Paws and Effect supports the Shelter Pet Project
More than 3 million healthy and treatable pets are euthanized each year. Shelter animals are loving, loyal pets who find themselves there through no fault of their own. By dispelling myths and misconceptions, The Shelter Pet Project aims to make adoption the first choice when acquiring a new pet. The Shelter Pet Project, sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund, and the Ad Council, seeks to eliminate... Read More
Paws and Effect is in the running for a Mashable Open Web Award
If you have a Twitter or Facebook account, could you do us a favor and help us toward our goal of winning the Most Educational to Follow award in Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Awards? All you have to do is login to your Twitter or Facebook account and go to this page on the Mashable site. Our site is conveniently filled in, and you can use the pull-down menu to nominate Paws and Effect for Most Educational to Follow … or any... Read More
Dahlia can haz Twitter!
For you Twitterheads out there, Dahlia has her own Twitter. If you want to follow her, you can find her daily meeps here: http://www.twitter.com/dahliapkitten. Read More
Delay in posting this week’s column
We’re just posting now to let you know that this week’s Paws and Effect column will be published tomorrow (Monday, Feb. 25). Mama just got back from a weekend away. For some reason she thought this conference thing she was managing needed her presence more than we did! Can you believe it? In any case, Mama needs to make up for almost three days of not being here to pet us, so we’re only letting her on the computer to... Read More
Signal boost: Please help a major animal rescue effort
We want to spread the word about a major animal rescue mission underway in the Santa Clarita Valley of California, USA. Rescuers at Animal Acres Sanctuary and The Gentle Barn Foundation, along with L.A. County Animal Regulation & Control, area dog rescue organizations and other sanctuaries, are in the process of rescuing, providing veterinary care for, and rehoming 200 dogs, 30 or more cats, and 300 or more farm animals including... Read More
Extra: Give a special-needs kitty the Christmas gift of a “forever home”
One of our favorite bloggers, Dr. Patty Khuly of Dolittler, has in the care of her veterinary hospital in Miami, Florida, a sweet little cat named Helen. Due to head trauma, Helen has been rendered blind and deaf — but she’s still a wonderful cat and responds with joy to affection, food and care. Dr. Khuly has been trying to find a home for Helen since November, and we hope that our readers can join the search. Please spread... Read More
What Cats Know About War
A beautiful article written by John F. Burns appeared in the October 14 New York Times Week in Review. The article, “What Cats Know About War,” is a personal piece about his dealings with the feline refugees of the war in Iraq. “IT was a bitterly cold night in the Baghdad winter of 2005, somewhere in the predawn hours before the staccato of suicide bombs and mortars and gunfire that are the daily orchestration of the... Read More
