Compassionate Pug Rescue WinterBark - Boca Raton, FL

Bring the whole family including your four-legged ones for a day of food, music, demos, a bounce house, and contests at the Third Annual Compassionate Pug Rescue (CPR) Pugs and Pooches WinterBark March 5.

The event, to be held in Boca Raton, FL, will feature radio station 97.9 WRMF and takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at South County Regional Park at the Sunset Pavilion (12551 Glades Road).

There is a $5 parking fee but admission to the activity is free. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised benefits CPR.

You can shop for your pet and learn new and better ways to care for them. Activities for kids will be available and available rescues for adoption as well as K9 demos will be on hand. (Source: Support Compassionate Pug Rescue, Facebook).

For more information on becoming an event sponsor or vendor or for signage opportunities, see compassionatepugrescue.com online.

In unrelated animal news, the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) was urging citizens to sign an online petition to convince the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to postpone roundups of wild horses.

"Horse advocate Madeleine Pickens' non-profit organization, Saving Americans Mustangs had a proposal to help wild horses and save taxpayer dollars," states a press release.

Despite overwhelming support, it was announced Jan. 25th that the BLM rejected Pickens' proposal and threatened budget cuts.

However, the HSUS says the story is not over.

To read the full story, go to https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserActionInactive&id=4815.

In other animal news, you can help protect tigers from the wildlife trade by adding your name to a petition at http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=TigerPledge&ThirdPartyClicks=ETE_011311_TigerPledge_F.

Wild tigers once numbered around 100,000 across Asia but today that number has dwindled to fewer than 3,500, according to a statement from the Greater Good Network.

The Animal Rescue Site is sponsoring a New Beginnings Story Contest.

For details, visit http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/contest.faces?siteId=3&ThirdPartyClicks=EEA_011011_ChallengeStory_m.