Willa Bagwell, executive director of the Animal Friends of the Valleys shelter, holds on of the 16 animals taken in after an apartment fire in Lake Elsinore.

If the canine and feline residents at the Pondok Pengayom Satwa Jakarta animal shelter in Ragunan could speak, they would have no problem identifying their Independence Day heroes: The handful of volunteers who spend their free time caring for them. For 17-year-old Hedwig Ajeng Grahani, or Ajeng to her friends, feeding bottled milk to an [...]

The new 460-bed hospital is currently in the construction stage and is expected to be ready in June 2012. The new hospital will result in the addition of a 2.4 million square feet clinical and research facility to the hospitals existing campus. The interior of the hospital would have a natural theme marked with natural [...]

Speed Petting sessions to find your ideal animalA London store has introduced a unique new way for people to meet their next pet, giving credence to the notion that Brits love their animal friends more than their partners.

Long before Hedy and Jim Krenn ever joined Animal Friends, theyd had plenty of em. Mr. Krenn, a stand-up comic and longtime morning radio host on WDVE-FM, grew up in a one-bedroom apartment above a restaurant equipment business in the Strip District. No pets were allowed. So, when he was around 12 or 13, he [...]

Courtesy photograph Tail-waggers Gigi is being offered for adoption through Animal Friends Connection, a Lodi nonprofit organization dedicated to helping companion animals since 1990.

“I’ve worked at an emergency clinic and we would see a lot of dogs come in during the summer with heat exhaustion,” said Joanne Jackson, director of operations at Citizens for Animal Protection. “People need to realize that these are animals covered in fur and that they become overheated very easily.” One common issue is [...]

Connie Shidler is a busy lawyer. With limited hours in the day to take care of everyday chores, the Overland Park resident faced the challenge of getting her two beloved dogs amp;#x97; Lex and Buster amp;#x97; to the groomers regularly. lt;/pgt;lt;pgt;On top of that, when Shidler took Lex to a storefront groomer, it was a [...]

Hi! My name is Bebe. I am a sweet, mellow and happy gal — your typical beagle! I’m 6 years old, and I love the outdoors and people, too. I have found myself back here at Animal Friends because my family had to move into an apartment that doesnt allow dogs. This makes me sad, [...]

For the past several years, local shelters have been filled with Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes, so many that San Jose Animal Care and Services has developed an airlift program to try to find homes for them. On Wednesday, 15 Chihuahuas were flown from San Jose to the Humane Society of Southwest Washington in Vancouver and [...]