FREEPORT †Laurie Hood saves Walton County’s unwanted animals.     Hood started Alaqua Animal Refuge in January 2007. Since then, she’s found homes for more than 1,200 pets and animals, said refuge spokeswoman Lori Eckert.     Hood opened the shelter to the public Thursday after spending a year funding the refuge herself, Eckert said. Now residents can donate money to the nonprofit
Ty is an 8-year-old neutered male Siamese mix cat. He is not recommended with small children and we are not sure how he would do with other cats or dogs. Ty is here because he was abandoned by his owner. He is a wonderfully handsome boy with big
Abandoned pets continue to be found outside a County animal shelter that was closed over two month ago. Maricopa County Animal Care and Control officers found a puppy in a cardboard box and two poodles outside the closed facility Wednesday morning.
Half-price adoptions of dogs and cats and $15 micro-chipping continues at the San Marcos Animal Shelter through Saturday. Public tours will be held and a ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday.
Stray Rescue of St. Louis, which rehabilitates abandoned dogs, will be declared the winner of a $1 million makeover, an amount rarely heard of in the shelter world.
In 1996, Clint and Sheila Stovall bought and started restoring one of the worst eyesores in Billings: a stripped-out, graffiti-covered building at 1980 Main St. that was routinely used by vagrants as shelter.
The Blount County Purchasing Department is currently negotiating with the sole bidder for the general contract to build a new county animal shelter. Carico Construction Inc. of Louisville is the sole bidder for the contract, Purchasing Agent Judy Hackney said.
ST. LOUIS (AP) †Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim can claim a lot of achievements in the 10 years he started changing the pet landscape here with a devoted band of volunteers.
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