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Advertising is about knowing your audience. Sometimes you have to target a specific demographic. That's why commercials for toys and sugary cereals air during kids' cartoons and not during "Mad Men." Hadlow College in Kent, England understands this concept. When they made an ad for an Internet audience, they really made an ad for an Internet audience. And what do people who spend a lot of time on the Internet love? Talking animals. Nobody knows that better than us at PawNation. We'd almost always prefer to have a message delivered by a talking animal instead of a boring old human. Hadlow College gets us. ...
Corbis Many college freshman bring family photos or a favorite blanket from home when they head off for school, but according to the New York Times, today's freshman are ditching those inanimate objects in favor of something closer to their hearts: they're bringing along the family pet now that more and more schools are allowing animals in the dorms. The Times reports that institutions that are allowing pets include including Stephens College in Missouri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Eckerd College in South Florida. As animal lovers, we understand the appeal of being allowed to bring a cherished pet to college. But as much as we love spending time with animals, we do see some ...
Cindi Brownfield, Stetson University Ah, college. All those tough classes, the crazy parties, the dog walking, the flea-collar-purchasing... That's right. Florida's Stetson University has tapped one of its dormitories to provide the first pet-friendly housing on campus starting next fall, reports WESH News in Orlando, Fla. School administrators say they believe that students bringing along pets will help relieve the stress of living away from home for the first time. According to Dean of Students Rina Tovar, "If they can bring Fido, or one of the Fidos, the family pet with them to school, it's going to help with that transition and really help with them feeling comfortable." Stetson's ...