29 Jun
Obama speaks in Flint, MI – June 16, 2008
Archive for June, 2008
27 Jun
Failure is the New Success with the ASPCA’s “Mission: Orange”
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
by Nathan J. Winograd
Friday Jun 27th, 2008 3:57 PM
Fix Austin, a grassroots group of animal advocates working to reform Austin’s abysmal shelter system has just released their report on the results of the community’s first year under “Mission: Orange,” the ASPCA’s national No Kill campaign. Austin, [...]
27 Jun
Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Treatment Of a Severe, Non-healing Wound
INTRODUCTION
Necrotizing fasciitis is a progressive, generally rapidly spreading, inflammatory [...]
27 Jun
Fatal Streptococcus canis Infections in Intensively Housed Shelter Cats
P. A. Pesavento, M. J. Bannasch, R. Bachmann, B. A. Byrne and K. F. Hurley
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis (PP, BB); Shelter Animal Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis (MB, KH); Shelter Medicine [...]
24 Jun
Animal Cops: Philadelphia Premieres July 16
For 140 years the PSPCA has worked endlessly to eradicate animal cruelty in the “City of Brotherly Love.” Now, the organization joins Animal Planet’s quest to raise awareness about animal welfare in the latest installment of one of the network’s most popular franchises in the all-new drama series ANIMAL COPS: PHILADELPHIA, launching on July 16, [...]
24 Jun
Pa. Launches State’s Largest Anti-Cruelty Effort
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania SPCA last week swore in eight new humane officers, spearheading the biggest expansion in state history in the fight against animal abuse.
The agency has more than doubled its roster of officers to 14, according to Elaine Skypala, chief programs officer for the Philadelphia-based PSPCA.
The expansion was needed after the state launched [...]
19 Jun
Conjunctivitis common threat to young cats
by Christie Long
June 19, 2008
Madden and his brothers and sisters were living in a Dumpster, foraging for what little food they could find in the junkyard when they were discovered by a kind soul.
He was a dirty little gray fluff ball when I met him, tipping the scales at a scant 2 pounds and swiping [...]
19 Jun
Animal hoarding may masquerade as pet rescue
The Courier-Journal
by Steve Dale
June 19, 2008
When Barbara Rabe, co-founder and president of the Arizona Chihuahua Rescue, received a call asking if her group could accept over 100 dogs – she thought it was a cruel joke. Hardly.
Over 800 animals, mostly small dogs, as well as 82 parrots, were confiscated from a single triple-wide mobile home [...]
17 Jun
More than a little alarming
I’m a little uncomfortable with this recent news report – especially when considered as part of a larger, emerging picture.
Army Reserve teams with D.C. Police to boost employment
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Army Reserve recruited the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in its new initiative to partner with public and private sector employers to jointly recruit, train [...]
17 Jun
Army overseer fired for… oversight?
“WTF?” Mews of the Day:
Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir
by James Risen
June 17, 2008
WASHINGTON – The Army official who managed the Pentagon’s largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has [...]
