Sherri Franklin, founder of Muttville senior dog rescue, is a Top Ten finalist for 2016 CNN Hero of the Year! Go here to vote, you have until Tuesday, December 6, 2016! You can vote up to forty times a day (check the rules). http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/ CNN’s Profile of Sherri Franklin http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/us/cnn-hero-sherri-franklin/index.html CNN Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkDX5T35ats Follow Muttville on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Muttville.Senior.Dog.Rescue/?fref=ts Marie Macaspac was our guest on Episode 17 and she is Muttville’s Director of Marketing http://www.thisispawprint.com/17-marie-macaspac-muttville-senior-dog-rescue-from-good-to-great/ _________________ Pen Farthing was a Royal Marine from England who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He became friends with a dog whom he named Nowzad, after a town in Afghanistan. He soon turned to helping dogs, saving dogs, and reuniting dogs with soldiers around the world, including two of Pen's own dogs - the dogs Nowzad and Tali. In 2014, Pen Farthing was named CNN Hero of the Year for his work saving dogs lives in Afghanistan, and placing them in loving homes in Afghanistan and around the world.Pen used the CNN award to work on trap, vaccinate, and spay/neuter programs in Afghanistan. Diseases such as rabies continue to be serious problems. Pen travels around the world and is based in the greater Kabul, Afghanistan area. How to find and donate to Nowzad Nowzad's website [outside of the U.S.] Nowzad's website [U.S.] Donate to Nowzad!! Facebook Twitter Pen Farthing is the author of three books, One Dog at a Time; No Place Like Home; and Wylie. [Amazon US] One Dog At A Time [Amazon US] No Place Like Home [Amazon US] Wylie [Waterstones UK] Pen Farthing's Books CNN Hero of the Year One of several CNN articles on Pen Farthing Other Resources Rabies is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. The Radiolab podcast has a terrific episode that covers rabies. Nowzad and Nawzad are alternative spellings of the same town, located in Helmand Province in Southwestern Afghanistan. The announcement from Crufts dog show in England naming Wylie as "Crossbreed of the Year." The Telegraph's story about Conrad Lewis and his dog Peg We were introduced to Pen Farthing through Budd MacKenzie at an event in Lafayette, California. Learn about Budd's organization, Trust in Education Pen Farthing likes this quote from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: "Always be the hardest worker in the room.” Fortune Magazine If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is a musician based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com