Wendy's loss has been particularly difficult for several reasons, one of which was a Sunday visit to an emergency vet clinic. I'd taken pets to this clinic before (this was the same place I took Jade after finding her run over by a truck in a parking lot) and, while nothing is the same as … Continue reading Beware of Scammy Emergency Vet Clinics
Author: YesBiscuit
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Weekend Jade
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Mass Killing at Ohio Pound is Just One of Many Awful Responses to Crisis
The Franklin County dog pound in Ohio received test results positive for distemper on one dog on September 3. The facility remained open and adopted out 67 dogs before finally closing on September 9. Franklin Co has since killed 84 dogs due to "distemper concerns" and 6 more dogs "for unrelated reasons". Rescue groups who … Continue reading Mass Killing at Ohio Pound is Just One of Many Awful Responses to Crisis
Sorry, You Are Out of Refills on Your HeinousStinkingCruelty Prescription
Rebecca Coleman, the shelter vet at the Memphis pound on whose watch numerous dogs have starved to death, including a puppy who was forced to eat his own littermate to survive, and who scrubbed a degloved cat’s wounds without providing pain medication then left him to suffer in a cage for 5 days, and who neglected a puppy … Continue reading Sorry, You Are Out of Refills on Your HeinousStinkingCruelty Prescription
Long Beach Shelter Kills Dog Who Was Wanted by an Adopter and a Rescue
A Belgian Malinois named Thor lived at Long Beach Animal Care Services for 6 weeks this summer. A family who had another Mal applied to adopt him on July 13 but was turned away when the staff decided on July 14 that Thor had suddenly become too big a threat to society to be released to … Continue reading Long Beach Shelter Kills Dog Who Was Wanted by an Adopter and a Rescue
Weekend Jade
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Name That Animal
This is just for fun and the only rule is: no researching. Post your answers in the comments. Reading other people's answers before posting your own is Actually, I was only kidding. You can get that baby out of here. optional. Answer will be posted in the comments tonight.
Be Seeing You, Wendy
Wendy was diagnosed with kidney failure in May and, though she did very well all summer, she declined rapidly over the past week and it was time to let her go. I held her in my lap as our vet gave her the injections and the last thing Wendy felt in this world was a … Continue reading Be Seeing You, Wendy
