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Emily Yoffe over at Slate.com posted a piece last week about animal rescue groups. She told a story that I have heard before.. someone wants to “do the right thing” and adopt from a rescue, but is so turned off by the process that… Continue Reading “The Great Rescue Debate”
I have talked about Trio Animal Foundation before: the group in Chicago that raises funds to sponsor the healthcare for homeless pets. In the last few weeks, three of their rescues have come down with Parvo: First, the Newfie puppies Roo and Kanga: … Continue Reading “A Call for Help”
My online friend Carlo Garcia launched a short campaign to encourage people to donate to our favorite causes on Cyber Monday. He called it Cyber Giving Monday. I was on the road Monday, and I don’t like to offer up my credit card on… Continue Reading “Cyber Giving Monday”
I was telling you all about the Adopt-a-Pet pictures with Santa. Here they are: All Portrait-y and Stoic Looking Good, but Not Looking at the Camera Smiley, or Scared? So Gibbs wasn’t entirely game, but the photo quality was great and Santa was pretty… Continue Reading “The Pictures Are Back!”
On Sunday, Morton Grove Animal Hospital hosted an event for Adopt-a-Pet: Holiday Pet Photos. The office isn’t terribly far from my house, and Dr. B is a Crowdrise buddy, so I took Gibbs over for a portrait with Santa Claus. Hi, my name is… Continue Reading “Adopt-a-Pet, Inc.”
One of the fun things about Kiva is that nice little surprise of, “Your loan has been repaid!” My last loan was made to a lady in Senegal who, instead of repaying in increments, repaid in one lump sum at the end of the… Continue Reading “Kiva Surprise”
It is Parrot Week at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. They have posted bunches of stories and videos. This is a particular favorite of mine, since Baby does the exact opposite of what Kiwi the Grey does – I hang the toys and Kiwi tears them… Continue Reading “Parrot Week”
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Trio Animal Foundation, a group that raises funds to help homeless animals get the medical care they need. A week or so thereafter, I received a rather scathing comment about how terrible they are, how… Continue Reading “About Trio and Vitriol”
Heartland Animal Shelter in Northbrook was featured on WGNTV yesterday. I can’t seem to embed the clip, but you can find it here. And this is one of the puppies featured: As if I need to be seeing any more Border Collie puppies. I… Continue Reading “Heartland Animal Shelter”
CBS Sunday Morning ran a great little story about a photographer in Dallas that started taking glamour shots of dogs awaiting adoption with a local rescue: http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf Now, granted, dachshunds are probably an easier gig that pitbulls or rottweilers. But the idea that “marketing”… Continue Reading “Pet Adoption Photos”
The Next Dark Age 