Saving pets from Gustav
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »The hurricane that is forcing people all along the Gulf coast to evacuate is threatening pets as well. As Gustav approaches New Orleans, animal shelters there are evacuating dogs and cats to shelters throughout the country. Eighty-nine cats are being ...
Petland Wesley Chapel Helps “Foster Pets” Find New Families
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Why be involved? "For many reasons," said Sargent-Kler "It’s the right thing to do. Many community shelters are overloaded with litters of unwanted puppies and kittens, and very often, the professional pet industry is accused of helping to fill them. ...
Overcrowded Pets Without Parents seeks relief
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Space is running tight and low at Clintonville's Pets Without Parents Animal Shelter. In addition, adoptions of kittens and puppies and cats and dogs are down because people don't have the funds to adopt, she said. To that end, in addition to ...
Foster families give pets new lease on life
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Home foreclosures and broader economic woes have led to a higher-than-normal number of pets being dropped off at Valley shelters, according to officials with the Arizona Animal Welfare League, a non-profit organization that runs the state's largest no-kill shelter. Paige Krakoski's ...
Pet owners gear up for spay-neuter law dogfight
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The state Legislature has pet owners barking up a storm once again. Nearly a year after controversy stopped the mandatory spay and neuter bill in its tracks, the proposal is back, this time in a watered-down form that hasn't ceased the ...
Don’t abandon them plan for pets
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »The noncommissioned officer in charge of the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Fort Leavenworth wants pet owners to take their responsibility seriously especially if they are getting ready to move. The summer moving season on the installation can cause some animals to ...
Greece group finds homes for stray pets
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Spring has arrived. Love is in the air, and, as Jennifer Coykendall knows all too well, stray cats and newborn kittens seem to be everywhere. "Kitten season has started. It's our busiest season," says Coykendall, a volunteer with Greece Residents Assisting ...
Video Report - Pets being abandoned by cash-strapped owners
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Uncertain economic times mean animal shelters across the country are more crowded than ever, and in Kingsport the number of pets being taken to the shelter is on the rise. “Here in the past five months we have noticed our population ...
Accused cat-killer must turn over most of his pets
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »A Boulder County man accused of beating a kitten to death by bashing its head repeatedly into a bookcase must remove all animals from his home except for one cat and one dog, a Boulder County District Court judge ordered ...
Move afoot to spay Chicago pets
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Burke was asked how the city would go about enforcing the ordinance, since cats are not licensed and dog licenses are widely-ignored. “When you drive down the street and see a gang banger with all kinds of gang regalia walking along ...
