It's National Shelter Appreciation Week -- and what better way to celebrate than to join Care2 and Adopt-a-Pet.com in promoting shelter and rescue animal adoption through our new America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest!

Vote for your favorite animal shelter or rescue group here:
www.care2.com

Animal welfare groups estimate that at least six to eight million cats and dogs enter animal shelters every year, and half of them are euthanized because there is no one to adopt them. But all of these animals deserve a loving home.

Help us raise awareness and save homeless animals -- vote for your special animal rescue or shelter today, and it could win $10,000!

Your vote in our new contest counts in more ways than you can imagine. Every person who votes is making a public statement in support of rescue and adoption, not puppy mills and overbreeding. And everyone who tells a friend about the contest is spreading the word about the amazing work animal rescue groups and shelters do every day to save homeless animals.

You can help today. Vote in our contest to help a group win a much-needed donation, then spread the word -- post your group's contest page on Facebook and MySpace, tweet it to your network, send an email to your friends and family, and let your community know that you care to save homeless animals.

Vote today:www.care2.com