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Wynonna Judd knows the millions of cats and dogs waiting in shelters across the country want nothing more than to be “Loved By You.”

That’s why she’s teamed up with the North Shore Animal League America to launch the 2011 Tour For Life, a cross country trip done by the group to encourage pet adoption.

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The lean, mean cheerleader coach on Glee is encouraging officials at the USA Network to save millions of dogs from being euthanized every year in shelters.

Jane Lynch wrote a letter to the network asking it to air a PETA ad during the Westminster Dog Show that encourages adoption in a rather dark, but truthful way by asking, “If you buy a dog, what will you do with the shelter dog you kill?”

“Every time a Westminster viewer rushes out to a pet store or breeder to purchase a dog like the one he or she saw prancing around at Madison Square Garden, a dog in a shelter joins the more than 4 million animals who must be euthanized each year because of a lack of good homes,” Lynch wrote.

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Justin Bieber has done another PETA ad, his current one advocating adopting a pet at a shelter versus buying one from a store or breeder.

Playing on his hit song, “U Smile,” the ad reads, “Animals can make u smile. Adopt from your local shelter.”

Many people use the excuse that they need (or want) a purebred animal to avoid a shelter. But Dr. Debbye Turner Bell, veterinarian and CBS News correspondent says that about 25-30% of shelter animals are purebreds.

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Paris Hilton set an example for potential pet owners recently when she urged her Twitter followers to adopt their next four legged friend.

“This Christmas if you’re thinking of getting a dog or cat, get one at your local animal shelter. Save a Life. Don’t Shop, Adopt.”

Especially pleasing is Hilton’s choice of words–getting and not giving a pet as a Christmas present.  The only time an animal should ever be gotten as a present is if the pet owner is rewarding him or herself.

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Lance Bass PETA

Lance Bass says we should all take a lesson from Bob Barker.

“You know when I was a kid watching ‘Price Is Right,’ I would always hear Bob [Barker] say, ‘Help control the pet population: Get your dogs spayed or neutered. People are not spaying and neutering like they should be, and there’s just so many dogs that really need a loving home.”

Bass stars in one of PETA’s many ads urging animal lovers to adopt to reduce the millions euthanized in shelters every year. But adoption is just one step, as Bass points out. Spaying and neutering a pet, especially a pet that ever comes in contact with other animals or goes outdoors is another important step in solving the unwanted animal population problem. Spaying and neutering does more than lessen the number of animals euthanized in shelters each year. It also provides health benefits for the animal. More on those benefits and the interview with Bass below.

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Stephanie Pratt attended the Best Friends Animal Society Adoption Event this past weekend in Los Angeles at La Brea Tar Pits.

Pratt Tweeted and encouraged everyone to help reduce the millions of pets waiting for homes in shelters.

“If you want to adopt a pet come to the LACMA museum!!! Over 700 animals need homes!!!! I’m here playing w all the dogs :)”

If you couldn’t make it to this past weekend’s event, there’s a pet food drive designed to ensure animals in homes of need never go hungry coming up soon.

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Nigel Lythgoe has learned through co-hosting So You Think You Can Dance that some of the best performance talent may originate from untrained, raw talent

And he recently learned you don’t have to scout a breeder or kennel for some of the best talent in the form of a canine companion.

When Lythgoe told a friend he planned to go to a breeder for a dog, the friend responded by saying, “I don’t know why you want to go through a breeder anyway. There are too many dogs in the world that haven’t got homes that are already alive.”

As the saying goes, “Friends don’t let friends drive to breeders.”

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Martha Stewart "Dog Fancy"

Martha Stewart is making history on the October 2010 issue of Dog Fancy, being the first non-canine cover star on the magazine in its 40 years of publication.

Inside, there’s an interview with Stewart on her own dogs, her pet products and dog adoption, which the domestic diva is a big fan of. It’s the perfect way to debut, Adopted Dog, Dog Fancy’s first “flip” double issue of a publication dedicated to adoption and rescue.

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