Mya to be Spokesperson for North Shore Animal League's Tour for Life

North Shore Animal League America, the world's largest no-kill animal shelter, and Mya, the Grammy Award-winning singer, dancer and actress, soon to be starring in the Broadway musical Chicago, have announced their Tour For Life 2008.

Tour For Life, which will stop in more than 20 U.S. cities to help save pets' lives across America, is the League's month-long national cooperative initiative with animal shelters promoting the importance and advantages of adopting shelter animals as a life-saving measure. Since its inception in 2001, Tour For Life, in partnership with Purina, has placed thousands of homeless animals with loving families.

Tour For Life commences April 2nd as two of the League's Mobile Adoption Units travel two cross-country routes, simultaneously, stopping at scheduled destinations, helping over 100 shelters and rescue groups find homes for orphaned pets.  All pets adopted during Tour For Life receive a free gift from Purina. Tour For Life ends with a "Grand Finale" event, hosted by Mya at FAO Schwarz in New York City, on Saturday, April 26, featuring celebrities posing in the world-famous toy store windows with puppies.

Tour For Life is sponsored by Nestle Purina PetCare Company, Bayer Healthcare LLC, Animal Health Division, and Fort Dodge Animal Health.

To learn more about Tour For Life and how you can help North Shore Animal League America, visit www.animal-league.org, call the special Tour For Life hotline, 1-800-214-4308.