•A_5 Ake 1-4 V4 etpsisraef NEUTERING ME MEANS 3,200 LESS HOMELESS CATS ON THE STREETS OF 'SRAEL IN A FEW YEARS. 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 ADVOCATE for community-based Trap / Neuter / Vaccinate / Return + Monitor (TNVR+M) programs which includes on-going responsible management. rni mar - with private and public sector organizations to plan and execute coordinated activities with measurable goals. 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"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. ❑ 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.