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More than three million animals have been placed into loving homes
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- Date Oct 4, 2011
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-- moving on to topic this much more pleasant and shifting gears in a way where we can turn our thoughts now to some really.
Wonderful cute faces if I might save myself if we could open up their cameras to see that's what -- -- our studios we've got some fun visitors here in our studio today.
We welcome you this is -- national adopt a shelter and Roma and to celebrate here in New York.
We have.
These individuals and their loved it I get a first I'll tell their names and we've got these little guys here.
This -- 'cause Cosmo I and -- and this is sunny sunny OK come on that you're here.
She needed great goodwill ambassadors -- this in this regard to try and educate people as to why it's so important to think about.
Hitting the shelter animals is adopting a shelter animal because you.
Really it's so amazing in terms of the love that you did fine with these animals are so amazing and apparently -- more than three million.
The animals have been placed in the homes through the national about the shelter animal like that correct.
Through Pepco the -- -- efforts and -- -- -- -- -- that's fantastic so let's talk a moment about Amy.
Your -- I didn't even look -- -- impact and Stephanie.
You're the president personally mayor's alliance for the welcome okay great and -- -- to Alex Alex I'm fighter we animals so there -- 38 straight -- -- wonderful.
So let's talk from a bit about how receptive people have -- -- -- the whole idea.
Going into the shelters and actually making that connection and -- them guys.
Okay I'll take them on your mind you I about my.
-- think it's a trend that's on the rise people are becoming more aware responsible pet ownership.
And -- doing a little more due diligence about where your -- come from so not find them off the Internet your puppy mills.
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This is -- key on my good yeah I'll be very -- -- here -- policy.
It's about -- and happened on Massa yeah.
And yet you and your other dogs here how hot -- two and -- of the -- -- -- from their darling yeah Mary you.
That is basically didn't.
-- I couldn't -- that -- face other.
It's really bad we'll be here happy channels our views on a regular basis and -- just break your heart because it's just.
Hard to even record -- around content different you know.
And easy and beautiful little guy AM like they're just innocent creatures and at the same time you know.
People stating they can't envision -- -- does happen on a regular basis.
Talking for a moment about what kinds of circumstances that you're finding.
-- animals.
We were abandoned and.
I mean there are some really terrible things that happen out there.
We get a lot recently that king -- them for financial reasons.
There a lot of in the -- He had -- kind of making a big difference I it is it's definitely -- the job candidates having temperature.
They don't have to you know we can't keep our endless.
And not being able to afford to take care of them to feed themselves even so they can't really afford to feed their their dogs there.
So a lot of these animals are just getting left on the streets they -- You know being I did not coming to the shelters and about to drop.
They they do I mean it's overwhelming.
You know there are finite amount of space but people have been calling him you know want to bring them into the -- at least some of them do.
They're actually in this statistic from two point and it is that the animals there -- coming into animal care control intake -- is lowering.
So that's that's good that's positive territory late.
Let's talk for a moment about could be.
Whole campaign it's going on right now how he's playing to get tested people to get them aware -- onboard with the this whole.
Project and when talking with the success that -- just looking at yeah well out of and they -- with Sony and we're getting a promotion to help T get.
-- need help customers and people take better pictures of the -- of them.
Don't know -- -- in the camera phone and it's not fast enough and we have ways to help you take his own promotional pictures and -- -- love.
For your pet that's really what it's all about it in and show your love doesn't mean I'm a loser list of cited -- cited -- -- ever decide campaign along quickly adopting yet so we'll be there today.
I'm promoting as well in Central Park yes we will.
How many people are you expecting.
I hope thousands and our goal is to.
Outnumbered the Guinness book of world records -- -- 250.
Adopted -- in one location at one time.
So we're hoping that people come down with their rescue -- and we can be that number percent to how many -- animals do actually have their that are available.
Well there's a few organizations -- not sure the total number of that we have about 45 rescue groups including I don't need that will be featuring adopt a -- -- That's -- I really do hope that people did turn out because they're so adorable and they just need love.
And -- in here and it'll guide you fish.
He's as far as sleeping -- -- there diseases so that content and we hope they do get.
Homes new homes and that they find security and safety.
My home in in their new environments so we wish you all the best.
Thank you so much for joining us today -- people want to find out a little bit more about where to meet everything else you know an online I actually could tell you -- -- animal alliance -- -- C dot org to learn more about her organization.
But you can also come down it's at that number band -- in Central Park.
East 72 street and trips and have come down play our -- to degrade after -- urge you to go take a look at if you really are.
In -- warning has had a wonderful pet.
These shelter animals -- the -- so.