Press clip: R.I.P. Jester (2011)
Archive of the former Pet Safe Coalition's website. This site is not that group.
Lindsay Christ wrote "R.I.P. Jester: Pet Safe Coalition's Poster Dog Passes Away" on 7 April 2011 for the blog Reigning Cats and Dogs. Jester was the founder's dog and the group's mascot, and had died at 13.
The article leaned on the founder's own words, which the former site also posted as its memorial to Jester. That page gives the longer account.