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STEUBENVILLE - Prisoners at the county jail and care of cats at the animal shelter were discussed during the Jefferson County commissioners' meeting Thursday.
The Maui Humane Society (MHS) has teamed with nearly 3,500 shelters from around the world to participate in the annual “Home 4 the Holidays” pet adoption campaign through Jan. 4, 2010. The Maui shelter’s goal is to find forever homes for 250 animals in need. To date, MHS has completed 77 successful adoptions and needs your help to make or break the goal.
Pets Lifeline, Sonoma Valley's only animal shelter, will have its first ever Shelter on the Square for the 2009 holiday season. The Sonoma Index-Tribune has donated space in their downtown building for a special holiday adoption and gift center.
People may now register for free classes at the Everett South Goodwill’s Job Training and Education Center, 228 SW Everett Mall Way. The center is offering classes in English for speakers of other languages, basic computer classes, career building assistance.
Cloverleaf 4-H 'ers from across the county competed in the recent County Project Achievement event at Colt Academy in Danielsville. Forty-five fifth- and sixth-grade students presented demonstrations on researched topics or gave talent performances.
Animals bring unconditional love Dianna Peterson - Montague, Mass. As an animal lover, I thought your story about therapeutic animals was heartwarming ("Even this cat gives patients that warm and fuzzy feeling," Life, Wednesday). People don't realize that when loved...
Gone are the days of wishing your dog a merry Christmas while tossing him a leftover ham bone.
The Little Rock Zoo is inviting visitors to be part of a wild Christmas. "Christmas in the Wild" will include a visit from Santa from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. or 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, and again on December 19.
Wellington - A German who admitted trading in endangered wildlife tried to smuggle 44 rare animals out of New Zealand in his underpants, a court was told, according to news reports on Tuesday. Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, from Bad Munstereifel, Limbach,plead...
CATAWBA ISLAND -- Christmas on Catawba is a local art and high-end craft show with proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of Ottawa County, a no-kill animal shelter in Port Clinton.
City officials hope by the end of this month to be able to begin moving animals from the current animal shelter at the southern edge of town to the new shelter that is nearing completion.
Cat Fancy® magazine, the world's premier cat publication and CatChannel.com, the leading online destination for cat lovers, are providing the unique opportunity for cat lovers to earn their "Cat Applied Technology degree" at Cat College, sponsored by Eukanuba brand cat food.
Kim Gibbons and her sister opted out of exchanging Christmas gifts last year in lieu of donating to a local animal shelter. That sparked Gibbons' idea for Kibble for Kritters -- a food and supply drive benefiting CSRA Happy Tails.
GEORGETOWN -- Supporters of the Safe Haven Animal Shelter in Georgetown will be at Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth Beach this holiday season helping to wrap presents to support the only no-kill shelter in the county.
Dr. Robert Bruce Wiggs performed his first veterinary root canal as a Texas AM University student. He became a pioneer in animal dentistry, treating everything from household pets at his North Dallas clinic to pro bono work he performed on creatures at zoos in Dallas, Fort Worth and Abilene.
Tucker seemed to be following the conversation as the chocolate Lab's guardian talked about what he traditionally stuffs in his dog's Christmas stocking.