dogs and cats

On July 4th fireworks will be lighting up the night sky. Those festivities are fun for people. But for many dogs and cats, it is not a happy holiday.

Tips from Town Lake Animal Center on protecting your dogs and cats from fireworks.

The Times article about the recent Pew report (1 in 100 U.S.

Adults Now in Prison) has lit up the blogosphere. I’ve been thinking about commenting on the story, but really, it’s just more of the same. True, hitting the 1% mark is something of a - what’s the word I’m looking for here – milestone? But we’ve been moving in this direction for sometime.

Staff and volunteers at the Austin Humane Society are sleeping with dogs and cats, literally. It's called "Home for the Holidays", a program which started last year where staffers and volunteers sleep inside of the kennels with pooches and pussycats.