We think you're near Los Angeles

Currently in Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Current temperature: 58°F: Current condition: Clear See Extended Forecast

National animal rescue

Tall, handsome, and hungry dog at gas station needs help (opinion)

  • Greek street dog
  • May 23, 2012
(Please see previous post about the street dogs of Greece)Many of us spend a significant portion of our lives feeling sorry for ourselves. From now...
Read more

Website runs contest for favorite shelter, fails to follow through with prize

I Wuv Dogs has a website, and a popularFacebook fan page with over 23,000 followers.On April 20, I Wuv Dogs announced that they had hit their goal...
Read more

Street dogs lost in the shadows of Greece, ancient land of dreams

(Please see previous article about Kyllini and Diamandi.)The sun’s glare off the sea hit my eyes, making me realize how hot the day had...
Read more

Mange-infested, abandoned dog on streets of Greek port needs help

When I first saw him he was trotting behind two backpackers who had just stepped off a ferry boat in Kyllini, a small port town in western Greece....
Read more

Ed Turner & Number 9 raise $14,000 for their local Humane Society

Dog guardian and music lover Ed Turner is no stranger to his local no-kill shelter. The CSRA Humane Society in Augusta, Ga., is a regular...
Read more

Oops! I did it again – fell for another Greek dog (opinion)

A timid dog watched me approach our front gate. I had just returned to our house on the island of Kefalonia after successfully sending another...
Read more

Stump Creek neighbors rescue 16 purebred dogs found abandoned in local woods

Mother's Day weekend has been a labor of love for some kind residents of Stump Creek, Pennsylvania as 16 abandoned purebred dogs wandering in...
Read more

A Mother’s Day tribute to the ladies of animal rescue (opinion)

It’s a fact of life that women do a lot of the heavy lifting in the world of animal welfare, especially in the rescue and fostering of...
Read more

Pregnant and on the street is no way for a dog to spend Mother’s Day (opinion)

First the facts:She was pregnant.She was abandoned. Not once, but twice. By two different men.She was suspicious of people. (What a surprise.)She...
Read more

'City Chickens' by Christine Heppermann is a fabulous story of love in the city

The first thing one notices about 'City Chickens' by Christine Heppermann is the plethora of beautiful photographs that grace the cover and...
Read more

Pages