Interfaith Blessing of the Animals for Household Pets & Some Exotic Animals

Interfaith Blessing of the Animals for Household Pets & Some Exotic Animals
More than 300 animals to be blessed

BRING YOUR PETS

WE WILL BLESS THE PETS, Sat., Oct. 2, 2010 at noon. The Interfaith Blessing of the Animals presented by Haute Dogs and Justin Rudd is free to the public and their pets.

Seniors, families, singles, and children, are encouraged to bring their dogs, cats, birds, lizards, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, fish, tortoises and turtles and other well-behaved pets. Some exotic pets are being brought from a professional wildlife education organization include Exotic and out-of-the-ordinary guests at this year's Blessing will include:
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red Tegu
4 7' albino Burmese python - can grow to be the length of a school bus making them the third largest type of snake in the world!
- Bobcat
- Fennec
- Porcupine
- Two-toed Sloth
4 Serval wildcat - Leptailurus serval, is a medium-sized African wild cat under 50 lbs. and is one of the only cats with both spots and stripes and can jump incredibly high to catch its food!
- pig
- chinchilla
4 Monitor lizard - is a scavenger that eats the food lions and other carnivores leave behind. They are also related to the Komodo dragon, the largest and scariest lizard on the planet!
- opossum
- Dumeril Boa
- Horse
- Lamb

WE WILL ALSO HAVE a moment of blessing, silence and vigil at the beginning of the service for pets who are unfortunately involved with sport dog fighting and other inhumane, unethical treatment.

After brief words from each of the faith leaders (listed below), the menagerie of participants will have the opportunity to line up single-file to be blessed by the faith leaders who will be dressed in traditional garb. Olive branches and holy water will be available. Choose one, or get blessed by all of the clergy (listed below).

THE EVENT will last approx. 45 minutes. It's important to recognize and honor the great bond and relationship between pets and their people. The religious leaders will talk or pray briefly on the interconnections among all living beings.

SPONSORS
Justin Rudd's nonprofit 501c3 Community Action Team (C.A.T.), Gazette Newspapers, and Haute Dogs.

ON-SITE VET
Dr. Greg Perrault, Cats & Dogs Animal Hospital in Long Beach.