CYNTHIANA, KY -- More than a dozen cats and dogs, along with bags of food, are missing from a north-central Kentucky animal shelter. WKYT-TV reports that someone broke into the Harrison County animal shelter on Sunday, and then sorted through the cats and dogs to take the ones they wanted. Shelter employee Allen Fryman told the station that six black cats and three other cats, along ...
Each year in the United States, millions of dogs are killed due to the overpopulation crisis of companion animals (www.petpopulation.org). According to the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy, approximately six to eight million dogs (and cats) enter animal shelters, and about three-and-half million dogs (and cats) are euthanatized each year (www.petpopulation.org). These figures illustrate a heartbreaking reality for millions of companion animals ...
Greetings All! This is my first blog, and I would like to introduce and share a little about myself. I recently relocated to Silver Spring from Los Angeles, where I was the happy mom of two shelter pups, Kiki, a min-pin, and Komet, a Lab mix. Well, actually, the two were not puppies. Kiki and Komet were both approximately six-years old. Unfortunately, due to my marriage separation and ...
The main reason for animal abuse and/or neglect is born of ignorance. Pet owners get a pet or 10, and do not realize how much work and money is involved in caring for them. They may not be able to afford food, or simply forget to feed them. Although this sounds like something no loving pet owner would ever do, it happens more than we ...
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