CNN Hero and Crime Stoppers Unite to Save Animals in Tidwell Park on April 16

HOUSTON - Corridor Rescue kicks off its community outreach program this Saturday at Tidwell Park. Crime Stoppers and Corridor Rescue Inc. are joining forces to raise awareness about animal cruelty.

Saturday, April 16, will mark the 6-week kick-off of Corridor Rescue Inc.’s Corridor C.A.R.E.S. (Community Animal Relief Care & Services) outreach program at Tidwell Park. For the next six weeks, Corridor Rescue will be hosting its community outreach program every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. to educate the community about animal cruelty, spaying and neutering pets, dog fighting and much more.

Corridor Rescue Inc. is a Houston area non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and correcting injustice to animals who have been thrown away and left, often times injured and starving, to fend for themselves in the Highway 59 and York area of Houston, commonly known as the Corridor of Cruelty. Please visit Corridor Rescue Inc.’s website at http://www.corridorrescue.org/ to find out how you can volunteer with the Corridor C.A.R.E.S. Program.  Check them out on CNN Heroes -- http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/15/cnnheroes.hoffman.dog.rescue/index.html and in the Houston Chronicle- http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7354771.html.

Crime Stoppers will have information available at the event to educate citizens on animal cruelty and dog fighting as well and how to report crime via the 713 -222- TIPS line.

Crime Stoppers will offer up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest or filing of felony charges against any suspect involved in animal cruelty or dog fighting. Callers are urged to call 713-222-TIPS, or submit a tip online at http://www.crime-stoppers.org/. Tips can also be sent by text message; text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.

From Community Reports observereditor@hcnonline.com