Archive for Animal Rescue – Page 6

Pawsitively Thankful …

Pawsitively Thankful image

November 23, 2011 I  wanted to take a moment and let you know how very thankful and grateful I am to the amazing people that make up the Pawsitively Texas and animal rescue communities. We share a photo, a story of a dog, cat, and occasionally livestock in need, and this wonderful community fueled by
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Man Battles Man While Shelter Pets Die

Shelter Dog asks why

November 15, 2011 What an ugly war! On his Facebook no kill advocacy page, Ryan Clinton published this urgent post this evening: “EXTREMELY URGENT news for No Kill advocates: The ASPCA is buying up No-Kill domain names in a cyber-squatting attempt to prevent you from starting a group with “No Kill” in its name. If
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Hercules The Rescued Dog Saves Owner

November 15, 2011 With pet adoptions, we often say, “who rescued who?” That has been proven true once again, by a dog saved from an Ohio county shelter kill list. A dog loving couple, Elizabeth and Lee Littler, rescued an underweight, injured St Bernard dog set to be killed at the local county shelter. They
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A Reward for Animal Cruelty? Floyd County Seizure Update

Pawsitively Texas Stop Puppy Mill photo

October 23, 2011 FLOYD COUNTY ALPHATEX KENNELS DOG SEIZURE UPDATE: In September, I reported on the Floyd County seizure of nearly 250 dogs from the AlphaTexas Kennels in West Texas (click here). This KFYO news article describes the health and condition of the dogs and has photos of some of the seizure as does this
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Roxy: Fire Took Her Home and Her Family

Roxy homeless dog due to fire

October 19, 2011 Susan Brawner shares Roxy’s story with us on our Pawsitively Texas Facebook page in hopes we can help her have a second chance in life.  Susan reports “Roxy needs a new forever home. This sweet baby lost her family when their home caught fire. One family member could not be saved and
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Say No! To Flower Mound Puppy Auction

Say No to Flower Mound Chamber Puppy Auction

October 14, 2011 UPDATE January 13, 2012: Flower Mound Place Four Councilmember and Deputy Pro Tem sent an email to me that reads: “Alva, You wrote me a few months ago about supporting an ordinance prohibiting “puppies as prizes” in Flower Mound. I just wanted to let you know that the ordinance is coming before
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Newborn Puppies, Teeny Kittens, Purebred, and More in Need at Houston BARC

puppies available for adoption at houston barc

October 4, 2011 PLEASE HELP: There are 333 pets awaiting adoption or rescue at the BARC animal pound in Houston Texas. This is a high volume intake kill shelter, so all should be considered urgent to network them all. However, some are quite young, newborns with their eyes not yet open, and should not be
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DFW 24-Hour Pet Adopt-a-thon

check this out dog photo

October 3, 2011 Mazie’s Mission announces the inaugural Fall In Love Fur-ever 24 Hour Adopt-A-Thon which runs from 9pm Friday, October 14 to 9pm Saturday, October 15. The 24-hour event is a one-of-a-kind for North Texas … and yes, if you attend at 3:17am, the adoption center will be open! I asked! In fact, if you come
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CALL TO ACTION – ROCKWALL ANIMAL SHELTER EMERGENCY

Speak and Pray for Pets in need photo

29 September 2011 Rockwall Pets is reporting a terrible situation at the municipal shelter. There has been an outbreak of Distemper; all pets are now in quarantine and five pets have died (unconfirmed if Distemper was the cause for all or not). Since policy does not require any pet to be vaccinated upon entering the
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Amazing Grace of Animal Rescue

amazing grace animal rescue

September 15, 2011 “To speak for those who could not …” “You no longer belong to God, but to a man …” “To make the blind see …” “And to lead a movement that will change the world …” “… you have work to do.” “You still have passion, that matters more.” “I once was
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