National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in UF Shelter Medicine Program To Increase Shelter Veterinarians Amid National Shortage
$510,000 grant will fund training program for shelter veterinarians. Gainesville, FL (January 18, 2023) – The Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine will receive a $510,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love to address the increasing shortage of shelter medicine veterinarians to assure shelter pets have access to timely and essential veterinary care. The grant will support an accelerated internship program for six veterinarians to become skilled in shelter animal care, surgery, disease...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Open Arms Challenge registration, short-term fostering for cats and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Register now for the Open Arms Challenge!Starting today, your organization can apply for the Open Arms Challenge. Twenty-three national organizations have come together to host this Challenge that’s all about opening our hearts and minds to more accessible and inclusive practices. And there’s $420,000 in grant prizes available! Registration closes on January 30. Register Now Are short-term foster programs for shelter cats beneficial or problematic?Join...
Rescue Malamute Fights Back From The Brink Of Death And Finds A Place To Call Home
When Ronan the Alaskan Malamute was brought into The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, they weren’t sure if he was going to survive. The poor pup was suffering from terrible lesions covering his body, osteoarthritis, a thyroid problem that made eating difficult, infection, and more. Photo: YouTube/The Asher House After stabilizing the dog, the shelter contacted The Asher House in Estacada, Oregonfor assistance. The Asher House rescues and rehabilitates animals that have been abused, abandoned or discarded and provides them...
How The Video Game “Stray” Is Helping Real Life Shelter Cats
Last year, a new video game hit home for a lot of gamers and cat lovers alike. Even cats loved the game inspired by their likeness. Stray was developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive and centers around a cat on the streets who is trying to return home to his family. Photo: YouTube/Annapurna Interactive The orange tabby cat somehow falls into a dystopian world of robots and carnivorous bacteria and must survive on the streets searching for his home. While the game shows the plight of a cat on the streets,...
Rescuers Stop To Move Dog’s Body From The Road And Discover He’s Still Breathing
Rescuers with the Kartavya Society were driving when they spotted the body of a dog in the road. The rescue shared on Instagram that they thought the dog had been killed by a car, but they wanted to move his body and give him a proper burial. Photo: Instagram/@kartavyasociety Cars didn’t stop and zoomed over the lifeless body until the rescuers ran in to scoop it up. Shockingly, when they got to the body, they realized that the dog wasn’t dead at all but was actually alive! The poor thing was unconscious and in serious shock, but...
Gentle Rottweiler Helps Mom Care For Tiny Kitten
Rottweilers are often stereotyped as being aggressive and dangerous, but that really couldn’t be further from the truth. While the breed can be territorial, the dogs are known to be gentle and affectionate with family. Maggie the rottweiler is the perfect example of just how gentle the breed can be. Her owner captured an adorable video of the dog carefully scooping up a kitten and caring for her. Photo: TikTok/@mree1972 In the video, which was shared on TikTok, you can see Maggie pick up the kitten in her mouth and move the little...
Couple Goes Viral After Trapping Themselves In Dog Crates
A couple in California is going viral after they trapped themselves in dog crates and managed to capture the moment on video. As you can see in the video, shared by Storyful Viral, the woman first calls her dog to enter his crate before calling her husband to do the same. Photo: YouTube/Storyful Viral The man reluctantly crawls into the second dog crate before the woman crawls into the third. After both the man and woman were secured in their dog crates, they realized they couldn’t get out by themselves! The woman couldn’t contain...
What is the Dalmatian Temperament Like?
Known exclusively for their spotted coats and depictions with firetrucks, Dalmatians are the kind of dog who gets you noticed quickly. Aside from the show-stopping black and white coat, Dalmatians have big personalities. They are intelligent, affectionate, active and protective. Dalmatians as family dogs Sara Krieger has owned Dalmatians for 11 years and has bred two litters. The dogs are a large part of her family, and they appreciate the vast space they have to run around the family farm. “Dalmatians are great family dogs and are...
Young Colt Plays A Game Of Ball With Wild Elk Outside His Pen
An adorable interaction was filmed between a young horse and a wild elk and it’s bringing joy to people around the world. According to Storyful Viral, Tamara Miller was watching her eight-month-old horse running aroundhis pen in the snowy mountains of Montana when a curious wild elk took notice of him. Photo: YouTube/Storyful Viral It wasn’t long before the elk was “playfully engaged” in a game of ball with the curious colt and participated in all the fun. Miller managed to film a sweet video of the interaction so you...
Working Sheep Dog Faces Standoff With Surveyor In The Middle Of The Road
They say to never get in the way of a working dog! That’s something a surveyor in Chile recently had to learn the hard way when he encountered a herding dog hard at work. Mati Lillo (TikTok user @mtslillo) documented the experience in a video uploaded to TikTok and explained that he was surveying in rural Chile when he noticed something in the road. Photo: TikTok/@mtslillo In the video, you can see a little pooch herding some sheep down the road, but then the dog spots Mati. It seems that Mati was about to get in the way of the sheep...
