Blog Entries ( Animal Shelter )

Max the Shelter Dog Helps Teach Animal Welfare

September 20th, 2011
Posted by Kelli Perez | Posted in books, Stories

With the awareness and crackdown on illegal dog fighting, education about the horrendous act is now being taught in schools. Humane education and compassion for animals curriculum is about awareness of how dogs are treated in dog fights and that it is illegal. Also, kids learn about the overpopulated animal shelters and what happens to many of the dogs that go without being adopted. Max, the Shelter ...

Francis the Puppy Wins Money For Animal Shelter

August 23rd, 2011
Posted by David Rosenblatt | Posted in Videos

Francis the Miracle Puppy won enough votes from a photo contest to help raise money for CARA Animal Shelter, the shelter that saved his life. Congratulations Francis!

See the video and read the story about Francis The Miracle Puppy and the amazing canine story of a puppy found in a coma and miraculously recovered to a healthy, happy dog.
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Francis The Miracle Puppy

August 21st, 2011
Posted by Patsy | Posted in Dog Rescues, Personal Stories

On a freezing February night in Mississippi, a couple driving along stopped when they saw a box that looked like it was left carelessly on the side of the road. When they picked up the box and peered inside, they saw a puppy that appeared not to be breathing. At first, they thought he was dead, but as they looked ...

Pitbull Book Raises Money for Best Friends Animal Society

August 18th, 2011
Posted by Kelli Perez | Posted in Awareness, books

The Pitbull is the star of this book by Jamie Hopf. Twelve Pitbull Terriers and the people who rescued them are featured in Loveabulls. This is not a book trying to dispel the myths about Pitbulls or tell the story of the tragic lives they lived before they were rescued. It is a book filled with pictures of these lovely creatures. Hopf ...

Patches the Dog: Singing Saves Death Row Canine

July 22nd, 2011
Posted by Michelle Cooper. | Posted in News, Success Stories

A trilling terrier saved himself from death row -- by singing "Happy Birthday," The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Poor old Patches' elderly master passed away and, in the confusion that followed, the 17-year-old ended up in a pound in the state of Victoria. As relatives desperately tried to find him, it seemed the search for the dog, who used to howl ...