 Barked: Mon Jul 21, '08 11:19pm PST |
 | |  | | FROM HUDSON (AND MALCOLM) AND MURPHY'S PAPA, LUKE:
“In 2004, Malcolm was diagnosed with bone cancer which after amputation and chemotherapy ultimately spread to his lungs. His loss devastated me but became the inspiration behind the 2,400 mile journey from Austin to Boston that I am taking with my two other boys, Hudson and Murphy.
Our Mission: Discovering the Cause of Cancer
There are many cancer foundations which work towards finding a cure and while we applaud their efforts, we want to know what's causing it.
The funds raised from the walk will finance the first ever nationwide epidemiological canine cancer study.
But this study has even more far reaching implications. Most nearly all types of cancers in pets are the same found in humans and increasingly, dogs with cancers are being used as a model for research and drug development. This has another benefit, too, of reducing our dependency on using monkeys and other lab animals.”
FOR MORE information, to track their journey, and to find out how you can play a part, please go to:
http://www.2dogs2000miles.org
TO WATCH the inspiring and moving video announcing their walk go here:
(warning: be tissue-ready)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWCX-m_h4dQ
Goodbye, canine cancer 
puppy up!Edited by author Thu Jul 31, '08 6:44pm PST
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