plastic Bags: Carnival of the Green #186! Yay!
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• Human Rights Campaign: 5th Annual Tee Up for Equality
  "5th Annual Tee Up for Equality Golf Outing in Kansas City — Saturday, August 22"
  (tags: kansascity events hrc humanrights volunteer donate fundraiser)
• The Daily (Maybe): Carnival of the Green #185
  One more!
  (tags: green carnival)
• Carnival of the Green #183 by ooffoo – ooffoo.com
  All the news that's green to be seen!
  (tags: green carnival)
• Spay & Neuter Kansas City: June Update
  "We appreciate your volunteering — And hope you can join us for RETRO NIGHT at the ROYAL'S!! WHEN: July 22"
  (tags: animals companionanimals animalrescue snkc kansascity volunteer donate events)
• CARNIVAL OF THE GREEN #184! « The Conservation Report
  All that's green 'round the interwebs.
  (tags: green carnival)

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