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Actress Glenn Close Visits the Louisiana SPCA

NEW ORLEANS (06/01/08) Academy Award nominee Glenn Close recently visited the Louisiana SPCA shelter, toured the facility and met some of the staff and the many wonderful animals in our care. Close, along with her son-in-law Ben Shaw who runs a dog retail website, www.fetchdog.com, have a great interest in helping animal shelters, and particularly encouraging pet adoptions from shelters. Close also serves as a spokesperson for HomeAgain, a microchip and pet recovery program, which recommended the Louisiana SPCA as a potential partner for FetchDog.

Close's charitable shopping program on FetchDog.com
is designed to benefit animal welfare organizations. FetchDog is a shopping, education and networking resource for dog lovers.

Close also has a blog on fetchdog.com, “Lively Licks,” where she interviews celebrities about their dogs, profiles people who train or work with dogs and answers questions on various animal related topics. The celebrities interviewed also are invited to select a dog-related cause as their designated charity.

By invitation only, www.fetchdog.com has invited the LA/SPCA to join their retail webpage by co-branding with their site’s retail page. Any of their products purchased on our site will bring 6% back to the LA/SPCA! FetchDog.com is crazy about dogs, fanatical about their customers and the website is a great resource for dog owners, with topics of interest on everything from training and behavior to dog lovers sharing why they love their dogs.

Start shopping on FetchDog.com to benefit the LA/SPCA by clicking the above banner
and FetchDog will donate 6% of your purchase to the LA/SPCA.
Be sure to request their free catalog.

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