Going Green for Animals: Exclusive Video Clip
Our friends at the Sundance Channel sent over an exclusive preview from next Tuesday’s “Animals” episode of “The Green” series. It features the Dallas Animal Services & Adoption Center, which designed and built a “green” animal shelter. The new shelter is environmentally, animal- and human-friendly and makes the animals’ time there a much healthier one. Click below to play the video.
Tuesday, June 24th
9:00pm e/p“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Animals”
Animals don’t generate carbon footprints like we do, but having furry friends living among us is not without ecological impact. From zoos to shelters to pampered pets, this episode will explore how animals’ diets and living environments are increasingly reflecting the “green-ness” of their human guardians.
Sundance also has a guide with ways you can help animals and the environment.
Do you have suggestions on how to go green with your pet? Please bark them here!
I actually wrote to the city to congratulate them on their green shelter when they opened it last year (I think). It’s really cool some of the ways that they were able to lessen the carbon footprint. And if I say so myself, it makes the animal shelter somewhat more pleasant than the other Dallas Animal Services shelter on Forney Road. Doesn’t do much for the problem of overpopulation, but still…everything we can do helps.
Going green for animals means being an advocate for animals and pets everywhere. Consider how you can improve and possibly lengthen your pet’s life. Read the labels on food, snacks and toys that you purchase for your pets. My pets deserve human grade food and non toxic toys!