Paws for Japan

Paws for Japan

Spread the word about Paws for Japan happening today.  Be the Change for Pets is working to raise funds for World Vets, who is on the ground in Japan and is already assisting Japanese animal welfare groups.  You can make a donation here.

And Pawcurious has organized a bunch of online business who are donating proceeds from today to World Vets. Check out the post to see the businesses participating, and don’t miss the Blog Hop below it where there are more business listed among the blogs promoting the event. For example, Yarntini is having a raffle of yarn & fabric and the professional pet photographer, Poochie Freak Photography, is having a greeting card auction.

How To Help Animals In Japan

Here are organizations helping the animals affected by the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

As always, I recommend Charity Navigator for checking out charity organizations.

Help Japan! Click Helps Dogs Rescue Quake Victims

Super cool news from SXSW! Charlie Annenberg Weingarten, the Director of the Annenberg Foundation & founder of Explore.org has issued a challenge.  If Dog Bless You gets 100,000 fans on Facebook, Explore.org will donate $100,000 to National Disaster Search Dog Foundation.  If Dog Bless You hits 100,000 fans by 2:00am EST Sunday March 13 (that’s tonight!) Explore.org will double the donation to $200,000.  Six Canine Disaster Search Teams will arrive in Japan in about 3 hrs as part of a larger team.

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