Our image of ourselves as a nation of animal-lovers is as entrenched in the British psyche as our love of tea or Sunday roasts. “Animals are such agreeable friends,” wrote George Elliot in 1857, and millions still clearly concur.
Two Niagara animal shelters have reached out to their communities for cash donations after both endured costly veterinary care to treat animals dropped off during the holidays.
Responding to high euthanasia rates at animal shelters in Palmdale and Lancaster, volunteers plead with people to stop breeding dogs and causing pets to be surrendered.