Abandoned Pets

Dog Reportedly Found With Note: 'Please Take Care Of Mr. B ... My Parents Got Divorced'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Mr. B, Abandoned Pets, Abandoned Animals, Video, Pound Overcrowding, Rescued Dogs, Pet Health, Paul Wu, Rescued Animals, Abandoned Dogs, Dogs, Green News

When Paul Wu of Kirkland, Washington backed out of his driveway, he was shocked to find a small, big-eyed dog blocking his way, KING 5 News reported. ...

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WATCH: Abandoned Dog Waits For Owner Near Highway

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Abandoned Pets, Animal Rescue, Dog Rescue, Stockton Highway Dog, Animals, Dogs, Northern California, Video, Green News

A dog in Stockton, California has been been hiding near a highway bridge and eluding animal rescuers for days. According to the video from CBS Local N...

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Bring Him Home, Get Fit?

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Animal-Adoption-and-Rescue, Abandoned Pets, The Humane Society, Pets, Pet Adoption, Life After 50, Animal Shelters, The Best of Everything After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Barbara Grufferman, National Brittany Rescue Network, Healthy Living, Healthy Body, Fitness After 50, Fitness, Women Over 50, Women After 50, Celebrities Who Adopt Dogs, Health Action Now!, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

My dog has been the number one biggest contributor to moving my body every day -- rain, shine, sleet or snow.

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Left Behind: The Problem of Abandoned Pets (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every year, irresponsible pet owners abandon animals that they no longer want. The reasons may be financial or practical, but either way, these innoce...

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Giving A Pet A Holiday Home

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abandoned Pets, Nicole Plank, Foster a Lovely Pet for the Holidays, Petfinder, Greg Kincaid, The Cat Works, Impact News

Petfinder, the online animal service website, launched a program to help give abandoned animals a new home -- if only for the holidays. The Foster a L...

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Retired Couple Save Abandoned Pets

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abandoned Pets, Unemployed, Toledo, Unemployment, Homelessness, Toledo Free Press, Detroit, Camping, Health Insurance, Campground, Stray-Cats, Pre-Existing-Condition, Tri-City Times, Bearing Witness, Bearing Witness 2.0, Politics News

A retired couple in Eastern Michigan has opened their home and their hearts to desperate cats abandoned by their owners as they were forced out of the...

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HAPPY for Pets

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Veterinarians, Thaddeus McCotter, Pet Care, Pets, Animals, Recession, American Vetrinary Medical Association, Abandoned Pets, Household Budgets, Animal Rights, Tax Deductible, Animal Welfare, Euthanized, Economic Stimulus, Adopting Pets, Safety Net, Tax Deductions, Politics News
Michael Markarian

By encouraging affordable pet care, the bill not only promotes animal health and well-being, as well as our well-being, but could also help to stimulate the economy.

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Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day

Betsy Saul | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Old Dogs, Abandoned Pets, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Pets, Pet Adoption, Petfinder, Animal Abuse, Old-Cat, Adopting Pets, Dog Adoptions, Adoption, Animal Shelter, Healthy Living News
Betsy Saul

it is heartbreaking to see wonderful pets staying in shelters day after day, year after year -- just because they are too large or too shy, have broken limbs, or are the "wrong" color.

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Rescued by the House No One Wanted

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rescue, Old House, Suburbia, Burb Appeal, Rescue Plan, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Home Prices, Home Sales, House Renovation, Adopting Pets, Happiness, Adoption, Healthy Living News
Tina Traster

I have a thing for rescue. Put in certain circumstances I act before I think, especially when crises involve animals. It's a reflex.

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Going the Wrong Way

Richard C. Thompson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Animals, East Hampton, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Budget Cuts, Economy, Voting, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Thompson

Whenever we go through hard economic times, more pets are abandoned. People lose their homes and can't take their pets with them.

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Owners Ditch Pets After Houses Foreclose

ABC News | Evelyn Nieves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgage Crisis, Abandoned Pets, Pets, Subprime Mortgages, Human Society, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News

The house was ravaged -- its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in...

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