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This is so ahmayzing!!

A farmer in western Kentucky, Bland Hardison, had an interesting part of his will.

When he died, a whopping $225,000 was to be distributed evenly to every government run animal shelter in the state!!

Tags: animal shelter, bequeath, cat, charity, dog, donate, generous, kentucky, money, shelters, will

Cats and dogs and rabbits, oh my! We LUHV El Lay!

The City of Angels will become the largest city in the States to ban the sale of particular species bred by breeders at commercial stores.

Stores will no longer be able to sell cats, dogs, or rabbits unless they come from rescues and shelters.

Tags: ban, breeding, cat, dog, inspiration, legal matters, los angeles, pets, rabbits, shelters

British rapper Jay Sean's new song has just recently hit American radio, I'm All Yours, featuring Pitbull.

Well Jay wants you to make a homeless pet "all yours" by adopting

Tags: adopt, adoption, cat, cats, cute, dog, dogs, euthanize, home, homeless, jay sean, kitten, love, music, pet, peta, pup, puppy, rapper, shelter, shelters, sweet

It's hard out here for a pimp black dog.

Shelters and rescue centers are stating that Black Dog Syndrome is running rampant across the country.

Black dogs as well as black cats are less likely to be adopted by future pet owners and are first to be euthanized

Tags: animals, black dog syndrome, owners, pets, rescue centers, shelters

This is incredible!

What a crazy story.

Brody the black lab was a friendly and playful dog who "loved everything and everyone."

He would regularly squeeze his way through his Florida home's back porch gate and go exploring, but would always return by nightfall.

Until one day he never came back.

Tags: children, crazy, dog, drunk, florida, incredible, new york, owner, sad, shelter, shelters

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has recently announced that it is going to team up with Rachel Ray for the 2012 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge!

The challenge will have more than $500,000 in prize grants that will go to shelters to help save more homeless cats and dogs.

The challenge is a contest that tries to get shelters across the country to find new ways to involve and engage their communities to try and get as many dogs and cats saved as possible.

The winner will receive $100,000 if they are the one who saves the most lives during the three-month run of the contest.

Second place will win $25,000 and other organizations will have a chance at getting between $5,000 and $40,000 in other grants.

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Last Saturday, Jackass's Steve-O hosted a fundraiser to benefit The Kindness Collective.

The Kindness Collective is a group that works with domestic violence shelters to help accommodate survivors' pets.

"Up to 40% of domestic violence victims report that they are unable to escape their abusers because they are afraid of what will happen to their pets when they leave.

The Kindness Collective hopes to bring an end to the abuse by permitting victims of domestic violence to seek safety along with their pets."

At the event Steve-O spoke about his transition to living clean, sober and vegan. He said:

"Cruelty is unhealthy; compassion is healthy. And that is a universal rule that stays the same no matter what area you look at. I have benefitted from being vegan in every area of my life… emotionally, mentally, physically."

The founder and president of The Kindness Collective said:

"There's so much more to Steve-O than you see in Jackass and Wildboyz. Steve-O has a huge heart, and he lives a compassionate vegan life that is completely in line with the mission of The Kindness Collective."

Not only has he been clean and sober since March of 2008 he's also living a vegan, cruelty-free lifestyle.

Way to go, Steve-O!

[Image via Dominic Chan/WENN.]

Tags: domestic violence, jackass, pets, shelters, steve-o, the kindness collective, wildboyz