With the opening of the new $7.2 million dollar building, Memphis Animal Services has reduced the hours the public can access the facility. Instead of opening at 10am, MAS now opens at 11am, citing the need for additional cleaning time due to a larger building. A reader visited MAS last week and took this photo … Continue reading Pups Sit in Filth at MAS
The Beagle Has Landed
A Tipton Co, TN pound threatened to put pregnant Surrey in a dumpster in October. Thanks to caring shelter volunteers, rescuers, fosters and transporters, her pups got to be born and are attending an adoption event today with Meows and BowWows. And Surrey got to come home.
Beagle Run: On the Road Again
Surrey has hit the highway once again. Next stop: South Carolina! Thank you again to everyone who pitched in to save Surrey: the shelter volunteers, the rescuers, the fosters, the drivers... All the pieces add up to one barky life saved - plus 9 little barkers who got to be born and will now be … Continue reading Beagle Run: On the Road Again
Rat, The Benevolent
Some humans in the animal sheltering world could stand to learn a thing or two from our friend the rat. A new study published in the journal Science reveals that rats are empathetic creatures. In a series of experiments, researchers placed a rat inside a tube, trapping him there temporarily, and placed the tube back … Continue reading Rat, The Benevolent
Dog Beds at MAS
A reader sent me this photo of the kennel deck inside the dog cages at the new Memphis Animal Services facility. It appears that the coating on it is already peeling away. I hope the coating is not toxic to the dogs if ingested. It's nice that dogs have a raised platform in their cages … Continue reading Dog Beds at MAS
How Patient Are You?
This wonderful photo was taken by Shingo Uchiyama and is titled "be patient". Click here to see what an artist who was very patient did with the photo.
Alabama Mayor’s Animal Cruelty Case to Go to Trial
The buck's got to stop somewhere. And in the case of a taxpayer funded shelter in New Brockton, AL, a grand jury decided somewhere was at the feet of the town's mayor. The Coffee Co sheriff's department received a complaint about how the city was caring for the dogs at the shelter in May. Upon … Continue reading Alabama Mayor’s Animal Cruelty Case to Go to Trial
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Another Reason Shelters Should View “Evidence” Dogs as Pets
If a shelter does not list every pet in its care online and make every pet available for the public to see, owners of lost pets may not be able to reclaim their pets. If a pound has a policy that dogs confiscated in dogfighting busts are not available to the public but instead held … Continue reading Another Reason Shelters Should View “Evidence” Dogs as Pets
Iams Issues a Recall Due to Aflatoxin
So much for feeding all Iams products with "complete confidence" like we were told by the Iams rep at Thanksgiving. The company has now issued a limited recall of Iams ProActive Health Smart Puppy dry food (see link for details) for aflatoxin contamination. Note that this is NOT one of the foods Price Chopper posted … Continue reading Iams Issues a Recall Due to Aflatoxin
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