“I have the longest ears and the biggest heart of any dog you will ever meet!” read the description of a pet up for adoption on the website for an animal shelter in Nashua, N.H. “I am an older girl, but I still have a lot of spunk left.” The description wasn’t accompanied by a photo, READ MORE…
Stevie’s generosity sparked national attention. The ASPCA has named Stevie the ASPCA’s 2011 Tommy P. Monahan “Kid of the Year”. Stevie joined six other extraordinary people and pets at the Humane Awards in New York City in November 2011. Stevie knew that the national attention that he was receiving was an excellent opportunity to continue READ MORE…
Hurricane Sandy has already cost more than $1 billion in damages across the eastern seaboard, with families along the coast being displaced from their homes due to massive storm surges and high winds. In the aftermath of the storm, there has been a massive outpouring of support and volunteers who have gone to these stricken READ MORE…
If your young children have been begging you to adopt a dog into the family this coming holiday season, you may have just found a new impetus. New Jersey’s Newark Advocate recently ran a story about a group of dogs helping out kids in an usual way. Known as Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READs), these READ MORE…
A quick Google search of black cats and Halloween is sure to usher up a web browser full of superstition, myth and eerie tales. Bearers of bad luck, familiars to witches, cursed and creepy, black cats have gotten a bit of a bad reputation in the Western world. But rather than a black cat crossing READ MORE…
Chances are you’ve stumbled across a Lab or Retriever on the train during your morning commute. These dogs are always calm, collected and quiet as they watch the aisles, helping their owner navigate safely. When one’s own experiences with dogs are rambunctious and playful, it’s a shock to see an animal acting like – well READ MORE…
We all know that dogs are man’s best friend, but sometimes it’s hard to remember that the bond goes two ways. Steve Gustafson, a 66-year-old grandfather from Florida, was trimming trees in his yard when he heard a familiar and frightening yelp. He looked up to see a 7-foot alligator trying to drag Bounce, Gustafson’s READ MORE…
Many presidents have had dogs. We’re all well acquainted with the Obamas’ lovable Portuguese Water Dog, Bo, but what about the other animals and pets, like John Quincy Adams’ silkworms or Theodore Roosevelt’s and John F. Kennedy’s veritable menagerie of animals? (Imagine Josiah, Teddy Roosevelt’s official First Badger!) Most importantly, what about all those First READ MORE…
Stowaways are a popular trope of nautical tales and adventure fiction. Sometimes they’re swashbuckling pirates, other times they’re children yearning for excitement and foreign travel. Rarely are they as cute as a 3-month-old kitten. But an adorable, starving and malnourished kitten is exactly what a Compton-area dock and cargo crew found inside of a container READ MORE…
Cats are known for some pretty amazing feats of endurance or simply beating the odds, but in the case of the three-year-old cat Wollie, it was all about making it back to a great situation. According to the New York Daily News, Bedford, New Hampshire, resident Barbara Oliphant began caring for a black neighborhood cat READ MORE…
