Animal Shelters Offering Foster Programs during Holidays

Animal shelters across the country are teaming up with online pet adoption service Petfinder.com to offer foster programs during the holidays. Fostering enables fosters and prospective pet owners to check whether...

Bob resting

My best friend Bob.  Bless his heart

Help for Needy Pets Due to Brooklyn Foreclosure Homes for Sale

A fund raising initiative has been launched to help pets abandoned by owners of Brooklyn foreclosure homes for sale. According to data, almost 1 million pets were affected by the foreclosure crisis. " Some of the...

Dogfighting Ring Busted at Daycare Center

Police in Maywood, Illinois arrested three people this week for running a dogfighting ring out of a garage, while a licensed child care center was being run from the home besides it.  Nine battered and abused...

Montgomery County Animal Shelter PA Not Closing Down

A rumor spread across the Twitterverse that the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Pennsylvania was closing down, and that all the cuddly pets would be euthanized if you (yes, you) didn't race down and adopt...

Abandoned Pets: Another Consequence of Foreclosure, Unemployment

An increasing number of abandoned pets have started filling up animal shelters to the brim. Most of these pets were left behind because of either unemployment or foreclosure. " In addition to homeless families, abandoned pets are also considered to be one of the unfortunate...

Pet Airways - The "Pets-Only" Airline Takes Maiden Flight From NY

Well, the airline industry may be facing tough times off late but still remains an essential part of transporting goods and human beings across the face of the planet. Now, add one more to that list - Pets....

Announcing a new addition to my family - adoption can fufill life

Three weeks ago we adopted a handsome bundle of joy, brown eyes and black and brown hair. He is 11 weeks old and has complete changed Ann and my life a normally very tidy house is now clutter with his toys etc. ...

Celebrate National Take Your Dog to Work Day June 26th

Celebrate  National Take Your Dog to Work Day and take your pooch to work on Friday, June 26th. Register for the event and you could win a prize from FetchDog."The holiday was first celebrated in 1999 as a...

Abandoned Pets need homes worldwide.

Pets around the world need homes with people who care. More than ever dogs, cats and just about every type of animal have had people who have abandoned  or mistreated them. Most go unoticed except for the few that make news stories. Many private citizens and...

Exotic Pets On The Rise In The UK

Keeping exotic pets in the UK is becoming much more popular. Indeed, whilst traditional pets such as dogs and cats will always remain very popular amongst many people; it is also not surprising to learn that many are also turning to creatures that may be deemed to be...

Canine Diabetes-Diabetes in Dogs

The symptoms are: excessive water drinking, excessive urination, spots of urine, urine leaking, heavy constant ting, if your dogs breath may smell like nail polish remover or have a smell like alcohol or medicine, if your pet is getting constipated, or if you notice your...

My Dog Niki with Canine Diabetes

Niki (Nikita) Update 2009 Niki was diagnosed in October of 2002, she weighed 55 lbs, she is a Border Collie/Blue Heeler cross. I never knew any signs of canine diabetes, looking back now that I have learned so much as of this date, I can recall some of the earlier...

The Presidential Pooch: Portuguese Water Dog

Finally, the time has come for the first family to get their Presidential Pooch.  According to TMZ.com, it will arrive on Tuesday.  It's a black six-month old male Portuguese Water Dog, and it has...

New documents say PETA killed 95% of adoptable pets in 2008

New documents have arisen that state that PETA killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care in 2008. These documents have been released by the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) and they say that the...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from