Archive for April, 2010

Shelter celebrates Animals Week

The Colony Animal Shelter encourages residents to observe “Be Kind to Animals Week” by taking part in a pair of upcoming events around town.

IN Horse Rescue working to curtail horse abuse

Saturday, the organization invited the public to visit their ranch to learn how they care for neglected horses, as well as introduce children to horses.

Shelter celebrates Animals Week

The Colony Animal Shelter encourages residents to observe “Be Kind to Animals Week” by taking part in a pair of upcoming events around town.

RAPS thanks readers for helping sick kitten

The once-neglected Bree is now on the mend after inflammatory growths were surgically removed. others also read…

Irvine vet tech arrested in case of abused dog, Courage

A 26-year-old Bellflower woman and part-time veterinarian technician was arrested Friday in the abuse case of a German shepherd left for dead in her back yard. Kimberly Nizato, 26, went with her father to Southeast Area Animal Control Authority…

Animal activists challenge circus ruling by coroner

WILKES-BARRE An animal rights group is challenging Luzerne County Coroner John P. Corcorans recent ruling that the death of an Irem Shrine Circus elephant handler was accidental.

Monkeys under fire

FORGET gorillas in the mist. We have vervets in our midst. Persecuted, harassed and off-handedly dismissed, vervet monkeys are the most misunderstood and mistreated animals in KwaZulu-Natal, say Steve Smit and Carol Booth of the Animal Rights Africa project, Monkey Helpline.

Shelter celebrates Animals Week

The Colony Animal Shelter encourages residents to observe “Be Kind to Animals Week” by taking part in a pair of upcoming events around town.

Millions of Youth Change the World on 22nd Global Youth Service Day

- Young people in more than 100 countries, five continents, will improve communities.

LAUSD Students to Join Companion Animal Protection Society in Anti-Puppy Mill March on Saturday

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – 04/15/10) – WHAT: More than 70 LAUSD students will join the Companion Animal Protection Society in a demonstration against Barkworks, a chain of pet stores in Los Angeles. CAPS claims that Barkworks sells dogs from inhumane commercial breeding factories in the Midwest. The silent vigil march is to let the public know the truth behind the pretty storefront at …