article thumbnail

Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post

4 The Love Of Animals

The following is a guest post from the amazing animal lovers of Adopt-a-Pet.com. Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. Tags: guest post.

Adoptable 100
article thumbnail

British Student Kills Hamster for Fun

Critter News

As a hamster lover who just adopted a new one today (still unnamed), I find this incident particularly reprehensible. Tags: hamsters UK animal cruelty. Thanks to animalblog.co.uk for the story.

Hamsters 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

Critter News

Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets. Tags: animal research university of utah.

Utah 100
article thumbnail

Second Acts Success Stories

4 The Love Of Animals

Second Acts distributes 100% of all donations received to small, volunteer-run groups nationwide that adopt a no-kill policy. Tags: people helping animals. Here is a recent video of their success stories. Also, be sure to check out a very awesome chance to help Second Acts by volunteering.

No Kill 100
article thumbnail

DOGTOWN: THE ROAD HOME

4 The Love Of Animals

Shy dogs are often among the first to be euthanized in shelters because they are difficult to adopt, but not at DogTown, a no-kill facility. Little Girl, a Catahoula leopard dog mix, is given a second chance and learns to overcome her fears with help from John Garcia, in hopes that she will be adopted. Tags: dogtown.

article thumbnail

Rescue Spotlight: Second Acts

4 The Love Of Animals

Second Acts is a non-profit fund raising organization that distributes 100% of all donations received to small, volunteer-run animal rescue groups nationwide that adopt a no-kill policy. Tags: people helping animals. As always, thank you for doing something to help animals find forever homes.

Rescue 100
article thumbnail

The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically. Tags: news.