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My Beagle, Buddy, had to be euthanized yesterday. He had a seizure, and the vet said he had pancreatic cancer; euthanizing him was the best option. How tragically sad. Buddy had been pulled in '02 by Beagle Maryland from a shelter that was about to euthanize him. He was terrified and acting vicious. Mara saw through this and knew he was just sc… read more

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Have any of you rescues and shelters in areas with large military populations thought of creating a foster program specifically geared toward placing foster dogs and cats in the homes of soldiers stationed in your area? This would accomplish so much. Rescues and shelters could place more dogs and cats in real homes where they always learn so much… read more

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I learned through the CSC listserve of a transport of a very pregnant stray English Pointer someone had found but couldn't keep who was going from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to St. Louis, Missouri, to OnPoint dog rescue (400 miles). The transport was broken up into approx. 60-mile legs. All that switching off of cars is a lot of stress on any dog, let… read more

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If you've ever wanted to do some aspect of animal rescue, but you just don't have the time or resources to commit to something on a regular basis, you may want to think of driving a transport. They're a one-time commitment, it takes 2-3 hours of your time, and you get to help a dog or cat who usually was scheduled to die go to a person or rescue a… read more

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The whole Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down voting is ambiguous. There's no way of knowing what we're thumb-up'ing or thumb-down'ing. Take the news article about retired L.A. fireman Glynn Johnson beating and mutilating a puppy to unconciousness for no valid reason. A law has come out of this incident raising a tiny bit the outdated laws saying pets are jus… read more