BANGOR - Animal shelters in three Maine communities - including Bangor - are seeking help from the public and from police in solving what could be a dog-stealing spree that began on Saturday in West Kennebunk and continued Monday in Augusta and Bangor. According to information the three animal shelters posted on social networking pages, the missing dogs are identified as:
BANGOR, Maine -- Animal shelters in three Maine communities -- including Bangor -- are seeking help from the public and from police in solving what could be a dog-stealing spree that began on Saturday in West Kennebunk and continued Monday in Augusta and Bangor. According to information the three animal shelters posted on social networking pages, the missing dogs are identified as:
If a black cat -- or even a black dog -- crosses someone's path at an animal shelter, chances are that animal will be overlooked. Officials at shelters across the country sing a common refrain -- black dogs and cats take longer to adopt than animals of other colors. The phenomenon even has a name -- Black Dog or Black Cat Syndrome.
Los Angeles animal shelters are seeing a record number of furry friends - and instances of euthanasia - as a result of the down economy. The shelters are so overcrowded that the Department of Animal Services is offering two-for-one cat adoptions to make room for a feline influx.
By William Kaempffer Register Staff wkaempffer@nhregister.com There are mornings when Stephani Johnson dreads arriving at work, unsure what she will find waiting at the front door.
TO THE EDITORS: The decision to euthanize a kitten, cat, puppy or dog is not made lightly by the Humane League of Lancaster County, nor by any of the thousands of animal shelters around the country that find themselves overrun with healthy animals that cannot find a home. They all have limited space, money, food, litter and foster homes to access. Sometimes there isn't room for "one more.
DOWNEY - They say August are the dog days of summer, but June belongs to the cats. This month begins what animal control officials call "kitten season," the summer months when thousands of newborn felines join the already burgeoning populations of cats at shelters across the county.
Stuffed to the rafters with furry creatures, area animal shelters are slashing adoption fees and holding special events this weekend in hopes of relieving the crowding. The crush of animals has no rhyme or reason, said Bill Hutchison, communications director with the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society. Normally, local shelters expect to deal with large numbers of animals in waves, especially during puppy or kitten season, he said, but that's not been the case.
Several area swimming pools are going to the dogs before they shut down for the summer. With Labor Day weekend and the unofficial end of summer past, swimming pools and water parks are closing up until next spring. But before they drain the water and lock the gates, pools in Dormont, O'Hara and Munhall have partnered with local animal shelters to let pets take the season's last swim.
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