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"Katherine Heigl has pledged to donate $1 million dollars from the Jason Heigl Foundation (founded in&amp;#xA0; honor of Katherine&amp;apos;s brother, who was killed in a car accident at age 15) to spearhead an initiative called the Compassion Revolution, which is geared towards decreasing the number of animals that are euthanized in L.A.-area shelters by educating pet owners about spaying and neutering their pets.\r\n\r\nAt a press conference, the actress, who owns six dogs, three of which are rescues, told reporters, &amp;quot;when I was growing up, my mother and father had zero desire for any one of our animals to have a litter. I think it&amp;apos;s a lot of work, it&amp;#x2019;s a lot of energy. Then, as an adult, because of the way I was raised and because I had the means to do it, (spaying and neutering) goes without question.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;How can we change the results for these animals?&amp;quot; queried the actress.\r\nThe ASPCA has estimated that 5 out of 10 dogs and 7 out of 10 cats are put down annually in shelters across the U.S. Spaying and neutering pets and shelter animals could dramatically curb these numbers.\r\n&amp;quot;Our goal is that people can actually go to an animal shelter and not  feel this horrible sadness and burden that if they don&amp;apos;t take that dog  home that the dog may end up dead,&amp;quot; said Heigl.\r\nIf you would like to learn more about how you can become involved with the Compassion Revolution, please follow this link."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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