Pets in Need

Plantation-Area Veterinary Hospital Rallies
to Help Local Shelter Pets in Need

Lakeside Animal Hospital joins national movement to donate lifesaving medicine to benefit area dogs and cats in need

Plantation, Fl August 23, 2010 — Pet shelters in Florida are seeing an increase in the thousands of cats and dogs entering shelters each year due to the economic recession. In response, Lakeside Animal Hospital in Plantation has partnered with more than 2,000 veterinary clinics nationwide to provide heartworm and intestinal parasite medication to shelter and rescue dogs and cats.

The program, dubbed Give Interceptor® Give Back, provides Interceptor® (milbemycin  v oxime) Flavor Tabs® to participating veterinary hospitals which, in turn, make the donation to any local pet shelter or rescue group of the hospital’s choosing. Nationwide, the program will ultimately deliver 167,900 doses to dogs and cats in need.

Lakeside Animal Hospital chose to support Gulf Coast Golden Retriever Rescue because of its commitment to help local animals. “We know the importance of heartworm and parasite prevention,” said Dr. Monica Fernandez, at Lakeside Animal Hospital. “Because of our involvement, today, more animals are healthy and more are ready for adoption.”

Through the program, Lakeside Animal Hospital has pledged enough medicine for Gulf Coast Golden Retriever Rescue to keep 206 dogs and cats protected from the most common and dangerous internal parasites.

Interceptor Flavor Tabs prevents heartworm disease, which can be deadly to dogs and cats, but also controls roundworms, hookworms and whipworms in dogs and roundworms and hookworms in cats. Through the end of 2010, every qualifying purchase automatically generates a donation, making it easy for pet owners to treat their own pet while helping pets in need in the surrounding community.

Note:
Dogs and cats should be tested for heartworm prior to use. In a small percentage of treated dogs, digestive and neurologic side effects may occur. In cats, safety studies up to 10 times the label dose did not detect any adverse drug reactions. For full production information, go to www.interceptorpet.com or call 1-800-332-2761.