Domestic Adoptions News for 06/10/2009



Adoptions slow for wild horses - Denver Post

Adoptions slow for wild horses
Denver Post, CO
Last year, the BLM spent $27 million on housing and caring for unwanted wild horses and burros. Officials say the tab could rise to $85 million by 2012 if private adoptions don't pick up. "We've got the money for this year and next," Ackley said. .
Recession exacerbates wild horse problem Aspen Daily News
Wild Horses Victims Of Recession, Too cbs4denver.com
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Animal Friends finds creative ways to find homes for prospective adult pets (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Some ideas, such as last year's Steelers Tail-Gate Adopt-a-thon, are born from the minds of volunteers. That event was one of the Animal Friends' most successful adoption campaigns, with more than 30 animals finding new homes...

Aquarium celebrates success as 2 turtles treated for injuries are returned to sea (The Post and Courier)
As two loggerhead sea turtles inched their way across the Folly Beach sand to full recovery EUR” a reunion with the ocean EUR” more than 100 people cheered Tuesday afternoon...

Post-adoption depression These boys deserve so much more than I . - Globe and Mail

Post-adoption depression These boys deserve so much more than I .
Globe and Mail, Canada
She may have suffered a condition many still don't understand: post-adoption depression VANCOUVER EUR” From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jun. 09, 2009 11:42AM EDT The minute she laid eyes on her adopted son, a seven-month-old Guatemalan boy, .
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Domestic Adoptions on the Rise?
A friend sent me an article from US Today suggesting that there is an increase in domestic adoptions due to the economic situation in the United States. I think it is interesting to see how far reaching this economic downturn is in the ...

CVS Caremark Ranks Among 50 Best Fertility- and Adoption-Friendly . - PR Newswire (press release)

CVS Caremark Ranks Among 50 Best Fertility- and Adoption-Friendly .
PR Newswire (press release), NY
Among the family-building benefits CVS Caremark offers employees are financial adoption assistance available for each employee, 6-8 weeks paid leave for birth mothers and up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for birth and adoptive parents and infertility .
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Humane Society, ASPCA condemn Schwarzenegger plan to shorten . - Los Angeles Times

Humane Society, ASPCA condemn Schwarzenegger plan to shorten .
Los Angeles Times, CA
The bill aimed to increase pet adoptions and reduce euthanizations throughout California, but a Legislative Analyst's Office report says there's little evidence that it accomplishes that. And with a cost estimated at $13 million annually, .
Humane Society celebrates one year Macon Telegraph
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Humane Society celebrates one year (Macon Telegraph)
One year ago this month, the Humane Society of Houston County was organized by a group of local volunteers concerned about the health and welfare of abandoned animals...

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...

The McGregor Journey: Anniversaries
I'm sure there are identity and race and cultural and many other areas that require ongoing attention, education, and concern with domestic adoptions (both same race and mixed race), but what I know (or at least what I'm hoping to best ...

Madonna awaiting news about second adoption effort - CBC.ca

Indian Express
Madonna awaiting news about second adoption effort
CBC.ca, Canada
Madonna, seen here with her adopted son David Banda in Malawi in March, is awaiting news on whether judges will approve her adoption application for a second Malawian toddler. (Associated Press) Pop star Madonna could be close to adopting another child .
Lesotho: Madonna, African Adoptions and Unnamed Sources AllAfrica.com
Madonna Plays Off African Nations to Get Mercy TheImproper.com
Madonna sets sights on Lesotho for next adoption Monsters and Critics.com
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International vs. Domestic AdoptionEUR¦
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 ...

More Wild Horses, Fewer Adoptions During Recession Puts Officials in Major Bind (KKCO Grand Junction)
During a wild horse auction in Eagle this weekend, only a quarter of the animals were adopted. Nationwide, the BLM says the number of wild horses being adopted has dropped nearly 50 percent in just the past few years. With mustang numbers on the rise, officials say a tough situation is becoming even tougher...

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...

Pets of the week: Alabama and Madeline - Kansas City Star

Pets of the week: Alabama and Madeline
Kansas City Star, MO
She is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered. Shelter information: Half Way Home Pet Adoptions Shelter is at 4400 Raytown Road. Adoption hours are noon to 4 pm Monday-Saturday, with extended hours until 7 pm on Thursday. .
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Pet lovers wage war on plan to cut shelter holds in half (Orange County Register)
E-mail, phone campaign urges governor to reconsider...

