Press Releases

October 28, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact (Unavailable October 29): Michelle Pintar
Phone: (414) 431-6104
E-mail: mpintar@wihumane.org

MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

On Your Mark, Get Set…Race!

MILWAUKEE – Start your engines and be prepared for a racing good time! The preliminary NASCAR (Nibbling Adorable Small Critters are Racing) races have come and gone, which means the finals are here. Finalists in the preliminary NASCAR races have been invited to race in a final day of races at the Wisconsin Humane Society on Saturday, October 29. The finals will start at 11 a.m.

NASCAR races are being held as part of “It's a Small World, After All” at WHS along with the opportunity to name Homeless Hoppers, a litter of five rabbits who don't have a name to call their own. Members of the community submitted names and a drawing will occur at 1 p.m. The little bunnies will be present at the drawing to receive their new names.

WHAT:         
NASCAR Racing – Finalists

WHEN:         
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Finals start at 11 a.m.

WHERE:         
Wisconsin Humane Society
4500 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53208

MEDIA INTEREST:      
· Photo opportunity of gerbils racing
· Photo opportunity of Homeless Hopper rabbits

NOTE: There will not be a media spokesperson available for media interviews. However, there will be photo opportunities of gerbils racing as well as the Homeless Hopper rabbits.