Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World

It’s bad enough that United Airlines killed a small dog by forcing a passenger to…

I get a lot of questions and comments about animals on a wide variety of…

A Policy Discussion About The Washington Post’s Bombshell Report Jack, purchased at auction by National…

A little hello, a little more personal news, a lot more light. On Sunday, Billy and I were married at our home of seventeen years.  We had one guest:  Newt.  

Nothing animal shelter related here. Just a note to touch base with everyone and to say I’m still here.  I’m not ready to return to blogging and honestly don’t know when or if I might be ready.  I’ve been struggling over the past year personally, professionally – basically all the –llys.  I was laid off […]

File under:  My Dog is The Smartest Dog. Mulder usually carries her yogurt cup over to her bed to lick the sides and polish it clean.  Because otherwise, it’s the old trying-to-lick-the-cup-while-it-slides-all-over-the-kitchen-floor thing which is you know, undignified.  But tonight she had a new idea:  drop it inside her dinner bowl for added stability.  I

On April 4th, Kansas City Missouri voters will get the opportunity to support three General Obligation Bond (GO Bond) initiatives at the polls. Question 1 is a $600 million bond that designates money for roads, bridges and sidewalks. In addition...

Like many of you, I follow many animal welfare groups and animal shelters on social media. Over the past couple of weeks, I was simply amazed at the number of shelters that sent out notifications of being closed for the...

Earlier this week, I posted a photo of our KC Pet Project staff celebrating success after a mega-adoption event in which we adopted out 281 animals during a three-day weekend. The majority of people who saw the photo loved the...