3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (520+ words) Adoption applications have poured in for a dog that Las Vegas police say was abandoned by its owner at Harry Reid International Airport, the animal rescue caring for the dog said. In a post shared on social media, the Metropolitan…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (184+ words) Mobile sterilization efforts could curb the population. I applaud Clark County for planning to add a $31 million animal shelter, as it's badly needed. Our current shelters are terribly overcrowded, and more people are abandoning their pets to shelters because they…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (176+ words) Those who want to help are overwhelmed. C5, Community Cats Coalition of Clark County, has many volunteers who trap, spay or neuter, vaccinate then release these cats where they were trapped. And yet they cannot keep up with the need. There…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1844+ words) The local stray cat population has spiked since the pandemic. Animal welfare advocates are trying to get word out about how best to deal with the flood of felines. Inside a long-abandoned 1964 Chevy II Gasser in an industrial lot just…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (788+ words) Dear Savvy Senior: My pet-loving mother has two cats and a dog, but her knee and back problems make caring for them increasingly difficult. Are there pet care products you can recommend that help elderly pet older owners with mobility…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (804+ words) City and county officials this week approved a contract extension and supplemental grants for the Animal Foundation shelter, which covers law-mandated holds for animals found or taken from owners. The multi-jurisdiction agreement has a first-year price tag of $11.44 million with…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (834+ words) Lawmakers were to vote this week on a contract extension with The Animal Foundation to the tune of an initial $11.44 million for the first-year agreement, according to local municipalities agendas. City and county officials are set to vote this week…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (332+ words) Las Vegas vets should do their part to prevent animal cruelty. Recently, two pieces of information came across my radar that, taken together, prompted me to call out the role veterinarians play in creating conditions which make animal abuse much…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (622+ words) Clark County Animal Protection Services first received a complaint about the central Las Vegas Valley home being filled with feral cats in 2023, police said. A Clark County woman was arrested on animal cruelty charges earlier this month after investigators discovered…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (767+ words) All dogs and cats 4 months and older in Clark County will need to be microchipped until rule taking effect this summer. Injecting a microchip into a dog or cat is swift procedure that is done in the least painful manner…...