Domestic Adoptions News for 10/12/2008



Korea Aims to End Stigma of Adoption and Stop EUR˜Exporting Babies - New York Times

New York Times
Korea Aims to End Stigma of Adoption and Stop EUR˜Exporting Babies
New York Times, United States - Oct 8, 2008
By NORIMITSU ONISHI SEOUL, South Korea EUR” Daunted by the stigma surrounding adoption here, Cho Joong-bae and Kim In-soon delayed expanding their family for .
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Want a free greyhound? (The Jupiter Courier)
Palm Beach Kennel Club, Greyhound Pets of America, Greyhound Adoption League and Elite Greyhound Adoptions are offering the free adoptions as part of the state's declaration of October as "Greyhound Adoption Month."..

Koreas Battle to End the Stigma of Adoption
Increasing the age gap and allowing singles to adopt have lowered the standards for domestic adoptions in a way that could be detrimental to the children, they say, even as the government has created unnecessary obstacles to foreign ...

CUTS IN FOREIGN ADOPTIONS CAUSING ANXIETY IN USA: USA Today
At the same time, several nations that have sent many orphans to the USA EUR” namely China, Russia and South Korea EUR” have begun encouraging more domestic adoptions, and limiting foreign ones, as their economies improve. ...

Question #7: Heather
However, a lot of the issues surrounding culture and identity with regard to international, transracial adoptions are minimized with domestic adoptions (transracial or not). I dont know if theyre emotionally easier, but certainly the ...

Judges want guidelines on adoptions (News On 6 Tulsa)
Associated Press - October 9, 2008 8:15 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three state Supreme Court judges are asking for clearer guidelines regarding adoptions...

Crash
I used to proclaim to anyone who would talk about it that if more people would pursue domestic adoptions we'd have fewer kids in foster care, fewer abortions, fewer abandoned babies, and less of a stigma on giving children up for ...

Pet Adoptions Down, Drop Offs Up (WPSD Paducah)
The struggling economy is trickling all the way down to our four-legged friends...

Fewer foreign children adopted
The US government does not track all domestic adoptions, only those from foster care. Its most recent figure, 52000, is for 2005. That year, 115000 of the 514000 children in foster care were eligible for adoption. ...

Boise Humane Society offers free cat adoptions - Idaho Press-Tribune

Boise Humane Society offers free cat adoptions
Idaho Press-Tribune, ID - 23 hours ago
BOISE EUR” The largest animal shelter in the state has hit maximum capacity for cats, so it has started a EURœfree to good homeEUR adoption program for felines .
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Boise Humane Society offers free cat adoptions (Idaho Press-Tribune)
BOISE -- The largest animal shelter in the state has hit maximum capacity for cats, so it has started a "free to good home" adoption program for felines until the end of October. A lagging economy has left the Idaho Humane Society with a large influx of homeless cats, executive director Jeff Rosenthal said. At the same time, the number of cat adoptions has fallen."Right now our cattery is just ...

Idaho Humane Society 'offers free to a good home' adoptions after taking in 329 cats (The Idaho Statesman)
The Idaho Humane Society has taken in 329 cats in the past week and a half and watched its adoption rate drop during the same period. The shelter is at capacity and needs the public's help in finding good homes for adoptable kitties...

Greyhound adoptions at Palm Beach Kennel (Sun-Sentinel)
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Update on Puppy Mill Adoptions - 89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio

89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio
Update on Puppy Mill Adoptions
89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio,  USA - Oct 10, 2008
A variety of puppies who are just now old enough to be separated from their mothers went up for adoption this morning.
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Greyhound adoptions at Palm Beach Kennel - Action

Greyhound adoptions at Palm Beach Kennel
Action, FL - Oct 10, 2008
Palm Beach Kennel Club, Greyhound Pets of America (GPA), Greyhound Adoption League (GAL) and Elite Greyhound Adoptions (EGA) are offering the free adoptions .
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Judges want guidelines on adoptions (KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three state Supreme Court judges are asking for clearer guidelines regarding adoptions. The judges want the state lawyers association to study how much judges should allow parents to pay attorneys when adopting a child...

