My dog is not only a rescue pup, he also rescues pups. Seal pups, that is. Rocket was born on the streets of Southern India. He was found, just weeks old, under a bush on the roadside. Two huge-hearted people took him and his brother into their home—the only two...
We knew it was coming. There was ample warning. Hurricane Florence was predicted and monitored from late August this year and its progress was tracked across the Atlantic. By September 7, it was becoming evident that the storm would severely impact the...
‘You need something to help you through.’ These are the words of 22-year-old zookeeper Gabby Charlesworth who is recovering from a rare form of adrenal cancer. For Gabby, that ‘something’ is the animals in her care. Gabby returned to work at...
Anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder―sadly, these words have become everyday concepts in our hectic, stressful twenty-first century lives. The irony of the situation, the fact that we have to keep functioning in a world...
So you are heading out on a family road trip… That thought alone is enough to scare a lot of families. But, if you are a dog family, there is even more to consider. Road trips with dogs are no walk in the park. Our dogs are part of the family. We...
Before I was a parent, my animals were like my children and it seemed that those with special needs were drawn to me the most. Over the years I have housed an epileptic cat, malnourished hand-raised birds, and a pup with a lower motor neuron disease. This is the story...
