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Florida College Builds Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired 'Dorms' For Cats

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.19.2013 | College
Read More: Feral Cats, Florida Southern College Cat Cafes, Fsc Cat Cafes, Florida Southern College, Spca, Florida Southern College Feral Cats, Cat Cafes, Alpha Chi Omega, Frank Lloyd Wright Cat Cafes, Frank Lloyd Wright, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Florida, Trap-Neuter-Return, Cat Dorms, College News

Florida Southern College is building new dorms inspired by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright ... for cats. While they won't exactly be dormitories p...

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EMTs Save Starving Pit Bull Pup

Posted 12.04.2012 | Good News
Read More: Puppies, Emaciated Puppy Rescued, Puppy Rescued, SPCA Rescues Puppy, Video, Spca, Buffalo EMTs Rescue Starving Pit Bull, Anderson Inner City Animal Hospital Turns Away Starving Puppy, Good News News

When a Buffalo, N.Y., veterinary clinic reportedly refused to take in a starving puppy found shivering in its parking lot, a local EMT crew came to th...

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Cases Of Dogs 'Neutered' Using Rubber Bans Greeted With Concern, Disgust From Animal Cruelty Advocates

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 11.01.2012 | Green
Read More: Animal Owners Charged, Home Neutering Dogs, Animal Cruelty, Video, Spca, Spay/Neuter, PETA Home Neutering Dogs, Green News

Home neutering is a disturbing, dangerous and illegal trend in domestic animal care that has to stop, according to the SPCA and PETA. In Canada, th...

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DOZENS Of Puppies Rescued From Cars In Ireland

Posted 10.10.2012 | Green
Read More: Animal Rescue, Trafficking, Video, Spca, Cute Animal Photos, Puppies, Dspca, Animal Trafficking, Cute Animal Pictures, Cute Animals, Cute Puppies, Animals, Green News

An animal cruelty investigation is underway in Ireland after dozens of puppies were seized from two cars in Dublin. The Dublin Society for Preventi...

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How I'm Celebrating Non-Parents Day

Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Non Parents Day, Women's Rights, Spca, Parenting Tips, Pet Adoption, Women's Health, Contraception, Parenting-Advice-From-Non-Parent, Birth Control, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Parenthood, Childless, Child-Free, Non-Parents Day, Childless by Choice, Aspca, Women News
Melody Moezzi

Considering roughly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned, it makes you wonder: Why don't people give nearly as much consideration to childbearing as they do to pet adoption?

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ANIMAL DUMPER? This Vet Is Accused Of Tossing Dead Pets On The Highway

www.huffingtonpost.com | Posted 05.29.2012 | Crime
Read More: Weird New York, Animal Cruelty, Spca, Video, Dumped Pets, Andrew Manesis, Vet Dumps Pets, Mug Shots, Pet Cruelty, Crime News

HARRISON, N.Y. -- A New York veterinarian has been charged with dumping 35 euthanized pets alongside a highway. The Society for the Prevention of C...

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MASSIVE Cockfighting Ring Busted In Keys

Posted 05.25.2012 | Miami
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Video, Spca, Cockfighting, Miami News, Keys News, Monroe County, Animals, 250 Chickens, Narcotics Investigation, Key West Jorge Blanco, Florida Keys News, Jorge Blanco Cockfight, Miami News

During a drug bust at Rockland Key apartments on Thursday, Monroe County Sheriff investigators stumbled upon what appeared to be a massive cockfightin...

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10 Household Items Your Local Animal Shelter Will Love

The Huffington Post | Diana N. Nguyen | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Animal Shelter Donations, Donation, Spca, Humane Society, Animal Shelters, Animal Shelter Volunteer, Slidewide, Animal Humane Society, Animal Control, Where to Donate for Animal Shelters, Animal Shelter Support, HuffPost Home News

The next time you uncover old and unused things while cleaning your home, consider donating them to your local animal shelter. Everyday items you migh...

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New Bird Spices Is Actually A Spray Painted 'Faux Hawk', And The Judge Isn't Laughing

Posted 01.19.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Video, Spca, Spray Paint, New Zealand, Birds, Spray Painted Bird, Birdwatching, Grant Michael Teahan, Weird New Zealand, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Weird News News

A group of New Zealand birdwatchers thought that they encountered a new species -- but really, it was just a faux hawk. A Dannervirke District Cour...

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Euthanizing a Loved One

Ken White | Posted 12.13.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, Humane Society, Spca, Pets, Euthanasia, PHS/SPCA, Pet Euthanization, Dogs, Pet Health, San Francisco News
Ken White

Those of us who work in animal welfare are frequently asked to answer a question that has no answer: When is the right time to end the life of a loved animal? A lousy question, but I guess it's just part of the job.

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The Stray Dogs Of Thailand And How Travel Can Help Them

Wendy Diamond | Posted 12.11.2011 | Travel
Read More: Animal Rescue, Thailand, Spca, Animal Fair, Thanatip Thininoraset, Thai SPCA, World Dogs Center, Scad Bangkok, Traveling With Your Dog, Rescue, Vietnam, Dog, Samui Dog Rescue Center, Wendy Diamond, Tspca, Travel News
Wendy Diamond

Thailand is filled with abandoned pets, but a grassroots effort is beginning to take shape to help these abandoned animals.

