Church for dogs
LOS ANGELES When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start. Most of his worshippers, though devoted, were in their 60s, attendance had bottome...
 5.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 263.0 Coos County Animal Shelter Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. This week s pets are: Dog of the Week Mandy, who s described as a sweet, 6-year-old spayed female Chocolate Lab mix, with...
0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 882.0 Pacific Cove Pets of the Week
Pacific Cove Humane Society is featuring a dog and cat of the week, available for adoption through its People-to-People pet-matching service. Toby, a 7-month-old, neutered male tabby cat, is small and shy, and needs a protective and understanding f...
0.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 791.0 Thousands of NW seabirds sickened with killer foam
PORTLAND (AP) The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands. The first algal foam that hit Washington s Olympic Peninsula in mid-September claimed more...
2.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 79.0 N.M. calf fitted with prosthetic hind legs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Meadow the yearling Black Angus calf spends her days frolicking in northeastern New Mexico s cattle country, all with her prosthetic hind legs. The bucolic scene seemed impossible just a few months ago, when rancher Nancy Dickens...
1.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 79.0 A different kind of pet rescue
NEWPORT (AP) By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer. Both earned those designations for their winning ways with the critters at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. By night, however the...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 408.0 Bolt sponsors baby cheetah
NAIROBI, Kenya The world s fastest man adopted the animal kingdom s fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. The Jamaican sprinter s sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part o...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 79.0 Pacific Cove features pets of the week
Pacific Cove Humane Society is featuring a dog and cat of the week, available for adoption through its People-to-People pet-matching service. Tasha, a 2-year-old tabby/tortoiseshell female cat. She is spayed and her shots current. She's described a...
0.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 882.0 Animal Shelter features Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. A reference number is provided with the photo for each pet. This week s pets are: Dutch, a young adult neutered male long...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 949.0 Cat's death leaves family grief-stricken
Arla Ford Some of you will understand the sorrow we are enduring losing our kitty, Misty. She s been in a dying process for days. She was our first cat. I did not know what to expect, not that cats follow any predictable feline dying formula. I m gra...
4.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 79.0 Man puts ferret in pants, uses as weapon
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Florida (AP) Police say a homeless man stole a live ferret by stuffing it in his pants. Thirty-eight-year-old Rodney Bolton is charged with theft over the $129 animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville...
0.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 79.0 Therapy dogs help small patients endure procedures
Ellen Gilmer, The Oregonian CEDAR MILL Samantha sits in a hospital bed, an IV in her arm, nurses and therapists bustling in and out, and a smiling dog at her feet. Four-year-old Samantha is undergoing growth hormone testing, and Bonnie the border c...
3.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 79.0 Center lane hogs oink off others
We have seen several new laws put in place regarding how everyone should be driving. I really believe most of these are created because some people won t use their heads. The problem with these new laws is there are so many driving rules that people ...
1.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 79.0 Salem project gives free care for pets of homeless
SALEM (AP) Tammy Thompson lives in a tarp-covered tent on Salem s fringe, sharing her little spot in the woods with three much-loved dogs. They re my children. They re everything to me, said Thompson, 44. That s why she was grateful for a local ...
3.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 632.0 Groups advocate for unwanted pets
This letter is written in reference to the Oct. 7 article in The World. I appreciate the fact that Pacific Cove Humane Society receives so much publicity and that s a good thing. However, there are several other wonderful animal rescue organizations ...
1.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 79.0 Would you go mouth to muzzle?
LOS ANGELES Most pet owners would leap into action for an injured pet, even if it meant risking dog breath by going mouth-to-snout. Fifty-eight percent of pet owners 63 percent of dog owners and 53 percent of cat owners would be at least somewh...
5.9K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 972.0 We need spay and neuter programs
Thank God there is somebody in the journalism arena that gets it. I have been fostering for years in many counties and just can t believe the indifference in Coos Bay and North Bend. It would get so many homeless pets off the streets in this economic...
0.5K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 79.0 Pacific Cove offers pets for adoption
Pacific Cove Humane Society if featuring a dog and cat of the week, available for adoption through its People-to-People pet-matching service. Annie, a 9-year-old spayed female champagne toy poodle. She is in excellent health, affectionate, and woul...
0.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 791.0 Animal shelter features Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. A reference number is provided with the photo for each pet. This week s pets are: Cat of the Week Kujo, a large adult lon...
1.0K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 949.0 We need spay and neuter programs
Thank God there is somebody in the journalism arena that gets it. I have been fostering for years in many counties and just can t believe the indifference in Coos Bay and North Bend. It would get so many homeless pets off the streets in this economic...
0.5K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 79.0 | 
