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In 2011, Dr. Kwane Stewart was working at an overwhelmed municipal animal shelter in California. Depressed about the animals he couldn’t save, he contemplated quitting his profession. Then one morning he stopped for coffee at a 7-Eleven and met a man who lived on the streets with his dog. Stewart...
Holiday meals can be all-too-tempting to peckish pets, who may forget their manners and decide to help themselves! Take Sam, a rottweiler, and Pete, a Chihuahua, for example. They had been left home alone for a while following a Thanksgiving feast when Kathleen Summers, HSUS director of puppy mills...
Praveen Suresh had never seen such destruction. Heavy rains battered the Wayanad district of the state of Kerala in southwest India during the last week of July. Early on July 30, the area experienced a series of massive landslides. The disaster reportedly killed more than 400 people and about 1,400...
I’ve associated cardinals with my paternal grandparents for as long as I can remember. The backyard of their small but charming home in Hazlet, New Jersey, was where I had my first encounters with wild animals: Squirrels would come right up to take peanuts from my hand, and it was the only place I...
When Gail Strickler and her husband, Bill Jasper, decided to get a dog soon after they married, there was no question in Strickler’s mind that their new companion would be a rescue. Though none of Jasper’s dogs had been rescues, all of Strickler’s had. “I said, ‘We have to get someone who needs us,’...
Set against a breathtaking backdrop of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains, the charming Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth, Washington, transforms into a sparkling “ Village of Lights” each winter. The day after Thanksgiving through Feb. 28, more than half a million lights twinkle throughout the...
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Alliance is proud to announce the recipients of its annual Compassionate Care Scholarships, awarded to veterinary students and veterinary technician students who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to animal welfare. This year marks the second year HSVMA has...
