June 4 – Hug your cat day Yes it’s true, we need a day designated each year to remind you to hug your cat. If you’re like most cat lovers, you’re probably finally feeling vindicated that the rest of the world is crazy instead of you because after all, why wouldn’t you hug your cat every day. But maybe you’re allergic to cats so you can’t have them living with you or maybe your seedy landlord won’t see his way to letting you have one. What’s a person to do? Never you fear, your local animal shelter is there to […] Read more »
Thanks to the dedicated work of animal rescue professionals over the past decade, we are headed in the right direction. The number of healthy animals being euthanized because of their location is on the decline and we can envision a day when this is no longer the case. But as the supply and demand has equalized in some areas of the U.S., other areas still continue to experience challenges, so both source and destination shelters and rescues are looking for new partnerships depending upon the side of the equation they are on. But where do you start? How do you […] Read more »
June 1 – Say something nice day With so much negativity in the world today, it’s nice to stop and have a reason to say something nice to someone else. Well here’s your chance. Today, June 1 is National Say Something nice day. This day is a chance for you to not only brighten someone else’s day by saying something nice, but also to mend old wounds for things that you said that weren’t so nice. It’s a great opportunity to apologize to people that we might have wronged or hurt through our behavior. We know how dramatic the world […] Read more »