Animal welfare is the well-being of animals and the positive relationship people have with them. Promoting positive welfare can promote compassion and make people better. It’s a responsibility to make sure animals live the life they deserve—positive and cruel-free....
SARASOTA, FLORIDA — The sun hadn’t yet risen over the Sarasota Kennel Club, and Deb Linn was wrist deep in 100 pounds of bloody meat. She had been been up since 4:30 a.m., when she made the 45-minute commute south from Ellenton, a small town where the rent is more...
His name was Hunni―yes, his name―and he arrived in a Louis Vuitton pooch bag. My sister had bought him thinking he was an expensive ‘pure-bred Pomeranian’, but it turns out he wasn’t―he kept growing. After a few months of raising Hunni in the family home, my...
There are cat people, and there are dog people, and then there are those of us who are both. I had always considered myself a cat person, but this is the story of how a disabled dog won my heart and has taught me more about myself and about inner strength than...