Rouge National Urban Park Officials Ask for the Public’s Help with Abandoned Animals
We hear about it more frequently as each day passes: pet owners dumping their pets in parks and at airports. What they’re thinking is anyone’s guess, but the desperation levels for these people must be off the charts to resort to such moves. It’s gotten so bad in Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park that officials there are asking the public to please surrender unwanted pets through humane channels and not release them into the park or other natural areas. Photo: Pixabay/balouriarajesh Animal Surrender “The release...
National Pet Dental Health Month: Oral health tips and tricks!
It’s that time of year again: National Pet Dental Health Month. The purpose of this incredibly important month is to serve as a reminder to take your pet to your veterinarian to get a checkup on your pet’s dental health. Why is it critical to do this? Dental disease is a HUGE driver of overall health. Here’s a little bit of information about it: 1. Dental disease can steal years off of your pet’s life and decrease the quality of their life. 2. Cats, small, and raw-fed dogs don’t usually drink enough water, which...
Sous Vide for Dogs and Cats
Gently cooked food made using the sous vide method is a healthy option for dogs and cats. And it’s growing in popularity. Dog and cat parents have more choices than ever before when it comes to deciding what to feed their animal companions. One of the newer dietary options on the pet food market is sous vide, a method that involves gently cooking the food. It offers the convenience of prepared foods with some of the benefits of raw diets. What Is Gently Cooked Food? When you gently cook food, you heat it only to the temperature required...
Animal Care Expo is coming in April!
The Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo 2023 will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 3-6! The annual conference will have nearly 100 sessions, with a select number being live-streamed this year. If you’re making the trip to Louisiana this year, you won’t want to miss the following sessions, sponsored by Maddie’s Fund. Additionally, Maddie’s Fund® will be sponsoring this year’s Marketing & Fundraising track. On Monday, April 3 at 3:30PM, Dr. Jyothi Robertson will be giving the keynote...
Viking Invaders Brought Dogs with them from Scandinavia
Vikings were known to be fierce and vicious marauders during the 8th and 9th centuries when they regularly invaded Britain and plundered their way across the sparsely populated landscape. In movies, we are often treated to scenes of these forays into parts unknown, featuring their famous longboats sailing to distant shores in search of treasure, lands to farm, and slaves to work them. What we never see are their dogs or horses. Now, a recent discovery at a crematorium site located in present-day Derbyshire points conclusively to the inclusion...
Nine-Month-Old Ozark is OBSESSED with Crinkle Toys
Meet 9-month-old Ozark! First, it should be known that he is not a real cat. He is, in fact, a teddy bear that purrs and sleeps all the time pretending to be a cat. He loves to snuggle right up next to your face and to be held just like a baby — especially for naps. He will even rub his face on yours out of love. He isn’t super playful, but when he is, it’s a short buzz around the room with a crinkle toy. Always a crinkle ball toy . . . he is OBSESSED with them! Photo: SACatRescue Adoptable Felines Ozark prefers to be an...
“Water Baby” In Shelter for Nearly a Year Needs Forever Home to Swim and Zoom Around In
If you got in on that whole Pokemon craze years ago, then you know all about Vulpix. And if you didn’t get in on that whole thing, good for you for resisting! According to the shockingly extensive “Bulbapedia” page dedicated to this little critter, Vulpix is a small canine Pokemon with a red-brown pelt. Well, this Vulpix is also a canine with a red-brown pelt, but that’s about where the similarities end. This Vulpix is not nearly as elusive. In fact, she’s downright eager to get caught and taken to a loving home!...
Cold Weather Emergency Needs
Feb 01, 2023 A dangerous wintery mix has hit Central Texas this week. With some of our animal enclosures exposed to the elements, temperatures this low severely strain our facility so we must get our Town Lake Animal Center shelter pets in warm homes TODAY. We’re calling on our community members for help needed NOW: 1. Foster homes for cold shelter animals We need our animals, especially our dogs, out now until Friday. To help complete the form. 2. Other help for shelters we support Many neighboring cities’ animals are also at...
Here’s How Your Shelter Can Get Help With Basically Anything, for Free
We are so excited to highlight more of the Human Animal Support Services team this year, including who they are, what they do, and how their work can help you save lives and keep people and pets together! For this very first installment, we’re speaking with National Shelter Support Director Jordana Moerbe—whose role is to work with any shelter in the country to “help them figure out what they need and how we help them.” Jordana with a dog who was in the kennel area of a shelter, where dogs weren’t...
Rescue Pups Misha and Masha Had 3 Hidden Neighbors! More to the Story…
Not long ago, we brought you a rescue story from Ukraine about two absolutely adorable puppies that were given the names Misha and Masha by their rescuers @lovefurryfriends. The rescue group provided a follow-up story recently concerning the pair and their concern that there could be other members of the litter out there still. Their hunch proved generally correct, and they soon discovered three more pups living in a hole they’d dug not far from where Misha and Masha were found. Photo: YouTube/@lovefurryfriends Rescue Animals The three...
