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		<title>Beyond the Myth: Coming this Saturday to Grace Street Theater</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the proud owner of two pit bulls, I couldn&#8217;t be more grateful to the wonderful groups in Richmond who do so much to improve the lives of this misunderstood breed and the people who love them. One such group, RAL&#8217;s Gracie&#8217;s Guardians, is hosting a screening of a new documentary which &#8220;investigates the myths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate National Feral Cat Day &#8211; how you can help feral cats in Richmond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 16th is National Feral Cat Day, an annual event started 10 years ago by cat advocate group Alley Cat Allies in an attempt to draw attention to the plight of feral cats across the nation. Alley Cat Allies was one of the first organizations to advocate for TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) as a way to humanely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet a Richmond Pet Lover: Lisa Compton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Compton has a mission: to unchain dogs. She founded Rescue of Chained K-9s (or ROCK) with the goal of getting dogs off their chains by providing free fencing and basic veterinary care, and hopefully getting dogs into homes where they can live the life they were meant to &#8211; as family pets. From ROCK&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Pet Lovers Stop H.B. 2482!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richmond Petlover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just read Richmond SPCA CEO, Robin Starr&#8217;s, blog post H.B. 2482 pulled for study after massive response from animal lovers and are ecstatic! From the Richmond SPCA blog: I have wonderful news that will give every animal lover in Virginia an immense sigh of relief. Delegate Lee Ware, the patron of House Bill 2482 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Advocates Oppose H.B. 2482</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As pet owners, we often find ourselves in the role of pet advocates. We suddenly find ourselves with opinions on whether or not a pro athlete should own a pet, or volunteering our time to help animals that others have given up (or given up on). There is a bill in the Virginia General Assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSUS Undercover Investigation Reveals Inhumane Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many families this time of year, my sisters and I look forward to enjoying the Smithfield ham that my dad traditionally prepares for Christmas Eve dinner. Wrapped up in pretty blue packaging with Paula Dean&#8217;s smiling face on the label, it&#8217;s easy to forget where the meat we comsume comes from. A recent undercover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#EndBSL Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember a while back when I solicited your help on behalf of Maggie Marton&#8217;s postcard campaign to end Breed Specific Legislation? Well, your response was overwhelming, and I got a chance to meet Maggie (and her husband) while in Denver at the BlogPaws conference. They were still hard at work collecting signed postcards to add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog the Change for Animals: Operation Denver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by BlogPaws Be the Change Challenge,  Blog the Change for Animals was created by Kim Clune of  This One Wild Life and Amy and Rod Burkert of GoPetFriendly.com. We&#8217;re honored to participate in the Blog the Change for Animals week! Which brings me to my personal campaign &#8211; bringing the change to Denver itself. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Richmond deputy convicted of dog fighting, animal cruelty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David W. Robinson, who was fired from his job at the Richmond Jail in 2009, was facing 28 years in prison for the charges filed against him in Henrico County. He was found guilty on Wednesday of four felony dog fighting charges, eight misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, and 3 related misdemeanors, and will serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animals lose an advocate in the US Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010, after serving 51 years in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Byrd has been lauded by the HSUS as &#8220;a leader on animal protection issues,&#8221; extending that protection to both livestock and companion animals. Sen. Byrd was an outspoken animal advocate who participated in the [...]]]></description>
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