Singer, Broadway Actress, Grammy Award Winner Mya To Be National Spokesperson for North Shore Animal League America's Tour For Life 2008

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Shore Animal League America, the world's largest no-kill animal shelter, and Mya, the Grammy Award-winning singer, dancer and actress, soon to be starring in the Broadway musical "Chicago," announce Tour For Life 2008.

Tour For Life, which will stop in more than 20 U.S. cities to help save pets' lives across America, is the League's month-long national cooperative initiative with animal shelters promoting the importance and advantages of adopting shelter animals as a life-saving measure. Since its inception in 2001, Tour For Life, in partnership with Purina, has placed thousands of homeless animals with loving families.

"This lifesaving tour is truly close to my heart, as both a pet owner and animal lover," said Mya, who serves as Tour For Life's national spokesperson.

Tour For Life commences April 2nd as two of the League's Mobile Adoption Units travel two cross-country routes, simultaneously, stopping at scheduled destinations, helping over 100 shelters and rescue groups find homes for orphaned pets. All pets adopted during Tour For Life receive a free gift from Purina. Tour For Life ends with a "Grand Finale" event, hosted by Mya at FAO Schwarz in New York City, on Saturday, April 26, featuring celebrities posing in the world-famous toy store windows with puppies.

Tour For Life is sponsored by Nestle Purina PetCare Company, Bayer Healthcare LLC, Animal Health Division, and Fort Dodge Animal Health.

To learn more about Tour For Life and how you can help North Shore Animal League America, visit http://www.animal-league.org, call the special Tour For Life hotline, 1-800-214-4308, or email denisez@nsalamerica.org

The Tour For Life schedule follows:

    April 2   Haven Humane Society                     Redding, CA
    April 2   Jacksonville Humane Society              Jacksonville, FL
    April 4   City of Sacramento Animal Care Services  Sacramento, CA
    April 6   City of LA Dept. of Animal Services      Los Angeles, CA
    April 9   Animal Humane Assoc. of New Mexico       Albuquerque, NM
    April 9   Southern Animal Foundation               New Orleans, LA
    April 12  Humane Society SPCA of Bexar County      San Antonio, TX
    April 12  Greater Birmingham Humane Society        Birmingham, AL
    April 13  Citizens For Animal Protection           Houston, TX
    April 13  Huntsville Animal Services               Huntsville, AL
    April 16  N. Little Rock Animal Shelter            N. Little Rock, AR
    April 16  Precious Friends Puppy Rescue            Clarksville, TN
    April 19  Metro Animal Control                     Nashville, TN
    April 19  APA of Missouri                          St. Louis, MO
    April 20  Indianapolis Animal Care and Control     Indianapolis, IN
    April 23  Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA             Harrisonburg, VA
    April 23  Humane Society of Madison County         London, OH
    April 26  Connecticut Area Rescue Event-CARE       Brookfield, CT
    April 26  FAO Schwarz                              New York City, NY
    April 27  Wayward Paws                             Jamesville, NY