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October 16th is National Feral Cat Day, an annual event started 10 years ago by cat advocate group Alley Cat Allies in an attempt to draw attention to the plight of feral cats across the nation. Alley Cat Allies was one of the first organizations to advocate for TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) as a way to humanely [...]
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Lisa Compton has a mission: to unchain dogs. She founded Rescue of Chained K-9s (or ROCK) with the goal of getting dogs off their chains by providing free fencing and basic veterinary care, and hopefully getting dogs into homes where they can live the life they were meant to – as family pets. From ROCK’s [...]
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This week (April 10 - 16) is National Animal Control Appreciation Week, a time to thanks the public safety officers who spend thousands of hours in our community keeping animals and people safe. Often these public servants go unsung, but with popular TV shows like Animal Planet’s “Animal Cops” set in Houston and Miami, more [...]
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We just read Richmond SPCA CEO, Robin Starr’s, blog post H.B. 2482 pulled for study after massive response from animal lovers and are ecstatic! From the Richmond SPCA blog: I have wonderful news that will give every animal lover in Virginia an immense sigh of relief. Delegate Lee Ware, the patron of House Bill 2482 [...]
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As pet owners, we often find ourselves in the role of pet advocates. We suddenly find ourselves with opinions on whether or not a pro athlete should own a pet, or volunteering our time to help animals that others have given up (or given up on). There is a bill in the Virginia General Assembly [...]
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Remember a while back when I solicited your help on behalf of Maggie Marton’s postcard campaign to end Breed Specific Legislation? Well, your response was overwhelming, and I got a chance to meet Maggie (and her husband) while in Denver at the BlogPaws conference. They were still hard at work collecting signed postcards to add [...]
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