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Ryan Reynolds Inspires Pet Names Aimed At Raising Awareness For Shelter Animal Adoptions In Honor Of His 48th Birthday

Ryan Reynolds Inspires Pet Names Aimed At Raising Awareness For Shelter Animal Adoptions In Honor Of His 48th Birthday

As Ryan Reynolds turns 48 this year, Best Friends Animal Society has teamed up with Rob McElhenney to campaign against animal cruelty by changing the names of some of the rescued animals to “Ryan Reynolds“. Animals available for adoption and located in New York, Arkansas, California, Texas, and Utah, are part of the campaign aimed towards animal welfare campaigns. McElhenney, co-chairman of Wrexham AFC and a close friend of Reynolds shared the news through a video on the Deadpool star’s Instagram. The clip had a montage suggesting that as part of his birthday tribute, Best Friends Animal Society renamed a dozen different animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, a horse, one turtle, and a donkey after Reynolds. As per McElhenney, everyone can now have a Ryan to love. Reynolds was over the moon with joy. He expressed his happiness while staying on brand, writing, “I was expecting some sort of assault on decency or thinly veiled attack on Canada. Instead, I got one of the greatest gifts of my life in knowing.” During that month, McElhenney pledged a total of 25,000 …

HT This Day: Dec 15, 1956 — Hindu adoptions bill approved | Latest News India

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Bill, providing for the adoption of both boys and girls, was approved by the Lok Sabha on Friday. Mr N. C. Chatterjee (Hindu Mahasabha) called the Bill a communal one. “ It is wrong for a secular State to single out Hindus alone for this kind of legislation.” he said. Adoption of girls was something unheard of in Hindu society from the days of the Vedas. The Bill defied the directive principles of the Constitution. The chapter on maintenance was capable of more than one interpretation. Lawyers had already pointed out that some of the provisions could not be enforced. Mrs Sushama Sen (Cong.-Bihar) did not agree with Mr Chatterjee that the Bill violated the Constitution On the contrary, she said, it sought to implement the provision conferring equal right to men and women. She congratulated the Minister on giving Hindu women their rightful place in society. Mrs Uma Nehru (Cong.-U.P.) supported the Bill and asked its critics not to mix up social reform with religious customs. She said the …