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Special Encore Presentation of 2011 Hero Dog Awards Airs on Hallmark Movie Chanel, December 23, 2011 at 8pm ET/PT

DreamWorks Pictures announced today that "War Horse," directed by Steven Spielberg, has earned American Humane Association's highest certification rating: Monitored: Outstanding, No Animals Were Harmed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2011 – A study published today in The Lancet medical journal reveals that, despite years of effort to develop and improve national policy on child maltreatment intervention in several wealthy countries, including the United States, little has changed in the overall child maltreatment trends in these countries.

WASHINGTON, December 7 – Luke Knowles, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and an expert on the link between sustainable agriculture and rural development, has been named Senior Adviser to American Humane Association’s Farm Animal Welfare Program.

LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2011 – Three new giant figures are joining the venerable and nationally televised Hollywood Christmas Parade and will be towering over the streets of Los Angeles and on millions of television screens across the country. Who are these new superheroes? Just three larger-than-life characters seeking to bring a better holiday and a brighter new year to America’s children and animals.

American Humane Association’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services staff is spending a day volunteering at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado on November 22, 2011. While the Red Star team is usually dedicated to working in emergency and disaster zones across the country assisting animals and their families they have volunteered during this Thanksgiving week to provide a day of hard work in a different atmosphere. The recent horrible fate of so many exotic animals in Ohio made the Red Star team want to shed some light on a great organization that has done a terrific job saving a variety of exotic animals.

90-Minute Star-Studded Special Highlights the Many Ways Dogs Enrich, Prolong, and Save Lives Everyday Troops Overseas will Have Opportunity to Watch the Broadcast Via Armed Forces Network

After 20 years of solely using commercially-licensed images for their highly popular American Humane Association holiday card lines, the Baltimore-based Holiday Card Center is pleased to be launching its first-ever “Pet Pix” campaign -- inviting pet lovers across the country to submit personally-owned “awww”-inspiring photographs of their treasured cats and dogs. The Holiday Card Center is hoping to receive a multitude of captivating photos that could very well end up on the face of one of their Christmas, general holiday, or all-season greeting cards one day, beginning in 2012.

“Hero Dog” Host Carson Kressley Exits Competition but Takes on New Dance Partner Kevin Costner in Hilarious Sendup of “Dances with Wolves” on funnyordie.com

Animal Advocates and National Ambassador Tinsley Mortimer Offer Ways to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Adopt-A-Dog Month®

Adoptable dogs will attend event celebrating American Humane Association’s Adopt-A-Dog Month®. Twenty-five percent of sales from Oct. 13 through 20 will help abused and neglected animals.

Hallmark Channel, Cesar® Canine Cuisine, and American Humane Association announced today that popular television star and current “Dancing with the Stars” contestant, Emmy® Award-winning Carson Kressley will take to the stage as host of the inaugural American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards, presented by CESAR® Canine Cuisine and produced by Emmy® Award-winning MRB Productions.

Free Advance Screenings of the Film “Dolphin Tale” Express a Wave of Appreciation for U.S. Military Families

With its National Spokesdog RIN TIN TIN looking on approvingly, American Humane Association paid tribute to the hero dogs of 9/11, and to all dogs who serve, protect and comfort us every day. The gala tribute underscored the importance of the bond between people and animals that has benefited both for generations.