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Reading Time: 4 minutes Update: Aug. , 2020 — Voting for the contest has come to a close. $14,146 was raised for the Helen WoodWard Animal Center. If you’re interested in buying a calendar, please use this link to pre-order. We already pre-ordered our calendar because we entered Meadow in it and, like all pets entered, she will appear…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Update (May 28, 2020): Since this announcement was first posted on Jan. 15, the Cat Writers’ Association 2020 Conference has been cancelled. Here’s part of the announcement sent to CWA Members: “It is with great sadness we have determined in light of the circumstances and with everyone’s safety our main priority, that we will be…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Petco Foundation has teamed up with award-winning artist and creator of the MUTTS comic strip, Patrick McDonnell, and BOBS from Skechers, to celebrate animal welfare work nationwide. As part of its annual “Love Changes Everything” campaign, the Petco Foundation invites pet lovers to help celebrate those who work hard daily to save animal lives…
Reading Time: < 1 minute How can we harness the mutual positive power of the pet–human bond for the health and well being of society? That is the question being asked of social innovators and entrepreneurs, who will have a chance to receive funding for their ideas. Nestlé Purina, in collaboration with Ashoka, has announced the launch of the second…
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to the Nationwide website, Nationwide associates noticed some of the hundreds of thousands of pet insurance claims being reviewed involved rather unusual circumstances. There was, for example, a pooch who was carried away by an owl and a cat who survived a three-story fall. Inspired by these unique stories, in 2009 Nationwide created the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes We previously brought you Five Great Free Pet Apps that You Have to Try! Since then, we have been on the lookout for more apps that are free (at least to start with) and that offer an interesting or helpful user experience. Here’s what we found: