Need An Excuse to Get a Tattoo?

Pitties-N-Ink

On Saturday Nov. 9 from 11:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Bully Breed Rescue has a great reason to get that tattoo you've always wanted.

BBR's event, Pitties N Ink is a fundraiser for their rescue organization with 80% of proceeds going directly  to Bully Breed Rescue, Inc.

In addition to custom tattoos there will be Bully Breed merchandise, shop gear and a special Bully tattoo! 

The event is at Get Ink Tattoo, 76 Cedar Street in Norwalk (203) 354-3790. Visit the Get Ink Tattoo website for profiles of the tattoo artists from Get Ink Tattoo. Check out Bully Breed Rescue's website to view adoptable dogs.

Adopt-A-Dog Event at Pet Pantry Greenwich

• PLACE: Pet Pantry Warehouse, 290 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT
  
• DATE:  Saturday, November 9, 10AM to 2PM
  For questions or suggestions please call 914-273-1674
  

Microchip Clinic in Greenwich

Greenwich Animal Control is hosting a microchip clinic for Greenwich residents on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 10:00am. to 12:00noon. The cost is just $10. Greenwich Animal Control is located at 393 North St. 

New Rochelle Human Society

Holiday Pet Portraits, Sunday, Nov. 10 at New Rochelle Humane Society
Celebrate the holidays with your pet! $20 for a 5×7 Christmas-themed or Chanukah-themed photograph taken by a professional photographer! Additional prints and holiday card options are available. Appointments are not available — portraits will be taken on a first come, first serve basis.

Pet Store Task Force

Over 200 readers "Liked" our coverage of the first Legislative Task force hearing last month on possible legislation requiring CT pet shops to humanely source cats and dogs only from rescues and pounds.

For readers following the work of the Task Force, the hearing that was scheduled for November 13, has been postponed to December 4. It will be held at 1:00p.m. in Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Room 2A. 

Hearing rules: If you would like to testify in person, please come at noon to sign up to speak. Sign-ups will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The first hour will be reserved for any legislators or chief elected officials who wish to testify. Speakers at the hearing will be limited to three minutes of spoken testimony, after which, the members of the Task Force will have the option to ask questions.
Written testimony will be accepted, preferably e-mailed no later than the day before the hearing to CTPS@cga.ct.gov. Testimony will be accepted at the time of speaker sign-ups, however if not submitting electronically, a speaker must bring fifteen copies for the Task Force.