Good-bye, my dear friend. It will be hard to be here without you. We both are scraped and scarred from slipping on trails, and the deaths of loyal pets. When we started volunteering together, we felt the same pull, and offered ourselves to the animals. We promised to keep them safe. We watched countless dogs […]
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Daisy, a pretty petite pittie, was the first shelter dog I walked who was euthanized. She was a good dog, but shelter life — with its constant noise, overpowering smells, and irregular schedule — was too much for her. Daisy often spent the entire day jumping and spinning uninterrupted, and her hyper, erratic behavior was […]
I see just her eyes through the crack in the door. She has green eyes that show her determination and commitment. She is staring at me, deciding whether to come in. I lift my head, and she immediately bursts through the bedroom door. She peppers me with questions: “What are you doing? Were you sleeping? […]
Compassion Over Killing has posted the video below highlighting their achievements for the year. If you donate by December 31, 2012, your donation will be matched up to $60,000 and if you donate $100 you will receive a box of all-vegan milk chocolate truffles. There successes for 2012 include: Undercover Video Prompts USDA to Shut Down Slaughter Plant […]
Chris and Lydia already wrote nice posts about our trip to this year’s Summerfest (their posts are here and here) so there’s not a lot more for me to say, but I still wanted to talk a little bit about my own impressions. I’m a skeptic by nature, and one thing that really impressed me, as Chris pointed out in her […]