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.

You cannot find more fun than Scottie. He is a big dog in a little-dog package, in fact he even looks like a miniature German Shepherd.

Scottie is ready for action and is as cute as they come.

When he runs, he jumps with all four feet just like a little deer. It is a guaranteed laugh to see him jump across the dog park on all four feet at the same time. He even seems to like making you laugh and will do it again!

Scottie is a perfect size at under 20 pounds and loves everyone he meets.

He will be the “little man” you have been waiting for and will bring you joy.

People who adopt say they get more back than they give, and with little Scottie it will be true tenfold.

Scottie can be seen at the Little Rock Animal Village, 4500 Kramer St., Little Rock, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Saturday.
For more information, please call (501) 376-3067.

— Submitted by Little Rock Animal Village

THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

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. Read the rest of this entry »

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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. Read the rest of this entry »

THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Greenwood officials have extended a ban on unrestrained pets for another week after the Arkansas Department of Health confirmed the eighth case of a rabid skunk, interim Police Chief Will Dawson said Monday.

Also, Fort Smith had its fifth and sixth rabid skunks confirmed by the Health Department last week, said Susan Weinstein, state public health veterinarian.

Sebastian County has had 20 confirmed cases of rabid skunks this year, the latest involving a skunk captured near Lavaca that was confirmed Monday, Weinstein said. Read the rest of this entry »