501Pets ceases; past content still available

KRISHA WILLIAMS TURBEVILLE

501Pets.com will no longer be updated, but content gathered over the past two years will continue to be available.

I have accepted another position and will be unable to run the site, a part of my job I have thoroughly enjoyed.

Please feel free to read past entries of our blogs: Rescue in the Rock, Cats in the Stacks, What’s Up, Doc? and Fat Dog.

Thank you for your support of the site and your love of animals.

News with a Bite

Rescuers seek to reunite 4-legged storm victims, owners

A burro named Burrito was reunited with his owners April 27 after their barn was destroyed in last week’s tornado; their rabbit was found in a neighbor’s tree, still snuggled in his cage, but eight of their nine chickens were missing. The Lewis Livestock Sale Barn in Conway was full of rescued animals following the tornado that hit the Vilonia area April 25 and killed four people. Several horses and dogs, a llama, a pig and Burrito were being taken care of by volunteers, including five veterinarians. Peggy and Eddie Donoho’s home in the Black Oak subdivision near Vilonia received structural damage, and their barn was demolished.

Homeless dogs from Southern tornadoes heading North

LEWISTON, Maine — Dozens of dogs from Alabama are finding a new home in Maine so an Alabama shelter can make room for other canines left homeless in the wake of last week’s devastating storms that ripped across the South. The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston is planning to take 50 dogs from the Shelby Humane Society in Columbiana, Ala. Shelter manager Zachary Black tells the Sun Journal of Lewiston that the canines are expected to arrive Saturday after making the 20-hour drive from Alabama. Once in Maine, the dogs will be put up for adoption. Black says they range from 2 months to 4 years and from 4 pounds to 80 pounds.

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