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Home sought for stray cat that had leg removed after car acc...

Staff at a local animal medical center are trying to find a permanent home for a stray cat whose leg was amputated after he was struck by a car in West Roxbury. Workers at the MPSCA-Angell Animal Care and Adoption Center in Jamaica P [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

The dogs of war: Nonprofit finds New York City home for stra...

JUST A FEW months ago, Meena and her puppies were existing in a hole outside an American base in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was about to be sealed off for security reasons. Today, the year-old Afghan Kuchi dog is living in the lap of luxur [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

A.D.O.P.T. volunteer shares home, love, spare time with fost...

If Ernest Hemingway, American author, believed that “one cat just leads to another,” what would he say about the cat’s rival, the DOG? Hemingway is no longer available to provide the answer, but Naperville native Coll [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Dogs Rescued From Burien Basement Need New Homes, Donations

In the meantime, CARES of Burien is incurring significant unanticipated costs for boarding the dogs, which were removed from the home Oct. 6, including veterinary expenses for emergency care for four of the animals and euthanizing nine ot [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Paw Print: Silver tabby in Union needs a loving home

Momma is a young tabby cat who was abandoned in a box at the Union Township Animal Shelter. She was pregnant at the time, but her kittens didn’t survive. She is an affectionate cat who clearly had a home before being left at the sh [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Special visitor to Bromsgrove care home is top dog

A SPECIAL visitor to see residents at a Bromsgrove care home has proved to be top dog. Wayside Care Home, in New Road, welcomed Pets as Therapy dog Harvey, brought along to the care home by volunteer Rachel Jenkins on September 19. The tw [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Irene pets need new homes

There's a population of pets that are fast becoming known as "Irene Animals.”MENANDS - These are the animals who were displaced from all over the area, after their owners were flooded out of their homes. NewsChannel 13 visi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Mobile County officials place rescued dogs in foster care, p...

Eight of nine dogs rescued from poor conditions are now in foster care or have been placed in permanent homes, officials said Thursday. Mobile County animal control officials picked up nine dogs that were poorly fed and kept in wooden and [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

When Pets Outlive Owners, 'Retirement Homes' Offer Refuge

Betty Kyle knew that after she passed away her daughters did not want to care for her menagerie of four Italian greyhounds, two donkeys, a goat and horse. So the 66-year-old ponied up more than $100,000 for her animals to live out their [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Veterinarian helps homeless care for pets

For much of the past two years, on the first Tuesday of each month, veterinarian Julie Tavares has pulled into the parking lot at the St. Vincent de Paul dining hall on Southeast Seventh Street and set up shop to treat dogs and cats belo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Dogs need care and a home

AT TIMES during the floods, Wendy Hilcher's Rockhampton home resembled something from the movie Hotel for Dogs. Wendy, an RSPCA volunteer, provided refuge for up to eight canines at a time. But now the floods are over, many of the 50 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Injured stray dog gets care and a new home

Humphrey, the stray dog from East St. Louis feared lost last week, came limping out of the doctor's office Wednesday at the Mon-Clair Animal Hospital in Millstadt, wagging his tail. He no longer has his injured front left leg, but he [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Nursing Homes for Dogs: Is This Overkill?

If anything could make me rethink my decision to take my dogs with me when I go, it's this: Japan has opened the first nursing home for pets. Genius! Leave it to the Japanese to take loving your canine companions to the next lev [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Cardiff Dogs Home prepares for annual influx of abandoned Ch...

For people who work caring for abandoned animals, Christmas can be a harsh time of year, when the grim reality faced by many unwanted or abused household pets sours the usual festive cheer. I first visited Cardiff Dog's Home on a hot [...]