Dr. Diane Pomerance wants to show everyone how to make your family happier — and save a life at the same time — in October. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) sponsors October as Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month to encourage Americans to turn their houses into homes by adopting a shelter dog….
Man’s best really can do a lot more than fetch… How Pets Can Help You Heal – My Pal Lou by Sara Krill Studies have shown for years how pets can help us emotionally as well as physically. They can give us a sense of purpose; help ease loneliness and isolation, while helping us to…
Sharon Langford, author of Living with the Rescues – Life Lessons and Inspirations, doesn’t want to focus as much on the overly-publicized crisis facing animal shelters today as she does on the joy that the loving animals housed there can bring to people’s lives. What’s more, she’s willing to put her money where her mouth…
Diane Pomerance knows what people say about adopting pets from animal shelters and rescue organizations. “They think, ‘I don’t want to inherit someone else’s problem,’ or they simply think all the dogs there are abused or hard to train, or that they won’t be able to find the breed that they want,” said Pomerance, author…
Jamie Young is a proud dog owner and urges everyone to think ‘outside the can’. He lives in Australia, with his dog, co-star, and chief taster, Frodo, his beloved American Staffordshire terrier. Before he started this project Jamie had no idea that all the Vets on TV in Australia were either sponsored or employed by…
Can you imagine spending 15 years in the Arctic documenting the lives of polar bears and walruses as they struggle against their environment and the added challenge of the climate crisis? That’s just what filmmakers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson did, and they turned their work into one of the most beautiful films of the…