Tag Archives: Humane

Prairie Dogs near my home in Denver (Stapleton area), Colorado SOMEONE RECENTLY ASKED ME what types of animals are included in American Humane Association’s mission. I replied that all animals in our world deserve humane treatment and are important to American Humane Association. While we often work on behalf of our pets (dogs, cats), horses,Read More

Humane Scholar Jenna Dale Mississippi State University Development of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) Database FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS (FIP) is a highly fatal disease in cats that has no known cure. Diagnostic tests can predict if a cat has been exposed to coronavirus, but not if the cat has been exposed to the specific viral strainRead More

Announcing the 2012 American Humane Association Humane Scholars WHILE ANIMALS HAVE LONG BEEN USED IN RESEARCH, too little research is conducted on behalf of animals. Of the research that is conducted, few studies focus on the health, welfare, and well-being of animals, and the results are not reaching those who care for them. Animals todayRead More

The Red Star team has deployed to Teterboro, NJ and began distributing the Whiskas and Pedigree yesterday morning at 9 a.m. from the Bergen County Shelter and Adoption Center, with the assistance of the Bergen County Department of Health Services. It was a great day with representatives from local shelters and rescues, as well as families in theRead More

This holiday season, I want to take the opportunity to share with you a few books that have been on my reading list lately; books that will make the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life. These books offer tales of hope and will surely bring a smile to that special someone’s face.Read More