Dogecoin going to help real dogs — Chicago animal shelter now accepts crypto

Dogecoin going to help real dogs — Chicago animal shelter now accepts crypto

PAWS Chicago, an animal rescue organization in the midwest city aiming to have shelters stop using euthanasia for its resident cats and dogs, is now accepting crypto donations.

In a Tuesday announcement, PAWS Chicago said it would be accepting Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), and other tokens to support its operations ahead of its new hospital for homeless cats and dogs. The organization is hoping to target “a tech-savvy demographic of potential donors,” promoting crypto donations with digital billboards featuring a dog shooting lasers out of its eyes.

According to the organization, crypto donations may be used to further its goals of reducing the number of shelter animals euthanized in the United States by spaying and neutering cats and dogs. PAWS Chicago said it has provided 300,000 such surgeries in its 25 years of operation, helping reduce the number of homeless animals killed in the Chicago area by 91%. The new medical center aims to improve its efforts to save animals.

“We are eager to connect with the growing cryptocurrency community, who can help sustain the future of animal welfare in Chicago and save animals' lives,” said PAWS Chicago CEO Susanna Homan.

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The iconic dog behind the Dogecoin project was a Japanese Shiba Inu in a popular meme from 2013. Since that time, DOGE has grown both in popularity, largely pushed by figures including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and size as the price increased from less than a penny to an all-time high of $0.68. At the time of publication, the price of the token is $0.29, having fallen 8% in the last 24 hours.

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PAWS Chicago is now accepting crypto-dons, a midwestern rescue agency that wants shelters to stop euthanasia for its dogs and cats. PAWS Chicago announced Tuesday that it will accept Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), and other tokens in order to provide support to its operation in advance of its new homeless dog and cat hospital. The organization hopes to targeted ‘technically knowledgeable demographics of potential donors,’ promoting cryptographic donations on digital billboards with lasers from the eyes of a dog.

Crypto Donations may be used, according to the organization, to promote their aims, by spreading and neutralizing cats and dogs, to reduce the number of animals euthanized in the United States. PAWS Chicago said that 300,000 such operations were performed over its 25-year operation, which contributed to a 91% reduction of homeless animals killed in Chicago. The new medical center aims to enhance its animal-saving efforts.

PAWS Chicago CEO Susanna Homan said: “We are looking forward to connecting to the growing community, that can help sustain the future in animal welfare in Chicago and save the lives of animals.

Dogecoin is an Australian businessman, Jackson Palmer, and software engineer Billy Markus created the parody cryptocurrency in 2013. Palmer said in an interview that the idea for the project comes from two internet tabs he was opening at the time on his computer: one with a viral Internet meme by a Japanese Shiba Inu “dogue” and a list of cryptocurrency projects that he recently added to the market.

Palmer jokingly coined the word “Dogecoin,” and put the now infamous line “Investing in Dogecoin, sure it’s the next thing,” on his Twitter account. The meme-fuelled crypto community immediately sparked an interest.

Since then, the popularity of DOGE has grown, mainly driven by figures including Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, and size as the price rose from less than a penis to an all-time high of $0.68. In just six months, between early November 2020 and early May 2021, Dogecoin’s (CRYPTO: DOGE) digital currency gained as much as 27,000 per cent. Indeed, Dogecoin has been announced by retail investors as the “people’s currency.”

The price of the token is $0,29 when published; in the last 24 hours, it has declined 8 percent.

Dogecoin Price In Doghouse As Animal Shelter Seeks DOGE For Real Dogs

Just as Dogecoin prices are once again going to the dogs, a Chicago animal shelter is asking for DOGE donations to help real-life dogs in the dumps.

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PAWS Chicago has launched a “Dogenation” campaign, which allows animal lovers to donate to the charity in cryptocurrencies — not just Dogecoin — via QR codes embedded in advertisements around the Windy City. A mash-up of two memes within the crypto community, images of puppy dogs and laser eyes, the ads feature canines with red laser beams shooting out of their eye sockets.

Laser eyes can often be found on social media profile pictures, particularly on Twitter, to show that an account holder is bullish on a cryptocurrency. Originally used as a signal that the person believed Bitcoin would reach US$100,000, the laser eyes meme has since broadened to symbolize general support for the crypto industry.

Created in 2013 as a joke on Bitcoin, Dogecoin reached incredible highs during the crypto bull run earlier in the year, rising around 1,100% in less than a month to reach US$0.7364 and kicking off a host of other copycat “memecoins,” including Loser Coin, Shiba Inu Coin and Baby Doge. After reaching a post-peak low of US$0.1633 on July 20, Dogecoin prices had been gaining steadily along with the remainder of the market reaching a high of US$0.3489 early last week — its highest point since early June. The price of DOGE has since been steadily losing ground, however, and is now trading at US$0.2942 at press time.