The Iditarod Dog Sled Race has been called the last great dog sled race. It covers 1,131 miles beginning in Anchorage, Alaska with a ceremonial start and ending in Nome. The official start is in Willow and the race is run yearly beginning on the first Saturday in March since 1973. Competition is high and […]
Feral cats are getting a new lease on life through a work program. The Voice for Animals Foundation, founded by Melya Kaplan, is a non-profit organization originating in San Francisco, California. And they have developed a program putting some feral cats to work called appropriately, Working Cats Program. The cats are first captured and then […]
The Humane Society of the United States reports that “The King of Beasts” – the African Lion – is threatened with near extinction unless something is done to protect it. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, based on a petition by the HSUS, the Humane Society International, the Fund for Animals and other animal […]
