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Pittsburgh Zoo's Amur Tiger cub makes an appearance in the zoo's digital calendar, as the face of June. Born on March 31st of this year, the cub was previously featured on ZooBorns. Since then, he's come out of his den...
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Hooray, managed to get my next version of Lisa Cruse's "Nellie Crush" hat design fulled (felted) over the weekend at Struan Farm. I'm calling her "Next Nellie." It takes hours to felt in our washing machine, it's just the way...
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People can be wonderful. When Bobo the Poodle was dropped off at the Vancouver, British Columbia SPCA, he needed expensive surgery or his leg would have to be amputated. The surgery would cost $2000. An appeal to the public to...
Tinkerbell came from a feral colony living in an abandoned hotel in Florida. She and her brother (Peter Pan) came on the The Rescue Railroad from that hotel to me. Tinkerbell is quite young – probably 6 - 8 months...
on Rolling Dog Farm about
Well, he could pass for one of the characters from the bar scene in Star Wars, but this is blind Zach after his surgery to remove the large growth on his head. Our board-certified surgeon, Dr. Josie Mallinckrodt, did the...
on Carolina Mountain Dog about
Is your dog friendly towards dogs off-leash, but becomes a wild, reactive beast when restrained? Then this free help session is for you! Pet Behavior Aid presents "GRRRR! Leash Reactivity Help Session" on Saturday, June 22 from 10 AM to...
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Contributor: The peeps at The Rescue Pledge Bandit the Border Collie mix sat in a Humane Society shelter on a bright Saturday morning in 2003. At that exact moment, a couple was driving their Collie to the vet to be...
on Moira McLaughlin about
Jet by Kat Corrigan It's that time of year again. Every July Kat Corrigan paints 30 Dogs in 30 Days. Last year she honored me with a Tyler Foote portrait. And my friend Tifin's Jet (above) also made the roster....
on RichmondSPCA about
We are thrilled to announce that our amazing adoption counselors found loving homes for 35 cats and 25 dogs last week. That's 60 pets that went to new homes! Our goal is to find homes for 80 orphaned animals this...
on BlogPaws Team about
by: Carol Bryant Divorces are up, birth rates are down, families are smaller, life expectancies in general are up and guess what this means? More and more people are seeking the companionship of animals. As a society, we've become more...
on The Typepad Team about
It started with two kids and a dream (and a lot of hard work), and now Typepad is celebrating a decade of making it fun and easy for you to blog your passions and share with the world. Our bloggers...
on Natalya Zahn about
What better way to start a Saturday morning than with an early-hour woods walk! OK, truth be told, I reeeeeally wanted a few more hours of sleep today... but I had some inexplicably chipper outside influence urging the Beast and...
on Laurie Luck about
I'm working this weekend in a different city. I'm not home with my dogs. I teach for Karen Pryor Academy -- we teach people how to be professional dog trainers. Because I had to fly to St. Louis, I am...
on The Washington Humane Society about
By Sarah Kyger, WHS Foster and Adopter My boyfriend and I were surrounded by friends fostering dogs. We both always had pets growing up but hadn't settled down in one place long enough to have one of our own. We...
on Michael Markarian about
Today, the House Appropriations Committee marked up its agriculture spending bill for Fiscal Year 2014, and it included much good news for animals. Most notably, the committee approved by voice vote an amendment offered by Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., and...