It’s always heartbreaking to have to put down a pet. Euthanasia should only be a last resort for animals who are terminally ill or suffering. But not everyone sees it that way. There are many ...
Shelters do everything they can to find their animals forever homes. From encouraging people do “adopt, don’t shop” to holding adoption events, volunteers work hard to clear the shelters, but some animals are harder to ...
It’s always unfortunate to have to give up a pet. But sometimes, life gets in the way and you simply can’t take care of them anymore. All you can do is try to find them ...
If you really need to give up your pet, for whatever reason, there are proper, ethical ways to do so. You can try to find someone who can take care of them, or surrender them ...
Employees at Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina were in for a shock on July 24, when a woman named Leslie Sacks walked in with a very unexpected request: “I said, ‘Who’s the oldest that ...
In February 2016, Orange County Animal Services in Orlando, Florida showed off one of the dogs they had in their care, one who had an amazing talent. They named the dog Ginger Rogers, after the famous ...
On July 26, a pit bull was discovered in Cranbury Park in Norwalk, Connecticut. It was a female pit bull, about 3 years old. She was tied to a tree, abandoned in the park. https://www.facebook.com/NorwalkAnimalShelter/photos/pcb.1306640429483085/1306640339483094/?type=3&theater ...
The pair of dogs, Jukebox and Agatha, met each other at Pima Animal Care Center in Tuscon, Arizona. Jukebox was found as a stray and brought to the shelter in May. About a month later, Agatha was ...
On July 9, workers at the Riverside County Department of Animal Services, in California, witnessed something none of them could’ve expected. In came a 9-week-old Maltese-Yorkie mix for their over-the-counter animal drop-off—carried inside a Cap’n Crunch ...
Life has never been easy for Moose, a three-year-old lab mix. He was first found tied to a railroad crossing sign in Georgia, and taken to an animal shelter in August 2017. Moose waited for ...