Category Archives: Blogs

NY woman Jerry Leo is still crushing it at the gym at 100 years old.  She turned 100 in April, and can hold a plank for over five minutes.  She’s been going to the gym at her local YMC...

A study found plastic bag bans at grocery stores really can make a difference.  Areas with bans or fees for bags see up to a 47% drop in the number of bags washing up on shorelines……&...

A potty-mouthed parrot in Massachusetts is in the news because he won’t stop swearing, but a ton of people want him anyway.  Someone surrendered him to an animal shelter, and he keeps dropp...

Zaleah aka “ZZ” is our featured dog this week. She is a 6 year old pit mix who is spayed, housebroken and up to date on vaccines. She has been in and out of the shelter since 2020, never f...

A high school grad in New York is trending after she handed out gifts to everyone in her class.  17-year-old Sofia Nielsen is a budding artist, and did a portrait for every single one of her clas...

A lady in the U.K. named Gwyneth Griffiths just turned 102, and all she wanted for her birthday was a stripper,  so her retirement home made it happen. Her son says she used to be buttoned-up, bu...

A stray kitten on Long Island got stuck 15 feet down a pipe outside someone’s home, and firefighters couldn’t reach it, but a volunteer named John Debacker showed up and got it out in 20 m...

Animal control officers in Massachusetts saved a baby racoon that showed up on someone’s doorstep.  The photo is pretty cute because it’s standing on its hind legs and looks like Rock...

An Oregon 12-year-old named Lily Prasek just became the state’s youngest therapy dog handler.  She’s been training her golden retriever Sunny for over a year, but couldn’t be a ...

Cheryl is our featured dog this week. She’s a spayed 7.5 month old terrier mix who is thriving in foster, and the shelter is thrilled to let you know what her foster mom has to say about having ...