With temperatures expected to plummet this week, a local church has established an outreach program to help those who are homeless – and also have pets. The Calvary Temple Church, located at 513 E. Pine St., Central Point, has offered to be a warming station during these upcoming freezing nights. The church organizers have [...]
When it comes to the Holidays, what do you put in your pets’ stockings? Personally, while I do purchase an annual frou-frou outfit for my neighbor’s tiny poo-dell, Gracie, (because she looks so rediculous cute in pink tutus), I am not so good at gifting the feathered and furry friends in my own abode. What is up with that? Bad [...]
The Humane Society of the United States is reminding people that as they celebrate the season, many of the things that make the holidays special — the hustle and bustle of travel and large gatherings, festive food and beverage, and holiday decorations and plants- may also pose hazards for our canine and feline friends. HSUS [...]
A woman wrote to say a neighbor’s pit bull had come onto her fenced property and savaged her pet sheep and her horses last week. The ewe, Sally, had attempted to protect the horses and ended up with fatal injuries inflicted to her cheek, jaw and throat. Sally was humanely destroyed. The horses were very traumatized “and possibly injured,” she said. The pit [...]
