4/17/2024 update: Mocha made it out of surgery! She’s not quite out of the woods and will need to spend the night at the vet hospital but this is really positive! Amount raised: $3,790/$6,500* As I write to you, Mocha bunny is being prepped for surgery. This unexpected emergency may cost well over $6,500…but Mocha […]
Horrific wolf killing in Wyoming shows urgent need for increased protections
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Last week, reports surfaced that a man in Wyoming allegedly ran down a wolf with a snowmobile. He then reportedly taped the injured wolf’s mouth shut, paraded the helpless and terrified animal around at a local bar and posed for a photo with the injured wolf before going outside […]
This deadly horse racing season signals urgent need for zero-tolerance anti-doping and track safety policies
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block 2023 could have been a watershed year for the welfare of racehorses in the U.S. with the historic implementation of national racetrack safety and anti-doping programs. Yet the anti-doping section of the new law was late in implementation due to continued pushback by a few laggards using the courts […]
Thessaly farmers issue urgent appeal for animal feed: ‘Animals that survived floods will die of starvation’
Animal breeders in central Greece lost over 50,000 animals in the floods, while the surviving flocks face an urgent shortage of animal feed, farmers said in Thessaly. According to early estimates, nearly 100,000 young animals drowned in the floods of Thessaly and parts of Central Greece, central to Greek agricultural and livestock economy. Tyrnavos Yiannis […]
Cotswold animal shelter issues ‘urgent’ funding plea for surgery to save Prince Louis’ eyes
A Cotswold animal shelter is asking the public to help it raise enough money to save Prince Louis, a stray Maine Coon cat, from blindness. The large princely four-year-old has seen better days and needs the public’s help to ensure he gets to see better days again. The charity says Louis arrived in an “awful […]
Mars Launches its Largest Animal Shelter Volunteer Program Ever to Address Urgent Shelter Crisis Across North America
‘Service Humans Needed’ asks people to volunteer their time, homes and social platforms to help shelters and pets in need FRANKLIN, Tenn., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Mars Petcare – proudly part of the Mars family of brands – announced it is putting its strength and scale as the world’s largest pet care company behind […]