CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday would have been Betty White's 100th birthday, and a lot of people are honoring the Oak Park native by making a donation to a local animal shelter or rescue organization.
PAWS Chicago has seen some of those donations.
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Susanna Homan, the CEO of Paws Chicago, joined ABC7 Chicago to talk about pet adoption Monday morning.
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White spoke about her love of animals on GMA in 2011: "My mother and dad were the same way. And my mother used to tell a story that if, when she brought me home from the hospital, if our cat, Toby, hadn't liked me, I would have been sent right back to the hospital."