A federal prosecutor in Michigan tried to convince a federal judge to order the euthanasia all dogs swept up in a cruelty case this past summer. The problem is, Kent County Humane Society has been housing several of the dogs for months and believes that they’re adoptable.
Maryland SPCAs Executive Director Aileen Gabbey released the following statement about the decision to give the Ed Block Courage Award to Vick today….
We’re living vicariously through Phatman and his new family this week, who are living big adventures on the road. Cindy wrote home this weekend with some highlights from their travels….
We all love the before and after stories, especially with the “snowballs chance in hell” dogs. We got to celebrate a snow storm survivor this weekend when puppy Vessa went full adoption. Here she is when we first laid eyes on her, back in August (she’s the little brown dog). She was whelped in makeshift box that doubled as a fighting pit, then shuffled to an Oklahoma shelter by HSUS reps just after the big bad multi-state arrest.
The economy has taken a terrible toll on pets and their families. As people lose their jobs and their homes, the pets often end up in shelters or abandoned.
I have several groups in my email address…
Los Angeles photographer Lori Fusaro contacted us recently and asked if she could use her photography to help our cause. I thought, “Oh how very nice,” which turned out to be a bit of an understatement once we took a look-see at her work. This girl has got it going on!
Check out her portfolio.
The winter’s been whipping up crazy weather all around the country this year. How are your fences holding up? Warm weather will arrive soon, and your dogs will be taking stock of every little change and possible escape route in their outdoor world.
An article came out about my hubby today that had (almost) nothing to do with pit bulls. Almost! We can’t get away from them completely. The sfgate piece was about what Tim calls his “real job.”
We fell hard for Phatman when we first spotted him as a dirty stray at Oakland Animal Services.
