Animal Public Relations® is Dee Dunheim's writing, photography, editing and publicity service dedicated to creating awareness and concern for the protection, rights, welfare and well-being of animals.

Dee creates feature stories and what she terms "feature releases," accompanied by her original photographs - for newspaper and magazine articles, public awareness campaigns, in-house publications, print advertisements, and websites.

Professional Experience includes:

• Worked for - and with - local, regional, national and international animal welfare organizations and shelters
• Lobbied legislative bodies for the creation and enforcement of protective laws to safeguard animals
• Served as full-time Public Relations Director for a national animal protection society
• Created publicity opportunities for pet therapy programs with senior housing facilities
• Presented publicity workshops and seminars to animal protection societies and humane organizations
• Panelist at animal rights symposiums and conferences
• Appeared as a guest on local television and radio talk shows
• Key note speaker at animal rights rallies and demonstrations

Magazines, newspapers and publications featuring Dee's animal-related stories and columns include:The Chicago Sun-Times; Vegetarian Times; Flower & Garden Magazine; Actors & Others For Animals; Fund For Animals; Dog World Magazine; Cat Fancy Magazine; Chicago Voice Magazine; Today's Chicago Woman; The Animals' Voice Magazine; New York City's American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society News; The American, The National and The British Anti-Vivisection societies; Animal's Agenda Magazine; Tree House Animal Foundation; Pacific Coast Magazine; KIND Children's Magazine/Humane Society of the United States and others.

Now - whenever and wherever possible - Dee incorporates animal-related issues such as humane shelters, spay/neuter programs, animal welfare fund-raisers, adoption services, and companion animal stories for her clients. She has also initiated Pet Therapy programs for her Retirement Community and Health Care Center clients. These stories and photographs appear in Chicagoland newspapers in her selected target-markets.