Edgars Mission Farm Sanctuary Pigs, sheep, goats, cows, rabbits, chickens, roosters, ducks, geese … A piglet on wheels, a three-legged lamb, even a few dogs and cats. Impressive! About 300 rescued farm animals live Edgar’s Mission, founded by Pam Ahern and named after her first rescued pig, Edgar. Edgar Alan Pig, aka “the pig who started it … Read more
Donkey Tied to a Railroad Track Gets Saved in the Nick of Time I found an article today about a donkey tied to a railroad track in Nigde, Turkey last November. What a bizarre story. Apparently, someone thought it would be fun to tie the donkey to the train track and wait for the train to come! Of … Read more
Barkley the Dog Needs HELP Hendrick Boards Has a Mission to Save Him Barkley the dog needs HELP desperately! He was quite a mess when he was rescued by Trio Animal Foundation. When they brought Barkley in for emergency grooming, what they found underneath the fur was very disturbing. Alarmingly, Barkley weighed in at only … Read more
Baby Sloth Orphanage Rescue Center ~ a peek inside ~ When orphaned baby sloths are hungry or adults lose their habitat, Yiscel Yángüez and Néstor Correa are there to rescue them. This husband and wife team run a Baby Sloth Orphanage Rescue Center in Gambia, Panama that specializes in sloth rehabilitation and relocation. For the … Read more
Meet Smudge Baby Moon Bear, From Farm to Freedom Meet Smudge, a five month old bear cub born in captivity at a Chinese facility where bears are farmed under horrendous conditions for their bile. The good news is that Smudge was born just a few months before Animals Asia began transforming the facility as part … Read more
Peter the Elephant Plays Piano One of a Kind 12 Bar Blues Piano Duet Watch when Peter the elephant plays piano using his trunk in a spontaneous duet session of 12 bar blues with Paul Barton in Thailand. It’s delightful. Keep your eyes open for the other elephant shaking his (or her) booty. So fun! I … Read more
Raising a wild animal as a pet can sound like a pretty fun thing to do. But I’m here to tell you why you shouldn’t. This is a case of, “Do as I say, not as I have done.” You see, I have a raised quite a number of sick, dying, and/or orphaned wild (and … Read more
April 4 World Stray Animals Day This may be the first time you’re hearing about April 4 World Stray Animal Day. It’s only been around a few years. It started in the fall of 2010 when one hundred Dutch stray animals organizations gathered for the first time ever at the First Dutch National Stray Animals Conference. … Read more
The MSPCA and Animal Rescue League of Boston removed the animals from the home. They are looking for the public’s help in raising money for the animals. The MSPCA and the Animal Rescue League of Boston recently removed 199 dogs, cats and birds from…
Hendrick Boards Skateboarding With a Mission to Save Animals Every purchase saves animals around the nation! The Hendrick Boards story began in 2011, when David Hendrickson, volunteering at a local animal shelter, saw a 5-pound chi-mix carried into the shelter. The puppy had been poisoned via his mother’s milk after she had ingested household chemicals. … Read more