11:55pm

PART ONE: Pet Ownership from a Four-year Old's Eye…

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My little one, who is nearly four, has a strong love for animals and it is something rather remarkable to watch. Whenever he is around animals, he will lower his voice and speak to them in a little sing-song voice, then shower them with the softest of pats and the swirl of squiggly fingers. When my son was just shy of 2.5 years, my cat died of cancer. Baby Girl was my special-needs kitty, who was practically half blind, completely deaf and had a genetic disorder that left her rat… read more

12:33pm

Oprah Takes on Puppy Mills

In the news business, we often sit back and watch the course of events unfold and consider through our reporting what implications it might have. It’s never a public declaration of opinion to sway the end results, or at least it shouldn’t, but the prospect of what today could mean has me sitting in the stands cheering raucously rather than sitting aloofly in the press box. This afternoon, Oprah Winfrey will air a show exposing the ghastly conditions countless dogs across this … read more