Mayor Shirley Franklin to Attend Welcome Party for Georgia's Largest Pet Rescue Mission This Friday, August 21

/PRNewswire/ -- This Friday, August 21, marks the largest pet rescue mission in the state's history as The M.O.M.S. RESCUE of Lindenwold, NJ and Animal Rescue Flights (ARF) launch "Georgia Puppy Caravan." Georgia's own David York is helping to oversee nearly 200 cars, vans, RVs and airplanes, which will transport pet supplies from around the country, and in turn take back hundreds of dogs and cats from overburdened Georgia shelters to loving homes in the Northeast.

Highlights include a "Landing Party" at DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK) at 3 p.m. and a "Welcome Celebration" at Foundry at Puritan Mill at 7 p.m., attended by Mayor Shirley Franklin, which will include the highly anticipated premiere of National Geographic Channel's series "Rescue Ink."

WHAT: "Georgia Puppy Caravan," the largest pet rescue mission in the
state's history, spearheaded by The M.O.M.S. RESCUE of
Lindenwold, NJ and Animal Rescue Flights (ARF) along with David
York, Fulton County Animal Services Executive Director and owner
of Barking Hound Village.

EVENTS: "Landing Party" at PDK where seven airplanes will converge
bringing needed pet supplies to Georgia.

WHEN: Landing Party Friday, August 21 at 3 p.m. at DeKalb Peachtree
Airport

Mayor to speak at the "Welcome Celebration," featuring the premiere of the highly anticipated first episode of the new National Geographic Channel series "Rescue Ink," based on the work of Rescue Ink, a group of New York-based tattooed, motorcycle-riding tough guys, the series will follow the pet rescue efforts of these unlikely heroes who save helpless, abandoned and abused animals.

WHERE: Welcome Party, Friday, August 21 at 7 p.m. at Foundry at Puritan
Mill

HOW: Originating in New Jersey, the caravan of up to 200 cars, vans,
RVs and airplanes will travel down I-95, stopping in cities along
the way to pick up large donations of pet food and other much
needed supplies currently being collected for Georgia area
shelters. They will then depart Atlanta carrying hundreds of
shelter animals who have already been adopted by caring families
in other states.

GOAL: To completely empty Georgia shelters through ongoing education
and increased spaying and neutering efforts.

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The Hartz Mountain Corporation Voluntarily Recalls One Specific Lot of Nationwide Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips Because of Possible Health Risk

The Hartz Mountain Corporation, Secaucus, NJ is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot are potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Hartz is fully cooperating with the US Food and Drug Administration in this voluntary recall.

Salmonella can cause serious infections in dogs, and, if there is cross-contamination caused by handling of the rawhide chips, in people as well, especially children, the aged, and people with compromised immune systems. Healthy people potentially infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. On rare occasions, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.

Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Animals can be carriers with no visible symptoms and can potentially infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

The product involved is 4,850 - 2 pound plastic bags of Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips, lot code JC23282, UPC number 3270096463 which were distributed to a national retail customer. While the normal testing that Hartz conducts through an independent outside laboratory did not detect the presence of Salmonella in any Hartz rawhide products, sample testing conducted by another laboratory did indicate the presence of the bacteria in a sample bag of the Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips. Hartz is aggressively investigating the difference in test results and the potential source of the problem.

Although Hartz has not received any reports of animals or humans becoming ill as a result of coming into contact with this product, Hartz is taking immediate steps to remove the product from all retail stores and distribution centers. Dog owners who purchased this product should check the lot code on their bag, and, if the code is not visible, or if the bag has lot code JC23282 imprinted thereon, they should immediately discontinue use of the product and discard it in a proper manner.

Consumers can contact Hartz at 1-800-275-1414 with any questions they may have and to obtain reimbursement for purchased product.

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