BARKupy Miami

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  Ariel Kent of Paws4You cradles Wilbur, a min-pin-chihuahua mix up for adoption, at the BARKupy Miami rally Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park in Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  People hold their pooches while a group photo is taken at BARKupy Miami Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park in Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  State Rep. Ana Rivas Logan was one of the guest speakers at a BARKupy Miami rally Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St., Kendall. It was sponsored by a coalition of animal advocates, rescue groups and community supporters of a Miami-Dade Pets' Trust, which would fund the Animal Services Department. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill urges people to help save animals, during at rally at BARKupy Miami Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park in Kendall. The free event for canines and humans was sponsored by a coalition of animal advocates , rescue groups and community supporters of a Miami-Dade Pets' Trust. The coalition aims to win the right to vote on a pets' trust from the Florida Legislature. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Machi, center, a former stray golden retriever mix, gets a pat on the head from Jorge Perez at BARKupy Miami on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. With him is Dony Ponce, right center. The Cutler Bay couple brought Machi, Gadget the shih tzu and Chunky the Jack Russell terrier to the free event at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St. in Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  University of Miami President Donna Shalala spends a quiet moment with Sweetie, her rescue dog, before speaking to people attending BARKupy Miami. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Priscilla Ann, a rescued teacup Pomeranian, perches on the lap of Debra Morris of Homestead during a BARKupy Miami rally Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St., Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Ilona Anderson of Miami keeps order among Othello, the pug at left, Mocha, the German shepherd-chow mix at center, and Dresden, a Rottweiler-German shepherd mix, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at BARKupy Miami. Anderson and her husband Greg brought their three dogs to the free event, a canine version of the "Occupy" movement. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Pamela Pafford of Miami listens to music with Reba Redchief, her rescued Belgian Malinois, at the BARKupy Miami rally Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at Tropical Park, in Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff

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  Cali, a female bulldog who lives with Shayna Wright and Jimmy Crook of Miami, shares a grin with Dara Rosenberg on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at BARKupy Miami. The free event -- a canine version of the "Occupy" movement -- brought canines and their human companions to Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St. in Kendall. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff