American Humane Announces 2002 Humane Images Photo Contest

American Humane Association
Tuesday, 2 April 2002

Englewood, CO. (April 2, 2002)- Looking to see your favorite family photos published? Proud of a photogenic family pet? Want to share your breathtaking wildlife photography with the world? If so, then it's time to enter the American Humane Association's (AHA) "Humane Images" photo contest. With $300 in prize money, and national publication of the wining photo, entering this contest will give photographers across the nation the chance to show off their "Humane Images."

Deadline for entries is June 1, 2002.

The categories for entry are Children/Family, Children & Animals, Pets, and Wildlife. A well-known panel of judges will choose one winner from each category, and from these a Grand Prize winner will be chosen. All winning entries will be published in a nationally distributed AHA publication and will be featured on the AHA website. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a $300 cash prize.

"We look forward every year to receiving the photos for the 'Humane Images' contest," said Bob Roth, AHA's vice president of marketing and communications. "It is a chance for us to reconnect with the children and animals we have been working to protect for 125 years. The photos we receive are always wonderful testaments that the humane values American Humane works diligently to uphold are shared by so many others."

Send photos to AHA, Humane Images Photo Contest, 63 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, CO 80112. The entry fee per photo is $5. Photos will not be returned. For more information on the contest and a complete list of rules, please visit our website at http://www.americanhumane.org/contest/default.htm or call (800) 227-4645, ext. 439.

For 125 years, the American Humane Association has worked to protect children and animals from abuse, neglect and cruelty. With headquarters in Colorado, AHA also works in Washington, D.C., as a voice for children and animals before government, and in Los Angeles to protect animals used in film and television.

For more information, or to contact American Humane Association, see their website at: www.americanhumane.org