🚀 go-pugleaf

after announcing this group just over one week ago, e-mail response
has been excellent (nearly 100 responses). currently, the proposal has
been announced on 14 pet-oriented newsgroups, on more than 50 pet
message boards in the AOL domain, and is currently featured on two
commercial homepages (AcmePet http://www.acmepet.com/ and Lavamind
Virtual Pet Cemetary http://www.lavamind.com/) and is being monitored
by a caring news admin named Dave. in addition, the new group has
gathered support from veterinarians across the country, the original
creator of alt.support.grief, the head pet forum administrators at
AOL, and a syndicated national pet columnist (via AOL). The sources
mentioned above, as well as several other web sites, have all offered
continued support once the newsgroup has been accepted. 

this is one newsgroup that will *not* be forgotten quickly, and the
proposers intend to keep the momentum going strong. we plan to post
a CONTROL message by mid march. please respond with your support by
posting a reply to this thread, and by cc:ing the group proposers at
copydoc@netwalk.com.

the original post to alt.config and other sources follows...

On Sat, 03 Feb 1996 18:32:53 GMT, MD Cohn wrote:

>For your newsgroup file:
>alt.support.grief.pet-loss   

>I propose an extension of current alt.support groups to assist and
>support grieving owners of dead, dying, sick and missing companion
>animals (pets).

>please send brief comments and messages of support via e-mail only to:
>copydoc@netwalk.com

thank you for your continued and future support!

MD and Janet Cohn (DVM)
copydoc@netwalk.com