Iams gave away 1 million pounds of its dog and cat food to 17 shelters throughout the Midwest. This comes days after the makers of Pedigree Dog Food gave away 1/2 million pounds of its chow to rescues and shelters.

Iams recruited its own employees to deliver the free food to the following shelters:

Cincinnati SPCA
Humane Society of Deleware County (Ohio)
SICSA (Dayton, Ohio)
Second Chance Wildlife (Ohio)
The Trixie Foundation (Kentucky)
Humane Society of Greater Dayton
Humane Society of Clark County (Ohio)
League of Animal Welfare (Ohio)
Capital Area Humane (Ohio)
Save The Animal Foundation (Ohio)
Circle Tail (Ohio)
Harlequin Haven Great Dane & St. Bernard Rescue (Ohio)
P.A.W.S. Adoption Middletown (Ohio)
Vohn Licke Kennels (Indiana)
Indianapolis Animal Control Center
Humane Society of Ashland County (Ohio)
H.A.R.T. of Cincinnati

Any time a shelter gets free food its great news. But I would like to see some kind of program where smaller and lesser known rescues are given food and donations. Some of the shelters listed above are those that receive frequent donations. But the small town rescues don't get enough attention and are in danger of shutting down. Just last week I posted a notice from a rescue, where its officers and volunteers are having pay the bills from their own personal funds.