Since I started researching and writing my book The Last Walk, about end-of-life care for animals, I have taken every opportunity to talk to people about their experiences and hear their stories about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A room in the back of the San Luis Obispo County Animal Shelter is the last stop for some of the dogs and cats that come to stay ...

Downham knew that with an anxious dog like Brinny, going to the vet to be euthanized was an unappealing option. She was still ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. When stray dog Scout scaled two fences and crossed a highway to escape a Michigan animal shelter, he ...

Animal shelters as we know them are often founded as a means of preventing cruelty to animals. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) was founded in 1868 after a ...

Euthanasia might have resulted in a painful death for many animals denied proper sedation, advocates say, but an emergency bill could end the suffering. “The treatment of animals is part of our moral ...

April Primus has nightmares that her pets -- five cats, four dogs, a horse and a pony -- are being killed by lethal injection. Usually these come during periods of peak stress at her workplace, the ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Petra Janney, of Amelia Air, a non-profit that helps fly animals from overcrowded shelters to areas of the country where they have a better chance of getting adopted. Is ...

A room in the back of the San Luis Obispo County Animal Shelter is the last stop for some of the dogs and cats that come to stay at the facility. Far from the barks and meows and day-to-day bustle of ...