Update: Animal Charity Settles $1-Million Contest Dispute
April 23, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
A Missouri animal-rescue group has settled its fight with a popular pets Web site over a contest prize promising the charity a $1-million makeover, the Associated Press reports.
Stray Rescue, of St. Louis, will use the undisclosed sum to build a new shelter, founder Randy Grim said yesterday.
The charity won the prize offered last year by Zootoo.com, a social network for animal lovers founded by former pet-food magnate Richard Thompson. But Mr. Grim complained that instead of providing cash, Mr. Thompson pressed him to solicit donated goods and services for the makeover, which were counted toward the $1-million prize.
