Dog Rescued Two Weeks After Falling Into 30-Foot-Deep Cave

A dog in Indiana was rescued and reunited with its owner after falling into a 30-foot-deep cave and spending two weeks there. Recreational repellers at the Dewey Hickman Nature Preserve happened to notice an animal at the bottom of a cave and got closer to investigate. What they found was a half-starved black and white dog trapped at the bottom! Thankfully, they had the gear to repel the 30 feet down and help the poor dog. Once they got to the bottom, they were able to reach the dog and safely get him out of the deep cave....

    Posted On: Oct 8, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

Last Chance to keep APA! in the Heart of Austin

Oct 07, 2021 Today is the last day for our City Council to decide if the work we do for the City of Austin, keeping it a No Kill city by taking all animals who would be euthanized at the Austin Animal Center, is worth the use of one acre of land at Town Lake Animal Center. We believe No Kill needs to be front and center in Austin. We believe APA! should be kept in the heart of Austin, showing every other city in our nation that eliminating the killing of pets in our shelter is important to our city, our city council, and to every Austinite....

    Posted On: Oct 7, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

Join Allison Cardona for the next Maddie’s Candid Conversation

Join us for an open, informal 30-minute conversation and Q+A with Allison Cardona, Deputy Director of Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control. In this discussion with Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith, Allison speaks of overcoming her own experiences with systemic bias and what she sees as initial steps we can take to widen diversity, equity and inclusion in our field while strengthening the human-animal bond. Allison oversees two full-service animal care centers, a communications center, adoptions,...

    Posted On: Oct 7, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

150 Exotic Animals Are Rescued From ‘Shop Of Horrors’

150 exotic animals were suffering in a large-scale severe neglect situation at a local pet store in what authorities are calling a “shop of horrors.” The Humane Society of the United States has been working alongside the Burnside Police Department to rescue these poor animals from Tim’s Reptiles and Exotics in Kentucky. Photo: YouTube/The Humane Society of the United States When local authorities showed up with a search and seizure warrant, they found dozens of snakes, lizards, turtles, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters,...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

We Need Government Animal Services That Work

Oct 06, 2021 There is one day left before we know whether the city council has taken action on our APA! Resolution by adding it to the next city council meeting agenda. What keeps rising to the top of criticism of our resolution from council offices is that they don’t understand why Austin Pets Alive! should be allowed to help communities outside of the greater Austin metro area. They see and hear about animals having long lengths of stay at Austin Animal Center(AAC) and the kennels being overcrowded there. Some believe that Austin Pets...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

Alaskan Park Announces Winner Of This Year’s Fat Bear Week Contest

Every year, Katmai National Park invites voters to celebrate gleefully gluttonous bears by voting on its biggest grizzlies during Fat Bear Week. Now the park has announced this year’s winner, Otis, a 25-year-old bear and four-time Fat Bear Week champion who also won the park’s inaugural competition in 2014. Photo: Twitter/ Katmai National Park Otis won Fat Bear Week 2021 with 51,230 votes, according to the park, which announced the fat bear’s triumph on Twitter. Otis, who regained Katmai’s most coveted title from last...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

Idaho Police Officer Helps Rescue Owl Trapped In Plastic On Busy Highway

There are over a dozen owl species that call Idaho home, including the Great Horned Owl. The raptors are easy to identify with their long tufts of feathers that resemble ears. They are commonly seen across the state, but rarely on the median of a busy highway. Idaho State Police (ISP) received multiple calls from concerned commuters on I-84 in Nampa about a Great Horned Owl trapped in plastic. Dispatchers called wildlife rescue, Animals in Distress, for help and sent Sgt. Brandalyn Crapo to the scene. “Traffic is very heavy on that...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

ArtemiPet™ harnesses the power of an ancient herb to boost canine immunity  

Submission Guidelines Thank you for your interest in writing for Animal Wellness. As the #1 natural health magazine for pets in North America, we take pride in providing our readers with the information they need to make wise health care choices for their animal companions. Our publication embraces the entire holistic spectrum, from physical health issues to the emotional and spiritual well being of our animals. We welcome unsolicited articles and story outlines as long as they focus on holistic healing, whether physical, emotional or...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: Dog Information InformationView Details

After Barn Owner Threatens to Throw Stray Kittens Into the River, Employee Saves Them

This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I was working at a barn where someone had dropped off a very teeny and very pregnant cat. She was super sweet but disappeared almost as quickly as she had been dropped off, so we assumed she was somewhere giving birth and hiding her kittens. For a few weeks we would see her off and on, slinking around the barn but never giving up a clue to where the kittens were. KITTENS. PHOTO: ADOBE...

    Posted On: Oct 6, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details

Terrified Dog Tied To Railroad Tracks and Left to Die In South Carolina

Dan Winkleman was walking down his driveway when he heard a dog barking in the forest behind his house. But these weren’t the carefree barks of a happy pup playing in the woods. As the barks grew more frantic, the South Carolina man began to wonder if something was wrong. “But this dog, it sounded like you know when a dog frantically barks?’ Dan Winkelman told WBTW News 13. “And it was. I heard it and it was coming from an area where there isn’t a house. Where it’s just woods.” Photo: Pixabay...

    Posted On: Oct 5, 2021 | Category: ArticlesView Details