[nndl] Fwd: FixAustin Partners with Austin Pets Alive!

Neighbors,

Below is a message that FixAustin.org sent out to our supporters about a wonderful new effort in town led by Austin Pets Alive.  They are implementing some of the adoption methods that we've been pushing the city's shelter to implement, and we're trying to help them.  If you've got some room in your house (and your heart), please consider fostering a pet through Austin Pets Alive.  Links for more information are in the e-mail below.Thanks,
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Dear Friends,

FixAustin.org is delighted to announce our new partnership with non-profit animal-adoption group Austin Pets Alive to help reduce the needless killing of homeless pets at Austin's Town Lake Animal Center.  Like FixAustin.org, Austin Pets Alive is dedicated to reducing the killing of Austin's sheltered pets through the use of innovative programs and policies that are already working to reduce shelter killing in other communities.

Today, we're asking our supporters to volunteer to become foster parents for animals saved from the TLAC kill list.  FixAustin Fosters would provide loving care for fostered homeless pets, and Austin Pets Alive would provide multiple weekly adoption events to give those great pets multiple opportunities every week to find a new loving home.

We believe that Austin Pets Alive's great work--- in proving that off-site adoption events can dramatically increase shelter adoptions--- will eventually help tear down the walls of bureaucratic resistance to reform at Austin's animal shelter.  At the same time, we can help save the lives of dozens, if not hundreds, of wonderful pets every year.  And if that were not enough to convince you, we're also giving away free FixAustin.org t-shirts to any of our supporters who fosters a homeless pet through Austin Pets Alive's foster program.  Just tell them you're a FixAustin Foster to make sure you get a free t-shirt.

To learn more and sign up to become a FixAustin Foster through Austin Pets Alive, please click this link:  http://www.austinpetsalive.org/get_involved/foster.php.  Thanks, in advance, for helping save the lives of Austin's sheltered pets.

Best regards,

The FixAustin.org Team