Doggie Event Benefits Agency - Dallas, TX

A Bow-Wow Bazaar setup will be one of the festivities featured in the 5th Annual Strut Your Mutt 5K Walk/Fun Run March 20 at 9 a.m. in Dallas, Texas.

Benefiting the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), the event takes place at the organization's headquarters located at 2400 Lone Star Drive and will end at 12:30 p.m. There will be music, vendors, and kids' and pet activites as well.

Last year, according to research about 1,300 canines attended the fundraiser presented by Hill's Science Diet® and The Greensheet and organizers are expecting even more this year.

For more information, see spca.org online.

In unrelated animal news, at Wildlife Center at Crosstimbers Ranch, a fourth orientation has been set up for March 28 from 2-3:30 p.m. for those interested in working with wildlife. Its sister organization is the National Bobcat Rescue and Research Foundation.

Currently Crosstimbers, located in northeast Texas, is in need of heating pads to be donated for baby season which has arrived.

For details on orientations and to donate, visit crosstimberswildlife.org.

In other pet news, World Vets announced yesterday that Team Honduras has challenged Team Nicaragua in this week's Spay-a-Thon. Spay Day 2010 was held Feb. 24. According to Romania Animal Rescue, the World Woof Tour visited them in Sibiu, Romania during the Spay-A-Thon and more than 100 animals were spayed and/or neutered during the February event. The first Humane Society event such as this was held in 1999 for low-income pet owners.

You can fund your own Spay-A-Thon by going to http://howtohelpanimals.webs.com/fundaspayathon.htm.

In related animal news, World Vets is offering two scholarships for a trip to Romania in May.

To apply, send a statement as to why you think you should win along with a resume to trips@worldvets.org before March 31.

For details on the trip, look up http://worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110.

"This placement is perfect if you are thinking of becoming a veterinarian or vet nurse or are already on a course," states the website volunteerabroad.com.

While providing an extra pair of hands, volunteers are also privileged to be in a position where they can learn vast amounts from qualified vets, research shows.