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Recipe: Granola (for people)

Granola recipe for people

Bronx Zoo Lays Off Hundreds of Animals

Residents at the Bronx Zoo are now looking elsewhere for a permanent home — New York City’s oldest zoo has announced a round of lay-offs, which will kick hundreds of animals to the curb.

Pet Soup Kitchen to be Franchised Across U.S.

Pet food pantries are now popping up across the country as part of a movement to keep pets with their families, and out of overloaded animal shelters.

Life and not life

I was thinking about life yesterday. Sometimes we wish it would pass more quickly and sometimes we wish we could get more out of it. Sometimes, it could not get any better and sometimes it seems it could not be worse.

New Pet Pantry in Kansas City, MO

The Northland Animal Welfare Society (NAWS), Excelsior Springs Friends of Animals and KattyShack, a cat rescue organization in Smithville, have joined forces to start the Northland Pet Food Pantry to help families in financial trouble until they get back on their feet. Kansas City, MO.

The 100th Monkey Phenomenon

If we bring to the world through our lives what we learn about compassion, treating animals better, treating people better, creating a no kill community then it ripples outward. What’s the base of a community without killing ? It may be one more act. Tell one more person of the change you’d like to see. Tell one more person of your vision of the future. If opportunity presents, save one more animal, feed one more stray.

Recipe: Homemade Frosty Paws

Recipe: Homemade Frosty Paws

Troubled Times for People and Pets

Instead of abandoning a pet in a foreclosed home or rushing to a decision to surrender a pet for financial reasons, people should realize that they have other options.

Facing Foreclosure? Protect Your Pet

The mortgage crisis and economic downturn us cauing pets to be left behind in vacated homes, where they suffer — or may die — from lack of food and water or being abandoned outside.

Another Pet Food Bank

There are pet food pantries/soup kitchens across the country that are willing to lend a helping hand in these difficult times.