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Be Kind to Animals Week
ThoughtsFurPaws | May 5th 2008 by jaime
This week, May 4-10 is the American Humane Association’s Be Kind to Animals Week! The group created this celebratory week in 1915 to celebrate the unique bond between humans and animals. Though we all love our fur-babies, there are some specia read more
PETS IN THE NEWS - Dog and Sheep Unlikely Pair
Polka Dot Pup | April 22nd 2008 by Rebecca Plummer
They say opposites attract! This unlikely duo have been hitting headlines all around town and I just can't get enough.Maggie the dog and Daisy the sheep took their relationship on the road and were spotted wandering near a freeway off-ramp in Granada read more
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
ThoughtsFurPaws | April 14th 2008 by jaime
Did you know that April is designated Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)? The month is designated to increasing awareness and prevention of cruelty to all types of animals. read more
Sign Petition Against Amish Puppy Millers: Boycott Amish Goods
ThoughtsFurPaws | April 10th 2008 by jaime
PLEASE CROSS POST! This is perhaps one of the most important petitions we can all sign. It calls for a boycott of all Amish products until they stop their inhumane and disturbing practices of running puppy mills. Thanks so much to Dogster’s Fo read more
It’s ASPCA Day Today!
ThoughtsFurPaws | April 10th 2008 by jaime
Everyone gather your orange gear together for ASPCA Day today! The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals encourages everyone to wear its signature color, orange, to celebrate its 142nd anniversary. From the ASPCA Groups website read more
Update: Take Action on Beijing Cat Culling
ThoughtsFurPaws | April 9th 2008 by jaime
I posted in March about the horrible cat cullings taking place in Beijing to “clean up” the city before the Olympics this summer. If you don’t recall, China is inhumanely killing the city’s cats (whom they allege have SARS) by read more
Seven Things You Can Do to Stop Puppy Mills
ThoughtsFurPaws | April 7th 2008 by jaime
I received this email from Wayne Pacelle, author of A Humane Nation (the United States Humane Society (USHS) blog) and CEO of the USHS. Wayne distributed this informative email after Oprah Winfrey last week featured an expose on the horrible puppy read more
United States Marine Corp. Responds to Deplorable Puppy Video
ThoughtsFurPaws | March 27th 2008 by jaime
The United States Marine Corp last week issued a press release in response to an ASPCA request to release findings of an investigation into a video of a marine flinging a puppy off of a cliff. I refuse to post the video here but you can watch the h read more
Pink Yorkies and purple pugs?
Washington Humane Society Blog | September 17th 2007 by Washington Humane Society
Saw this on ABC News Video. Styles, a Broomall, PA groomer, offers highlights and hair coloring for dogs. According to owners Vic and Kimmie, the vegetable dyes they use are puppy-safe, and clients enjoy the extra attention they attract. Still,... read more
PAWblo PAWcassos from the Eastern Shore
Washington Humane Society Blog | September 17th 2007 by Washington Humane Society
Via the Bark Blog: forget coloring your dog; it's way cooler to hand him the paint brush! Mary Stadelbacher recently raised $1,709 for the Salisbury Zoo by auctioning one of her painting dogs' works. Mary and Major, a super handsome... read more
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