Meet Davvy Jones
The NHL’s Seattle Kraken has welcomed its first-ever team pup to the ice — a 4-month-old Husky mix named Davy Jones. Davy started out as a homeless pup in Texas, then found his way to Dog Gone Seattle, a foster-based rescue organization in the Seattle area. He was adopted by Chris Scarbrough, lead developer of the Climate Pledge Arena (Kraken’s home arena) in Seattle and the Seattle Kraken app. When looking for a team pup, Kraken had been set on adopting from a rescue or shelter. “We knew whichever pup was chosen would...
Abandoned Puppy Happily Shares His Slice Of Bread With Rescuers
Small and incredibly relentless, this street puppy shows that size is irrelevant. PHOTO: Youtube/The Dodo The small puppy was found by rescuers in the Groendal township in the Western Cape region of South Africa. The rescuers from Sidewalk Specials said that the puppy was still happily wagging his tail when they found him on the side of a street with a piece of stale bread by his side. He was eager to share the piece of bread with his rescuers despite having been burned by humans before. The rescuers wrote in their original Facebook post...
For the First Time Since 2018, a Red Wolf Litter Has Been Born in the Wild
Red wolves, once common throughout the eastern and south central United States, were faced with the threat of extinction in the 1960s. Soon after, a captive breeding program began in an effort to save the species. In recent years, groups of these captive wolves have been released into the wild in North Carolina. Now, for the first time in several years, a wild litter has been born to this population. In late April, the Red Wolf Recovery Program, a branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shared on Facebook that six wild pups had been...
When Couple Adopts Their Grandson, He Convinces Them to Adopt a Dog, Too
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! We promised each other that nothing that ate could live with us ever again. My husband is retired from a major airline and we had planned to travel after retirement. Then we adopted our grandson. He eats. He begged for a dog. Finally, I went alone to the local shelter to see what they had. DOG. PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK / MELISSA KEIZER I walked through the center and found nothing of the size...
Teacher Organizes Incredible Collaboration Between Her Class And Local Shelter
An incredible collaboration between Richard Animal Care and Control (RACC) and St. Michael’s Episcopal School has brought in so much positive energy this year. The collaboration happened earlier this year where the second grade class students from St. Michael’s Episcopal School was assigned with a very important task by their teacher, Kensey Jones, to write letters from the point of view of the pets that are up for adoption at RACC. PHOTO: Youtube/ABC News Along with the letters written from the animal’s perspective,...
These Innovators Are Working To Make Veterinary Care More Accessible To All
Veterinary care is expensive, and can be hard to access—leading to pets going without needed treatments, and being given up to shelters by their families, who believe this is the only way for a loved pet to get the care they need. The Open Door Veterinary Collective is working to change that. This nonprofit, founded in 2021, is developing a business model for nonprofit, for-profit, and government veterinary clinics that prioritizes access to care, and increased revenue. Open Door sees major upsides for shelters and the communities they...
Shaking Pit Bull Won’t Leave Shelter Corner, Heard A Voice And Inched Forward
Dog shelters are not ideal places for dogs to stay for an extended period of time. While we appreciate that these dogs have a home and food to eat, living in a shelter may be overwhelming. It’s loud and chaotic, with continuous barking. The kennels are often sparsely furnished. A shelter can be frightening for a dog accustomed to living in a house. Carson, a lovely Pit Bull, was abandoned at a shelter after his family decided they had enough of him. After his family gave up on him, they surrendered him. He did have some allergies that...
Free SEE Shell App Uses Machine Learning to Help Save Critically-Endangered Hawksbill Turtles
Hawksbill turtles are being hunted to extinction. Since the pre-dynastic period of Egypt to the great era of ancient Greece and Rome, the lovely shells of hawksbill turtles were used to make exotic tableware, combs, bracelets, and other jewelry. Yet, it was in the 17th century up to the 20th century that its popularity reached its peak with data showing more than 9 million hawksbill turtles having been killed for their shells between 1884 and 1992. Now, there are only fewer than 25,000 female hawksbill turtles left in the world. Photo:...
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Happy birthday, Maddie!
Today we celebrate the little dog who started a revolution. She was bold, feisty and not afraid to take chances. Although she is no longer with us, we continue to give thanks to Maddie in the form of grants, resources and in everything we do. We know she’d be insanely proud of the work you all are doing and how far we’ve come as a field. Please join us in wishing her a happy birthday. We’d love to hear your favorite #ThanksToMaddie story on social or Maddie’s® Pet Forum! And, if you haven’t read her...
