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Category Archives: Animal Rescue
Kitten Season: How To Help Newborn Cats!
Spring is here, and that means it’s Kitten Season! All across the country, newborn kittens will need help to survive. Here’s how YOU can help out!
5 Recent Wins For Animals!
From fur farm bans to elephant rescues, these five recent victories for animals are sure to inspire you!
Simple Ways To Help Animals This Season
Let’s face it- the holiday season is BUSY. We’re traveling, we’re frantically searching for perfect casserole recipes to bring to family dinners, we’re standing in lines to snag the best deals, we’re tearing through our closets because we just know we have snow pants in there somewhere, we’re trying to figure out how our parentsContinue reading “Simple Ways To Help Animals This Season”
Why I Donate To Your Non-Profit’s Competitor
This post was published in 2015, when I was still running the animal rescue themed apparel line mentioned below. I closed that business in 2017, but as I revisit this post in 2021, my advice remains the same! In both my personal and professional lives, I work with numerous non-profit organizations. I frequently see postsContinue reading “Why I Donate To Your Non-Profit’s Competitor”
Summer Rescue Rush!
The weeks leading up to and immediately following the 4th of July represent the deadliest time of the year for animals in shelters. Because humans insist on celebrating independence by exploding fireworks across the entire county, terrified dogs and cats find creative and unexpected new ways to escape their homes and thus end up inContinue reading “Summer Rescue Rush!”
If I’m a hero, you can be too.
Last week I circulated a photo of a desperately sad looking dog behind bars at the Orange County Animal Shelter. I was pleading for someone to step in and rescue her from this notoriously overcrowded shelter where, as a non-puppy and a chihuahua (of which this area has far too many) her chances of being killed forContinue reading “If I’m a hero, you can be too.”