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Rescue Story: So a Cat Walks Into a Meeting…

It’s not a joke, Henry really did walk into a meeting I was attending and proceeded to get himself rescued and subsequently adopted. On a mild and misty spring evening, May 8, 2008 to be exact, I met with the board of a community conservation organization to review the illustrations

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Cats for Adoption: Mimi Says, “For Mother’s Day, Spay Your Cat.”

Mimi waited until today to give her annual Mother’s Day address along with our weekly post about cats for adoption, featuring several homeless rescued kittens…if all cats were spayed before reproducing, there would be no homeless kittens to post. This is Mimi’s wish as a mother of 24 kittens. Much

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Two Low-cost Spay/Neuter and Veterinary Clinics May 26

Two clinic opportunities are available for both pet owners and those managing feral cat colonies on Sunday, May 26, 2013. . . . . . . . Animal Nature in Regent Square will host Dr. Becky Morrow with her mobile van to offer spay/neuter, vaccinations and veterinary care to cats,

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Helping Stevie With Art, Feeding Kittens and a Happy Ending

A sweet boy who was twice neglected, abused and thrown out in the street to fend for himself though he technically had an “owner”, rescued cat Stevie found himself in need of emergency care. Luckily for Stevie, a neighbor contacted the rescue group about him because he was just walking

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Cats for Adoption: Wishing Luck for 11-year-old Lucky

We often hear about older people who, because of health or a change in living situation, need to give up their kitty. Unfortunately, we often don’t hear about their need until it’s nearly too late, but Lucky’s human can see her own health failing from Parkinson’s Disease.  She knows she

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The Perfect Dog For An Autistic Child

Published on April 28, 2013 in animal welfare, dog

I had the opportunity to interview Susan and Jim Wagner of Perfect Fit Canines for a feature article in Pittsburgh PetConnections Magazine. The organization is a non-profit that gives puppies training as service dogs plus specialized testing to accompany an autistic child. While service dogs can be trained to perform

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Adopted: Puddin Steps into Another Heart

Yesterday I featured Puddin in my Monday “cat for adoption” post not knowing a little deal had been made over the weekend and Puddin is spoken for. I’m glad I was wrong and wish I’d be wrong a little more often when it means a homeless kitty goes to a

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Cats for Adoption: Felines in Difficult Places

BREAKING NEWS! UPDATE ON PUDDIN! HE HAS A FOREVER HOME! “He will be the only furry baby in a great big huge house that is full of love. He does however have 3 feathered brothers!” Congratulations Puddin! I’d say Butterscotch Puddin, how about you? Puddin’s human died suddenly and he

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Take Action: Let Veterinarians Do Their Work

Veterinarians as felons? Go ahead, laugh. This is one class of people who are statistically unlikely to be persistent lawbreakers, yet many have been and continue to be engaging in felonious acts in the course of their everyday work—for the sake of our pets and animals everywhere. Funny no one

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Cats for Adoption: Bottle-feeding Kittens and Fostering Cats

It is officially kitten season. In fact, it has been for a while. Many of the calls for assistance to rescues and shelters, and from friends, involve a mother cat with very young kittens or orphaned kittens with no mother to be found, and generous people finding a place in

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