Rock the pet vote!
Today’s the day! Vote now for Oklahoman Jody Harlan in the Animal Planet Hero of the Year contest! If she wins, it’s good news for Pets and People out in Yukon. (Listen to Jody’s visit to Pet Show last week!)
Here’s information Jody sent out about the contest:
Oklahomans have an opportunity to vote Sept 14-27 for a Yukon woman, who is one of 10 finalists for a national Animal Planet Hero of the Year award. Jody Harlan was nominated for co-founding a local humane society and a lifetime of other animal rescue work.
Supporters may vote for Jody Harlan once every 24 hours at www.animalplanet.com/hero through Sept. 27. Twenty-five percent of the judging criteria will be based on votes for each nominee. All votes must be cast online.
Harlan co-founded Pets & People Humane Society, which has rescued and placed more than 37,500 abandoned pets from local animal shelters since 1990. She helped two nine-year-old volunteers launch the Jr. Pets & People organization, which earned a national “Do Something!” educational grant in 1993. The junior organization became the only humane society operated by children in the U.S.“There are many volunteers who have done more that I have,” Harlan said, “but I hope everyone will vote for me because Pets and People could get up to $10,000 if we win this contest.”
“That kind of donation would save a lot of pets,” Harlan said, adding individuals can also contribute by spaying and neutering their pets and being responsible pet owners.
Harlan has personally rescued, fostered and placed 356 abandoned pets outside the humane society and operates a sanctioned Trap-Neuter & Release program, which feeds, spays or neuters, and releases wild cats to humanely control overpopulation. In the evenings, she manages a regional email group, which encourages adoption of pets on animal shelter death rows for 150 individual rescuers and adoption organizations.
Vote for Jody here. She’s the fourth picture of the slideshow.
Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll
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