{"id":148,"date":"2010-04-30T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/ellen-degeneres-supports-shelter-pets-and-postal-stamps.html"},"modified":"2010-04-30T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T10:13:58","slug":"ellen-degeneres-supports-shelter-pets-and-postal-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/ellen-degeneres-supports-shelter-pets-and-postal-stamps.html","title":{"rendered":"Ellen DeGeneres Supports Shelter Pets and Postal Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"463\" alt=\"stamps-adopt-a-shelter-pet-.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/import\/stamps-adopt-a-shelter-pet-.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/span>Today at 2:00 pm, special stamps that support adoption for shelter pets&nbsp;officially go on sale at your local post office and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stampstotherescue.com\/index.asp\">StampsToTheRescue.com<\/a>.&nbsp; The ten &#8220;Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet&#8221; stamps showcase&nbsp;5 shelter cats and 5 shelter dogs that have been adopted and given homes.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, millions of cats and dogs are brought to shelters, but most are euthanized when they aren&#8217;t adopted.&nbsp; To promote awareness of this issue and to encourage people to either&nbsp;volunteer or adopt pets at their local animal shelters, the &#8220;Stamps to the Rescue&#8221; campaign&nbsp;was created&nbsp;by the US Postal Service with support from&nbsp;Ellen&nbsp;DeGeneres (pet owner and pet advocate) and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halopets.com\/\">Halo: Purely for Pets&nbsp;<\/a>(a holistic pet care organization co-owned by DeGeneres).&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halopets.com\/\">Halo<\/a> will also use the&nbsp;money raised from the stamps&nbsp;to provide&nbsp;one&nbsp;million meals to shelter pets across the country.&nbsp; So far, pre-ordered stamps have raised 600,000 meals.<\/p>\n<p>Honor your pet and other animals without homes by picking up a sheet of 20 cute stamps for less than $10!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about &#8220;Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet&#8221; stamps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stampstotherescue.com\/index.asp\">Official Website: Stamps to the Rescue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.usps.com\/wcsstore\/PostalStore\/upload\/htm\/animalrescue\/?langId=-1&amp;storeId=10052&amp;storeId=10052&amp;catalogId=10001&amp;krypto=1sl2igLXZGXgkmSxfyF5jaSci8zZMgnnrFDpXimBtbNLjywgWcFIvPhR7jAzAEy4TAUYU2SCmLU%3D&amp;ddkey=https:CategoryDisplay\">U.S. Postal Store: Stamps to the Rescue<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today at 2:00 pm, special stamps that support adoption for shelter pets&nbsp;officially go on sale at your local post office and on StampsToTheRescue.com.&nbsp; The ten &#8220;Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet&#8221; stamps showcase&nbsp;5 shelter cats and 5 shelter dogs that have been adopted and given homes. 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