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Local Animal Shelter to Be Featured on Pet Life Radio

Jo-Anne Dixon, DVM, executive director and medical director of the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, will appear on Pet Life Radio, a national Internet show, on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

She will discuss a local shelter resident awaiting adoption with Susan Daffron, founder of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals.

Pet Life Radio podcasts can be heard live over the Internet at www.PetLifeRadio.com or downloaded free of charge from iTunes.

Among the animals currently awaiting adoption are Harvest, a shy female Labrador retriever and a wonderful hiking buddy; Calypso, a white female shorthair cat found as a stray with a broken front leg; and Ganache, a cat with beautiful black long hair with brown tips and a joy to be around.

The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, the first "no kill" shelter in Idaho, promotes companion animal welfare by providing temporary shelter for homeless animals, adopting them to qualified homes and reducing animal abuse, neglect and overpopulation through community education and spay/neuter services. More than 90 percent of its funding comes from private donations.

In 2008 more than 1,500 animals received services from the shelter. This includes 407 animals that were adopted, 263 lost animals that were reunited with their owners, and 421 privately owned animals that were spayed or neutered at no cost to their owners. On an average day, the shelter cares for 45 dogs and 45 cats.

Additional information is available by calling 208-788-4351 on the Internet at www.animalshelterwrv.org.