Pets In The News


Memphis: It doesn’t have to be this way
You know, I can barely stand to read Yes Biscuit! these days, because all the Memphis Animal Shelter webcam pictures of dogs being dragged to the kill room gut me. But this afternoon I was thinking about how people say those webcams make doing their jobs so much harder for the staff at the facility, [...]
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Hey Evanger’s: Wherrrrrre’s the duck?
Interesting item from Teh Interwebs (specifically the Lincolnwood Review), deserving of being shared widely: As the Lincolnwood [IL] couple who own Evangers Dog & Cat Food Co., Inc., prepare for an Aug. 17 court date in which they are accused of stealing almost $2 million in gas and electricity to run their business, they are [...]
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Courtroom dog at center of legal battle
Rosie is an adorable golden retriever (shown at right) who lives in Duchess County, New York. She’s a therapy dog, and as part of her duties she works to calm people in particularly stressful situations, such as testifying in court proceedings. That’s where her story becomes interesting. Rosie recently assisted a teenage victim in a [...]
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Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers
It may be time to come together to save the animals in Miami, but what exactly is the community supposed to come together and do? This morning the Miami Herald published an editorial exhorting local activists to “put down their signs” and unite to help the new shelter director do a better job for the [...]
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