ASPCA Cat of the Year
The ASPCA has awarded their Cat of the Year Award to a grey tabby named Nora from Philadelphia, PA. Of course, this is a rescue cat. She is also a piano playing and You Tube sensation. From the ASPCA website about Nora:
When Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow visited an animal shelter in Cherry Hill, New [...]
Feed Shelter Animals for Free
I told you a while ago about Free Kibble . Its the site that allows you to answer animal trivia questions and donates kibble to shelters for your answers-right or wrong. Its fun and it only costs you a few minutes of your time to help feed these deserving cats and dogs that are stuck [...]
Contest for Kids-win $1,000.00 for Your Animal Shelter
This is a great idea and a wonderful way to win something for your local animal shelter or rescue.
From our friends at freekibble.com:
Enter for a chance to TREAT your animal shelter to $1,000 worth of Halo, Purely for Pets Dinner Party Treats
IT’S SIMPLE: If you’re between the ages of 7-18, tell us what makes your [...]
Doxie Mix Needs Home
Below is a video from the Silver Springs Animal Shelter featuring their September pet of the month, a cute little Doxie mix. If you live in or near Northern Nevada and could find it in your heart to adopt this little guy I am sure he would be eternally grateful and pay you back tenfold [...]
Pet Guardian Angels of America
Ron Lueth is the administrator of Pet Guardian Angels of America and he is doing wonderful work for all kinds of animals. He will be submitting articles to fluffyfeet from time to time. I look forward to hearing from Ron and reading his latest and I know you will love reading what he has to [...]
Adopting from Animal Shelters
It is Spring and the old saying is a young mans fancy turns to love. This may or may not be true. I don’t know nor do I particularly care. Animal shelters know that the Spring is baby boom time for dogs, cats and other pets. That means more animals needing shelter, food and care [...]
Washington D.C. Pet Rescues
The District of Columbia or Washington D.C. is the capital city of The United States of America.
Commonly referred to as DC, this city absolutely drips history. The White House, The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial, The Smithsonian, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and so much more grace this city. Who hasn’t seen the [...]
Wyoming Pet Rescues
Still rather affixed to its pioneer nature and rough and tumble history, Montana has a lot to do for both the observer of nature and the outdoor sports enthusiast.
The majority of Yellowstone National Park lies within Wyoming with smaller parts in Idaho and Montana. In 1872 Yellowstone was named the first national park in the nation and, in [...]
Wisconsin Pet Rescues
Wisconsin is known as The Badger State. It produces more milk than any other state making it the dairy capital of the United States. The state is also well known for picturesque farms.
In this state there is an abundance of national scenic trails and national forest and you will find 7,446 streams and rivers [...]
West Virginia Pet Shelters
Almost heaven, West Virginia. John Denver hit the nail on the head with those words. The northernmost of the southern states and the southernmost of the northern states, West Virginia truly is something special.
This state is rich in Civil War history with yearly battle re-enactments and also has abundant wildlife, camping, hiking, biking, canoeing, skiing, whitewater thrills, [...]
Washington Pet Shelters
Washington is the only state in the union named after a President of the United States. It is nicknamed The Evergreen State and that seems fitting. The forests of the Olympic Peninsula are among the rainiest places in the world and are the only rain forests located in the continental United States.
Washington has been known [...]
Virginia Pet Rescues
Virginia was number ten of the original thirteen colonies. Arlington County was part of a ten mile square of land surveyed in 1791 to be part of Washington DC. The United States Congress gave it back after a referendum among the citizens.
Eight United States Presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, [...]
Vermont Pet Shelters
After the original 13 colonies and after ratification of The Constitution, Vermont was the first state admitted to the union.Then Vermont went on to give us two Presidents. Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield in 1830 and Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth in 1872.
Vermont is the only New England state with no coastline along [...]
Utah Pet Shelters
The name Utah comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means ‘people of the mountains.’ This is appropriate because Utah is packed full of mountains plus its 11,000 miles of fishing streams and 147,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs.
Picturesque and scenic are words that seem too small to describe this state. Utah has 5 [...]
Texas Animal Shelters
Texas is the only state to enter The United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation. Its unique state history goes on from there. All Americans and indeed most of the world is familiar with the Texas past. It has been immortalized in song, art and motion pictures for years. What American child doesn’t know [...]
Tennessee Animal Shelters
As the United States Civil War approached Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union. At the wars conclusion Tennessee was the first state to be readmitted. Its name is derived from the Cherokee village of Tanasie which has several definitions; ‘lost’, ‘river with a big bend’ and ‘gathering place’.
Davy Crockett was born in Tennessee, but [...]
South Dakota Pet Shelters
South Dakota brings to mind American Indians, The Black Hills, Gold, miles of beautiful country and a rich history of the old west. All these things are there and true, but the one thing that means South Dakota in many minds is Mount Rushmore.
The sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling on Mount Rushmore National Monument in 1927. [...]
South Carolina Pet Rescues
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860. The first shot was fired and the first battle of the same war was fought at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today Sumter has the largest Gingko farm in the world. Perhaps we should all take the Gingko so [...]
Rhode Island Pet Rescues
Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States with 1,214 square miles. It was also the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state. Its official state name is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Rhode Island never ratified, in fact, rejected the 18th Amendment known as Prohibition. White Horse Tavern [...]
Pennsylvania Animal Rescue
Pennsylvania has so much history it almost boggles the mind. It seems anywhere you go in this state you are setting down on hallowed ground. Pennsylvania’s past includes Betsy Ross making the first American Flag, the signing of The Declaration of Independence in 1776, Philadelphia as the US capital and the site of the first [...]