Great Pet Websites

Virtual Pets

The social media trend has extended to websites that offer the option of adopting and caring for a virtual pet. You can do this for fun or even as a way to consider whether you are ready to take on the responsibility of a real-life pet. Some sites offering adoption of virtual pets are geared […]

Legislative Year in Review for Animal Cruelty Issues

According to the ASPCA blog…Hard work by legislators, the animal welfare community and animal advocates helped bring many wonderful state-level bills over the finish line in 2009. Many states continued to pass anti-animal fighting laws, multiple states passed laws to restrict tethering, increase penalties for intentional acts of animal cruelty and allow pets to be […]

Animal Welfare

For lovers of animals, animal welfare is an important issue. Cruelty and negligence toward animals is the norm rather than the exception. Animals are mistreated on farms, in the wild, in laboratories and in industries which profit from animal abuse. Most countries recognize that animals have the right to “Five Freedoms” which were first proposed […]