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This has been making the rounds on dog-lover emails so you may have seen it. Very sweet.

It was created by Wendy Francisco.

Thumper, Ocho, Gigi and Jake.

They're all rescued pets who found a place in artist Nancy Webber's collage now on permanent display at San Pedro's new animal shelter.

Webber, a longtime San Pedro resident and Harbor College faculty member who was awarded the $55,000 arts grant from the city, took animal-themed paintings and incorporated images of real pets from snapshots mailed in to her.

Reporter Jim Farber writes about the project in today's Daily Breeze. "I wanted to do something for the animal shelter that would combine the history of animals in art," Webber told Farber.

************** Also in today's Daily Breeze is an update on efforts  to get a water mister system installed at the shelter at 597 N. Gaffey St. Seems the city process could take months. Volunteer Theresa Sardisco is working to do it all on private money, confident the misters could be in place within weeks. The city is still hoping to find the funds, though, and is consulting with a firm that set up a similar system at one of the shelters in the San Fernando Valley.

Theresa will be at the shelter from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday collecting donations should those still be needed for the project. You can also call her at 310-386-7932 or call the shelter at 888-452-7381, Ext. 143.