Heroic Dogs Ring The Stock Market Closing Bell 9/7

American Humane Association brings its national spokesdog, RIN TIN TIN, to NYC to ring The Closing Bell of the NY Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 4 p.m. The highly trained canine icon will do the honors as board members and guests of the national charity call attention to how heroic dogs have worked to protect and comfort people for generations. 

RIN TIN TIN is a twelfth generation relative of the original puppy found on the battlefields of France during World War I. That puppy evolved into the model for a military training program for search and rescue dogs at Camp Hahn in California in the 1930s. A subsequent RIN TIN TIN became the most highly paid TV actor in America during the 1960s in a children's show. It featured the dog and his owner, a boy named Rusty, who depended on the dog's search and rescue skills. The current RIN TIN TIN continues that tradition by serving as a certified service dog trained to detect an impending seizure in a person to enable appropriate preparation or preventive measures.

"RIN TIN TIN is a magnificent symbol for the heroic work of American Humane Association's Red Star^TM Animal Emergency Services, which, like RIN TIN TIN, began its life on the battlefields of World War I," says American Humane President and CEO Robin R. Ganzert. "At the federal government's request, Red Star ^TM became the "Red Cross for animals" when many of the half million American horses shipped to WWI European cavalry units suffered grievous wounds."

Today, Red Star^TM rushes highly trained teams to rescue and shelter animals caught in the path of natural disasters. Red Star^TM recently mobilized to help with animals in Hurricane Irene's path in North Carolina.

Can RIN TIN TIN help lift the stock market's drooping tail? Yo, Rinty, we hope so.

Learn more about American Humane Association, the nation's voice for the protection of children and animals since 1877 at www.americanhumane.org