Melanie Segal’s Teen Choice Awards Lounge by Rocket Dog Working To Help With Animal Shelter Crisis In California
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Melanie Segal’s Teen Choice Awards Lounge presented by Rocket Dog helping to alleviate the animal shelter crisis in California
Hollywood, CA (Thursday, August 6, 2009) - With celebrities like Robert Pattinson, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Zac Efron, Lauren Conrad, Paris Hilton, and Kanye West in town for the Teen Choice Awards, Hollywood is in a festive mood. But the hottest spot in town is one where celebrities are giving back and celebrating at the same time.
At Melanie Segal’s Celebrity Lounge presented by Rocket Dog (www.rocketdog.com) on Thursday and Friday, stars are helping raise awareness for the little known animal shelter disaster hitting the U.S. due to the economic crisis.
At the event there will be dozens of pets from Tails of the City Animal Rescue (www.tailsofthecityrescue.com) at the lounge looking to be adopted into loving homes.
Rocket Dog Womens Fuzzy WedgeCelebrity guests like Stevie Wonder, Bridget Marquardt, Jordana Brewster and AnnaLynne McCord will take photos with these pets to help get them be adopted more quickly.
Because of the California budget crisis and subsequent tax cuts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just ended a state mandate to hold animal shelter strays for six days, resulting in euthanizing more animals - some after just 3 days. Animal shelters have already been hit hard with overcrowding due to the weak economy and the housing crisis, and this has just made things much worse. (more…)











