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10 Things to Consider to Help Find Lost Pets

The feelings associated with losing a pet are perhaps some of the worst feelings that any pet owner can have. The grief, guilt, general uncertainty...

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News & Blogs

Op Ed: Healthy Three-Week-old Kitten Euthanized, a Tragic Mistake

This is the story about a healthy three-week-old kitten whose life was ended prematurely, for no apparent reason, at the hands of the American...

Feral Kittens

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Animal Cruelty in New York: 8 Feral Kittens Killed

Animal cruelty authorities are seeking swift arrest of a perpetrator for the murder and abuse of eight feral kittens. The reward for information...

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The Monster Milers: Volunteers Run with Shelter Dogs

Even at the best animal shelters, dogs spend most of their time cooped up in small rooms or cages, with little to no exercise. After seeing this...

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Before You Adopt a Pet...

Maybe you've just got the puppy itch, or maybe a pair of sad puppy dog eyes has already stolen…

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Pet Shops Get with the Program

Pet stores that sell puppy mill pooches have long been under fire by animal advocates. Now some…

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Help The Great Ape

When I read the email from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, (PCRM), I was…

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Caboodle Ranch, Part 2

Last March Petside featured part one of the story of how Caboodle Ranch, a no kill cat sanctuary…

Chinese Dogs Rescued from Butcher

Chinese Dogs not Butchered

In the past year at least nine truckloads of dogs headed to butchers in central China have been…

To the Arctic

The Mothers of ‘To the Arctic’

The expanse of ice floes in Greg and Shawn MacGillivray’s IMAX documentary “To the Arctic” is so…

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Pet Adoption is Tough

My husband and I decided to wait until our first wedding anniversary to discuss expanding our…

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Rescues Help Heal Each Other

Any owner of multiple dogs knows the apprehension in acclimating two dogs to each other. It is…

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Leo DiCaprio: Protect Big Cats

In the wake of the Zanesville, Ohio tragedy in which 49 exotic animals killed after they were let…

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Lucky Diamond: One Lucky Dog

In 1999, Wendy Diamond, a media personality who was making a name for herself as an advocate for…

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Patriot Paws Helps Veterans

Lori Stevens discovered her life’s work in 2006 with the help of her black Lab, Beau. A dog…

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Therapy Dog Reading Program

Reading Dogs Make Magic

Reading to dogs, possibly more than any other type of pet therapy, is powerful. At first glance,…

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Rescued Filly Races at Track

While Notinrwildestdremz was scheduled to enter her maiden race on Sunday, April 22 at…