Posted at 02:08 PM ET, 10/28/2011 Thailand floods: Residents flee Bangkok with pets in tow By Elizabeth Flock As tens of thousands of Bangkok residents flee the city to escape the worst flooding Thailand has seen in half a century, they are making sure to bring their animal friends along. A Thai boy carries his [...]

Animal Friends Donates £20,000 at Safe Haven Annual Ball Tuesday, 18 October 2011 11:59 We here at Animal Friends have an ethos whereby we try to help as much as we can with the fight for animal welfare across the globe. Whilst we are a pet insurance provider we are also staunch advocates for animal [...]

Lake Elsinore residents Liz and Roger Johnson are all smiles while they wait to take care of paperwork as they adopt 4-year-old Biscuit at the Animal Friends of the Valleys shelter earlier this month. The shelter is competing in a national contest to see which shelter can show the biggest increase in the number of [...]

Cresson Elementary students made three new friends this past week, with a total of eight legs. Yes, you read correctly — three friends, eight legs and no the first quarter of school hasn’t made me batty. Our three new friends are Barbara and Mary from Teller County Regional Animal Shelter, and Zachary, one of their [...]

Popeye is an 8-year-old brindle and white basset mix who has been neutered. His intake number is 141585. He is free through Oct. 31. He and other pets are available at Animal Friends of the Valleys in Wildomar. For adoption prices or directions, visit animalfriendsofthevalleys.com or call 951-674-0618. Courtesy photo.

Royal City residents are invited to join in a celebration for World Animal Day. Ericka Ceballos, Canadian ambassador for World Animal Day, is the founder and president of Campaigns Against the Cruelty to Animals. The New Westminster resident is inviting the community to attend the groups animal awareness artwork exhibit on Sunday, Oct. 30 from [...]

A 3-year-old girl in Lake Elsinore was exposed to rabies after a rabid bat got tangled in her hair as she played in her front yard. The incident happened Saturday at about 8 pm on the 2900 block of Enterprise Way. The girls mom pulled the animal out of her daughters hair after covering her [...]

SANANTONIO –Dogs arent the only ones looking for a home. So is Animal Friends Humane Society,a shelter that has taken in hundreds since 2003.

Pretty puppies alongside handsomely groomed dogs staged a doggie fashion show Aug. 13 as part of the Animal Friends of the Valleys Wines for Canines fundraiser. Kelly Cowan and his Acoustic Groove band kicked off festivities for the event while about 160 attendees enjoyed lunch at the Temeku Hills Country Club. As chocolate eclairs were [...]

This beautiful gal is Tippy, a 10-year-old Lab mix who was transferred to Animal Friends from a rural shelter that was out of kennel space. #13; Tippys time at that shelter was drawing to an end, but luckily Animal Friends had room for her. Not much is known about her past, except that her situation is unique. Tippy [...]