Entries from Petside - Pet Blog tagged with 'Adoption'

An Animal Rescuer's Answering Machine

The U.S. slaughters 5 million healthy pets annually! Shelters are overburdened with pets needing homes. The majority of these unfortunate animals have been surrendered to shelters when owners become tired of caring for them, are bored with the novelty of...

Today is National Cat Day: Let's Celebrate

Today, October 29, is a very important and special day in the lives of cat lovers. I actually am thinking of recommending to the powers that be that this extraordinary occasion should be considered to gain the status of a...

Final Chapter in the Sticky the Cat Story

A huge number of people were moved deeply by the recent story about "Sticky the cat", the sweet young feline that was so cruelly wrapped in duct tape and then abandoned. Fortunately the conclusion of this story has a happy...

Customer Gets More than She Bargained for: A Happy Tail

Does your brand new couch squeak when you sit on it? While these couches often have a break-in period that may have accompanying whoosh or "cheeping" The story of a very special sofa is one which I can't wait to...

Aristocats Rescue Group Announces Exciting Holiday Gifts

Have you noticed that time is moving like greased lightening? It feels to me that summer has just begun and yet here we are already approaching the fall season in a matter of days. Of course fall heralds the imminent...

Exciting Petside Project: Help Homeless Pets Get Adopted!

Even if I am only "preaching to the choir," most of us all are far too aware of the thousands of pets in need of compassionate and caring human companions. These homeless animals are just waiting to be adopted into...

Noah, a Special Needs Cat, Desperately Needs a Home

I find incredibly heart-touching stories about cats while surfing the Internet. And while I usually do not write about specific special needs kitties that need homes, this morning I received an email from a friend that deeply moved me and...

Free to a Really Good Home: A Unique Adoption Strategy

According to a recent article in "The Times Leader", The Luzerne County, Pa. SPCA has launched an innovative and creative program to facilitate the adoption of cats over a year of age. From now through September 30, the shelter will...

Caboodle Ranch: An Amazing Feline Sanctuary

Caboodle "cat" Ranch is located in Ponte Vedra Beach, in St. John's County, 18 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Florida. I got to tell you that if I were a stray cat eking out a living, I would be one happy...

Laia's Journey: A Saga of Mystery and Love

There is something about that special unique bond which develops between a dog and its owner. It is often magical and can grow incredibly deep. It may even be mysterious in how it began. I encountered such a story on...

Feline Office Workers: Unique Animal Shelter Employees

The expression, "put your money where your mouth is" certainly is appropriate for what the Seattle Humane Society is doing for homeless cats! Their offices have gone to the felines! In fact, most of their administrative sites have become homes...