Selfies for a stick: the new nosie

BRISTOL, U.K. - Sept. 26, 2014 - PRLog -- Yesterday the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768997/Selfie-stick-People-carrying-sticks-perfect-selfie-getting-wrong.html) published a piece about the selfie stick; a metal device to help posers reach the perfect angle when aiming for their selfies. Luckily, for pet friends they have their own selfie sticks: their humans.

Staff, and the animals in their care, at the Bristol Dogs & Cats Home wanted to do something to put a smile on the public's faces, after all the tragic events surrounding pets in the news recently and came up with the #Nosie.

Manager of the Home, Jodie Hayward said, "When we take photos of the animals for their profiles for re-housing,  we sometimes use treats to get them to look at the camera and that results in what we like to call the Nose Pose! You know the shot, where their nose is bigger than their head in the picture! We love these pics so to spread the love we thought we would share them as our “Nosies”! We only started this yesterday but it has had a great response so far with some lovely pics posted."

In a gesture that follows the nation's obsession with selfies and fundraisers, the charity hope to encourage people to make a donation towards animals less fortunate than their own, when they post the pictures of their much loved pets. In a similar vein to the recent ice bucket challenge, Bristol Dogs and Cats Home hopes people will nominate their pet-loving friends to reach the campaign further and increase the gallery of #Nosie pictures on their facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RSPCABristolandBDCH?fref=ts) and twitter pages.

Despite its name suggesting the contrary, the Bristol Dogs and Cats Home (http://www.rspca-bristol.org.uk/), part of the RSPCA Bristol Branch, have had call to rescue plenty of other small pets, including most recently giant African land snails, a bearded dragon and a marmoset; as well as rabbits, rats and other small pets. Jodie said, "we welcome all sorts here to look after and add to our variety of #Nosies on display."

To make a donation, please text NOSE33 £3 to 70070 to donate £3 to Bristol Dogs and Cats Home to help keep their pets' #Nosie in the air! To donate a different amount, people can simply change the number after the £.

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