When Planning for the Fourth Remember Fido and Tabby
While Fourth of July partygoers may love the thrill and spectacle of a sky blazing with fireworks displays, animal experts advise that the sights and sounds may be too much to experience for family pets. To ensure a safe Fourth of July celebration for your treasured best friends, North Shore Animal League America, the world's largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, offers these important guidelines:
Four-legged Frieds or Disposable Items? - Does Human Cruelty Know No Bounds
We all understand that living through a recession is not easy, but since when did pets become disposable items to be tossed aside as soon as things start to get a bit tough? Does human cruelty know no bounds? While it might be marginally easier to forgive those who put their pets up for adoption at local animal shelters and rescue centers, the people who are wantonly leaving animals to die a lingering death of starvation and thirst in deserted houses, quite frankly deserve the wrath of the nation…and more.
Anwo.com Animal World Celebrates 10 years of E-commerce
Featuring a unique line of animal and pet lover theme gifts Anwo.com Animal World celebrates 10 years of E-commerce
Pet Sitting, what does it involve?
Pet sitting for particular folks is a good employment, for others it would be utterly inappropriate. A first-rate pet sitter must love animals, all animals. It is not just a requirement, it should be a natural love. Whether it is a cat, dog or an animal which some persons may have a thing about about. Typical animal issues for potential pet sitters are scorpions, spiders, reptiles and snakes. Luckily these animals need minimal and infrequent care but, as a pet sitter, you will still need to give food to and water them. Every now and then the owner may require the pet sitter to give to eat tiny live animals to the pet. In my experience other animals which cause possible problems for pet sitters include rats, “I dislike the scaly tail”, o...
Martin Motorsports and Diane's Team Up to Raffle Triumph Thruxton Motorcycle for Pet Rescue Group
now's your chance -- and for a good cause. A Shelter Friend, Inc., a nonprofit organization, is offering chances to win a 2009 Triumph Thruxton motorcycle, valued at more than $8,500, to raise money for their animal rescue efforts. The motorcycle was donated by Boyertown's Martin Motorsports and will be raffled on September 5th with the help of Pottstown's Diane's Discount Pet Supplies & Adoption Center, which places animals the group rescues.
IFAW Animal Rescue Underway in Quake-Ravaged Italy
The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on April 6 has reportedly killed 294 people and left approximately 40,000 people homeless and living in tent cities in the Abruzzo Region. Hundreds of animals perished as buildings, houses, and barns collapsed. Many human and animal survivors are struggling to get by, injured and still in shock from the devastation all around. More than 2,000 cats and dogs are estimated to have been left homeless by the quake - the country's worst in three decades. Animal rescue teams from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) are working with Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" (IZS) to provide veterinary care, food, and m ...