Shelter Animals Are Safe, Fed, and Well Cared For Thanks To Your Generous Donations
2022 was a tough year for animal shelters, but your generous donations helped them feed and care for homeless dogs and cats. Animal shelters experienced an increase in intakes and a decrease in adopters putting a strain on their already minimal budgets. You helped their dollar go farther and save even more pets. The year ended on a high note. GreaterGood set a $4 million fundraising goal for 2022 and with your donations we not only met it but surpassed it! We want to thank you for your support all year, but especially during our Greater...
New Movie Features Rescued Siberian Husky
A Siberian Husky named Caleb is the star of a new movie called The Year of the Dog about a man struggling with sobriety and his bond with an athletic rescue dog. The movie started as an independent feature film premiering at the 2022 Chelsea Film Festival in New York and in February will be released in theaters nationwide. What makes Caleb the rescue dog a hit on screen? Before landing the role of Yup’ik, Caleb bounced around from shelters to fosters homes, often labeled as too playful and energetic for adoption. It was that spunk that...
Can CBD help dogs with cancer?
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Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Shelter cat foster program study webcast, resource drive and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. How to be open to new ideas at your animal organizationWant to be more open and inclusive at your animal well-being organization, but not sure where to begin? Looking at your current policies is a great starting point. This is what Allison Cardona of the County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control and Alex Tonner, Paws for Life K9s, talk about in a huddle… Learn More January Resource Drive on Maddie’s® Pet ForumDo you have Pet Support...
Photographer Captures Close-Up Video Of Cat Lapping Up Spilled Milk
If you’ve ever watched a cat lap up some milk, you know just how entertaining it can be. The way they use their tongues is so fascinating but it can be hard to really see what’s going on in real time. Thankfully, a cat photographer based in Germany managed to film a close-up video of his cat lapping up some spilled milk and the result is incredible. Photo: TikTok/@furryfritz You see, “Catographer” Nils Jacobi of Furry Fritz didn’t just film the cat straight on, he angled his camera under a sheet of glass that the...
Frontier Is Giving Away Free Flights For People Who Adopt These Kittens
Frontier Airlines is offering free flight vouchers up to $1,000 for people willing to adopt one of three special rescue kittens. The airline shared on Facebook that the three kittens were taken in by the Las Vegas Animal Foundation and will soon be looking for new homes. The stray rescue kittens were given the names Spirit, Delta, and Frontier. Frontier wrote in its Facebook post: “We were so delighted and honored to have a kitten named after us we decided to give away flight vouchers to whoever adopts the kittens.” According to...
Man Can’t Believe His Eyes! A Deer is Enjoying a Swim in the Ocean
“I was super curious about it, so I ran to try and catch up,” Gerry Baker told The Dodo. It looks huge and Baker was wondering what kind of creature it was which appeared to be having fun with the waves. To Baker’s astonishment, the animal was a deer! first “You could tell he was having a good time. There were moments where it looked like he was intentionally crashing into or even trying to ride the waves. I kind of got the sense that he had done it before because he had gotten out of the water so easily,” said...
Skin Cells from a Dead Sumatran Rhino: Key to the Survival of this Critically-Endangered Species
“Even though our work is attempting to make the seemingly impossible possible – i.e., to ensure the survival of animals that would otherwise probably disappear from our planet – it must remain an exception and not become the rule. Despite all the buzz around what we are doing in the lab, this can at best make a small contribution to saving these rhinos from extinction. The protection and conservation of the animals’ few remaining habitats is at least equally important,” said Dr. Vera Zywitza, a stem cell...
Dog Breaks World Record For Jumping Rope On His Hind Legs
A dog named Balu recently broke the world record for the most skips by a dog on the hind legs in 30 seconds! Balu performed the jump roping alongside his owner, Wolfgang Lauenburger. They trained diligently before attempting the record and their hard work really paid off! Photo: Instagram/@guinnessworldrecords According to the Guinness World Records, Balu and Wolfgang live in Stuckenbrock, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and “trained very hard to achieve this title.” The organization shared a video of the impressive feat on...
Dad Cries Tears Of Joy When He Realizes He Can Adopt His Foster Dog
Fostering rescue animals is a tough but rewarding job. It’s so important to offer these animals a temporary place between rescue and forever home – it allows more animals to be saved and is really such a critical part of the rescue process. However, it’s also exhausting. Not only do you have to put in a lot of effort to care for each foster dog as your own, but you also have to say goodbye at some point. It can be heartbreaking. Photo: YOuTube/We Love Animals Doug and Michelle know the realities of fostering all too well....
