The Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter (KRRAS) has recently received $50,000 in disaster relief funds from two national animal welfare non-profit organizations after the July flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
The animal story that may have gotten the most attention this year was, unfortunately, a sad one. Ludwig an Argentine Dogo was shot to death in August by the husband of the president of Wayne, the small suburb that crosses the DuPage-Kane county line.
The city of St. Charles has a new celebrity a four-legged one. A mixed-breed rescue dog named Heaven was recently named the 2021 winner of People magazine s "World s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest."