Wherever natural or manmade disasters strike, animals become victims too. Animal victims of the earthquake disaster in Haiti have been found to desperately need help and animal welfare groups are joining forces to come to their aid.
Those efforts start off 2010 as we look back on 2009 and how animals fared.
Most state anti-cruelty laws exempted [...]
Billy (name changed here) is a court ordered surrender to the FLSPCA. The court order which included another dog was the last in a long string of problems these dogs encountered at the hands of their former owners. They were running at large and had been picked up by dog control several times. Each time [...]
Suppose you are retired and like to travel some of the time but still miss having a dog. Or suppose you have a job that takes you away periodically. Or suppose you work long hours. Or you are a couple with a dog and have divorced or split up. Or you are a senior citizen [...]
FLSPCA and Animal Advocates Launch Pet Food Drive
Pleas for pet food are coming in to both the SPCA and Animal Advocates from people who are having trouble feeding their pets in these hard economic times. Animals are even being abandoned.
The two 501c3 charity organizations are asking the public to buy an extra bag or two [...]
For all the years I’ve been writing this column I’ve held back on describing what I believe most readers do not want to know. Now I’m going to do that and I hope you’ll read it to the end.
We start with some irrefutable premise: animals are capable of suffering. They experience pain and fear just [...]
Winter is coming and there will be animals suffering through it 24 hours a day, day after day, no matter what the temperature and wind chill. It is time again to remind ouselves of Buster’s Law which requires that all outdoor dogs have good shelter and fresh unfozen water daily and plenty of food. Acceptable [...]
ANIMAL ISSUES IN THE NEWS
The National Geographic channel recently aired a program titled “Unlikely Animal Friends” which profiled some unlikely cross species pairings which showed that, for animals, being social works and can lead to the fulfillment of each others needs.
The most astounding and difficult to explain story was the African lioness and a baby [...]
Craigslist is the latest place bad pet owners are dumping their animals. Newspaper or Pernnysaver classified ads are also risky unless the advertiser is very careful to screen people who respond to the ad.
One kind and responsible way to find a home for unwanted pets is with the help or advice of one of the [...]
One of the greatest gifts that keeps the FLSPCA of CNY shelter running and gives a bit of happiness to the animals housed there is that of the volunteers and the donors. And there are never enough of them so you could make the difference to a dog or cat that has lost its home [...]
Compassion fatigue comes from the day in, day out struggle to function in care giving environments that constantly present heart wrenching, emotional challenges. The first-hand knowledge that workers in animal shelters, humane societies and animal rescue organizations deal with daily in trying to affect positive change in society can cause chronic stress. It is a [...]
