Across Southern California, the 5.4 earthquake rattled furry nerves and ruffled feathers–literally.
“My birds felt it first,” reported one reader. “They were all fluffy and upset a few seconds before it happened.”
In Chino Hills, the epicenter of the quake, Alissa Sissung’s 10-year-old daughter, Delaney, was spending the day at a horse camp not far from her [...]
The battle between animal activists and the Puerto Rican government over the treatment of pets and the apparent lack of shelters is intensifying again.
This time the fight is delaying the long-awaited reopening of an animal shelter along the island’s northern coast, a government official said Saturday.
Activists say the government will try to run the US$200,000 shelter like [...]
An Arkansas mayor who ordered 10 Humane Society dogs let loose in a national forest is wanted on animal cruelty charges after a special judge issued an arrest warrant.
The warrant was issued Friday for Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley. Circuit Judge David Henry found reasonable cause to arrest him over accusations that he obstructed the [...]
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The nearly 2-year-old black lab escaped from home and bit a woman.
But Junior’s punishment wasn’t supposed to be a death sentence.
Genesee County Animal Control officials have apologized to Anette Hetzer for accidentally euthanizing her dog last week. The dog had been quarantined at the county’s animal shelter to observe for signs of rabies after escaping [...]
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If you’re 60 or older, you can adopt a dog or cat from the Canyon County Animal Shelter for just $5, whether you live in the county or not.
County commissioners voted unanimously Monday morning to put the price cut into effect immediately. Adoptions normally cost $45 per cat or $77.50 per dog.
The move aims to [...]
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The animal shelters hit hardest by recent flooding in Iowa received emergency grants to help provide shelter and care for the hundreds of cats and dogs displaced or rescued from the flood waters.
The American Humane Association issued $12,500 in emergency funds to several Iowa animal shelters. The money will help these agencies by bringing [...]
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Members of the Washington Animal Rescue League helped rescue pets left homeless by flooding in Iowa and brought them back to D.C. for adoption.
Nineteen cats and nine dogs were brought to the northwest Washington shelter from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Some were being housed at a shelter before the flooding began, and others were given up by [...]
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Chewie, the tough and nimble pit bull kept for over a year at the county’s animal shelter as evidence in a felony dogfighting trial, got a brief taste of freedom Sunday night.
But it wasn’t the kind that animal welfare advocates, who have been trying to find sanctuaries for Chewie and seven other battle-scarred dogs dubbed [...]
The Humane Society of Hall County was forced to euthanize most of the animals in its shelter Thursday in order to control an outbreak of respiratory disease.
Humane society president Rick Aiken said the illness was a contagious but typically non-fatal virus similar to kennel cough, or bordatella. Ironically, the society recently received a grant to [...]
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Animal Control workers weren’t sure what to do when someone dropped off a baby squirrel at the shelter about four weeks ago.
At the same time, they were concerned about a mother cat who seemed down over the recent loss of her kitten.
Then it hit them: What if they put the squirrel and cat together?
To this [...]
