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Valentine’s Day fundraiser sends exes straight to the litter box
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (552+ words) For the jilted and the jaded, Valentine's Day can be crappy. The Rhode Island SPCA appreciates that. The animal welfare organization designed'an unusual fundraiser around the idea. For a $10 donation, you can give them the name of someone or something…...
Pet debt is on the rise. It's landing more people in court.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1831+ words) This story was'originally published'by our news partners at GBH. We are republishing it through the'New England News Collaborative. Yvette Ramos raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth in a West Roxbury courtroom on a recent fall day....
Outside/Inbox: Why do albino animals have red eyes?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This week's question comes from Liz in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "Why do albino animals have red eyes?" Producer Felix Poon went looking for the answers. This…...
For CT's unhoused population, pets provide comfort, but can be a barrier to safe shelter
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1092+ words) Kathy Barco parked her silver Nissan Altima in the lot of the Super Saver Laundromat on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford on an October afternoon, so she could go inside to do her laundry. Later in the evening, Barco…...
Outside/Inbox: Why do animals lick their wounds?
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (667+ words) Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world. "I am wondering why animals lick their wounds. . . . I see my dog do it, but I don't think humans should. I wonder if…...
As NH claws back animal foster care, shelters warn of danger to mothers and newborns
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1784+ words) A pair of flickering yellow eyes pleaded with Teresa Paradis from behind the thin wires of a cage. Sunapee, a tabby cat with a low-hanging belly, leaped from one level of her enclosure to another, agitated, skittish and hissing with…...
Greetings from American University of Beirut, where more than 1,000 cats roam
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (202+ words) Hope you like cats! There are more than 1,000 of them on this campus. About 1,200 actually, although it's impossible for the staff to count them all because " cats. About 30 years ago, the American University of Beirut (AUB) started taking in cats…...
With opening of a new shelter, homeless pets in Fairfield County find a new beginning
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) The Connecticut Humane Society is opening a new animal shelter in Wilton, CT that will offer discount veterinary services as well as pet adoption services. The 14,581 square-foot Pet Resource Center on Danbury Road cost more than $17.5 million to build. It…...
From dogs to rabbits, NPR readers share how adopting shelter pets impacted them
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1047+ words) National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives. April 30 is National Adopt a Shelter Pet…...
These scientists are building a cat database to understand why they act like that
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (192+ words) Notice that quirky thing your cat always does? Maybe it loses its mind when you try to eat a piece of whole wheat bread without sharing; races around the house at full speed after using the litterbox or perhaps insists…...