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New Digs for the Dogs, And Everyone Else

Ken White | Posted 11.22.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Peninsula Humane Society, Humane Society, Spca, Homeless Animals, Animals, Animal Shelters, No-Kill-Shelters, San Francisco Impact, Animal Shelter, San Francisco News
Ken White

A first of its kind in the nation, PHS/SPCA's new Center is literally a life-saving tool. A 57,600 square foot, three-story-tall life-saving tool built to care for animals in need.

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Duff Goldman: The Ace of Cakes On A Sugar High

Regina Varolli | Posted 11.15.2011 | Home
Read More: Charm City Cakes West, Spca, The French Laundry, Olives Restaurant, Meals on Wheels, Food Network, Daddy's Fried Dough Boston, Sarah Schulz, Celebrity Chefs, Share Our Strength, Ace of Cakes, Charm City Cakes, Sugar High, Culinary Institute of America, Lower East Side Girls Club, Ron Valeri, Food Network Challenge, Duff Goldman, Food Television, Schulzies Bread Pudding Venice Beach, Todd English, Los Angeles Bakeries, Home News
Regina Varolli

A lot has changed for Duff Goldman over the past year. The Ace of Cakes has gone off on a motorcycle powered Sugar High, becoming a bi-coastal frequent flyer who told me, "I travel so much I don't have a time zone anymore."

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Lending a Helping Paw on the 10-Year Anniversary of 9/11

Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.08.2011 | New York
Read More: Spca, Fema, Animal Fair, Vmat, Dog Bless You, Charlie Annenberg, September 11, Scspca, Suffolk County Spca, Af Cares, National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, explore.org, AnimalFair.Com, Rescue, Sar Dogs, Dogs, 9/11, Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, Search and Rescue Dogs, September 11 Anniversary, New York News
Wendy Diamond

While our firefighters and police officers became real-life superheroes on September 11th, we must not forget the four-legged heroes who played a big part.

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An Introduction: My Life With the Animals

Ken White | Posted 09.11.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Cats, Spca, Pets, Brooklyn, Fish, Animals, San Francisco, Dogs, Bay Area, San Francisco News
Ken White

I've shared my office space with dozens of venomous snakes, and I've been responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of homeless dogs, cat and other animals. In all ways, it's work you take home with you.

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100 Sled Dogs Slaughtered, Dumped In Mass Grave Following Slump In Tourism

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Slaughtered Dogs, Spca, 100 Sled Dogs Slaughtered, Dog Sled, Sled Dogs Murdered, Animals, Dogs Slaughtered, Outdoor Adventures Whistler, Sled Dogs Slaughtered, Dog Slaughter, 100 Sled Dogs Killed, Sled Dogs, Sled Dogs Killed, Dogs Killed, Dogs, Green News

The heinous slaughter of 100 dogs in British Columbia has revealed a "dirty secret" of the dog sled industry, according to CKNW. Following the 201...

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Majority Willing To Risk Their Lives To Save Pets, Says Study

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Spca, Hurricane Katrina, People Willing to Risk Their Lives for Pets, Pets, Steve Glassey, Impact News

A recent study conducted by a New Zealand university student found that over 50% of pet owners are willing to risk their lives to save a non-human fam...

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'Gothic Kittens' Trial Begins: Groomer Holly Crawford Faces Animal Cruelty Charges Over Piercing Cats

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Trial, Court, Gothic Kittens for Sale, Animal Cruelty, Cats, Holly Crawford, Pennsylvania, Kittens, Spca, Gothic Kittens, Kittens Pierced, Luzerne, Kitten Piercings, Wilkes-Barre, Green News

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is on trial to face animal cruelty charges for marketing "gothic kittens" with ear and nec...

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Wellington Dog Slaughter: New Zealand Police Seize Brothers' Weapons After 33 Dogs Are Killed

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Puppies Killed, Animal Cruelty, Russell Mendoza, Pets, New Zealand, Spca, Animal Welfare, Auckland, Puppies, Nz, Wellsford Dog Slaughter, Dogs Killed, Dogs, Russ Mendoza, Animals, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Police on Friday seized weapons used by two New Zealand men to slaughter more than 30 dogs owned by a neighbor in what...

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Hundreds Of Dead Animals Found In Philadelphia Home

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Deer, Religion, Feltonville, Animal-Sacrifice, Spca, Philly, Turtles, Philadelphia, Animals, Religious Sacrifice, Home News

PHILADELPHIA -- Investigators say some kind of religious ritual may be behind the discovery of the remains of 400 to 500 dead animals at a Philadelphi...

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Arrest is made in duct-taped cat case in Philadelphia

The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Philadelphia, Video, Spca, Duck Tape Cat, Sticky the Cat, Humane Society, Animal Abuse, Philadelphia Police, Duct Tape, Update, Duck Tape, Arrest, Duct Tape Cat, Philadelphia Cops, James Davis, Stickey, Home News

PHILADELPHIA (AP)- Investigators say a Philadelphia teenager wrapped a cat in duct tape, put it in a shopping bag and left it in a neighbor's backyard...

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Richmond SPCA CEO Robin Starr's blind, deaf dog dies after 4 hours in hot car

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Spca, Animal Welfare, Hot Car, Robin Starr, Richmond, Dogs, Green News

RICHMOND, Va. An executive for an anti-animal cruelty group says her 16-year-old blind and deaf dog died after she accidentally left him in her hot ca...

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