Hero Dog Sage Sniffs Out Survivors In her ten years as a search and rescue dog, border collie Sage has been through more major moments in modern history than a high school textbook. She’s lent her help during 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, and even gone abroad searching for missing people. Search and rescue dogs like […]
Petra Nemcova brings together Happy Hearts to children and animals in Haiti!
Inspired by her own harrowing experience with the 2004 Thailand tsunami, supermodel Petra Nemcova founded the Happy Hearts Fund, a charity aimed at restoring schools for children after natural disasters ravaged their homes back in 2005. The group has recently focused its attention on Haiti, and threw a gala fundraiser recently in an effort to […]
Dogs found enroute to become a Vietnamese dinner!
Last week Thai authorities caught intercepted four vehicles before they crossed the border from the Nkhon Phanom province of Thailand into Vietnam, the Associated Press reported. The police found 119 dogs dead and over 1000 altogether were piled i trucks headed to Vietnam. Trafficked dogs can bring in around $33 per animal […]
Last Day to help the Polar Bears on Thin Ice: Stop offshore Driiling!
Though the summer may seem mild in New York City, the fact remains that our planet is getting hot! And while Lucky may fancy herself a pretend-polar pup as she prances about wither snowy white fur, real arctic animals are facing greater challenges everyday as a result of humanity’s recklessness with our environment. We all […]
Help the Forgotten Pets in Joplin, Missouri
6/3/2011 The recovery process seems never-ending after the terrifying tornado hit the town of Joplin, Missouri almost two weeks ago. The massive tornado struck the town with 200 mile per hour winds and spiraled out of control, damaging infrastructure and injuring people as well as their animals. When tragedy like this strikes, everyone suffers, including […]
Stars Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Farm Sanctuary
Farm animals danced and greeted guests as they arrived to celebrate the 25th Anniversary for Farm Sanctuary at Cipriani Wall Street. “If you were an animal, what would you want to be?” remained the hot topic of the night, and the animal loving celebrity guests were eager to answer as they walked down the red […]