A celebration of the human-animal bond with photos and captions submitted by readers. Thank you to everyone who sent in photos. This post was a joy to put together. - Shirley
Legislating the Better Angels of Our Nature
Tonight I, like many of you, have someone special sharing my Christmas Eve. I have a sweet and beautiful pet, whom a shelter threatened to kill. Surrey's "crime" was being pregnant and about to give birth. The day the volunteers at the Tipton Co shelter sent out the plea about Surrey, there were two other … Continue reading Legislating the Better Angels of Our Nature
Backstory on Getting Kapone Home
Pet advocate Beverly King has worked behind the scenes to help find Kapone ever since he was apparently stolen in June by someone employed at Memphis Animal Services. She remained dedicated to bringing him home for 6 months, often having to perform difficult tasks. She sent me a brief note about her experience which I … Continue reading Backstory on Getting Kapone Home
Name That Animal
Anyone not madly dashing about in holiday traffic? Post your best guess in the comments - no researching. Answer will be posted in the comments later today.
Food for Sharing
Digital camera archives: I found some pix of food I've made for the dogs which is great for sharing with humans. I'm happy to post recipes (if I remember how I made any of these things, lawl) upon request.
OK Shelter Pets Shine with Help of Photographer
The Nowata Animal Shelter in OK has 23 dogs in need of homes. After hearing rumors that the dogs were going to be shot to death on January 1st, I called the shelter yesterday to ask about the pets there. I was advised that the facility is at full capacity for dogs and some of … Continue reading OK Shelter Pets Shine with Help of Photographer
MAS Approved Images
With the removal of the webcams at the pound, the city of Memphis can now control the images coming from its pet killing facility. It would only be logical to assume they are going to limit those images to what they want the public to see - since showing everything live as it happened didn't … Continue reading MAS Approved Images
A Little More Influence
We can't influence everybody and thankfully, we don't need to in order to achieve a no kill nation. The numbers tell us that we only need to get a portion of undecided pet seekers to adopt their pets from shelters in order to increase demand to the point where killing adoptable pets would simply be … Continue reading A Little More Influence
The Spirit of the Season
In addition to Kapone's return to his family, a couple of other stolen dogs have been returned to their homes this week. A seizure alert dog named Bella was returned to the epileptic infant she helps in San Diego. Police are investigating the possibility that an ex-girlfriend of the baby's father stole Bella out of … Continue reading The Spirit of the Season
You can’t beat this with a stick!
From the No Kill Conference page on FB: Times are tough, so while we are offering more--including a hot breakfast, more speakers, additional seminars, lots of take home goodies, and a special treat we'll announce later--we are also dropping the price 25% over last year. When we say we're a non-profit, we mean it! We … Continue reading You can’t beat this with a stick!
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