Shelter for battered spouses sues over $530K in lost funding
A homeless shelter for battered spouses and their children sued the county's Department of Human Services on Tuesday for $530,000 in federal housing funding. The 20-year-old shelter in Shaler Township...
View ArticleCloning Your Dog, For A Mere $100,000
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View ArticleMayor de Blasio Delivers Testimony at Chief Judge's Hearing on Civil Legal...
(Source: City of New York, NY) September 29, 2015 Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good morning Chief Judge Lippman, Chief Administrative Judge Marks, First Department Presiding Justice Gonzalez, and...
View ArticleEvangelicals Going to the Dogs -- and Cats -- With Major Statement on Animal...
First, Pope Francis issued a major encyclical in June stating any act of cruelty toward any creature "is contrary to human dignity." Now, evangelicals are turning their attention to all creatures great...
View ArticleBattersea’s new report exposes the murky world of dog breeding
Tuesday 29 September, 2015 Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is today casting a powerful light on the murky world of puppy breeding as it reveals its report on Licensed Dog Breeding in Great Britain....
View ArticleMan admits attack on family, puppy
A Canterbury property developer has today admitted attacking an innocent family out for a riverside stroll and killing their puppy. Andrew George McDaniel (51) launched the bizarre road rage attack...
View ArticleScared and depressed: Young dog who should be starting her life doomed
She looks up with hope every time someone passes by her kennel cage at Riverside County Animal Control; tragically no one stops. After all she is a pit bull, and no matter how special the dog, how...
View ArticleShame on Naropa University if They Turn Into a Prairie Dog Killing Field
I began my book Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence with the following quotation by Ch�gyam Trungpa, founder of Naropa University, a place that is supposed to be a...
View ArticlePETA revenue increases as crossfire with SeaWorld intensifies
As SeaWorld fends off attacks from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, it faces an increasingly well-funded publicity machine. PETA is the most vocal of SeaWorld's critics, and its media blitz...
View ArticleCounty Animal Services hosts Dogs Playing for Life!™ Seminar (Santa Barbara...
(Source: Santa Barbara County, CA) press release template News Media Contact: Susan Klein-Rothschild Public Information Officer PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 300 N. San Antonio Road Santa Barbara, CA...
View ArticleDe Blasio proves he’s clueless about the homeless crisis
If you’ve ever watched Mayor de Blasio talk about the homeless problem but can’t figure out what he believes is the cause, you are not alone. The mayor himself is confused about what he believes....
View ArticleASPCA Assists Huntersville Police Department in Removal of Nearly 25 Dogs...
(Source: ASPCA - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Huntersville, N.C.-At the request of the Huntersville Police Department, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of...
View ArticleThe pet store and puppy mill connection
Last week, Robert C. Speth, a member of the board of directors of the National Animal Interest Alliance, wrote a letter to the editor about the initiative to ban the "retail sales of cats and dogs" in...
View ArticleAlmost 11 years without a home -it is finally adoption day for a dog named Olive
It has been a day years in the making - a day that many other homeless dogs never see - adoption day. Olive was a hard to place dog...the hardest type in fact. Though she adores people, she did not...
View ArticleEvery 9 Minutes, Someone in the World Dies of Rabies
ATLANTA, Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A human death from rabies is a tragic but rare thing in the United States and most developed nations. It's just as tragic but sadly common in parts of...
View ArticleDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Puppy Dies After Eating Toxic Mushroom
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson lost one of his new puppies on Monday after it consumed a poisonous mushroom, the Bleacher Report noted. The actor and former wrestler adopted two French bulldogs that his...
View ArticlePsi Chi Plans Panel on Domestic Viole... (Millersville University)
(Source: Millersville University) Millersville University's psychology department and the Millersville Chapter of the Psi Chi International Honor Society will present a panel discussion to honor...
View ArticleNew ASPCA Campaign Challenges Consumers to Choose More Humanely-Raised...
(Source: ASPCA - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) NEW YORK-The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is encouraging people to take the new...
View ArticleTranscript: De Blasio Administration to Help Prevent Homelessness by Adding...
(Source: City of New York, NY) September 29, 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio: Well, before we begin on this topic, I just want to just take a moment to reflect on the extraordinary experiences that all New...
View ArticleSpeech by His Majesty the King, 70-th session of the United Nations General...
(Source: Dutch Royal House) 28 september 2015 28 September 2015 Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is a privilege to address this General Assembly on behalf...
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