Archive for September, 2006
Promise of a New Home may doom Non Profit Ferret Shelter
Thursday, September 28th, 2006Since the announcement of an anonymous couple being willing to donate to help purchase a building for Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter, things have gone horribly wrong. Surrenders have been gone up 70%; donations have gone down to $50 every other month (when the shelter is lucky). With mounting veterinary costs ($9500 spent between January and [...]
WWF: Tuesday is 25th Anniversary of Black-Footed Ferret’s Rediscovery, America’s Most Endangered Mammal
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Twenty-five years ago on Tuesday, Sept. 26, a Wyoming ranch dog brought a creature home that his owner couldn’t identify. It was a black-footed ferret, an animal that had been officially declared extinct by the federal government after the last known individual died in captivity.Today there are between 600-700 ferrets living in the wild in [...]
Pet Shelter Probe Finds Allegations Unjustified
Monday, September 25th, 2006They said it was an awful, dirty place, where dogs and cats lay ill without treatment, where the cages were dirty and where the director misappropriated donations. But when authorities showed up to investigate the Tri-County Humane Society shelter last week, they saw volunteers “socializing” with dogs and met a director eager to cooperate, according [...]
Owners Fear Dog Flu at Parks
Monday, September 25th, 2006JUPITER — Sunset romps at the dog park ended abruptly for Jake the dingo-Lab when he came down with spasms of ka-ha coughs. Shelagh Dufault kept him home for weeks.”I’ve owned dogs all my life, and I’ve never heard this cough,” she said. “In the middle of the night, he was frantic, and he started [...]
A time to kill? Shelter insists it had no choice
Friday, September 22nd, 2006WEST PALM BEACH — The puppies had eyes like marbles, glassy brown shooters that peered into the hearts of county animal shelter workers. Yet there was every reason to put them to sleep. On June 4, someone had dumped the two leopard-hound mutts into the “no questions asked” night drop at Palm Beach County’s Animal [...]
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