From the monthly archives:

September 2009

NPR’s Fresh Air Radio Story on Dog Fighting and Michael Vick

by John D. Harvey on September 24, 2009

I’d like to encourage everyone to listen to this very informative NPR radio feature story on illegal dog fighting. In this Fresh Air spot, Dave Davies talks with John Goodwin, Humane Society manager of animal-fighting issues, and Sean Moore, a Chicago-based former dog-fighter who works in that city on the Humane Society’s efforts campaign to [...]

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Help Make Pet Care More Affordable — Support the HAPPY Act! (H.R. 3501)

by John D. Harvey on September 23, 2009

Having volunteered and worked in shelters for several years, I know first hand that one of the top reasons for people giving up their much loved pets was the cost of care. This effect has been magnified by the current economic downturn as well as military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan making it impossible for [...]

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