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                    <a href="https://www.louieslegacy.org/wp/2017/09/11/matching-personality-pet/"><h2 class="col-sm-12">Matching your Personality with your Pet</h2></a>
                    <h3 class="col-sm-12">By Emily Ridgewell</h3>
                    <h4 class="col-sm-12">September 11, 2017</h4>
                    
                    
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                    <p><p>With hundreds of different dog breeds out there to choose from, not to mention thousands of beloved mongrels and mutts available to us, matching our personality with that of our pet will ensure a long-lasting bond and connection that can’t be denied. So there’s obviously a little more to be considered when it comes to choosing our best friend besides the first canine that catches [&hellip;]</p>
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                    <h3 class="col-sm-12">By Patrick Cox-Mahoney</h3>
                    <h4 class="col-sm-12">September 2, 2017</h4>
                    
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                      <p><p>Want to help our rescue efforts in Texas? This weekend, a group of #LouiesLegacy  volunteers will travel down to Texas in order to rescue a large number of unowned animals from the area, making desperately-needed space for displaced family pets to enter the shelters so that their families have a chance to find them. Our Social Media and Volunteer Coordinator shared our IMMEDIATE need for New Yorkers to [&hellip;]</p>
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                      <p><p>Sign up today for the 2nd annual GoGetItLIFE 5K on Oct 21, 2017 in Staten Island, NY. A portion of the proceeds to benefit Louie&#8217;s Legacy Animal Rescue.</p>
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                    <h4 class="col-sm-12">August 30, 2017</h4>
                    
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                      <p><p>Louie&#8217;s Legacy is joining the effort to relocate shelter animals in the area affected by Hurricane Harvey. We need your help!</p>
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                    <h4 class="col-sm-12">May 20, 2015</h4>
                    
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                      <p><p>By Nomi Berger Between January 2014 and January 2015, Tara Steiner-Flandez and Reb Flandez of Clark, NJ have fostered a staggering 27 dogs! Nurses for seven years, as Tara explains, “Our nursing skills have helped a lot. We’re confident that we know when to wait and when a foster needs immediate attention from a vet. We’ve had some with minor issues like coughs or ear [&hellip;]</p>
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                    <h4 class="col-sm-12">May 2, 2015</h4>
                    
                    
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                    <p><p>From shelter to transport, foster to forever home, rescue is a journey. Summer is a particularly hard time to secure foster homes– but without foster homes, innocent shelter animals die needlessly. Consider fostering a needy pet today. Louie’s Legacy covers all medical expenses, often provides food and other resources, and handles placement of the pets. You provide a loving, educational environment and transport the pet [&hellip;]</p>
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