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Meow Mitzvah Mission of Israel is a 50I(c)3 organization dedicated to solving
the stray and feral cat epidemic that plaques the streets and neighborhoods of Israel,
and in doing so, improve community health, the environment, and the quality of life for
the people (and cats) in Israel.
WITH OUR P.E.A.C.E. INITIATIVE, WE WILL...
PROVIDE solutions to effectively reduce and control the street cat
overpopulation problem.
EDUCATE impacted communities about feral and stray cats, our
strategies for solving the overpopulation crisis, and the positive
outcome of our activities.
Lookalikes: Linda and Mali
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and execute coordinated activities with measurable goals.
ENHANCE the quality of life for the people of Israel, one
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street cats of Israel.
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Make checks payable to:
Meow Mitzvah Mission
of Israel
7071 Orchard Lake Road
Suite 315
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
MEOW MiTZVAII AMON OF iSPAEL
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A Doggone Shame
Local woman misses her shot
at being on NBC's Today show.
Barbara Lewis
Contributing
Writer
I
I
f Linda Cohen looks a little hang-
dog these days, she has good
reason. She narrowly missed a
chance to be on national television.
NBC's morning show, Today, was
planning a segment on "doggie dop-
pelgangers" — dogs who look like
their owners, and Cohen was a perfect
fit. She and her standard poodle, Mali,
have identical ginger-colored curls.
"Everyone always said my dog looks
like me said Cohen of Franklin.
"When my daughter [Jaime Zadoff of
Royal Oak] saw that the Today show
was looking for dogs who looked like
their owners, she asked if she could
send in a picture of me and Mali:'
On Oct. 21, Cohen got an email from
Today producers telling her she and
Mali were among the top 12 owner-
doggie lookalikes out of more than 400
photos they'd received. They would
choose five for an all-expenses-paid
trip to New York to appear on the show.
Cohen, an independent reading
specialist who formerly taught at
Detroit Country Day School, thought
Mali would enjoy a turn on TV. She
and husband, Rick, got the dog nine
years ago, after they lost another
beloved standard poodle.
"We saw an ad saying she was the
last of the litter and that she had 'red'
fur. We didn't know what that meant,
but we said we'd take her — and she's
been the best dog!"
On Oct. 22, the producers invited
Cohen to come to New York on
Wednesday and appear on the show
on Thursday. Cohen booked herself a
ticket. Then reality started to sink in.
She needed a crate for the dog, who
had never traveled by air. Another
daughter, Lauren Cohen of Lathrup
Village, had one, but it was very large
and heavy, intended for use in kennels,
not for travel. How would she maneuver
through the airport with her luggage
and the huge dog crate? How would
Mali react to being in a crate and travel-
ing in the hold of an airplane?
In the end, she decided the trip
would simply be too difficult, and
told the producers they should invite
another dog and owner.
Psychologist Stanley Coren of
the University of British Columbia,
says there's some truth to the idea
that dogs look like their owners. He
found that people tend to choose
pets whose faces resemble their
own, a concept known as familiarity.
Another study showed that test sub-
jects were able to match photos of
people and photos of their dogs with
66 percent accuracy.
Cohen eagerly watched the doggie
doppelgangers on Today on Oct. 24.
"Each pair was on camera for just a
few minutes:' she said. "All the people
had small dogs that would have been
easy to travel with. No one else had a
dog as large as Mali:'
The audience chose a winner,
though no prize was involved: Austin
Newcomb of Elkhart, Ind. and his
4-year-old toy poodle, Tucker.
Cohen feels good about the experi-
ence, especially when friends and
relatives called to tell her they'd seen
the photo of her and Mali on the
Today website.
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To see the dogs and their owners, go to
http://on.today.com/la77ybu.
You And Your Pet
Do you and your pet look alike?
If so, email a photo (500k jpg),
including your name, city and
pet's name, to jheadapohl@
renmedia.us . We'll use them in an
upcoming feature.