Search Results for 'Shelter'

SNAPSHOT: Pets taken into shelter from Fukushima no-entry zo...

About 180 pet dogs and cats were sheltered at a facility in the city of Fukushima as of the end of March after they were rescued from no-entry zones near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and surrounding areas. The [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Shelter staff say rabbit gifts are not always welcome

If you're thinking about getting a rabbit for Easter, animal advocates in the region are urging you to think again about how a rabbit will fit into your home. "Most people have no idea about rabbit care and what's involved,&q [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Humane Society for Shelter Pets Introduces Grant Program for...

The Humane Society for Shelter Pets launched a grant program to help dog and cat shelters reduce their overhead costs through a series of free services, the organization reported today. Through the Assistance Grants Program, the HSSP will [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

New Jersey pets: Family fun on Oct. 16 and pet discounts hel...

Noha's Ark Animal Welfare Association is aiming to get more people to adopt a shelter dog this month, and also to raise at least $25,000 with family fun this Sunday that will help safely shelter homeless pets. Dogs of more fortunate [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month in Pima County: Cat, do...

Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) has more than 200 dogs and cats available for adoption and it is offering the animals at a discount. The agency is celebrating Adopt A Shelter Dog Month by extending its Half-Price Adoption Specials for dogs [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

10 Compelling Reasons to Add a Shelter Dog to Your Life

October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month. If you haven’t already experienced the joy of dog adoption, there’s no time like the present to save a K9 life, and upgrade your own in the process. I should know: I’ve been adopt [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Shelters struggle to care for dogs and cats in peak months

We thought it might be funny to have a “Vacancy/No Vacancy” neon sign that we could hang out front, letting people know our status of cage availability for new animals coming to the shelter. We wondered if it would make a diff [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Shelters' killing of dogs will end, experts assert

For Nathan Winograd, ending the large-scale killing of dogs and cats in our nation's animal shelters is not a matter of "if" but "when."An author and executive director of the national No Kill Advocacy Center, Mr. [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Probe launched into missing pets at L.A. animal shelter

In the latest investigation involving a Los Angeles city agency, officials have launched a probe into the disappearance of nearly 40 dogs, cats and other animals from a Lincoln Heights shelter. Brenda Barnette, general manager of the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Did South Carolina Animal Shelter Shoot Dogs?

The Chesterfield County, South Carolina animal shelter has been shut down and its four animal control officers have been placed on leave, after allegations emerged that they may have shot dogs to death and dumped them in a landfill.WSOC- [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Christchurch earthquake: Pets find shelter as owners leave t...

The Canterbury SPCA has taken in more than 150 pets from people displaced by the earthquake and has promised to care for them until they can be taken back. Manager Geoff Sutton said the SPCA had given a commitment to those owners that it [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Public rallies to help rescued dogs at Mat-Su shelter

Pet lovers donated $6,000 as of Wednesday afternoon to a fund created to care for scores of skinny huskies at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough animal shelter, organizers said. Troopers seized the dogs from a breeder in the Montana Cree [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Nutri-Health Supplements Launches a Shelter Animal Friendshi...

Nutri-Health Supplements, purveyor of fine nutritional supplements since 1987, has recently developed a new pet supplement line, Nutri-Health for Pets, featuring a pet probiotic supplement and other pet health blends, as well as a commit [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Grant County Animal Shelter looking for homes for dogs and c...

An animal shelter in Walton, Ky., is holding an adoption event on November 13, 2010 in order to make room for new animals. The Grant County Animal Shelter said that they are currently housing over 75 dogs, but they only have 60 kennels. [...]