Good News Notes: “Two-year-old Blake Burkley dissolved into a fit of giggles when it came time to feed the cows. Perched on her mother’s hip, the girl laughed as cows named Mary and Jesus searched with their tongues for a tasty treat. For Alexa Burkley of Irwin, a tour at Animal Friends Sanctuary in Unity was a…
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Living his destiny, man opens animal rescue farm
Good News Notes: “Sometimes, things are just meant to be, even if it wasn’t at all what you expected. That’s how one Jefferson County man is looking at his new life – taking in abused and mistreated animals. “There was this immediate sense of relief that this puppy is not going to be far away…
Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue Fund Awards $57K in Grants
Good News Notes: “The Ursula Landsrath Animal Rescue Fund and the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties have awarded grants totaling $57,000 to 24 nonprofit animal rescue organizations across Virginia. Ursula Landsrath created the Animal Rescue Fund of Virginia as an independent organization in 2008, distributing more than $1 million to Virginia-based animal…
Animal rescue group finds home near Ross Bridge
Good News Notes: “The Two by Two Rescue group that helps find homes for unwanted, abused and abandoned animals soon will have a home for itself. The organization, founded in Helena in 2005, recently purchased about 2 acres and a house near Ross Bridge with money donated by new board member John Sellers. The rescue…
Six children find forever home as part of National Adoption Day event
Good News Notes: “There are 122,000 children in foster care across the United States. In Ohio, there are about 16,000 in foster care with more than 3,000 waiting to be adopted. Wednesday was a special day for Lisa and Randy Jarrell. “We’re adopting Oliver,” said Lisa Jarrell, of her adoption. Oliver brings the Jarrell family…
After rare surrender, 9 Aussie puppies are available for adoption in Boston
Good News Notes: “Looking for a new best friend? The MSPCA-Angell in Boston announced Wednesday morning that nine healthy, 5-month-old purebred Australian Shepherd puppies are available for adoption after they were surrendered from a home south of Boston “by an owner who … grew overwhelmed with caring for them and the adult dogs in the home.” “MSPCA…
The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
Good News Notes: “OFF THE COAST of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the rate of a foot a day. Just as a terrestrial forest sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, all that rapidly growing seaweed soaks up carbon from the water,…
Marietta shelter throwing kitten adoption boo bash
Good News Notes: “A Marietta animal shelter will be giving away whiskers and meows to trick-or-treaters this weekend. Best Friends Animal Society, a rescue group with pet shelters across metro Atlanta, will be hosting a cat adopt-a-thon Saturday afternoon. Shelter workers will be outside the PetSmart in Marietta, located at 1285 Johnson Ferry Road, from…
Meet The US Woman Who Adopted 5 Girls From India
Good News Notes: “At the age of 39, Kristen Grae Williams decided to adopt a baby. “I always dreamt of being a mom and just because I didn’t have a partner, I didn’t want to miss out,” the Cincinnati resident told Humans of Bombay in an interview published yesterday on the occasion of International Day…
Animal rescue shelter sets up adoption site inside Bismarck bar
Good News Notes: “Pet rescuers say as we move into the fall season, animal adoptions are at their slowest. The Miles of Love Dog Rescue hosted an adoption event inside The Laughing Sun Brewery in Bismarck. Four dogs were at the brewery, but 20 total are in the shelter. Most of the dogs came from…