joining us here now is the senior director of the puppy mills campaign at the aspca, and she broughtt clo chloe. and, this campaign against the puppy mills is -- we hear about it all the time, but tell us why you are so engaged in dealing with the issue and trying to stop it. >> sure. well the aspca conducted a poll two years ago and we found 80% of people knew puppy mills were bad and wouldn't buy a dog if they knew it came from a puppy mill but 78% didn't know most puppies come from puppy mills and we launched the no pet store puppies campaign in order to break the information gap. >> lou: i have noticed increasingly, going into a pet store, when you've got four dogs like we do and a cat, you spend a little time there. but i have seen fewer stores, you see fewer pet stores with dogs in them, puppies in them. >> that is great. >> lou: is that happening across the country. >> i think it is, the momentum definitely seems to be heading in that direction which we at the aspca certainly love and we did another poll that found that people who adopted a dog from a shelter as opposed to buy

joining us now is the senior director of the puppy mills campaign at the aspca and she brought with her agree to have you. the campaign against the puppy mills we hear about it tell us why you were so engaged in dealing with the issue to stop it. >> the aspca cond

>> the momentum is headed in that direction which we at the aspca love. we did another poll that people who adopted a dog from a shelter as opposed to a pet store had a much more positive experience feeling it was more honest and transparent transaction. and they have fewer problems lou: the number of dogs up for adoption, tell us where you are. >> leer at about 57 million dogs and the vast majority are adoptable and half are euthanize because nobody adapts them. lou: it is great for you to bring these dogs down here. she has a broken leg but she is an example of what happened to the owners. they were broken hearted but could not afford the better dairy bills that were necessary. that is wonderful. i am sure your up next. thank you so much. aspca's campaign, check out our website. we thank you for being with us. good night cruise. [laughter] anything to help. good night. >> more than 1,000 students have gathered to steady liberty should even be in college? if they work as interns are they exploited? if they are illegal should it be a quicker path to citiz

>> the momentum is headed in that direction which we at the aspca love. we did another poll that people who adopted a dog from a shelter as opposed to a pet store had a much more positive experience feeling it was more honest and transparent transaction. and they have fewer problems lou: the number of dogs up for adoption, tell us where you are. >> leer at about 57 million dogs and the vast majority are adoptable and half are euthanize because nobody adapts them. lou: it is great for you to bring these dogs down here. she has a broken leg but she is an example of what happened to the owners. they were broken hearted but could not afford the better dairy bills that were necessary. that is wonderful. i am sure your up next. thank you so much. aspca's campaign, check out our website. we thank you for being with us. good night from new york. neil: it is friday and it is the weekend. but you have to get some cash. there is a problem. your atm is closed. so you go to another bank. go to another bank and it is closed. they are all closed. they are shut tight and

>> the momentum is headed in that direction which we at the aspca love. we did another poll that people who adopted a dog from a shelter as opposed to a pet store had a much more positive experience feeling it was more honest and transparent transaction. and they have fewer problems lou: the number of dogs up for adoption, ll us where you are. >> leer at about 57 million dogs and the vast majority are adoptable and half are euthanize because nobody adapts them lou: it is great for you to bring these dogs down here. she has a broken leg but she is an example of what happened to the owners. they were broken hearted but could not afford the better dairy bills that were necessary. that is wonderful. i am sure your up next. thank you so much. aspca's campaign, check out our website. we thank you for being with us. good night weekend. >> welcome, i am shibani joshi and four gerri wilis. we will tackle the new blackberry. as i don't have anything to worry about? we will discover and talk about thats well. and the faa starts to close air traffic control towers. w

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. >> you're into the aspca. you're into animals. up bonfires. you're into road trips.good on road trips. see in you're so white right now! it tells me like, we aren't really this blended society that we think we are. we're sort of like living in segregated associate universes. black people like this stuff and white people having no idea. i even noted the other day that deangelo, i ran into him. he watches "the cycle" and all three of you were like -- >> that's not true. >> i didn't. >> this is the guy who couldn't tell the difference between four tops and the temptations. >> no, no, no. >> who knew? >> just got real. >> by the way, he is a great sandwich chain in massachusetts and in new england and every time i go back there, if he is affiliated with that in any way, i like deangelo. >> there's divide. the legendary modern soul singer and the three of you have never heard of him. >> and he owns a sandwich chain, too. so you want to profile everybody. here's what i say. i put him up on the screen. these are my likes on facebook. build a profile. white, black, man, woma

>> reporter: well, when you talk to opponents like the aspca, they are very concerned about contamination, by horse meat into the food supply in the united states. as it stands right now, there's only one slaughterhouse that is trying to get approval, and it's about 60 days away potentially from approval to go ahead and start slaughtering horses. given what's happened in europe, opponents of this say they are very worried. >> those who are proposing these horse slaughter plants in many cases are talking about developing horse meat menus and horse meat options for american consumers, which is sending us in exactly the wrong direction. right now with what's going on in europe and all the confusion, outrage and dismay that consumers have over being exposed to horse meat accidentally, we really don't need to be bringing that industry here to u.s. soil. >> reporter: now, i spoke with an attorney for the slaughterhouse today and he says that this plant will only be slaughtering horses not other animals. there's no real chance for cross contamination there. also, at least initially this horse me

go to the aspca and volunteer in the office. say you're an accountant.sumÉ. you're filling the gap, but also you're getting out of the house. you're doing something. you're not just sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. >> when you meet with potential employers, you also say be honest. >> you've got to be honest about why there's a gap on your resumÉ. obviously it's very important to say i've got a specific job, i've got a specific field. it's been tough for me. i've interviewed for xyz positions and it hasn't happened. people that do sales and things like that, there's going to be that question of well, have you maintained your contacts. that's another thing you can do. maintain your contacts. keep those e-mails going to people you worked with in your previous job. that can help you when you need that network of people or customers in your new job, for instance. >> you also utilize on line training. there's all kinds of great on line education free tough on itunes to paid stuff and kelby training. >> i had no idea there was something called itunes