Paws and Reflect (July 2010)

Top Ten Reasons to Adopt a Kitten this Weekend

1. You'll have a lot to choose from.

2. Kittens are easier than puppies, and equally ADORABLE. 

3. It’s about time you started the longest relationship you’ll ever have.

4. It’s time to neaten up those electrical cords anyway.


Tonight: Animal Planet Series on Animal Hoarding

From the makers of the TV series, Intervention, comes a new series on Animal Planet, "Confessions: Animal Hoarding."


Meet the Pets

Here are just a few of the dogs and cats available for adoption right now at the Champaign County Humane Society.  We have many cats and kittens – all ages, sizes, colors!  Please come and see us this weekend. 


Thoughts on the Five Freedoms for Animals

An article I recently read in Animal Sheltering magazine made reference to the Five Freedoms for animals.  The Five Freedoms are often used as a good goal post for agencies providing care for large numbers of animals.  They are:


One Year After the Largest Dog Fighting Bust in US History

One year ago this week, a team of animal behaviorists with the ASPCA got the call from the Missouri Humane Society, requesting their help in evaluating close to 500 fighting dogs confiscated in the largest dog-fighting bust in U.S. history.


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