Domestic Adoptions News for 05/13/2009



Upland pet rescue charity hopes to save lives this weekend - Contra Costa Times

Upland pet rescue charity hopes to save lives this weekend
Contra Costa Times, CA
"We're just looking for a lot of adoptions that day because the shelter is full right now," Coffman said. "So we're trying and I hope they don't have to put anybody down before next week, so that is the urgency right now." Helping Out Pets Everyday .
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Wild horse adoption date set for September - Citizen Telegram

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Wild horse adoption date set for September
Citizen Telegram, CO
The Bureau of Land Management, wild horse groups, and other animal advocates from across the nation are joining forces for a single cause EUR” to encourage the American public to consider and act on the adoption of a wild horse or burro. .
Wild horse adoptions get a kick start kjrh.com
They're wild at heart: Adoption stipend for older mustangs offered Tulsa World
Wild Horses Find New Owners In Kellyville News On 6
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Plan proposes to speed up foreign adoptions - Ireland Online

Plan proposes to speed up foreign adoptions
Ireland Online, Ireland
Radical new proposals to be put forward by the International Adoption Agency (IAA), an Irish-based, non-profit organisation, are to be considered by Barry Andrews, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in the coming weeks. .
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Animal shelter offering half-price adoptions this week - Greensboro News Record

Salisbury Post
Animal shelter offering half-price adoptions this week
Greensboro News Record, NC
GREENSBORO - The Guilford County Animal Shelter is offering pet adoptions this week at half price. Adoption fees for dogs has been discounted to $55 and the fee for cats has been reduced to $47.50 through Sunday, according to a news release. .
Cat adoptions half price during May at Animal Shelter Beatrice Daily Sun
Pals with paws: Handsome German shepherd, brown tabby kittens . Salisbury Post
Animal shelter looks to create in-house surgical suite The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
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Adopt a new pet (Mt. Olive Chronicle)
MOUNT OLIVE TWP. EUR Cats are available for adoptions from noon to 3 p.m., every Saturday at the PetSmart store...

Union of Catholic Asian News » News Archive » Church domestic .
SEOUL (UCAN) -- More foreigners than Koreans adopted babies from the country when the Holy Family Child Adoption Center, the first to focus exclusively on domestic adoptions, began its work 20 years ago. ...

Washington Times Examines Decline In Domestic Adoptions
The Washington Times on Sunday examined why fewer unmarried women in the US are putting their infants up for adoption following unplanned pregnancies...

New law may help with Tribal Adoptions - News from Indian Country

New law may help with Tribal Adoptions
News from Indian Country, WI
The Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (CSIAA), which was signed into law last year, will allow eligible tribal programs to apply for direct funding from the largest federal funding stream for entitled foster care and adoption .
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COMMUNITY NEWS (Texarkana Gazette)
The pets of the week are a male schnauzer in cage S1 and male cat in cage C16. The Animal Care and Adoption Center of Texarkana, Ark., has 53 dogs, 21 puppies, 31 cats and 24 kittens for adoption, said a shelter official. There were 24 adoptions in the past week and 88 animals were euthanized...

Gay activist arrested on healthcare fraud charge (Miami Herald)
Saul ''Ron'' Brenesky -- a well-known South Florida gay activist, businessman and political operative -- has been charged with grand theft for allegedly taking $58,000 in payment for a home healthcare agency that he didn't own and that wasn't for sale...

Broward County animal shelters offering two-for-one deal on cat adoptions (Sun-Sentinel)
It's two for the price of one...

Pit Bull Adoption Policy In Loudoun County Under Fire (WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.)
Pit bull lovers say the county shelter should allow adoptions...

Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World « Cervantes
In placement decisions for domestic adoptions in the United States, race and ethnicity are still prominent. Obsession with the race of the prospective caregiver is understandable, given the painful history of blacks' oppression in this ...

International vs. Domestic AdoptionEUR¦ | Pirates! Man Your Women!
Soronen believes that misconceptions about the well-being of the children, and the time and cost involved in domestic adoptions, may lead prospective parents to look overseas first. Promoting domestic children.. this part sounds more ...

Pet adoptions up, euthanasia down in several areasEUR¦ why? - Palm Beach Post

Pet adoptions up, euthanasia down in several areasEUR¦ why?
Palm Beach Post,  United States
Well, Tampa reported this week the same thing - euthanasia was down, adoptions were up for the same time period. But wait - they don't have a mandatory spay/neuter law. Huh? The ASPCA is taking credit for their Tampa partners (no-kill shelters, .
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US couple who wanted to adopt on trial in Egypt - eTaiwan News

US couple who wanted to adopt on trial in Egypt
eTaiwan News, Taiwan
The pop star Madonna's attempt to adopt a second child from the African country of Malawi has shown how complicated international adoptions can be. But in Muslim countries like Egypt, such adoptions are nearly impossible, snarled in religious tradition .
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Tribal adoption bill makes progress (The Press-Enterprise)
A bill to provide culturally sensitive adoptions for California Indian tribes has passed two major hurdles in the Assembly. The measure would provide judges and tribes with an additional option to consider when deciding on the adoptions of Indian children who are dependents of the courts...

No end in sight « Holt baby
The domestic adoptions will continue to exceed international adoptions by a slim margin. However, the end to international adoption will remain only a topic of discussion because sources tell me that a back room quota system is in play, ...

Korean War Baby: Children's Day, Republic of Korea
I believe in stopping abortion, urging the Korean Government to support unwed mothers who Want to keep their child, promoting Domestic Adoptions and InterCountry Adoptions FIRST to Ethnic Koreans, Part Ethnic Koreans, Adopted Koreans ...

Domestic Korean Adoptions Increase
More and more there seems to be growing support in Korea, for domestic adoptions. Korea has seen a dramatic increase of domestic adoptions, now a little over double the number of adoptions in the past 10 years. The Korean government has ...

House passes bill restricting birth certificates for adoptions by . - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

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House passes bill restricting birth certificates for adoptions by .
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
Perry said he just wants to clarify state law, which already suggests that the Office of Vital Records has discretion in responding to the adoption decrees from other states. That process routinely involves issuing new birth certificates recognizing .
Guns, dentists and school-board regulations on tap today at . The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
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Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World - New York Times

Union of Catholic Asian News
Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World
New York Times, United States
Madonna's quest to adopt a second child EUR” a 3-year-old girl EUR” from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (UK) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and .
KOREA Church domestic adoption center marks 20th year Union of Catholic Asian News
Adoption Settling Here Steadily Korea Times
Week of events marks Adoption Day Korea Herald
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Won't Someone Think of the *Parents?!* | MetaFilter
I'm actually (oddly) relieved to hear that difficulties in arranging domestic adoptions was what was driving prospective parents overseas, since I'd wondered if there was some element of prejudice at work in terms of couples not wanting ...

Pit Bull Adoption Policy Trial Begins With Protest (Leesburg Today)
About a dozen area residents gathered outside the Loudoun County Courthouse this morning to show their support for pit bull adoptions in the county. Today marked the start of the trial in the challenge of the county government's shelter adoption policy...

Washington Times Examines Decline In Domestic Adoptions (source .
The Washington Times on Sunday examined why fewer unmarried women in the US are putting their infants up for adoption following unplanned pregnancies. (source: Medical News Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com...

Korean intercountry adoptees support birth mother's rights in .
In 2008, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family announced that domestic adoptions had surpassed international adoptions for the first time with 1288 domestic adoptions and 1264 international adoptions. According to the Truth and ...

State vital records' chief fired (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
State officials have fired the head of the office that handles records on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, saying he displayed gross mismanagement, officials said Tuesday...

Animal shelter offering half-price adoptions this week (Greensboro News & Record)
GREENSBORO - The Guilford County Animal Shelter is offering pet adoptions this week at half price. Adoption fees for dogs has been discounted to $55 and the fee for cats has been reduced to $47.50 through Sunday, according to a news release. The discount includes all spray or neuter procedures, all shots, rabies tags and identification microchips. The shelter is located at 4525 W. Wendover Ave. ...

Tribal adoption bill makes progress - Press-Enterprise

Tribal adoption bill makes progress
Press-Enterprise, CA
By DUANE W. GANG A bill to provide culturally sensitive adoptions for California Indian tribes has passed two major hurdles in the Assembly. The measure would provide judges and tribes with an additional option to consider when deciding on the .
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House passes bill restricting birth certificates for adoptions by unmarried couples (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Measure approved on a 77-18 vote..



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