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Jillian Michaels would like to remind everyone that shelter pups are the “Biggest Losers” when people opt to buy from a pet shop instead of adopting.

The co-host of the popular NBC reality weight loss TV show is appearing on billboards for the Humane Society of the United States to encourage anyone getting or giving a dog this holiday season to support their local shelter or rescue group instead of a puppy mill.

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Paul Schaffer, David Letterman‘s sidekick since the 80s on The Late Show with David Letterman, is starring in a new video produced by the Ad Council, the Humane Society of the United States and Maddie’s Fund in partnership with the Halo Pet Foundation.

October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. Schaffer promotes pet adoption by playing a few notes on the piano alongside a four-legged band member. He is later flanked by several dogs who also want to join the campaign.

“Everyone should have a shelter dog,” Schaeffer says.

“It’s good for the soul.”

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“Ending animal testing for cosmetics is close to my heart, and so is my bunny Melrose. Melrose is so gentle and loving with such an amazing personality all her own, it breaks my heart to know there are thousands of rabbits who are just as special suffering a terrible fate to test cosmetics. I would never dream of causing Melrose pain, but in laboratories around the world, rabbits and other helpless animals still have chemicals dripped in their eyes or spread over their sensitive skin just to test new lip sticks or shampoo. I want their suffering to stop.”

—Leona Lewis, one of two stars seen in ads by the Humane Society of the United States that promote cruelty-free cosmetics and celebrate International Rabbit Day.

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“It’s the saddest thing to know that rabbits can’t cry, which is one of the reasons these gentle creatures are used in painful eye tests for cosmetics. When I think of their unnecessary suffering I could certainly shed a tear, so I’m backing the Be Cruelty-Free campaign to see an end to animal testing in North America and globally. Show the bunnies some love and let’s end cosmetics cruelty.”

—Owain Yeoman, for the Be Cruelty-Free Campaign with the Humane Society of the United States. Yeoman and singer Leona Lewis both issued statements on ending animal testing in cosmetics in honor of International Rabbit Day.

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The Today Show recently featured a segment on AKC breeders and how the seal of the organization’s approval doesn’t necessarily equivalate to an animal bred in healthy conditions.

Animal welfare groups such as American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States claim some of these certified breeders are actually raising dogs that are sick, diseased, malnurished and living in filthy conditions.

Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the HSUS says that a breeder’s certification from the AKC is nothing more than a “piece of paper without any value for dog welfare.”

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Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States is featured in Bloomberg’s Businessweek.

Animal welfare is not only a compassionate business, it’s also a business of wealth, as the renown magazine notes the HSUS is the nation’s largest animal-welfare organization with an annual budget of $160 budget, receiving support from over a million donors.

Pacelle discussed the issues of farming, undercover investigations and pets.

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Jenna Morasca, winner of Survivor: The Amazon, is featured in the March/April 2013 issue of All Animals magazine from the Humane Society of the United States.

Morasca has been a proponent of rescuing animals and animal welfare organizations since a child, as she can recall, “giving my allowance money to the humane society when I was in elementary school and … getting into fights with people over animals.”

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Today show anchor Natalie Morales is featured in an ad promoting pet adoption.

The Shelter Pet Project, a campaign from The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund and the Ad Council, is part of “Today Takes Action,” a week long series of public service announcements airing this week during the daytime show.

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