Adoption Options
Domestic Adoption: domestic adoptions work well for those couples who are looking to adopt a newborn and those who find it important to have a detailed family medical history. Domestic adoptions can be difficult as more birth mothers ...

KOREA TO CHANGE ITS PHILOSOPHY ON ADOPTION
EURœThe government is hung up on numbers and on South Koreas image,EUR said Lee Mira, who oversees domestic adoptions at Social Welfare Society, a private, nonprofit organization that is the second largest adoption agency in South Korea. ...

Hurricane Ike cats need homes - Tampa Bay's 10

Hurricane Ike cats need homes
Tampa Bay's 10, FL - 16 hours ago
There's such a huge push to get the cats good homes that the adoptions are now half price at $17.50 and $12 for kittens. The money includes spaying or .
Pet Pros Offer Cost-Saving Advice Tampa Tribune
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Korea Star Raise Domestic Adoptions
Other Korean Celebrities participated in photos shooting to raise awareness and support of domestic adoptions and participated in the campaign to promote the adoption of handicapped children. Via : http://www.dramabeans.com...

Harmony Adoptions leads bike tour promoting adoptions (The Maryville Daily Times)
Four years ago, five people from Maryville dreamed up an event to promote adoption of children in state custody. This year, the 2008 Adoption Tour brought 54 bicyclists together to pedal 433.7 miles across the state of Tennessee with about 30 support personnel...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09adopt.html?_r .
To bolster domestic adoptions, the government last year began offering $90 monthly allowances per child for those who adopt children up to 12 years old, as well as more generous health benefits for the children. ...

Judges want guidelines on adoptions - KTEN

Judges want guidelines on adoptions
KTEN, TX - Oct 9, 2008
AP - October 9, 2008 8:15 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three state Supreme Court judges are asking for clearer guidelines regarding adoptions. .
Supreme Court 'bursting at seams' The Age
City judges to name lawyers for poor defendants Baltimore Sun
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The Clanton Advertiser (Clanton Advertiser)
Chilton Animal Rescue, or C.A.R. will host the first ever Paws in the Park Adopt-a-Thon on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Goose Pond Park. Adopt-a-Thon hours will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Adopt-a-thon is being held to promote adoptions of animals being held at the Chilton County Humane Society...

Religion Calendar - Rockingham County (Greensboro News & Record)
Saturday, Oct. 11 -  18th Annual October Fest, 7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 582 Southwood Drive, Eden. Crafts, silent auction, bake sale, raffle, pet adoptions, flu/pneumonia vaccines, bloodmobile, childrens activities, and more. Proceeds benefit The Lords Pantry, World Changes and FPC Building Fund. 623-3962.  -  Yard and Bake Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Madison ...

Domestic Adoptions Part 2
As I sit and think about why domestic adoptions are viewed the way it is I feel it is in large part due to the media. You may not realize that less than 1% of all domestic adoptions fail. That is such a small statistic and yet people ...

Guard family adopts children from Ghana - In-Forum

Guard family adopts children from Ghana
In-Forum, ND - 3 hours ago
"We don't see many adoptions from Africa, as a whole," Hoffman said. Doubling their brood has been rewarding but it hasn't been without challenges, .
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National Council for Adoption recommends caution on certain . - Greater Fort Wayne Family

National Council for Adoption recommends caution on certain .
Greater Fort Wayne Family, IN - 19 hours ago
The National Council For Adoption (NCFA) issued a press release Oct. 10 stating that the council regrets that the United States and Vietnamese governments .
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Weekend pet fair offers adoptions - Signal

Weekend pet fair offers adoptions
Signal, CA - Oct 10, 2008
The 2007 Bow-Wows & Meows Pet Fair drew thousands of attendees from all over Los Angeles County and resulted in the adoption of more than 100 dogs and cats .
Meet your new best friend this weekend Los Angeles Times
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INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS - National Center for Policy Analysis

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
National Center for Policy Analysis, TX - Oct 10, 2008
Often, children put up for adoption live in orphanages, but that is no guarantee they are, in fact, orphans. In a number of impoverished countries, .
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