Category: abandoned animals

 Dog Fight: Activists Battle Over America’s Shelter Pit Bulls

EAST RIDGE, Tenn.-Merry, a brown pit bull at the East Ridge Animal Services shelter, is blissfully unaware of the nationwide political battles that rage around her existence. A beautifully muscular dog, she dashes around the shelter’s visitor enclosure. Occasionally, she leaps to grab a treat from Caroline Smith, an East Ridge, Tennessee, animal control officer….


The Duck Stops Here: 900 Orphaned Ducklings Under Wildlife Center’s Care

A surge of 900 orphaned ducklings are being sheltered at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, Calif. until they can survive independently. “It’s baby season,” Debbie Wayns, the center’s operations manager, told The Epoch Times. “All the eggs have hatched, and all the babies have arrived.” It’s the time of year when the facility normally receives a large…