When Same-Sex Couples Adopt: Problems of Interstate Recognition - FindLaw

When Same-Sex Couples Adopt: Problems of Interstate Recognition
FindLaw, CA
At one end of the legal spectrum is a state like New York, which permits both so-called "second parent" adoptions (where an individual adopts the legal or biological children of a same-sex partner) and joint adoptions by same-sex couples, .
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Washington Times Examines Decline in Domestic Adoptions
Despite the declining numbers of domestic adoptions, about 50000 children are adopted from US foster care and about 20000 through international adoptions occur each year. In addition, millions of people in the US are willing to adopt, ...

Last-minute adoptions spare 19 Saint John cats (CBC New Brunswick)
A last-minute rush of adoptions from the Saint John Animal Rescue League over the weekend halted the euthanization of at least 19 cats...

Report: Broadband Adoption Efforts Must Eliminate "Access Barrier" - Broadcasting & Cable

Report: Broadband Adoption Efforts Must Eliminate "Access Barrier"
Broadcasting & Cable, NY
Report on broadband adoption efforts says government, industry must sell broadband as necessity, not luxury. By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/8/2009 7:51:23 AM MT Broadband adoption efforts need more money and more data. .
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Children play with a cat up for adoption at the Humane Society . - YourWestValley.com

News 8 Austin
Children play with a cat up for adoption at the Humane Society .
YourWestValley.com, AZ
"Hopefully, by reducing our cat adoption fees to half price, we hope to entice some adopters who might be on the fence about adoption." June is National Adopt a Shelter Cat/Kitten month, and in an effort to spur more adoptions, the Humane Society is .
Beyond kittens: Mature cats need homes, too Times-Standard
Atlanta Pet Rescue Celebrates Adopt a Cat Month WSBtv.com
TAILS offers special rates for Adopt a Cat month Dekalb Daily Chronicle
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» The Importance of Domestic Adoptions in California Topica Articles
To up your chances of domestic adoptions in California, couples should consider an older child. Though most think that getting a new born is ideal, there are some advantages to getting older children. There are more of these that need a ...

Catholic group likens S.F. supervisors to Nazis (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lawyers for a Catholic advocacy group that sued San Francisco for condemning the Vatican's policy on same-sex adoptions are comparing the city's supervisors to Nazis laying the groundwork for the slaughter of Jews. In a statement responding to last week's...

Animal Refuge Center marking cat adoption month - The News-Press

Animal Refuge Center marking cat adoption month
The News-Press, FL
The Animal Refuge Center (ARC) in North Fort Myers is honoring cat adoption month Saturday at the center. June is cat adoption month and volunteers are looking for responsible pet owners looking for a new four-pawed friend! For one day only at ARC, .
Celebrate Adopt-a-Cat Month with the Animal Service Center WCTV
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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 ...

Eight may not be enough (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Ginny and Jonny Foreman felt so led to adopt two boys from Africa, they asked the community to help them raise the funds they needed. The Foremans got the children they prayed for--and more....

Domestic Adoption, Infant, Child US Adoption, Open - How Much Does .
Less than 6% of domestic adoptions cost more than $40000. Most domestic adoptions were in the $10000-$30000 range. But enough about the averages, how much does a real adoption cost? I pulled out my receipts from 2005-2006, and yes, ...

TaylorWest: Two Points of Interest From the Willberforce Biography
Within our church there are children from adopted Ethiopia, Haiti, China, and domestic adoptions as well. I know of women who go to Planned Parenthood regularly and offer to women walking up to the clinic to adopt their babies, ...

Lesotho: Madonna, African Adoptions and Unnamed Sources (AllAfrica.com)
A British tabloid newspaper has set off speculation that pop superstar Madonna is now looking to adopt a child from Lesotho, or even Nigeria...

Cinderella needs a fairy-tale ending (The West Milford Messenger)
This Cinderella did not arrive in a horse drawn coach. Nor did she lose a glass slipper. This Cinderella arrived at the West Milford Animal Shelter as a young stray cat who had lost her family. A loving new family can make this Cinderella story a real life fairy tale...



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